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 surveys produce detailed recommendations for providing maximum protection at minimum cost.

PROTECTING KEY EXECUTIVES: We develop comprehensive protection arrangements for key corporate officers, to include executive offices, residences and vehicular and air travel. Recommendations are tailored to the executives’ own circumstances and can be used to satisfy IRS requirements for justifying security expenditures.

PROTECTING MANAGERS IN HIGH-RISK AREAS: Tutorial training is given to executives, their families and staffs to improve their security practices, sensitize them to surveillance and prepare them to respond effectively to emergencies. Activity patterns of executives are analyzed carefully, residences and offices surveyed.

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 v.i.p. visits, 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.

COMPUTER NETWORK SECURITY: Our IT security program provides a comprehensive approach to securing corporate networks from data theft, corruption and destruction. Our methods protect against electronic intrusion, external and internal compromise, operating flaws, human vulnerabilities, website defacement, and other problems. We also offer guidance for emergency recovery and disaster planning.

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.