One of the greatest mistakes made by large numbers of business personnel is to travel without security and without having attended any personal security training programmes themselves. Any risk expert will inform you that the phrase a little knowledge is dangerous, does not count in the security or risk management industries.

Numerous security and International risk experts run private security training courses specifically designed for business personnel travelling overseas. I’m a firm believer that every business person travelling overseas on business duties should be aware of the top 5 security secrets relating to risk management. International risk experts refer to these as the primary risk security secrets or risk experts commandments.

top 5 risk management security secrets referred to in this article come courtesy of the security training curriculum designed for travelling business personnel by the British American Security Expert. All professional International risk experts will inform you that in relation to risk there is no such concept as risk free. Every aspect of life contains risk as does every aspect of business.

In regards to risk management the very best any International risk experts can hope to achieve is to seriously minimise the security risks to a business and its fixed valuable assets and human assets or business personnel.
International risk experts typically provide risk identification, risk analysis and risk management security to many of the close protection agencies providing the on the ground close protection security for business personnel in just about all the high risk theatres of operation globally.

International risk experts know that before anyone can seek to minimise risk one has to understand the basic components of risk. In reference to risk management of business personnel the British American Security Expert states there are seven components of business security risk, i.e.
Risk Experts Business Security Risk Components

1. Risk identification.
2. Risk assessment.
3. Risk management.
4. Risk operations.
5. Risk policy.
6. Risk template.
7. Risk security.

Once these seven security risk components have been identified it is then time to turn your attention towards the risk expert top 5 security secrets

Risk Expert Top 5 Security Secrets For Business Personnel #1

Identify the real risk.

Risk Expert Top 5 Security Secrets #2

Assess the risk.

Risk Expert Top 5 Security Secrets #3

Minimise the risk

Risk Expert Top 5 Security Secrets #4

Manage the risk.

Risk Expert Top 5 Security Secrets #5

Learn from your risk management mistakes.

Every professional risk expert knows the added value in the provision of risk management and security awareness training for business personnel. When a company works closely with risk experts who pass on their risk security secrets it really does show they are making an investment in their personnel. The British American Security Expert advises that numerous International risk experts run these types of training programmes ion many different countries.

While all network applications provide flexibility in the business environment, networks come with their own risks. It is important that all data is secured against hacking and virus attacks. Secondly, the network access systems also have to be made intruder proof so that no external agency or individual is able to enter into the sensitive data area. One of the most sought after data by network intruders and hackers is the critical financial data and information such as Credit card numbers and PINs. However, advances in technology such as data encryption tools, virtual private networks, password and data encryption techniques have provided the necessary security to data and information moving on the network.

Many other techniques used in data protection and network security are also being regularly deployed by business organizations. These include firewalls, virus shields, etc. and need to be configured according to the requirement of the specific network. One of the most vulnerable categories of networks is that of wireless networks and as wireless networks become popular, securing them becomes the most important and priority activity of corporate network managers and network security experts. Security consulting agencies advocate use of techniques such as 64 bit WEP, 128 bit WEP, WPAT, Mac address filtering etc. As many organizations upgrade to WIFI and WiMAX networks, wireless network security is gaining increased importance and organizations are looking at network security as a priority activity.

Dr. Mark D. Yates, The British American Security Expert says data and network security needs to be reviewed continuously for its effectiveness as intruders and hackers keep upgrading their techniques and methods continuously. Network security is therefore a high priority activity for network managers and technology officers of business enterprises and equally for security consulting firms.

One of the most sought after data by network intruders and hackers is the critical financial data and information such as Credit card numbers and PINs. However, advances in technology such as data encryption tools, virtual private networks, password and data encryption techniques have provided the necessary security to data and information moving on the network.

Many other techniques used in data protection and network security are also being regularly deployed by business organizations. These include firewalls, virus shields, etc. and need to be configured according to the requirement of the specific network. One of the most vulnerable categories of networks is that of wireless networks and as wireless networks become popular, securing them becomes the most important and priority activity of corporate network managers and network security experts. Security consulting agencies advocate use of techniques such as 64 bit WEP, 128 bit WEP, WPAT, Mac address filtering etc. As many organizations upgrade to WIFI and WiMAX networks, wireless network security is gaining increased importance and organizations are looking at network security as a priority activity.

Dr. Mark D. Yates, The British American Security Expert says data and network security needs to be reviewed continuously for its effectiveness as intruders and hackers keep upgrading their techniques and methods continuously. Network security is therefore a high priority activity for network managers and technology officers of business enterprises and equally for security consulting firms.

Many business organizations have entered into contracts with security consultant companies or an individual security consultant for designing and implementing security systems for their business assets. The security industry is witnessing heightened activity and security firms have been receiving enquiries about security products like never before. It is therefore worth discussing the Top 5 Security Products which provide foolproof security to business and residential premises and other assets.

One of the most important feature, every buyer looks out for, is the access control mechanism.

Top 5 Security Products UK & Security Safety Products #1: External Access Control Systems

Any professional security expert will advise you that top quality access control systems provide your first main line of security defence. The highest percentage of all security problems can be overcome by implementing robust access control systems.

Access control systems such as AIPHONE and Bell systems with vandal resistant panels provide this feature and serve as a first level entry restriction and authorization mechanism.

Top 5 Security Products UK & Security Safety Products #2: Internal Access Control Systems

Ask a security expert where the most likely threat to your business will come from, and he or she will inform you it will most likely come from one or more of your employees who have unlimited internal access to your business and business data systems.

Accidental data losses and malicious data theft represent just two of the major threats businesses are facing. Robust Internal access control systems are key to minimising your internal security risk. Paxton access systems provide state of the art but affordable internal access control systems products.

Top 5 Security Products UK & Security Safety Products #3 : CCTV Systems

CCTV systems are the next in line, as surveillance within business premises is considered extremely important. The provision of CCTV systems is considered by many a security consultant to one of the fastest growth areas of the security systems sector.

A well known security expert recently reported that as the security industry has matured and maintained its firm footing in the global top ten list of industry growth sectors all major studies clearly list insider employees as the greatest threat facing all types and size of businesses.

Theft of company data, financial fraud, theft of goods and products, malicious product tampering and bullying and harassment of staff are all on the increase. CCTV systems offer businesses the opportunity to minimise their security risk. Security companies like Pelco are recognised as industry leaders in the provision of overt and covert CCTV systems.

Top 5 Security Products UK & Security Safety Products #4: Safes

The provision of top quality safes is generally a favourite topic for every security expert.
A security expert might refer to it as data loss prevention, content monitoring and filtering, employee activity monitoring, counter-corruption, and insider trading or fraud detection. A lot of this type of employee theft and fraud is only brought to the general public’s awareness when a high profile incident affects a business and it is reported via the media or TV.

One of the main priorities for any business owner or director is to ensure all data is backed up and secured. By this I mean both on site and offsite. Every piece of confidential company documentation should be housed in a document or data safe and access to the safe should be restricted to suitably cleared personnel
Most business safes are rated for water and fire proofing and Insurance rated for cah and/or valuables.

Top 5 Security Products UK & Security Safety Products #5: Smoke Alarms

I am hearing many a security expert recommending businesses to increase the number of smoke detectors in their business premises and also to increase the quality of the smoke detectors. Changes in the corporate manslaughter laws for company directors is part of the reason for this drive If you own business premises which house your workforce and staff members’, then one of the single most security features to be irregularly checked is the smoke detectors. I have personally witnessed several business offices where staff members have removed the batteries from existing smoke detectors because they were faulty and continuously emitted an annoying intermittent alarm warning.

If a fire occurs in a building like this and people are injured or killed, then you as the business owner or director would be liable under the current law. If it is proven you were negligent in failing to maintain your smoke detectors your insurance company may also refuse to pay out for any resulting claims.

It is quite evident that security systems occupy top slots on the shopping and investment lists of business organizations and home owners. It is also necessary that buyers of security equipment become educated about different security systems and their features and select the most appropriate equipment which suits their need. This top 5 security products UK & security safety products is a good first step in the education process. Buyers may also seek the support of a security expert or a security consultant to analyze their unique security requirements and to devise the correct security strategy for their needs.

Dr. Mark D. Yates The British American Security Expert is an expert security consultant and provides guidelines on security strategies which helps clients to benchmark security equipment for their needs. The Top 5 security products UK & security safety products discussed provide much needed protection to business and residential assets.

It’s a crime often perpetrated by criminals who target your home or business with the intention of stealing your personal information in order to steal your finances.

Modus Operandi

• Criminals often assume identities of Water Board, Gas, and Electric, Telephone, Council Workers, Police Officers, Sales Representatives and Property Repairers.
• One burglar distracts the property occupant while their hidden accomplice steals your property.
• Distraction burglars often work in teams of 2 to 4 people.
• Offenders rarely drive up to your property. They generally park some distance away close to a major road.
• Offenders often prepare in advance by profiling the victim & listening at the property door or window.
• Distraction burglars may have visited your property earlier in the guise of property repairers.

Victim Profile

• Average age of victim is 79 years.
• 77% of victims are female.
• 74% of victims live alone.
• There are younger victims but generally they are targeted because they are vulnerable people with mental health or physical problems.

The Problems

• Over 19,000 reported offences in England & Wales annually.
• Massive under reporting due to victim embarrassment.
• Devastating impact on victims.

Solutions. The British – American Security Expert’s Advice

• With reference to home security most security related issues can be countered by implementing rigid ‘Security Access Control Systems.’ It’s your property, so you decide who can enter. Never be concerned about forcing someone to wait outside your property until you are completely convinced the caller is legitimate. This helps to minimise the risk to your home security.
• To maintain good home security scrutinise the individual’s identity card. Often offenders will make excuses and leave when rigorously questioned. If you are uncertain about any individual seeking access to your property ring the company they say they represent. If in any doubt do not grant them access to your property.
• If you are overly suspicious dial 999 and ask for police advice.

Lesson: Understanding how to construct a safe Operations Room
for the Executive VIP Protection Team.

Access Control is Everything

BODYGUARDS PERSONAL COMMANDMENTS.

1: Believe nothing , no matter who told you or where you read it unless it agrees with your own logic.
2: Trust no one.
3: Expect the Unexpected.
4: Loose lips sink ships.
5: A secret shared is no longer a secret.
6: People who listen to what others say of them will never have peace.
7: If the dogs are barking at your heels, you know you are leading the pack.
8: Learning is like rowing upstream. Advance or lose all.
9: Speak with your mouth shut.
10: The truth is more important than the facts

The Wagon Train Concept:

The “Wagon Train” concept as used in protective services, requires that we build a wall (circle the wagons) around the person being protected.
This procedure continues to be the basis for the majority of today’s personal protection operations.
Its primary drawback, in regard to protecting high profile dignitaries and corporate executives, is that the protected person becomes the lightening rod.
Being surrounded by an easily definable security team simplifies target identification for adversaries.
Furthermore, through limited surveillance, terrorists can determine the Organisation, its strength, procedures and routines.
Once targeting information has been assimilated, a plan will be developed; one, which will include an overkill factor to ensure the annihilation of the entire protection team.

The kidnapping of Dr. Hans Martin Schleyer, President of the Federation of German Employers’ Association and the simultaneous murder of his chauffeur and three German Police bodyguards. Demonstrated the dangers of the high profile security approach, and of the overkill concept so often used by terrorists.

The majority of today’s terrorist actions (kidnapping and assassination), that are directed at government officials and corporate executives, occur at or near their residences, places of employment; while en route to or from work, or at a scheduled stop.

Terrorists need targeting to successfully carry out an assassination or kidnapping.
To reduce visibility and to decrease the availability of targeting information, a low profile approach must be taken.
Low profile operations employ protective measures and techniques, which will not draw undue attention to the V.I.P.
They also disguise the size, strength, procedures and routines of the protective operation.

V.I.P.s PRIMARY RESIDENCE

This section should include an aerial photograph of the exterior of the V.I.P.s primary residence and grounds if available.
It should also include photographs of the residence taken from four sides. If no photographs are available, draw a detailed sketch of the exterior of the residence and include it here.

RESIDENTIAL SECURITY CHECKLIST

General Information

1. Name Of V.I.P
2.Address Of Residence
3. Directions To Residence
4. Residence Telephone
5. Residence Fax
6. Names Of All Family Members Living At Residence and their relationship to the VIP.

RESIDENTIAL SECURITY CHECKLIST

General Information

7. Names Of All Members Of Household Staff & Description of Their Duties:
8. Names & Duties Of All Other Employees & Regular Service Personnel:
9. Make, Model & Licence Plates Of All Cars Regularly Parked At Residence:
10. History Of Burglaries & Other Security Related Problems In Neighbourhood

RESIDENTIAL SECURITY

There is no such thing as 100per-cent Security
Your aim should be to minimise the risk to your client in his or her final retreat
In order to provide a professional & effective security service to your clients residence you have to be fully aware of all aspects of residential security

RESIDENTIAL SECURITY

Treat the residence as a series of concentric protective circles. Each of which should help to reduce the risk and make the residence a ‘HARD TARGET’
300 meters outside Boundary
Exterior Grounds
Exterior of Property
Interior of Property

RESIDENTIAL SECURITY

Theory Training Exercise
The picture depicts a V.I.P. residence which comprises the following 21 rooms:

INSTRUCTIONS
Your task is to design the rooms in a safe and functional layout. You have 20 minutes to complete it individually, no talking, and then 10 minutes to complete the final draft in your designated teams.

A = Master Bed’
B = Guest Bed’
C = Bath/WC
D = Lounge
E = Security Staff Office
U = Dining Room
F = VIP’s Office
G = Storeroom
H = Bathroom
I = VIP’s Safe Room
J = Security Officers’ Quarters
K = Chauffeur’s Quarters
L = Maids’ Quarters
M = Cook’s Quarters
N = Staff Lounge
O = Kitchen
P = Bath/WC
Q = Library
R = Spare Room 3
S = WC
T = Kitchen

Many business organizations have entered into contracts with security consultant companies or an individual security consultant for designing and implementing security systems for their business assets. The security industry is witnessing heightened activity and security firms have been receiving enquiries about security products like never before. It is therefore worth discussing the Top 5 Security Products which provide foolproof security to business and residential premises and other assets.

One of the most important feature, every buyer looks out for, is the access control mechanism.

Top 5 Security Products #1: External Access Control Systems

Any professional security expert will advise you that top quality access control systems provide your first main line of security defence. The highest percentage of all security problems can be overcome by implementing robust access control systems.

Access control systems such as AIPHONE and Bell systems with vandal resistant panels provide this feature and serve as a first level entry restriction and authorization mechanism.

Top 5 Security Products #2: Internal Access Control Systems

Ask a security expert where the most likely threat to your business will come from, and he or she will inform you it will most likely come from one or more of your employees who have unlimited internal access to your business and business data systems.

Accidental data losses and malicious data theft represent just two of the major threats businesses are facing. Robust Internal access control systems are key to minimising your internal security risk. Paxton access systems provide state of the art but affordable internal access control systems products.

Top 5 Security Products #3 : CCTV Systems

CCTV systems are the next in line, as surveillance within business premises is considered extremely important. The provision of CCTV systems is considered by many a security consultant to one of the fastest growth areas of the security systems sector.
A well known security expert recently reported that as the security industry has matured and maintained its firm footing in the global top ten list of industry growth sectors all major studies clearly list insider employees as the greatest threat facing all types and size of businesses.

Theft of company data, financial fraud, theft of goods and products, malicious product tampering and bullying and harassment of staff are all on the increase. CCTV systems offer businesses the opportunity to minimise their security risk. Security companies like Pelco are recognised as industry leaders in the provision of overt and covert CCTV systems.

Top 5 Security Products #4: Safes

The provision of top quality safes is generally a favourite topic for every security expert.
A security expert might refer to it as data loss prevention, content monitoring and filtering, employee activity monitoring, counter-corruption, and insider trading or fraud detection. A lot of this type of employee theft and fraud is only brought to the general public’s awareness when a high profile incident affects a business and it is reported via the media or TV.

One of the main priorities for any business owner or director is to ensure all data is backed up and secured. By this I mean both on site and offsite. Every piece of confidential company documentation should be housed in a document or data safe and access to the safe should be restricted to suitably cleared personnel.Most business safes are rated for water and fire proofing and Insurance rated for cah and/or valuables.

Top 5 Security Products #5: Smoke Alarms

I am hearing many a security expert recommending businesses to increase the number of smoke detectors in their business premises and also to increase the quality of the smoke detectors. Changes in the corporate manslaughter laws for company directors is part of the reason for this drive.

If you own business premises which house your workforce and staff members’, then one of the single most security features to be irregularly checked is the smoke detectors. I have personally witnessed several business offices where staff members have removed the batteries from existing smoke detectors because they were faulty and continuously emitted an annoying intermittent alarm warning.

If a fire occurs in a building like this and people are injured or killed, then you as the business owner or director would be liable under the current law. If it is proven you were negligent in failing to maintain your smoke detectors your insurance company may also refuse to pay out for any resulting claims.

It is quite evident that security systems occupy top slots on the shopping and investment lists of business organizations and home owners. It is also necessary that buyers of security equipment become educated about different security systems and their features and select the most appropriate equipment which suits their need. This top 5 security products is a good first step in the education process. Buyers may also seek the support of a security expert or a security consultant to analyze their unique security requirements and to devise the correct security strategy for their needs.

Dr. Mark D. Yates The British American Security Expert is an expert security consultant and provides guidelines on security strategies which helps clients to benchmark security equipment for their needs. The Top 5 security products discussed provide much needed protection to business and residential assets.

If true we can realistically look forward to a further 40 years of increased terrorist attacks and global kidnappings of business executives. International security experts from various security consultancy agencies predict future terrorist attacks will become much more sophisticated due to the rapid advances in security technology. Sadly as security experts design new security products to defeat terrorism it is only a short time frame before the terrorists and criminals get their hands on these products and adapt them for their use.

During the lunch break at a recent risk management security consultancy meeting I had coffee with a risk expert, a threat expert and a privacy expert and all three expressed grave concerns about the increased security risk from personal computer and internet online data theft. It appears maritime pirates off the costs of Yemen and Somalia are employing sophisticated computer geeks to identify maritime vessels for hijacking, and also individual business executives for kidnap for ransom.

To put this in its true context, organised crime gangs and terrorist organisations are identifying business executives who they intend to kidnap for ransom, and they are doing this from a back room in a shanty town thousands of miles away. The only way this can happen is because the business executives or whoever it is that books their travel itinerary fail to implement basic security risk reduction factors favoured by International security experts.

Now as startling it this may be, you don’t need to be an IT expert or a password expert to prevent your valuable data being picked up by Kidnappers-R- Us. You just need security answers to some simple security questions. For example the first rule of security is there are no rules. The second rule of security is there is no such concept as 100% security, the very best I ever seen achieved is about 95% and that was achieved by security experts from government security services and a couple of the corporate blue chip risk management security agencies.

To offer a further example the President of the United States has historically been one of the most high profile global targets for kidnap and/or assassination. The American Secret Service is staffed by some of the most highly trained close protection officers in the world. Their security support infrastructure is monstrous, their budget virtually unlimited and their security technology well in advance of anything else available. They retain the services of the finest international security experts to advise them on all aspects of management security, close protection and security from top down and bottom up.

These security experts provide a wealth of close protection security consultancy to help minimise the security risk to the US President. When one considers that every professional protection bodyguard who has ever graduated from any of the specialised close protection courses delivered by security experts understand that there are two main priorities to consider when providing close protection security.

1: To keep your client free from danger.
2: To keep your client free from embarrassment.

Given the combined security resources of the US Secret Service one would assume the current, and past Presidents would be as safe as safe can be. Not so!

Several of the previous Presidents have been shot. Several have survived assassination attempts and even more recently President Bush was severely embarrassed in Iraq when one of the Iraqi journalists threw his shoe at the President. This was broadcast globally which caused the President and his administration severe embarrassment. It also no doubt boosted recruitment for various terrorist organisations who probably watched this televised incident with the same critical eye as international security experts.
You might think that throwing a shoe is no big security problem. However we are talking about the President of the United States of America. If someone can get through access control and be placed close enough to the President to throw a shoe, what if the shoe had been prepared by one of the terrorist bomb makers to incorporate a hidden improvised explosive device. Now I know that every security expert worth his or her salt will assume that everyone in attendance at this event had to clear metal detectors and rigorous searches which probably included firearms and explosive searches. It doesn’t matter, the real security risk was that the President’s combined close protection agencies failed to stop an attack.

To bring this closer to home for business executives, although every one of us is at risk, there are simple security countermeasures which we can all incorporate into our daily lives to help reduce our security risk. It is with this in mind that I decided to offer the Top 5 Security Expert Tips for Business Executives from the security expert. As follows…

Top 5 Security Expert Tips #1 Speak With Your Mouth Shut

Every security expert will agree that most people talk too much. People give away so much information and data without even realising it. This stems from the fact that the highest percentage of people living on this planet exist in a full time state of what security experts call, ‘Condition White.’ This means they go through life in blissful ignorance of potential security and risk problems. Test this tip for yourself next time you are eating in a restaurant, or whenever you are in close enough proximity to hear other people’s conversations. You will be amazed at how much valuable information and intelligence they give out.

Imagine for one moment you are an organised criminal or a terrorist, and then you will understand how valuable that intelligence is.

Speak with your mouth shut is a professional bodyguard phrase coined by Dr. Mark D. British American Security Expert. In simple terms, it means to be very careful about how you talk, who you talk to, and who else can hear your conversation. The security expert advises all business executives that this top 5 security expert tip should also be maintained when conversing on the telephone, text, e-mail, social network sites and online blogs.
Top 5 Security Expert Tips #2 Access Control

When considering Top 5 Security Expert Tips for Business Executives from the security expert, every security expert knows that implementing great access control systems can significantly reduce your security risk. Quite simply if you make it difficult enough for someone to get close to you then chances are they will look elsewhere for a softer target. Access control is not confined to physical security products like barriers and Paxton door entry systems. It also relates to your personal communications.

Many people have been unwittingly lulled into a false sense of security in relationship to the internet explosion of social media web sites like face book, Twitter and You Tube etc. For some strange reason normally sane people are posting valuable intelligence about themselves for the entire world to read.

Imagine Sara Jones from 12 Any Road, Anywhere, Any City etc posts a Blog on Twitter; “Oh my gosh! My entire family are stuck in Madrid airport and we’ve just been informed we can’t fly home until tomorrow.” Seems innocent enough doesn’t it? In fact it’s an organised criminal’s dream. Any IT Savvy Criminal can quickly establish where she lives; he can even print out a map to her house from Google maps. Hey ho, he knows they are all out of the country for a further day, so he can take his time to burgle her property.
Access control equals controlling your security risk.

Top 5 Security Expert Tips #3 Photocopy Everything in your Purse or Wallet

One of the first things promoted on security training courses by security experts is that you should take the time to photocopy every item of documentation in your purse or wallet as soon as you can get access to a photocopy machine. Completing this simple security expert tip will pay significant security dividends if ever your purse or wallet is stolen.

Take it as a given that every credit card, driving licence, store card, pin number, safe number, passport details, bank debit card in your purse or wallet offers significant value to a thief or fraudster. If you are targeted by pickpockets or opportunistic thieves then you need all the relevant data and information in an easy accessible place, (not your purse or wallet) so that you can call and put a stop on everything as soon as possible.You will obviously need to secure these photocopies and it is wise not to let more than one other person know where this information is stored. The old saying of, “if more than two people know a secret, then it’s no longer a secret,” applies here.

Top 5 Security Expert Tips #4 Never Agree to Handle Anything for Someone You Don’t Personally Know

Business Executives are frequently targeted by professional smugglers belonging to organised crime gangs and terrorist organisations. The approach is very much the same as that used when targeting security naive young travellers overseas. Their initial approach is one of friendship and kindness, he or she will make a real fuss of you. They will maybe spoil you with free drinks, free excursions etc. The idea is to establish a friendship in the early stages of your business trip.

Towards the end of your business trip they will adhere to one of the following tactics.

1: He or she will ask you to deliver a package to one of their family members or friends back in your home country. You will be given some kind of hardship story to sway your opinion of transporting the package. Of course they inform you that the package is completely legal. Younger business executives are most likely to fall for this approach.

2: While you are distracted one of their accomplices will hide a package in your luggage case. You will be unaware of this until you are caught and arrested or until you clear customs in your home country. Their accomplices will target you after you leave the airport. Every business executive and overseas traveller can fall victim to this approach.

If you think these two security breach scenarios are unlikely to happen, then think again. Every International security expert is aware of cases like this.

Simple solution to this is twofold. Don’t be taken in by new found friends, and always check your luggage prior to handing it in at the airport or shipping dock. If you have any suspicions inform law enforcement or customs immediately.

Top 5 Security Expert Tips #5 Trust Your Gut Reaction

Top 5 Security Expert Tips for Business Executives from the security expert finishes with trust your gut reaction. This may seem like a strange security tip but it is something which should not be overlooked. Security experts are aware of a phrase called the fight or flight syndrome. Quite simply this is your body’s natural defence mechanism which automatically kicks in every time we face some form of security danger or uncertainty. We don’t control this it is a sub conscious reaction which happens in a millisecond.

For example: When you are confronted by an aggressive person your body prepares you to fight or gets you ready for flight. Your breathing alters, your heart rate increases, blood is diverted to your extremities, their hairs on the back of your neck stand up on end. Your vision reverts to tunnel vision, you experience auditory exclusion. Your entire focus is on the immediate threat before you. Most people fail to recognise that this fight or flight syndrome is our own built in security system, many think it is fear. Whereas international security experts understand this whatever decision you make is down to your gut reaction.

I’ve listened to many security experts from various global agencies listing the fight or flight syndrome and gut reaction as two of the most powerful security secrets in their armoury.

I hope you found my Top 5 Security Expert Tips for Business Executives from the security expert useful. Implement them into your daily routine and you will reduce your security risk.