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October 17, 2017 By Vehicle Dynamics 1 Comment

Protective Security Operations

Protective Security Operations

In today’s world, the security professional is faced with the daunting task of designing, developing, and implementing measures to counter an increasingly broad, though still somewhat vague, spectrum of threats. Law enforcement and government agencies continue to release a barrage of alerts and warnings about possible terrorist operations against US and Western interests both within the US and abroad. It seems that every warning is accompanied by the usual caveats about no credible information, no specific targets, and no specific timing or methods of attack. In fact, more often than not these warnings have been disseminated to the private sector through the media long before any official notification has been forthcoming. Developing an effective protection strategy under these circumstances can be, to say the least, taxing.

Filed Under: surveillance Tagged With: Executive Protection, protective intelligence

June 24, 2016 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

It’s Unfortunate, But absent a serious, credible threat most Principals are not likely to be very receptive to increased security measures

By Joe Autera Those who’ve attended VDI’s “Best Practices for the Solo Practitioner” course have heard us discuss the fact that absent a serious, credible threat most Principals are not likely to be very receptive to increased security measures; and “serious, credible threat” in the minds of many Principals means that someone in a similar […]

Filed Under: training Tagged With: EP Training, Executive Protection, executive protection training, global training, Joe Autera, VDI

May 9, 2015 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

Another Jaunt Through Karjackistan

It’s a Pleasure and an Honor –  to have worked this week with the latest group of security professionals to successfully complete VDI’s Protective/Evasive Driving Course. This time around, 20 students from 3 countries and 7 states joined us for the three day jaunt through Karjackistan. Collectively, they represent several multi-national corporations, a Non-Governmental Organization, […]

Filed Under: training Tagged With: Driver training, evasive driving, Executive Protection, Joe Autera, Larry Side, VDI, Vehicle Dynamics Institute

April 13, 2015 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

A jaunt though Karjackistan

  Here are some of the 20 students (a few were understandably “camera shy”) who participated in VDI’s Protective/Evasive Driving course last week. Representing 8 corporations (7 of which are Fortune 100 companies), 2 global security providers, and 2 government agencies, they came together from 5 states across the country to take a jaunt though […]

Filed Under: news Tagged With: Driver training, Executive Protection, Joe Autera, Larry Side, Security Driving, VDI

May 28, 2014 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: news, op-ed Tagged With: Executive Protection, Security Driving

Surveillance Detection a Practical Perspective

Surveillance Detection: a Practical Perspective

Recognizing that while the Solo Practitioner approach – where one protection practitioner is responsible for managing the wide range of risks their Principal may face – is not the optimum approach to doing so, it is in fact being effectively implemented far more often and successfully than many in the profession would care to admit, it’s worthwhile to take a closer look at the strategies and tactics which contribute to the effectiveness of the Solo Practitioner paradigm.

Welcome my friend to Karjackistan

Welcome, My Friend, to Karjackistan!

KarjackistanTM is a place where all of the challenges and hazards of driving on the mean streets of cities and towns around the world converge, from errant pedestrians to potential accidents and deliberate ambushes.

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