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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 […]

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April 4, 2014 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

Technology – Security – Tesla Hacking

While there is more and more being put out there for all to see (including our adversaries) about the vulnerability of some of these systems, to date not nearly as much information has been put out regarding strategies for preventing or protecting against such threats. For now, awareness of the risks and vulnerabilities of these […]

Filed Under: driving Tagged With: Joe Autera, Larry Side, Vehicle Dynamics Institute, Vehicle hacking

March 30, 2014 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

Escaping The Kill Zone – What Is Good? by Joe Autera – Larry Side & Tony Scotti

A while back we wrote a small article titled “You Can’t Be Average”; the article got a great deal of response, and one of the most asked questions was – OK, when talking about driving and Escaping The Kill Zone, (ETKZ) if not “Average” then  “What is good”. To answer the question we go to […]

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March 8, 2014 By VDI Team Leave a Comment

Line of Sight and Security Driving

We have all had the experience of driving on a major highway and running into stop and go traffic, the first thought you have is that there must be an accident just over the hill or around the bend. But when you get to the top of the hill or around the bend the traffic […]

Filed Under: driving, training Tagged With: Driver training, Joe Autera, Larry Side, VDI

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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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