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Executive protection support and travel security planning
Executive protection support from Battle Tested Solutions is planning that supports your executive protection operation: advance work, route and site surveys and travel risk programs for executives and visiting dignitaries. Greg Schneider, CPP, does not supply close protection agents or residential guards.
Greg Schneider, CPPFormer executive protection specialist. Founder, Battle Tested Solutions
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What is executive protection support?
Executive protection support is the planning behind a protection operation: the advance work, the route and site surveys and the travel risk program. Greg designs how the protection detail is deployed, based on your needs, and supports your executive protection operation with that planning. He does not supply close protection agents or residential guards.
What the planning covers
- Detail design: how the protection detail is deployed
- Advance work
- Route and site surveys
- Travel risk programs
- Kidnap prevention
Example: kidnapping prevention for travel abroad
Clients traveling abroad were too visible. Greg lowered their profile, connected them with vetted protectors in the host country and wrote easy-to-follow guidelines on local habits and customs, so they knew how to travel and move around safely.
For trips abroad, the free executive travel security checklist lists the steps to finish before departure. Use it for every trip to a country with a State Department travel advisory of Level 2 or higher.
Example: a scientific delegation in South Sudan
In 2010 Greg planned security for a delegation of scientists and miners evaluating areas in South Sudan, and monitored threats from nearby militias while they worked.
Do you need a close protection agent?
It is the question clients ask most. The answer depends on the traveler's threat level and where they are going. Business executives, security directors and fellow security professionals hire Greg to build a travel security plan or a close protection program.
Executive protection experience behind the planning
- 2002 to 2005: built a security consulting practice for a private investigation firm in New York, running advance work and protection for visiting dignitaries
- 2004 to 2005: executive protection specialist, International Protective Services Agency: VIP details, special events and loss prevention for high-end retailers
- Lead security advisor for an international mining company: trained and deployed close protection and supply chain security teams and wrote their security policies and procedures
- Work in Israel, Europe, Mexico and Africa
Related services
Corporate intelligence services include protective intelligence and travel risk security. Tactical response training includes anti-kidnap training.
Who uses executive protection support and travel security
Battle Tested Solutions has supported executive protection operations and travel security planning since 2009. The work is for executives, sales and field staff who travel abroad, the executive assistants and travel managers who plan their trips, high net worth families, and organizations hosting visiting dignitaries. Greg holds the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) credential from ASIS International and is a member of the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC).
Greg wrote about the field in "How Executive Protection Can Be a Great Career Launchpad" (LinkedIn, 2019).
Read more about Greg Schneider's background, or see all Battle Tested Solutions services.
Ask Greg about executive protection
Planning travel, an event or protection for a principal? Send a short note on who needs protection, where and when. Greg reads every message himself.
Prefer to talk? Call Greg at (650) 235-5459 or book a free 15-minute call.
Executive protection support questions
Will I need a close protection agent?
It depends on your threat level and where you are going. Greg assesses both and builds a travel security plan or a close protection program to match.
Does Greg provide bodyguards or security guards?
No. Greg supports executive protection operations with planning: advance work, route and site surveys and travel risk programs. He does not supply close protection agents or residential guards.
What does executive protection support include?
Advance work, route and site surveys, travel risk programs and kidnap prevention.
How does Greg lower kidnapping risk for travelers?
He lowers the traveler's profile, connects them with vetted protectors in the host country and writes simple guidelines on local habits and customs.
Has Greg worked in executive protection himself?
Yes. He was an executive protection specialist with International Protective Services Agency from 2004 to 2005, and he ran advance work and protection for visiting dignitaries in New York.
Where has Greg worked abroad?
Israel, Europe, Mexico and Africa. Greg takes other overseas work case by case.