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Executive Protection: Entourage Vs. The ‘Real Deal’, By Aegis PI

Jul 22

Posted by Matt in Estate Security, Executive Protection, Industry Talk | 3 Comments

     This is a treat.  With permission from the guys at Aegis PI, I wanted to post this excellent article on some EP stuff. Specifically, the difference between a professional close protection specialist versus the typical ‘entourage’ body guards that celebrities sometimes use.

     Hell, you could apply the same example to these leaders of small countries that tend to use their family or friends (entourage) as body guards, as opposed to using professionals. And in both cases, when you need serious dependable protection or guidance for avoiding any embarrassments, the optimum choice will always be the professional.  -Matt

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Entourage vs the “real deal”

By Aegis PI

July 22nd, 2010

Just what is the real deal? We will get to that in a bit. What exactly are we talking about here?

That’s simple…

Celebrity Protection.

Not just any Celeb, but one segment specifically, Rappers.

Dear _________, (insert your favorite artist here)

The media and the music industry are filled with story after story of this Hip-Hop artist or that Rapper getting into some sort of trouble because their so called “security” made things worse instead of better. Lets be clear here. They aren’t security at all. They are your boys. Hangers on. The entourage.

They have no formal training in personal security. They think an advance is what happens before pay day. More often then not they are drinking and partying with you. Their felony convictions keep them from legally carrying firearms.

Just because they grew up with you doesn’t mean they are the best person for the job. Yes, your homies loyalty and trust is unshakable. Yes they will do anything for you but is that a good thing? Think about it, how safe are you when your so called ‘bodyguards’ are matching you shot for shot?

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Executive Protection: Current Status Of Fortune 500 Security Expenditures

May 1

Posted by Matt in Estate Security, Executive Protection, Industry Talk | 1 Comment

   This is one of the best articles I have come across in awhile, just because it is full of some very good info on the money side of executive protection. I have never seen such a complete compilation of this stuff, and bravo to Mr. Andrejczak for putting this together. Maybe he could do a report on the overseas contracting industry one of these days?

   A couple of highlights.  Obviously the recession is causing many companies to pinch pennies, to include security expenditures for CEO’s and management.  But like the article mentions, the report is not able to get a complete picture on expenditures. With that said, you can still get a lot out of this thing.

   It looks like the top companies are Starbucks, Dell, and Oracle (for disclosed expenditures).  I imagine Apple and Microsoft pay big as well, but that was not disclosed.

   I also thought the listing of companies who had interests in Mexico was telling.  The expenditures for security services for Coke and Citigroup has increased, which makes sense. I imagine many companies with offices and CEO’s located in Mexico, will be paying a premium for protection.

   The final point that made this article really cool, was the mention of security companies who were players in the fortune 500 protection game.  And most of them had blogs! lol  Although I don’t think they are blogging for the same reason I am. Blogs on websites are usually part of the SEO strategy of companies, so they can be more searchable to potential clients.

   Most corporate websites are stagnate, because they don’t get a lot of content coming into the site to make them highly searchable.  You attach a blog to a site and that increases a companies chances of being found in Google Search. That is also why they set up Facebook and Twitter accounts, so they rate high in search.  Either way, I put these companies up on my reader, and I look forward to what they have to say.  I have no clue if they are hiring, but it wouldn’t hurt to send them a cover letter and resume if you are looking for work CONUS. (As a disclosure, I do not work for any of these companies, nor am I endorsing them–just getting the word out) -Matt

Insite Security website here.

Insite Security blog here.

Sexton Executive Security website here.

Sexton Security’s Bullet Proof blog here.

Inter-Con Security Systems website here.

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CEO security-tabs fall at Google, FedEx and Disney

Starbucks pays more to protect CEO Howard Schultz

By Matt Andrejczak

April 12, 2010

Executives at Kodak and Deere are now paying for their own home-security systems, a sign that executive-security is one perk corporate board’s are scrutinizing more closely.

Indeed, other companies cut back on security expenses, too — especially those known to spend big bucks on protecting their CEO, according to a MarketWatch review of proxy statements filed so far this year by Dow 30 components and larger S&P 500 companies.

The security tab for Google CEO Eric Schmidt fell 42% to $233,542 last year. The bill for FedEx CEO Fred Smith dropped 23% to $461,405, while the cost for Disney CEO Bob Iger dipped 9% to $589,102.

Since 2007, Google has paid $1.1 million in personal security expenses for Schmidt, FedEx has paid $1.5 million for Smith, and Disney has paid $1.9 million for Iger.

Compensation consultant Todd Gershkowitz of Farient Advisors said CEO security is not an egregious perk compared to goodies like country-club memberships, chauffeurs or taxes companies pay on super-sized severance packages for axed CEOs.

But company-provided security “becomes an invasion of privacy, some CEOs don’t want it, some accept it,” said Gershkowitz, who considers CEO security expenditures more of an issue about risk than one of executive perks handed out by directors.

He said he’d like to see more detailed disclosures about CEO security in proxies.

Deere and Kodak won’t pay the bill for residential security anymore, according to their yearly proxy statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Starting this year, Deere said eight executives will have to reimburse the company for security services that had included “drive-by surveillance and response to security alarms” for certain executives by Deere’s corporate security staff.

CEO pay: Who made the big buck in 2009?

Median CEO pay declined for a second year in 2009, according to the Wall Street Journal’s annual CEO pay survey. WSJ’s Erin White talks with David Wise of Hay Group about the survey.

This perk cost Deere less than $19,000 last year, but the exact number is unknown since the tractor maker lumped the cost in with spouses attending company events.

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Publications: Report From GAO On Nuclear Private Security Forces

Feb 10

Posted by Matt in Estate Security, Industry Talk, Publications | 1 Comment

     Efforts to more uniformly manage protective forces have focused on either reforming the current contracting approach or creating a federal protective force (federalization). Either approach might provide for managing protective forces more uniformly and could result in effective security if well-managed. Although DOE rejected federalization as an option in 2009 because it believed that the transition would be costly and would yield little, if any, increase in security effectiveness, the department recognized that the current contracting approach could be improved by greater standardization and by addressing personnel system issues. 

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     So why is it that we federalize airport security, yet privatize nuclear security?  I think this GAO report pretty much answers that question as to what direction they think security should go for nuclear facilities.  The folks at DoE and GAO probably had visions of TSA style security as soon as someone brought up the federalization of nuclear facilities, and that probably shut down the idea right then and there. lol

   Any way, I thought they had some interesting conclusions in the report.  Harden up the forces and make them more like the military (training and such), provide one set of standards and pay for all the sites (no brainer there), and insure the contractors are getting taken care of for retirement stuff (so they have incentive to do well, and stay with the program). Sounds good, and I hope this is implemented. -Matt

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Nuclear Security: DOE Needs to Address Protective Forces’ Personnel System Issues

GAO-10-275 January 29, 2010

Summary

The September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks raised concerns about the security of Department of Energy’s (DOE) sites with weapons-grade nuclear material, known as Category I Special Nuclear Material (SNM). To better protect these sites against attacks, DOE has sought to transform its protective forces protecting SNM into a Tactical Response Force (TRF) with training and capabilities similar to the U.S. military. DOE also has considered whether the current system of separate contracts for protective forces at each site provides sufficiently uniform, high-quality performance across its sites. Section 3124 of PL 110-181, the fiscal year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act, directed GAO to review protective forces at DOE sites that possess Category I SNM. Among other things, GAO (1) analyzed information on the management and compensation of protective forces, (2) examined the implementation of TRF, and (3) assessed DOE’s two options to more uniformly manage DOE protective forces.

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Afghanistan: The Yellow, by Tim Lynch

Feb 1

Posted by Matt in Afghanistan, Estate Security, Iraq | 2 Comments

     So I have been hanging out the last couple of days over at Tim’s blog, Free Range International, and talking about the concept of hybrid remote camps in Afghanistan.  It’s a very simple concept–use civilians to support these smaller outposts to free up the military to do their thing.  Tim’s point was that contractors could totally defend a camp and assist in reconstruction efforts, all while being close to and working with the local populations in these camps for the long term. And because we are limited with troops, adding more contractors to the equation, if done right, could certainly be a force multiplier.  Tim brought up a UN civilian contractor/ Special Forces hybrid remote camp in his post, and I brought up the various camp defense scenarios in Iraq with Blackwater in Najaf and Triple Canopy in Al Kut. The best point I brought up, in my opinion, were the remote camps that were completely supplied, operated and defended by civilians with the CMC (Coalition Munitions Clearance) program in Iraq.

    What we are exploring with this idea, is how do you get the most bang for your buck in this war, and how do you make your combat troops more lethal and efficient?  Our point in the discussion was using contractors to free up the war fighters even more, to get them out into the populations centers and do good things–like kill the enemy or protect and serve the local populations.  

     Civilians can set up man the defense, they can run camp services, they can run logistics operations to supply the camp, they can fix stuff, and do all the menial tasks that take troops away from the fight.  We have already been doing this in Iraq, and to some degree in Afghanistan, but what we are talking about are the small combat outposts that are posted near the villages that we are trying to protect, do road construction and infrastructure projects for, and generally reduce the commute distance between the military and local populations. Tim was making the point that military units come and go, and the continuity of the operation is hindered.  If there was a civilian component that was always there, and always manning the operation, that the local populations could recognize and constantly work with, then that would be good.  All the military has to do is just keep moving in and out of these camps, and focus on bad guys, we can stay and ensure that the promises we made to the villages are being kept and constantly being worked on until finished.  

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Video: Security Unprecedented for Obama Inauguration

Jan 19

Posted by Matt in Estate Security, Executive Protection, Video, Washington DC | No Comments

Jobs: Nuclear Security Officer, Florida

Nov 27

Posted by Matt in Estate Security, Florida, Jobs | No Comments

I8B3VL73LP1YFC759BJJobs: Nuclear Security Officer, Florida

Nuclear Security Officer – Armed

The Wackenhut Corporation

Job Snapshot

Location:

6501 South Ocean Drive

Jensen Beach, FL 34957 ( map it!Map it )

Base Pay:

$42,500 – $54,700 /Year

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Jobs: Security Superintendent, Kazakhstan

Aug 2

Posted by Matt in Estate Security, Jobs, Kazakhstan, Management Positions | No Comments

 

BoratJobs: Security Superintendent, Kazakhstan 

 Very Nice!

 

 Security Superintendent  

Employer: PRC Career Holdings (Asia Expatriate Staffing)

Desired Expertise: Safety Officer

Experience: 10+ years

Education: Bachelors/3-5 yr Degree

Salary: 540 GBP

Location: Aksai, Kazakhstan

Date Updated: 7/18/2008

Job Description:

Location: Aksai

Department: Phase III – Early Works

Reports to: HSSE Manager EW  

Job Purpose:

To effectively manage the security risk and provide clear, efficient security guidance to PMT to ensure minimum risk to the workforce during the execution phase of Early Works.

    * To support the HSSE Manager Construction in the day to day management of security risk associated with execution of this project

    * To actively ensure the security management plan is fully implemented across the project team and contractors are fully aligned to Early Works Security goals and objectives

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Jobs: Security Specialist 3 and 2, Multiple US Locations

Jul 31

Posted by Matt in Colorado, Estate Security, Executive Protection, Jobs, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania | No Comments

     Four positions opened up with Fedex.  Three of them are Security Specialists 3 and one is a Security Specialist 2.  The states listed are Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Colorado.  -Head Jundi

corp logoJobs: Security Specialist 3 and 2, Multiple US Locations

THIS POSITION IS FOR HAGERTOWN, MD

Bachelor’s degree/equivalent. Five (5) years law enforcement/airlines Security or related professional experience. Knowledge of anti-terrorism Operations. Operating knowledge of cctv and theft detection devices. Must be bondable and qualify for a commission as a law enforcement Private officer in the city/county/state where based. Ability to complete Required training programs. Good human relations and investigative skills.

Develops and implement Loss Prevention Programs; to conduct investigations in theft, pilferage and other acts against the company, its customers and its employees.

Develops and implements security awareness programs, loss prevention programs, provide matrix and support to various levels of management. Conducts investigations into thefts, pilferages, acts of vandalism, misconduct and other activities detrimental to the company, its employees and its customers.

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Jobs: Executive Protection/Security Officer, California

Jun 24

Posted by Matt in California, Estate Security, Executive Protection, Jobs | No Comments

     A couple of things about this job.  This company is flying this as a security guard/executive protection job.  With that said, it sounds like they want to hire guys, that are willing to go anywhere they want you.  So I really can’t say that this will be a pure EP type job.  It sounds like a jack of all trades type of job, with a slight emphasis on executive protection type work.  I do not know how much they are paying either, so job seeker beware.  The best thing to do is to just call the security manager or write them.  Below, I have posted the job as it stands on their website and how they are selling it on one of the various job boards out there. -Head Jundi

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GalloLogoJobs: Executive Protection/Security Officer, California 

SECURITY Gallo Winery Security Officer Executive Protection Under minimum supervision, monitors and patrols assigned areas to observe and protect property while adhering to all established Company and department policies and procedures. Must communicate professionally, respectfully and tactfully in both written and oral forms in order to establish and maintain effective relationships in the performance of required duties. Responsible for understanding and complying with applicable quality, environmental and safety regulatory considerations. Must maintain a Concealed Weapons permit from the County Sheriffs Department if required; and an Exposed Weapons permit form the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services. Required to work nights, weekends and holidays as part of a rotating shift and overtime if necessary. Must have the physical ability to protect the principle. Prior law enforcement experience preferred. To apply please visit our careers page at www.gallo.com, Gallo is an Equal Opportunity Employer EEO/AA/M/F/D/V

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Job Title: SECURITY GUARD 1-UNARMED

City: Modesto

State: CA

Country: USA

Reference: 402873

Full Time/Part Time

Full-Time

Job Description

SUMMARY

Under immediate supervision, monitors and patrols assigned areas to observe and protect Company assets while adhering to all established Company and department policies and procedures.  This is an entry level trainee position eligible to move to Security Guard 2 level after successful completion of SG2 testing at 6 months.  Guards will be allowed three attempts to pass.  A third failed attempt will result in discharge from the Company.

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Jobs: Director of Corporate Security, Seattle WA

May 14

Posted by Matt in Estate Security, Executive Protection, Jobs, Management Positions, Seattle | No Comments

    I wonder if this job comes with free lattes for life?  -Head Jundi

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 logo topJobs: Director of Corporate Security, Seattle WA

 director, Corporate Security – Seattle, WA

Description
 
JOB SUMMARY AND MISSION
This job contributes to Starbucks success by directing the strategic planning and tactical activities of the corporate security function. Directs the physical security functions at major office facilities. Leads global intelligence collection and analysis activity and identifies emerging risks to partners, assets and the brand. Directs the corporate investigations function and oversees complex criminal investigations as required. Develops the strategy and directs the operation of the protective services function accountable for the safety and security of senior executives, department or business unit leaders, international travelers or other designated persons. Models and acts in accordance with Starbucks guiding principles.
SUMMARY OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities and essential job functions include but are not limited to the following:
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