Mark Deane

Mark Deane, the CEO of ETS Risk Management Inc. and founder of Explore Secure® is a risk management professional whose experience stems from his previous career as a Covert Operational Officer with the British Government. He has planned, managed and delivered numerous security and risk management operations at both a government and corporate level. He regularly delivers training to corporate and government agencies in a range of security, surveillance and intelligence services.

The Key to Ensuring Employee Awareness with Business Travel

Mark Deane

March 6, 2020

How can business travelers better understand the actual threats of their destination/s and their travel itinerary, and the risks to those threats?

Never Let the Protest Become the Event

Ten tips from event security experts

Mark Deane

Frank Figliuzzi

January 28, 2019

Event security has evolved well beyond the standard uniformed officers, access control, and incident response. Today’s event security professionals are strategists who use intelligence driven risk-based models to mitigate threats by identifying and addressing gaps and vulnerabilities.

Carjacking after the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix

Business Travel to Brazil: Lessons from the Sao Paulo Grand Prix Armed Robbery

Mark Deane

January 5, 2018

After the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix, a Mercedes F1 Grand Prix team minibus full of team members leaving the F1 Circuit in Sao Paulo was robbed at gunpoint. Valuables were stolen from the minibus during the attack. What could security personnel have done differently to mitigate the risk of such an attack?

International Travel Training: How Employees Should Respond to a Mugging

“Oh C.R.A.P. I’m about to get mugged.”

Mark Deane

December 12, 2017

When you travel abroad for business, there is a good chance you will be identified as a foreigner. Your highest risk is often not terrorism or espionage, but mugging or theft. What can you teach your employees to keep them alert and prepared?

Business Travelers: Worrying About Terrorism May Kill You

Mark Deane

May 30, 2017

The looming shadow of terrorism is pervasive. The recent suicide attack that targeted a music concert in Manchester, UK; the vehicle attack in London, UK, two months prior; and compounded further by regular images across the media of marauding attacks in cities such as Paris and Berlin.

5 Key Components of a Robust Travel Risk Management Program

Mark Deane

March 14, 2017

Meeting duty of care requirements is a complex process to navigate for any organization with employees who are traveling overseas on company business. Understanding what measures one can take to manage risk to an acceptable standard remains a considerable challenge. Now, more than ever in our volatile world the question arises: how best to meet this legal obligation?