Are you aware that up to 2,000 people around the world are currently being held against their will in one form or another? What’s worse, somewhere between 12,000 and 15,000 people are held captive every year for ransom or as hostages. The fact is, the risk is ever-present whoever and wherever you are, and being prepared to […]
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Secure Transport can be seen as a “nice to have” not a “need to have”. For many organisations, the return on investment for hiring a security driver for senior executives is judged to be high enough to justify the expense. One of the main reasons for this (though not the only one) is that transportation
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Can mindset really help travellers and security operatives respond safely to uncertain circumstances? This post summarises a podcast interview with former Australian Special Forces soldier and hostile environment security expert, Rhys Dowden, about the benefits of a prepared mindset. He explains his holistic approach to confidence in any situation and his tips for getting the
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Last week we published a blog post, Who Needs a Bodyguard and How Do You Hire One? – Part 1, and podcast episode outlining the ins and outs of hiring a bodyguard or executive protection agent. In the second and final part of the series, we dive deeper to answer the question of who needs a
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Google “shareholder meeting attack” and you’ll be amazed at the number of stories that come up. Most of them are about non-violent attacks – protest groups, people launching hostile bids, or shareholders complaining about executive salaries or positions. But, violent or not, looking at the Google results (and reading this blog post or listening to
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Gold Coast Security Firm Panoptic Solutions on International Search Case Private security team members from Gold Coast Security Firm Panoptic Solutions are helping in the hunt for a missing Aussie in Malaysia who says she hasn’t touched her bank accounts. Panoptic Solutions operations manager Ben Hosking, coordinating the search plan from the Gold Coast Security Firm, whilst
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At approximately 1030 hrs, local time, on 14 January 2016, what is believed to be a cell of five terrorists launched an attack on Jalan Thamrin in Central Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia. The Jakarta bombings centred on the Sarinah shopping mall and office tower. The attack commenced with an assault on a police post
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With so many Gold Coast security companies, one can find it a challenging task to identify the one which provides a professional service. If events and organisations such as the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games & Olympic Committee have questions from the public surrounding the quality of security providers (Skene, 2017), how does the layperson or
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When people think of executive protection, they tend to think of VIPs, celebrities, and high net worth individuals (HNWI). Though they may not always travel to hazardous locations, risk is enhanced by virtue of their position or status. For them, travelling to hazardous locations is often part of the job. Provisions need to be made
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The question is, when does a “driver” go from being a “just a driver” to being a “security driver” and what should the expectations be of them if they then represent themselves as one? Panoptic Solutions was previously involved with a task where the client utilised driving services from two separate security providers. Although not
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