M.J. Braunig

What is Executive Protection
and Who Needs It?

Executive protection is no longer regarded as merely protection against (primarily overseas) terrorists. In the past few years, organizations of all sizes -- large and small -- have added an executive protection component to their security. These organizations now consider executive protection to be a regular part of their asset protection and risk management planning.

Far from functioning merely as "bodyguards," well-trained protection personnel can: save the life of the company CEO in a medical emergency -protect the CEO and the organization from embarrassment, harassment, and confrontational demonstrations by overly aggressive admirers and detractors -- deter extortion attempts and help resolve bomb threat incidents -- help resolve an incident of employee violence in the workplace -- identify a stalker, intervene and manage the incident -- assist in the protection . of proprietary company intelligence -- and add significantly to the effectiveness of the company crisis management team.