Month: July 2025

Free Courses & Tools for Security Professionals — Because Sharing is Caring

LeMareschal

Here’s a list of free tools and courses we’ve collected over the years for security professionals, perfect for using your downtime to build skills and stay ahead. Feel free to share, and if you know of other great tools or free training not listed here, drop them in the comments and help someone else grow.

💻 Courses
Council of Europe https://help.elearning.ext.coe.int/

FEMA https://training.fema.gov/is/crslist.aspx?page=2&lang=en

TRIPwire https://tripwire.dhs.gov/training-education/counter-ied-training-0#faq-question

Center for Development of Security Excellence- Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency https://www.cdse.edu/Training/eLearning/

ESRI academy https://www.esri.com/training/catalog/search/

MSG https://www.managementstudyguide.com/corporate-etiquettes.htm

NWC https://usnwc.libguides.com/c.php?g=494120&p=3381401

Disaster Ready Org https://www.disasterready.org/

Basel Institute of Governance https://baselgovernance.org/basel-learn

My Languages Org https://mylanguages.org/

UNODC https://www.unodc.org/e4j/en/tertiary/counter-terrorism.html

UNODC Global E-Learning https://www.unodc.org/elearning/en/courses/course-catalogue.html

United States Institute of Peace https://www.usip.org/academy/catalog-global-campus-courses

Counter-Terrorism Training Suite https://ct.protectuk.police.uk/

United Nations Department of Safety & Security https://training.dss.un.org/

UNICEF https://agora.unicef.org/

TEEX https://teex.org/class/AWR375/

Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance https://www.dcaf.ch/resources?type=elearnings

SANS Institute https://www.sans.org/cyberaces/

NIST https://www.nist.gov/itl/applied-cybersecurity/nice/resources/online-learning-content

Kaya by Humanitarian Leadership Academy https://kayaconnect.org/



🔎 Resources/Tools
Counter Terrorism Guide https://www.dni.gov/nctc/index.html

Centre For Research and Evidence on Security Threats https://crestresearch.ac.uk/resources/

Health and Safety Executive https://www.hse.gov.uk/simple-health-safety/risk/risk-assessment-template-and-examples.htm

Human Security Collective https://www.hscollective.org/our-resources/our-resources/?acceptCookies=65c2c526e98d0

National Sex Offenders Public Website (USA) https://www.nsopw.gov/search-public-sex-offender-registries

Counter Extremism Project https://www.counterextremism.com/about

SPLC https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map

Stanford Center for International Security and Cooperation     https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants

Global Network of Extremism and Technology https://gnet-research.org/

Bellingcat https://www.bellingcat.com/category/news/?fwp_categories=news

Media Bias Fact Check https://mediabiasfactcheck.com/center/

2023 Index of Economic Freedom https://www.heritage.org/index/about

ESRI real-time mapping NYC https://coolmaps.esri.com/#12

When bodyguards become the risk

LeMareschal

This is another great example of when the bodyguards refuse to learn and thus, become the risk. It’s one thing for civilians to overlook digital footprints. But when trained EP agents repeatedly ignore known vulnerabilities, that’s not merely a mistake, it’s a significant security failure. And unfortunately this isn’t new.

In 2018, Strava’s Global Heatmap exposed covert military bases and routine patrol routes. That was seven years ago. We’ve known about this. In 2024, investigations revealed dozens of EP agents from U.S., French, and Russian teams publicly sharing workout data, which included 26 U.S. agents (Biden’s EP team), 12 French GSPR members (Macron’s team) and 6 Russian FSO officers (Putin’s team).

And now, in 2025, Swedish bodyguards for the Prime Minister and Royal Family posted over 1,400 workouts to Strava, at least 35 of them revealed sensitive locations, including the PM’s residence, diplomatic sites, and vacation spots. Some of that data is still live and public today…

Let’s be clear: This isn’t a tech glitch! This isn’t bad luck! This is a failure to learn, adapt, and take responsibility. If your security team won’t fix the risks they’re causing, they’re not protecting anyone, they’re compromising everything.

In our profession, “I didn’t know” is not a valid excuse. When you normalize digital negligence, you normalize operational failure. It’s been seven years since the first public warning. If your team still doesn’t have digital discipline, your client is already exposed, and your operation is already compromised.

Read more here https://www.politico.eu/article/swedish-bodyguards-workout-data-exposes-royal-familys-private-vacations/

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