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Harassment

Feb 27, 2026

Understanding the Fixated Individual and the Online Harassment Threat You’ve blocked them three times. They’ve created new accounts. The messages are getting longer, more personal, more insistent. You’ve reported them to the platform, and nothing has changed. Somewhere at ... Continue reading

Threats Management

Feb 19, 2026

🔎 The Hidden Cost of Visibility in Women’s Football ⚽ Women’s football in England has never been more visible. That visibility is deserved. It reflects the quality of the players and the game’s progress. But visibility changes the risk ... Continue reading

Fixated persons

Feb 14, 2026

🔎 Fixation — When Attention Turns Dangerous The difference between someone who’s persistent and someone who’s dangerous The letters arrived at the family home. Handwritten. Addressed to the children. The client, a prominent US businesswoman, had previously ... Continue reading

General

Feb 9, 2026

🧭🧠🛡️ Situational Awareness, Intuition and Everyday Risk 🎯 Reducing risk through calm attention and early choice Situational awareness is often spoken about as if it’s instinctive — something you either have or you don’t. That’s a comforting ... Continue reading

Executive Protection

Feb 4, 2026

🎯 Executive Targeting: What Advisors Need to Notice Early ⚠️ Why this matters Most serious harm to senior individuals does not begin with an attack. It begins with small, observable changes that are easy to dismiss until it is ... Continue reading

wealth

Jan 23, 2026

🎯 When Attention Becomes a Liability: A Three-Part Guide for Prominent Individuals In my experience, there’s a pattern. Someone builds wealth, influence, or public standing. Life gets busier, more visible, more connected. And then, often without warning, that visibility turns into vulnerability. ... Continue reading

Privacy

Jan 19, 2026

🛡️ Why Exposure Changes Risk (And Why Advisers Feel It First) 📌 A story you’ll recognise… A few years ago, I took a call from a family office director who’d worked with the same client for over a decade. Sharp operator ... Continue reading

Celebrity

Dec 8, 2025

🔎 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 ... Continue reading

Fixated persons

Nov 30, 2025

🛡️ 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, ... Continue reading

Celebrity

Nov 23, 2025

⚠️ 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 ... Continue reading

Celebrity

Nov 16, 2025

🛑 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 ... 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

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