For many, perhaps most, people the term “lone wolf” as it refers to terrorist attacks gives the impression that these attacks are isolated incidents with no commonality or connectivity; random acts, if you will. In my opinion – which is based on my relevant experience, thus those with differing, albeit relevant, experience may have a […]
Benchmarking How You Protect Your Business from Unethical Contractors or Sub-Contractors
Recognizing that protecting proprietary and confidential information from exploitation by unscrupulous and/or unethical contractors or subcontractors for their own financial gain is one of the greatest challenges business owners face, particularly in the protection industry, we thought it would be informative to benchmark our approach with that being taken by other professional security practitioners and […]
Caveat Emptor; a Public Service Message for Providers and Consumers of Secure Transportation Services
As one of the foremost and respected protection training providers in the world, we (Tony Scotti’s Vehicle Dynamics Institute) feel we have an obligation to the community and clients we serve to ensure they have the accurate information needed to make properly informed business decisions. With that in mind, it should be noted that, despite […]
Understanding and Embracing the Attacker’s Perspective
The following is in response to an article that appeared in the New Yorker magazine titled “The Hitman’s Tale -How an honors student became a hired killer. Those who have been through any of VDI’s courses know the emphasis we place on understanding and embracing the attacker’s perspective – from target selection and surveillance to […]
Tradition
I (Tony Scotti) hesitate to post these types of comments – simply because there are so many and I would be posting them every day. But this one is, at least to this old man, special. It is from a former student, his name is Bob and he is 87 years old. He read an […]