Ensuring the tactical readiness of executive protection details is the number one responsibility of security management. It’s the backbone of quality control. And it’s the one thing that EP and other security practitoners consistently get wrong.

Like people in any other profession, executive protection agents like nothing better than a good story. Some of our favorites are about the agents who go above and beyond the call of duty and demonstrate exceptional qualities to achieve the extraordinary. Others are more down to earth, but reveal some of the quirkier sides of what is already a quirky profession. After all, who but an EP agent can get excited about a story in which practically everything goes wrong behind the scenes, but what everyone sees is a boring non-event? In this blog, we share a few of our favorite executive protection stories – and some thoughts on what makes great EP agents stand out from the rest.

Intelligence analysis is now becoming a critical piece of the overall security efforts for more and more corporations. And from all indications, its usage and influence will be only be spreading in the years to come. In this blog, Christian West shares perspectives on this growing trend based on his experience in corporate security in the U.S. and Europe.