Bruce Alexander
24 articles on Bodyguard Careers.
A Good Resume
By Bruce Alexander As a business owner, I read a significant amount of cover letters and resumes. I really don’t mind because I find it interesting to…
Personal Security Concerns Rank High Among High Net Worth Individuals
By Bruce Alexander According to a survey of high net worth individuals (over $500K) personal security is a primary concerns. In a survey conducted by…
Close Quarter Combat Skills For Executive Protection
By Bruce Alexander I’m constantly on the lookout for tactical concepts that have applicability to Executive Protection. A while back I discussed Richard…
Driving Considerations For Executive Protection
By Bruce Alexander I thought this article by Steve Ashley was as much applicable to the Executive Protection community as it is to the patrol function in…
Automating Perimeter Protection for Executive Protection
By Bruce Alexander There’s a a product on the market that merits serious consideration for planning and integrating physical security features into an…
One Handed Shooting: An Executive Protection Tactical Must
By Bruce Alexander Officer.com has an article by Steve Denney entitled “One-Handed Shooting; Another critical and neglected skill” with a very valid…
Assessing Publicly Available Information and Executive Protection Implications
By Bruce Alexander In a recent Rand study entitled Freedom and Information: Assessing Publicly Available Data Regarding U.S. Transportation Infrastructure…
The Trouble with Traveling
By Bruce Alexander Contributed by Joe Hemmer and Steve Mann of Aviation Facilities Security Group There’s an old adage that the trouble with traveling is…
Overreliance on Technology For Protection; As Dangerous As No Security
By Bruce Alexander There’s a few articles out regarding how the surveillance camera system that is so extensive in the United Kingdom failed to detect the…
New Trends in Executive Protection: Does Size Matter?
By Bruce Alexander Brains over brawn is how Michael McCann, former Director of Security for the U.N. and now CEO of McCann Protective Services (MPS)…
Executive Protection-The Boston Way
By Bruce Alexander There’s an excellent (by my standards anyway) article on Executive Protection that recently appeared on The Boston Globe’s website that…
Virtual Fence Useful For Protection Executive Facilities
By Bruce Alexander Four New York area airports are installing virtual fences consisting of heat, movement and video sensors to detect and deter terrorist…
Looking Good, Feeling Good and Fighting Good
By Bruce Alexander A few random thoughts about Executive Protection issues were swirling around in my mind this weekend and I thought I’d share them with…
Going To The Ground: Executive Protection Considerations For Ground Fighting
By Bruce Alexander Richard Nance’s article From the Mat to the Street: Realistic takedown defense at Officer.com and started thinking about how to apply…
Cell Phone Spotter Useful in Executive Protection
By Bruce Alexander Danger Room, one of my favorite blogs, has a piece out entitled “Army Wants Cell-Spotter,” that I thought I would share since this has…
Cybercriminals Target Business Executives With Malicious E-Mail
By Bruce Alexander Cyber criminals are targeting executives of publicly listed companies with e-mail embedded with malicious code disguised as recruitment…
China Offers New Business Ground For Executive Protection Service
By Bruce Alexander According to a story in Spiegel Online, the online version of the German news magazine Der Spiegel (The Mirror), Executive Protection…
Masada For Executive Protection?
By Bruce Alexander Defense Tech has another really interesting article out, this time on the Magpul “Masada” combat weapon. In a nutshell, the Masada is a…
Security Contractors: Necessary, Evil or Neither?
By Bruce Alexander This article was originally written by Bruce Alexander on October 11, 2007, the article is entitled Security Contractors; A Necessary…
Executive Security
By Bruce Alexander A past issue of Forbes magazine’s online edition has a must read article entitled “High-Security, High-End Homes” (…
Surviving An Edged Weapon Attack
By Bruce Alexander A while back Rich Nance from Officer.com wrote a very solid article entitled, Don’t Get Stabbed! made me think about edged weapons…
Ode to the SigArms P226 An Executive Protection Classic
Recently a good friend of mine posted this comment on his Facebook status. “Looking to buy a Sig Sauer please share your thoughts”. I remember reading…
Executive Protection with a Bite
By Bruce Alexander You never know when the next personal protection specialist you run into might show you their teeth. Just hope its not a personal…
The Threat From Emotionally Disturbed Stalkers and Executive Protection
By Bruce Alexander Protectees are magnets for stalkers and various emotionally disturbed persons (EDP). Years ago, one of my protectees would routinely…
