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Guy Fawkes - a case study on behavioural threat assessment

Nov 5, 2025

💣 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 ... Continue reading

Celebrity

Oct 31, 2025

🏠 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 ... Continue reading

General

Oct 10, 2025

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 ... Continue reading

Threats Management

Oct 5, 2025

⚠️ Why Wealthy Families Ignore the One Thing That Could Save Them When the First Lady of the United States publicly calls for behavioural threat assessment after a school shooting, you’d think family offices might pay attention. Melania Trump’s recent statement wasn’t ... Continue reading

General

Sep 21, 2025

🔒 Your Home’s Secrets Are Already Public Here’s What Others Know About You Most people think home security means buying an alarm and hoping for the best. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: while worrying about locks and ... Continue reading

Fixated persons

May 26, 2025

The Fixated Threat: What Every Close Protection Operative Must Know Right, let’s get straight to the point. You’re out there protecting someone important, and there’s always that one individual who makes your skin crawl. They’re not just another fan or ... Continue reading

Reputation management

Reputation and painful human condition, pictured as a wooden human figure pushing heavy weight to show how hard it can be to deal with Reputation in human life, 3d illustration

Apr 21, 2025

From Vulnerability to Visibility: Overcoming Reputational Anxiety in the Public Eye I remember sitting across from this extremely wealthy tech CEO who’d cancelled three charity events because someone kept posting conspiracy theories about him online. “I just can’t risk it,” he ... Continue reading

Book

Feb 24, 2025

I’m now officialy a published author Here is the deal of the week! It is less than the price of an expresso coffee in London! ☕ 🥂 📚 👏 Today is the day my book is ... Continue reading

Fixated persons

Jan 30, 2025

It’s about intent, not ideology: Why grievances matter. In the UK this week, the news has featured the 18-year-old Southport triple murderer being sentenced to 52 life in prison with a minimum of 52 years, and the British ... Continue reading

Fixated persons

Jan 21, 2025

Could using behavioural threat assessment and management have prevented the Southport triple killer? The murder of 3 little girls attending a ‘Taylor Swift’ themed party rightly shocked the UK. This week, more of the facts around the case emerged as the killer pleaded ... Continue reading

Fixated persons

Dec 11, 2024

What can high profile clients and their security learn from the targeted attack in New York? A fatal targeted attack on the CEO of United Healthcare has reignited the conversation about the threat of a grievance-driven targeted attack. There are two types of violence: affective violence ... Continue reading

Book

Nov 28, 2024

My new book is now available for pre-order I am delighted to announce that my new book, “Personal Threat Management: The Practitioner’s Guide to Keeping Clients Safer,” is now available for pre-order via Amazon and distributors. Public figures ... Continue reading

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