January 31, 2024
What Protection Teams Can Do To Navigate the Increase in Swatting
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In this episode
The act of Swatting has been around for years (back in the early 2000s), but an increase in the frequency of calls that are happening and the proliferation of different targets has placed it under the spotlight in recent months. Swatting is the act of placing a hoax call to emergency services with the intention of triggering a swift and intense response. This malicious practice has been increasingly directed towards prominent figures such as politicians, judges, and celebrities. Scott Stewart, Vice President at TorchStone Global, sheds light on why we are seeing more of these events in the headlines and what protection teams can do to prevent them from happening.
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What Protection Teams Can Do To Navigate the Increase in Swatting
What you’ll learn
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How a swatting event can occur, and what the social media conundrum has to do with it. (hint: It doesn’t happen out of the blue.)
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Advice for protection teams on mitigating this type of threat and what to look for in terms of early warning signs.
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Why it’s critical to have strong relationships with authorities at all levels and have an open dialogue so authorities can put context around calls coming in that target a VIP.
More about our guest
Scott Stewart brings 35 years of analytical, investigative, and security experience, including being a member of Michael Dell’s executive protection team and serving ten years as a special agent with the U.S. Department of State’s Diplomatic Security Service. Stewart is a popular speaker on security topics and is frequently interviewed by journalists from leading news outlets, including the New York Times, CNN, Fox News, and NP
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