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What Is Executive Protection?

Executive protection is the anticipatory practice of keeping a specific person safe by identifying and removing risk from their environment before they enter it.

How Much Does Executive Protection Cost?

Executive protection is priced by agent hours, not by package.

Protection Versus Security: What Is the Difference?

Protection is anticipatory and security is reactive.

What Is a Protective Advance?

A protective advance is the work performed at a location before the principal arrives: walking the site, mapping arrival and departure, identifying secure rooms along the walking path, setting primary, secondary, and alternate routes, and making contact with venue staff and local public safety.

Armed or Unarmed Protection: How Do You Decide?

The armed decision is driven by three things: what the threat assessment identifies, what the venue and its insurer permit, and what the jurisdiction licenses.

Can an Armed Security Officer Work Across State Lines?

Generally, no.

How Do You Hire an Executive Protection Firm?

Verify four things before discussing price: that the firm and its agents are licensed in the state where the work will actually happen, what the insurance limits are and whether you are named as an additional insured, the specific background of the agents who will be assigned rather than the founder's, and who performs the advance.

How Do You Secure a Large Event?

Large event protection is organized by operational dimension rather than by event type: perimeter and access, crowd management, medical, communications, and contingency.

What Is a Threat Assessment?

A threat assessment is a structured evaluation of who might want to cause harm to a person or organization, what capability and access they have, and what in the environment currently makes harm easier.

What Is a Fractional CSO?

A fractional Chief Security Officer is an experienced security executive who runs an organization's security program part time on retainer rather than as a full time hire.

What Does California Require for Workplace Violence Prevention?

California requires nearly every employer to establish, implement, and maintain a written, site specific Workplace Violence Prevention Plan, keep a Violent Incident Log, and provide interactive annual training.

How Much Does Event and Venue Security Cost?

Event and venue security staffing in the United States is billed hourly by tier, commonly ranging from 25 to 65 dollars per hour with an 8 hour minimum per officer.

Source and authority

Shadow was founded by Michael de Geus, a former U.S. Secret Service Special Agent. He spent 12 years in federal service on the Presidential Protective Division, followed by 6 years in private sector global security, a career of nearly two decades. Shadow has secured more than 500 events across four continents with a zero incident record.