The Protective Intelligence Winter Podcast List

There’s something about winter that implies new beginnings with a new year ahead. It’s a time where I think about the information I am consuming and how my lifestyle has changed. With conference travel cautiously picking up, it has created the opportunity to listen more — specifically, listen to more podcasts. In addition to the…

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The Protective Intelligence Winter Reading List

With 2021 coming to a close, and the first day of winter upon us, there’s no better time to hit pause and immerse yourself in a good book. Especially when you work in the world of security, safety and protection during a year where you’ve been pushed beyond your limits and faced with the unimaginable…

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Structuring the Unstructured: Using a Converged Security Operations Console and Integrated Research to Better Evaluate Threats

In my last post I discussed why it’s important for security teams to have the right data structure in place to gain more visibility of potential threat signals. Whether you’re missing information because of not knowing where to look, not having the right tools in place, or because you’re inundated with noise, it’s easy for…

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Study Finds Increase in Cybersecurity and Physical Security Attacks Against Executives

Cybersecurity and physical security to prevent executive attacks

In the art of protective and tactical intelligence, trends and analytics matter. Information and intelligence feed “living” threat assessments and should drive your cybersecurity and physical security strategy, coverages, and resources. Protection resources cannot be logically allocated to protect executives and companies without first understanding the holistic threat landscape. In the executive protection security space,…

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Stopping Organized Retail Crime Starts With Connecting What You Know

Organized retail crime has gone digital, transnational, and increasingly violent — here’s how to stay ahead Retail theft has changed shape over the past several years. A single suspect walking out with a jacket under their arm has increasingly given way to coordinated events: a group hits your store in one city, then shows up…

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Leading a Global Intelligence and Threat Analysis Program for One of the World’s Most Well-Known Brands

Leading the Walt Disney Global Intelligence and Threat Analysis program

Angela Lewis, Manager of Global Intelligence and Threat Analysis for The Walt Disney Company and Protective Intelligence Honors Thought Leader, is tasked with the massive job of understanding how geopolitical events and global security intelligence could impact The Walt Disney Company’s various lines of business. To do so she’s created one of the best protective…

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Aligning Organizations Around Security (and Against Workplace Violence)

Fred Burton shares with Forbes how organizations can create a culture of safety and security. This article was originally featured in Forbes This year, workplace violence has had a tragic impact on people and businesses across the country. In January, a pediatrician in Austin was murdered at her office. In March, a lone gunman opened fire inside a supermarket…

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Of Kidnappings, Lions, and Crocodiles

The October 16 kidnapping of 17 expatriate missionaries in Haiti has generated a great deal of press attention. Among the victims were 16 American citizens and one Canadian. The group is comprised of five men, seven women, and five children—including a toddler. The gang that conducted the abduction, 400 Mawozo, is no stranger to kidnapping.…

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A Private Investigator’s View into Managing a Targeted Threat

In this episode In this episode, Rob Kimmons, Owner of Kimmons Investigations, shares his decades of experience handling targeted threats and conducting high-stakes investigations. Building on his previous appearance, Rob dives deeper into the complexities of Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM), the types of cases his firm manages, and the skill sets required to handle…

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