Protective Strategies

Our approach to protecting personnel rests largely on training – and our thrust is to prepare executives, their families and staffs to practice levels of security competence sufficient to dissuade potential assailants, both terrorist and criminal. Our philosophy regarding the protection of facilities and residences also is preemptive, and our security audits produce detailed recommendations for providing maximum protection at minimum cost.

SECURITY AUDITS: We perform security audits of a wide range of corporate facilities, to include manufacturing plants, warehouses, mines, gas & oil exploration sites, agribusinesses and office complexes. We also perform audits of executive residences. The audits focus on developing physical and procedural security measures to best protect personnel and property. Our audit reports include detailed descriptions of findings and are accompanied by photos, diagrams and maps to explain recommendations for security enhancements. Recommendations for bringing the protection of key executives to a level commensurate with risks they face can be used to satisfy IRS requirements for justifying security expenditures.

TRAINING MANAGERS IN HIGH-RISK AREAS: Individual or group training is given to executives, both expatriate and local, their families and staffs to improve their security practices, sensitize them to recognizing surveillances and prepare them to respond effectively to emergencies. Activity patterns of executives are analyzed in detail and recommendations are given for modifying them to mitigate risks.

PROTECTIVE DRIVING TRAINING: Executives and/or their drivers are briefed on the conceptual basis for antiterrorist-driving methodology and instructed in techniques. We also conduct "hands-on" driving exercises both domestically and overseas.

PROTECTIVE ADVANCES AND ESCORTS: We pride ourselves on our ability to "advance" and oversee VIP visits to high-risk areas, and to protect meetings and special events. The credentials of our language- and area-qualified specialists are impeccable, and we stand ready to coordinate security, communications, logistics and protocol requirements.

SECURITY-AWARENESS TRAINING FOR TRAVELERS: It is neither possible nor necessary to provide protective details for the vast majority of executives who travel or reside overseas, so we place our major emphasis upon personal-security-awareness training. Our seminars survey terrorist/criminal methodologies and explain "gray" – anonymous – travel, airline- selection strategies, tactics for avoiding street crime, means of protecting sensitive information and other countermeasures.

TRAINING PROTECTIVE PERSONNEL: We support our executive-protection strategizing with tailored, state-of-the-art training for protective personnel. The stress is on meticulous advance work, efficient personnel deployment and fluid crisis response.

ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES: The Ackerman Group performs state-of-the-art electronic countermeasures surveys both domestically and overseas. Surveys include full-spectrum analysis of transmissions and debugging of sensitive work areas and communications. Comprehensive reports are formulated.