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The Value of Contingency Plans
In Articles, Family Services, Featured on September 18, 2020
The chaos resulting from a crisis event can be overwhelming, but a contingency plan can help you and your family…
Lessons from a Murder in Hollywood
In Articles, Family Services, Featured on August 3, 2020
On July 9, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) announced that it had arrested five suspects in connection with the…
TorchStone is in “The Business of Before®”…What does that mean?
In Articles, Corporate Security, Family Services, Featured, Identity Protection on July 18, 2020
As our nation prepares to re-open under the new “normal,” we have the fortunate opportunity of reevaluating our current security…
COVID-19 Crimes of Fraud Part Two: Target – Individuals
In Articles, Family Services, Featured, Identity Protection on July 10, 2020
COVID-19 has become a perfect distraction for criminals to obtain your identity, wreak havoc on your credit score and potentially…
COVID-19 Crimes of Fraud Part One: Target – Companies
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured, Identity Protection on July 7, 2020
As COVID-19 (coronavirus) continues to impact the health of the world, we need to be vigilant to the continuing and…
Protective Intelligence Lessons from a Failed Assassination in Mexico
In Articles, Featured on June 29, 2020
At 6:35 on the morning of June 26, the armored Suburban carrying Mexico City's Secretary of Public Security Omar García…
The Need for Nuance in Protective Intelligence Part 3: The Boogaloo Movement
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured, Traveling Abroad on June 26, 2020
This is the third installment of a series of articles intended to help protective intelligence and security practitioners gain a…
Crowd Behavior and Situational Awareness Around Protests
In Articles, Corporate Security, Featured on June 18, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of people, ignited by the killing of George Floyd, have shown up for nationwide protests calling for…
The Role of Baseline Threat Assessments in Protective Intelligence
In Articles, Featured on June 18, 2020
As their name suggests, baseline threat assessments are foundational tools protective intelligence teams use to establish the threat posed to…
The Need for Nuance in Protective Intelligence Part 2: Antifa Movement
In Articles, Featured on June 14, 2020
This is the second installment of a series of articles that will help protective intelligence and security practitioners gain a…