The proven safety tips and techniques for corporate executives, revised and updated
The revised and updated second edition of Executive's Guide to Personal Security, 2nd Edition offers a strategic handbook for ensuring safety for executives, their employees, and their corporate assets. The book’s lessons outline the basic rules of personal security; it shows how to recognize and prepare for the real threats faced by executives and ordinary individuals in today’s often hostile world. It is filled with the necessary knowledge that can empower executives to face these threats and deal with them successfully. The methods outlined herein, formerly reserved for security professionals and government employees, are made available to the reader. Executive's Guide to Personal Security will teach you situational awareness which allows you to identify potential dangers before they become serious threats. You will learn how to analyze risks, prepare for emergencies, travel safely, and utilize counter-surveillance techniques to enable you to recognize if you are being followed or targeted. You will gain an understanding of the threats to both personal safety and corporate assets and understand how to implement the appropriate counter-measures to deal with those perceived threats.
With Executive’s Guide to Personal Security, you can learn to take necessary actions to reduce your chances of becoming a target and discover how to make yourself less vulnerable. Written by two seasoned security experts, the lessons presented can be used by those in the business world as well as anyone who would like to feel more secure, including those traveling to foreign countries and individuals studying abroad. New to the second edition is:
- Information for responding to an active shooter incident
- Enhanced details for protecting IP and computers and smart phones
- Strategies for planning for emergencies at home and the office
- Approaches to safety that meet the challenges of today’s world
Executive's Guide to Personal Security, 2nd Edition is the comprehensive book that contains information on physical security, principles of route selection, technical security systems, hostage situations, emergency planning, hotel and room selection, armored products, communications, bomb threats, evacuations, and local criminal hazards.
Table of Contents
About the Authors ix
Preface xiii
Introduction xv
Chapter 1 Developing a Security Mind-set 1
Chapter 2 Planning for Emergencies in the Office 15
Chapter 3 Receipt of Suspicious Mail and Packages and Bomb Threats 47
Chapter 4 Violence in the Workplace 65
Chapter 5 Surviving an Active Shooter Incident 73
Chapter 6 Personal and Business Travel Security 91
Chapter 7 Travel to High-Risk Areas 113
Chapter 8 Hijacking and Hostage Survival 157
Chapter 9 Espionage and Fraud Protection: The Executive Perspective 169
Chapter 10 Executive Protection 185
Chapter 11 Running a Successful Security Business Function 195
Chapter 12 Breaking into a Security Career in the Private Sector 205
Chapter 13 Carrying a Firearm for Personal Protection 217
Index 227
