Threat Assessment

What is Threat Assessment?

Threat Assessment is the deliberate analysis of threat posed to a target. Threat Assessment is a process that seeks to establish WHO OR WHAT IS A TARGET OF THREAT, by whom, for what reason, to what extent, and by what means.

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Ideological Threat Assessment

Threat Assessment is not a stand alone product. Threat Assessment WORKS IN COORDINATION with other security services.

Protecting Diplomacy - Our Operational Threat Assessment Experience ....

Anger -Protest - Hostility...

Our operational experience in conducting threat assessments and working in close coordination with them is derived from the HIGHEST LEVEL OF public sector formal protection experience. Our background experience we bring to clients is grounded in first-hand, front-line experience with SITTING PRESIDENTIAL CABINET MEMBERS of the US government who routinely found themselves the target of serious and credible threat.

PROTECTING the top US DIPLOMATS was accompanied by the ebbs and flows in threat that would arise as a direct result of US foreign policy. ANGRY DISSIDENTS from Haiti, Cuba and the Middle East often LEVIED OPEN THREATS against the top US Diplomats who they saw as the responsible decision makers and the consequences of end result policy decisions.

These threats brought extreme challenges, most notably being the “Free Palestine” protest levied against Secretary Blinken at his home residence just outside Washington D.C.for his role as an American diplomat in a Middle East conflict.

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A Parallel Experience With Corporate

Our background experience in public sector threat assessment parallels the same challenges of corporate America, whose CEOs and top executives are often BLAMED, PUBLICLY INDICTED, and TARGETED AT THEIR HOMES of residence for the end policy decisions and actions of their companies and respective institutions.

Keeping these top individuals safe requires a precise understanding of threat and the nexus of intersection with security postures and resources.

Understanding The Dynamics of Threat...

The concept of threat is one of the most poorly understood concepts in security and one that frequently results in the delivery of defective security postures. Understanding threat is the CORE OF PROVIDING EFFECTIVE SECURITY and delivering on the safety of a client.

A multitude of high-profile security failures that have plagued the industry came as a result of treating threat as a generalized one-size-fits-all policy, coupled with static security postures, coupled with a failure to provide a proper working threat assessment.

THREAT IS A DYNAMIC PHENOMENON of (4) Definitive Characteristics:

Categoric Relevancy
Persistence
Non-Negotiability
Fixation

Representation of Threat by Category...

Learn More About Psychological Threat

Psychologically-based threat is a threat resulting from an unsound mind or defective mental process, typically afflicted with mental disorders as outlined under the DSM-5.

Pictured here is Mark David Chapman who assassinated John Lennon on December 8, 1980. Individuals like Chapman, suffering from mental illness, often construct false narratives about an individual that are replayed and revisited in their minds, which become a running grievance and basis for violence. Threats from social media or correspondence from psychologically based threats are a source of grave concern that requires immediate attention.

Learn More About Criminal Threat

Criminal threat is typically defined by a motivation for monetary enrichment through illegal means. This type of threat is not typically a strong source of interpersonal or directed threat, but it can become an area of concern.

Typcially the individual or company shares a nexus to the criminal activity where the threat and hostility are lodged in the form of coercion and or retaliation.

Learn More About Grievance Based Threat

Grievance-based threat is a very serious form of interpersonal threat that makes up a robust representation of workplace violence and active shooter incidents.

Pictured here is Christopher Dorner, who went on a 2013 California killing spree in a grievance-based retaliation effort against the Los Angeles PD for his termination.

Grievance-based threats are typically incident-specific, holding a very strong nexus to hostile terminations.

Learn More About Ideological Threat

Ideological or idea-based threat is the most prolific and profound of all categories of threat. It is facilitated by motivated offenders who seek revolution over the status quo or “ideological revolutionaries”.

Ideological threat is the most dynamic of all forms of threats as its targets span a wide range to include positions, titles, brands, operations, projects, industries, events, and activities.

Ideological threat is most often represented by entry-level lawful protest, which provides a robust platform for individuals who seek to escalate against their targets.