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Operational Guidelines for Executive Protection Agents at Fixed-Based Operators (FBOs)  As Summer quickly approaches, protection teams are seeing private aircraft use increase to accommodate vacation travel. Corporate teams have already seen sharp increases in travel internationally with COVID restrictions lifted...

Slovakia's Prime Minister, Robert Fico, has been shot five times in an assassination attempt that has shocked the country. Following the attack, the Prime Minister was hospitalized and the Slovakian deputy Prime Minister, Tomáš Taraba, said that Fico was...

In the first few days of March 2024, the world looked on at the Ambani pre-wedding celebrations that drew thousands of some of the most famous and influential guests from around the world.  But what are the security implications for...

An American tourist has died in the crossfire in an apparent drug deal gone wrong at a popular Mexican beach resort in Tulum. The incident, which took place on February 9th, saw the death of an American tourist, as...

Firstly, allow me to share a humorous anecdote from my own experience while working in protection services across Asia, around twenty years ago. It happened when I was an operator in the Security Operation Center at the Nokia Factory...

Last week, I had the privilege of attending and speaking at the Global Security Exchange (GSX) brought to us by ASIS International, in Dallas, Texas. As this was my first visit to the Big D, and a passionate student...

Including medics in executive protection teams is highly beneficial. Executive protection teams are responsible for ensuring the safety and security of high-profile individuals such as executives, politicians, and celebrities. Having a dedicated medic as part of the team can...

Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM), is a very effective method for measuring an organization's risks in an advisory capacity, evaluating an organization’s structure during and after a serious incident or crisis, and putting strategic countermeasures in place to lessen...

If you’re reading this article because you saw the word “Secret” in the title and thought you’d be seeing something that no one else knows, stop reading now. There are no Secrets in anything we do in Protective Operations...

Spend more than a few minutes in the executive protection profession and it will become obvious that two of the major components of any protective visit is Logistics and Ground Transportation. By major, we mean, where some of the...