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I taught my kids situational awareness – without them knowing it.
I taught my kids situational awareness – without them knowing it. It started with apples, oranges, and pizza.Because kids love food. And games.đ Pizzas = Visibility from windows and doorways.đ Oranges = Things that go through windows and doors.đ Apples = You. And apples can only go through doors. Wherever we wentâpizza shops, coffee shops,…
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Surveillance Detection Saved Us On Our Honeymoon
Surveillance Detection Saved Us On Our Honeymoon I was burning up with a 104-degree fever in the middle of the Ankara bus station. Delirious. Barely making sense. My wife, Malloryâthen fiancĂ©eâwas holding everything together, doing her best to get us to our next destination. She sat me down with our bags and went to get…
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What Human Trafficking REALLY Looks Like.
What does #humantrafficking really look like?Would you know it if you saw it? Would you recognize the signs if it was presented to you? Without the training and experience Iâve had, I can confidently say ânoâ, I would not have. Social media paints a pretty graphic picture and – donât get me wrong – the…
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Safeguarding Secrets:
This week, we are exploring the nuance of physical access control. In this post-COVID world, the work environment has evolved to incorporate remote and hybrid setups.
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Travel Tips – Part 3
Recap: In our last post, we talked about hotel room safety and security with regards to the location of the room within the building (i.e. floor number, proximity to elevators, etc). Today, we are going to talk about two simple items that can go virtually anywhere and provide you with an added level of security…
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The Ideal Hotel
Time and time again, it has been proven in the security industry that the human element is the weakest link when it comes to our safety, security and privacy. This is no different in the hospitality industry. If your hotel clerk clearly says your room number or any other personally identifiable information (PII) that can…
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Travel Tips – Part 2
Make A Daily Carry âGo-Bagâ Preparing for your most-likely daily pitfalls will keep you ready for anything. Your go-bag is meant to get you through your worst day. Let’s start with the basics. Hydration is key to several natural processes in the human body.Having water on hand will help you regulate through a number of…
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What is ‘Private Intelligence’?
Private intelligence is the collection, analysis and exploitation of information, by a non-governmental organization. Governments use intelligence agencies to determine where the world is going – for example, what is happening in the next 6 months, 1 year, 5 years, etc. Think Jack Ryan, trying to learn which step the bad guy is going to…
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Iceland, Carseats, and RSV
Traveling with children is beyond fun and offers a completely different experience from traveling alone or as a couple. Experiencing new things is the whole point of travel, right? To go somewhere you’ve never been, taste something you’ve never eaten or learn customs that are foreign from your own. Our trip to Iceland was no…
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Driving Like Jason Bourne
Disclaimer: This post won’t teach you how to drive like a stuntman in a Hollywood movie. This will teach you some important driving practices used by both stunt people and alphabet soup government types that could save your life, like they saved mine. It happened faster than I could say ‘boo’. A few years back,…
Travel with Confidence
Be Prepared. Not Paranoid.