What is the Executive Protection?
Executive protection is also known as Close protection (CP), and executive personal protection (EPP) is a service of providing risk mitigation, and security measures for a smooth and successful movement of executive personnel of high assets in any region. The model of executive protection is robust and unambiguous, executive protection is not only limited to a very well-known asset like the president or any high-rank holding person but it also applies to the high-net-worth individuals and their families. The reason for protection varies on region, political, demographic, and worth. Executive protection is an antiquated term that attests to the importance of such security measures for important individuals.
Why Executive Protection is required?
Executive protection is required to mitigate the threats on an individual that could cause serious damage, injury, disrupting movements, physical assault, and such serious scenarios that take a toll on one’s life. To counter such risks it is important to have specialized and professional security to ensure the safety of the individual and the concerned assets. As risk has various forms, executives become vulnerable to appearing anywhere without risking their safety and life, as unpredictability also affects the life of the individual, who resists smooth functioning on a day-to-day basis or occasionally.
When is Executive Protection needed?
Various multinationals investing in assets in different regions, becomes necessary for senior stakeholders to visit these assets for reasons of business, asset review, CSR activities, or promotional events. Several of these assets are located in regions having limited accessibility or are in significant risk zones under geo-political risk, geographical/environmental risk, or insurgency risk. At the same time, business travel may coincide with critical events such as rallies, strikes, and civil protests in urban areas, such life-threatening risks call for special protection of concerned personnel explaining the need for executive protection.
The approach of the Executive Protection.
The approach of Executive Protection goes through a detailed and systematic order of understanding the intent of the engagement and correlating with regional or inherent Risks, firsthand Briefing with stakeholders on the expected risks in the region, and highlighting possible challenges such as mobile/telecom disruptions, law enforcement permissions or supporting documentation required, etc. It requires an extensive approach towards Detailed due diligence.
Methodology of Executive Protection?
Executive Protection is the deployment of proactive measures and a vast range of responses to ensure the security of the executive. It is a security design of risk mitigation tailored specifically to requirement understanding, risk assessment, Routes, Recce and Rehearsals, Team Deployment, and Tracking & Monitoring. Primarily the protection concerns key leaders of an organization to safeguard the personnel that draws attention, the functioning of executive protection is done by trained experts with vast experience and practice in neutralizing or countering any possible threat.