Articles Tagged with ''executive protection''

Interest in executive protection education and guidance has grown within ASIS International since the introduction of a two-day program in 1998 and a Certificate in Executive Protection in 2013. Now, council members will focus on providing education and resources on professional executive protection, and establishing EP as a business enabler to keep protectees safe and productive. 

For the 2014 Winter Olympics, a 50-person contingent from the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA), including several members of the board of directors, spent 14 days attending various events and competitions in Sochi, Russia. For Tiger Shaw, two-time Olympian and now President and CEO of the USSA, this meant the need to call in some expert help.

If your organization is operating in an area where the risk of kidnap is deemed high, you should consider the Special Risk options available through the insurance market. Carried by many leading underwriters, Kidnap/Ransom and Extortion (KRE) coverage reimburses the losses associated with a kidnap.

As we all soon will head out on upcoming holiday vacations, we all run the danger of becoming a remote risk for our companies, often without being aware of it.

Thousands of well-wishers swarmed around the Pope's vehicle in Brazil, and while the head of the Catholic Church remained calm, his assistants were less than pleased.

Impromptu stops and rides in open-air vehicles are only two of the headaches facing Vatican security officials.

Budget cuts have left state justices without security protection after they leave government facilities, one justice says. 

The U.S. Secret Service will put to bed a table-top game it uses in training and replace it with an electronic version.