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Insider Threat

Dec 13, 2025

🔐 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 ... 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

Fixated persons

Sep 27, 2025

🚨 When Global Chaos Hits Your Boardroom – How Smart Leaders Are Responding 🚨 When Global Chaos Hits Your Boardroom How Smart Leaders Are Responding Allied Universal’s latest World Security Report validates much of what we’ve been saying: leaders who act decisively on ... 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

Book

Jan 29, 2025

Top Recommended adviser – Security, Intelligence & Investigations A new edition of the Spear’s 500 is out now, and I’m very pleased to say that I have been featured as a Top Recommended adviser in the Security, Intelligence ... 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

Grievance

Prime Minster Keir Starmer and Chancellor Rachel Reeves defuse Global article

Nov 25, 2024

Philip Grindell featured in the media Now Labour’s Budget sparks security alert for MPs. Expert warns huge tax raid and winter fuel allowance axe have raised risk of deadly attack with ‘grievances’ stoked by the government ... Continue reading

Workplace

Nov 13, 2024

8 steps employers should implement to make the workplace a safer place. This month, the new Worker Protection (Amendment of Equality Act 2010) Act 2023 was enacted, which requires businesses to take ‘reasonable steps’ to prevent sexual harassment in the workplace. Under ... Continue reading

Investigations

Oct 23, 2024

Five reasons why employing an independent security advisor makes good business sense. The terms ‘security consultant’ and ‘security advisor’ are well known. These roles are fulfilled by industry professionals with the expertise to safeguard data, information, and physical and business assets. They ... Continue reading

Investigations

Oct 13, 2024

Mastering The Art of a Professional Investigation An investigation is a search or examination to discover facts or truth. It sounds like a simple task, but it is anything but at its best. The complexity of an ... Continue reading

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