🚨 When “Call the Police” Becomes the Security Plan
📰 Last week, actor Colin Salmon stood in a London magistrates’ court and made a simple request. He asked that his home address not be read aloud. His lawyer explained ...
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⚠️ Why Feeling Unsafe Persists – Even When the Threat Is “Under Control”
I was reminded of The Chimp Paradox recently after watching the documentary about Sir Chris Hoy and his terminal prostate cancer diagnosis. At the height of his cycling career, Hoy ...
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🔐 The Insider Threat: When the Risk Is Already Inside the Family Office
Family offices run on trust. Small teams. Long service. Close proximity to wealth and private lives. That trust is essential — but when it isn’t supported by structure, it becomes ...
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🔎 The Gaps Between Your Defences: Where Threats Actually Strike
The attack that concerns me most isn’t the one that breaches your strongest defences. It’s the one that slips through the space between them. ⚠️ A family I worked with ...
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🛡️ The Protection Gap: Why Some Public Figures Are Left Exposed
🔐 A Hard Truth We Keep Seeing 🔴 SECURITY ANALYSIS While MPs now have structured protection, thousands of other public figures face the same hostility with far less support. Councillors, ...
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⚠️ Wealthy Families Are Being Singled Out — Here’s Why
💼 The Anti-Wealth Movement: Understanding the Real Threats to Your Family There’s a conversation that needs to be had. This movement isn’t a debating club on social media — it’s ...
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🛑 Complacency Has Killed More CEOs Than Conspiracies
Last week, Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, was groped during a routine walkabout. A drunk man got close enough to grab her, touch her chest, and attempt to kiss her before ...
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💣 The Gunpowder Plot: What Four Centuries of Threat Assessment Looks Like
Every November, we light bonfires 🔥 and set off fireworks 🎆 to celebrate the failure of the Gunpowder Plot…a terrorist attack! Guy Fawkes, 36 barrels of gunpowder, Parliament saved at ...
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🏠 They’re coming for your home, your family and your reputation!
You’re sitting in your kitchen on a Saturday morning when the security system goes off. Four people with cameras and banners are setting up outside your gate. Your children are ...
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🛡️ Security vs Safety: Why You Can Feel Unsafe Even When You’re Protected
You can have all the security in the world and still feel unsafe. It sounds odd, but if you’ve got a public profile or wealth, you’ll know exactly what I ...
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🧠 When Wealth Becomes a Target
Why the Misinformation Around Tax Is Making the Wealthy Genuinely Unsafe By Philip Grindell MSc CSyP, Founder & CEO, Defuse Global 🚨 A Growing Pattern of Attacks January 2025: French ...
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When Words Become Warning Signs: Reading the Real Threats in Your Inbox
⚠️ The Surprising Truth About Threats Here’s something that might surprise many: when someone sends you a direct threat, they will probably not act on it. That sounds counterintuitive, especially ...
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