INSIGHTS

Insights

Practical perspectives on protective security, counter espionage and the space where business risk becomes personal.

COUNTER ESPIONAGE · 14 FEB 2023

Day 3 of The Case Study Series – Insider Risk and Undercover Operations

Our client was the CEO of a software development firm, he suspected a case of insider risk and asked for our assistance. Our initial consultation established that a…PROTECTIVE SERVICES · 14 FEB 2023

The Case Study Series Day 4 – An Unconventional Close Protection Operation

Day 4 of the Case Study Series describes an unusual close protection/ executive protection request. PROTECTIVE SERVICES · 14 FEB 2023

Disinformation for Executive Protection Officers

Following on from our article ‘Digital Profiling for Close Protection Officers’ which addresses why EP/CP officers should exercise a disciplined approach in their use of social media, this…

SECURITY STRATEGY · 14 FEB 2023

Using a PPT to start an ESRM program

Stakeholders, are you encouraging your asset owners and security professionals to work coherently together? Would you approve a physical penetration test as a risk analysis tool? COUNTER ESPIONAGE · 14 FEB 2023

Avoiding Alienation: Implementing an Insider Risk Program Without Losing the Trust of Your Employees

Avoiding Alienation: Implementing an Insider Risk Program Without Losing the Trust of Your Employees PHYSICAL SECURITY · 14 FEB 2023

How an Ethical Burglar can Kickstart your Security Capacity Building Strategy

The term ethical hacker is quite well known, someone who infiltrates a computer network, to test or evaluate its security, allowing the organisation to rectify any weaknesses before…PROTECTIVE SERVICES · 7 FEB 2023

Digital Profiling for Close Protection Officers

One of our most frequent client requests is to conduct a digital profiling service against both executives and their families. This uncovers exactly what information can be found…COUNTER ESPIONAGE · 3 MAY 2022

Airtags – love them or hate them

There have been countless articles written about air tags over the last year, ranging from how they have helped to find lost pets and baggage to the more…

COUNTER ESPIONAGE · 13 OCT 2021

Why do Businesses and Individuals use Covert Surveillance?

Surveillance is the process of obtaining information also known as intelligence by watching the movements of a subject of interest (SOI) Covert Surveillance is unobtrusively doing this…COUNTER ESPIONAGE · 13 OCT 2021

Why CP officers are moving towards a career in Surveillance

We receive muliple CV’s each week, and part of my reason for writing this blog is to apologise to the number of people that we do not manage…PROTECTIVE SERVICES · 13 OCT 2021

CP focusing on “soft skills” Pink Floyd rescue of children

A member of our team was recently involved in recovering two children who were kidnapped by their father and taken to the ISIS front line in Syria. The…COUNTER ESPIONAGE · 13 OCT 2021

A Day in the life of a Commercial Surveillance Operation – Part 2

Our former blog post A Day in the Life of a Commercial Surveillance Operation Part 1 talks about some of the things that we take into account before…

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