Category: Event Security

• Operational Communication for Close Protection Operations

  In the world of security operations, one of the most critical areas is communication, which involves constant cooperation and vital information sharing between top-level executives, their respective EA/P/A, the GSOC team, company employees, vendors, and agents working on the ground. Now, if you have been working for any reasonable amount of time in our industry, we…

  November 30, 2022

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  Social Media Investigations and Monitoring for Risk Mitigation Purposes

  The use of social media and the way it affects our lives and businesses have brought a new challenge to the security industry and the protective team’s responsibility. It gives the entire world the ability to look into people’s lives with the mere push of a button. Scandals are created, secrets exposed, and lives ruined.…

  March 6, 2022

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• Mentoring Security Professionals

  Mentoring Security Professionals. LeMareschal and Athena Worldwide will be launching a series of educational webinars that are absolutely free to attend. The aim of the webinars won’t be to present people and their past stories, but to have specific guests who will combine their experience and training in the industry in order to teach you…

  September 21, 2021

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• Executive Protection Agents in a Rare Interview with a Retired Paparazzi

  It’s not very often when we have the ability to interview and learn from our adversaries. While most efforts are seemingly focused only on physical attacks, they do not give enough emphasis to the paparazzi, media, and all that this facet of protection entails. But we’ve got you covered. This is an interview we have…

  September 21, 2021

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• The challenges for protecting Public Figures- The Macron Incident

  The challenges for protecting Public Figures- The Macron Incident. The latest incident with French President Emmanuel Macron being slapped by someone in the crowd has once again fired up the keyboard warriors who take any incident (video or picture) such as this and claim how improperly the Executive Protection team functioned and what would they have done…

  June 9, 2021

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• Things to consider before you hire an Executive Protection team aka Bodyguards

  Things to consider before you hire an Executive Protection team aka Bodyguards. At some point in your careers, you will most likely find the need to retain, or at the very least, inquire about close protection services for yourselves, your loved ones and possibly for those you employ closest to you.       Now,…

  November 25, 2020

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• Executive Protection – Realities of the Industry and the Ugly Truth

  Let’s talk about the real world of Executive Protection with all its fantasy myths and all its brutal truths.      Many newcomers in our Craft have a completely different idea of what the profession truly is or what it appears to be, because their view is primarily based on what they have heard, seen in staged…

  December 30, 2018

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• The importance of being a responsible and safety-conscious citizen in your community

  Leaving the comfort of your couch and going out to see what’s taking place can save people’s lives. Criminals don’t want to be captured and usually flee if confronted by witnesses. Making criminals aware that someone is watching is a powerful deterrent to their criminal activity and makes for a much safer community

  January 16, 2013

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• Section: Professional Advices from Experienced Close Protection Operatives around the world.

  So you want to be a bodyguard? Lets have a look on a 48hours detail of a close protection agent. By Dave Marris High Risk Security Contractor & Security Consultant I have been pounded recently by requests from Facebook, and a couple of other sources, by requests from various people wanting to know how they…

  April 13, 2011

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• Do you know who you are hiring?

  Do we really know what the role of the Close Protection Agent is? Do we really know what characteristics they must have before we start hiring people? We have taken many times in the past analyzing what kind of training a CPO must have gone through, but this time, after the recent incident with Kate…

  February 1, 2011

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