Martial arts is one of those subjects that as soon as you raise them, a weird mood sets in. Some people get oddly self-confident, others get defensive and most exhibit a strange combo of both. It’s almost as if a controversial political questions has been asked. Though I’ve never written about martial arts before, they’ve… Read More Martial Arts Misconceptions

This article was originally published in EP Nexus. Please click here to see its original version. And please check out EP Nexus to find many excellent articles on executive protection, protective intelligence, OSINT investigations, threat assessment, and more. In the first installment of this two-part, joined article, I described a large political fundraiser back in 2008. Prior… Read More The Field-Intel’​ Connection: Intelligence In Executive Protection

“Fail Often so you can succeed sooner.” —Tom Kelly. Mistakes and failures in surveillance, surveillance detection and special protective operations are things I write about quite frequently. I’ve examined them from every which way, explained how they look, discussed many case studies and talked about how to avoid them. One aspect I haven’t touched on… Read More Big Mistakes & Embarrassing Failures

A version of this article has also been published in Security Solutions Magazine. On the evening of the 19th of December, 2016, the world was shocked as news came out about the assassination of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov. Karlov was shot from behind as he was delivering a speech at the Cagdas… Read More A Lesson In Diplomatic Protection

In recent years, quite a few articles have been published about CEO protection and how much money different corporations spend on it. Forbes might have been the first to get this trend started with this (somewhat dated) article. CNBC discussed the issue back during the healthcare debate, and Fortune Magazine put out a piece about… Read More Protecting The CEO