Executive's Guide to Personal Security

Designed for business leaders, this guide covers how to protect an executive, the staff they manage, and the company's physical and financial assets. It explains the core principles of personal security and helps readers spot the dangers that executives and everyday people actually face, from routine risks to more serious threats.

Readers learn situational awareness, a habit of noticing trouble early enough to head it off. The book also covers risk analysis, emergency preparation, safe travel, and counter-surveillance methods for detecting whether someone is following or targeting you. Along the way it explains which threats matter for both personal safety and corporate assets, and which countermeasures suit each one, so readers can lower their chances of becoming a target.

The techniques were once limited to security professionals and government staff, and the authors present them for anyone in the business world. The material also serves people who simply want more security, including travelers going abroad and students studying overseas. The second edition adds updated material on physical security, route selection, technical security systems, hostage situations, emergency planning, hotel and room selection, armored products, communications, bomb threats, evacuations, and local criminal hazards.