threat assessment services

How safe am I?

How safe are my loved ones?

How can we be safer?"

Those are questions that corporate executives and high-net-worth individuals often ask themselves, as they should. Such persons generally face a greater risk of deliberate harm than do others. Why? They tend to be exposed to the public, to be recognized readily, to own assets that are attractive targets, to travel often, to represent organizations or causes that adversaries hate, and to live, dress, and travel in a style that announces their importance or wealth. For 10 years, R. L. Oatman & Associates has been providing high-level clients with rational, practical, and effective answers to the questions above. One of the firm's most sought-after services is the custom, fully personalized Executive Protection Study and Recommendations (EPSR). This service is designed to evaluate the risk of, and develop preventive measures against, numerous hazards, including:

• Kidnapping (of the principal or family members)
• Workplace violence
• Stalking
• Intentional physical attacks (in person, by mail, by placement of bombs, etc.)
• Economic crimes like robbery, burglary, and identify theft
• Harassment, embarrassment, and intimidation

In addition, the EPSR addresses non-deliberate threats and hazards that may also harm a principal and reduce his or her effectiveness. Such dangers include:

• Accidents and disasters
• Risks related to travel
• Gross inconvenience

Method

Different people face different threats and require different levels and types of protective measures. Therefore, R. L. Oatman & Associates, Inc., begins every EPSR project with a detailed, individualized risk assessment, which enables the firm to recommend protection measures appropriate to the threat and to prioritize efforts so that security resources are applied most efficiently. In performing an EPSR, the R. L. Oatman & Associates team does the following:

• Interviews the person who is to be protected ("the principal"), if that is desired
• Conducts in-person surveys of the principal's living, working, and recreation environments (as well as schools, if children are involved), examining the risks faced there, along with those locations' current security posture
• Interviews staff in those locations
• Examines the principal's local travel routes
• Talks to local law enforcement officials to gather insights into area crime conditions
• Analyzes the effect of national and international crime trends on the principal's security
• Assesses general and specific threat sources
• Researches the principal from the adversary's point of view (to discover what an adversary could learn about the principal and his or her vulnerabilities)
• Recommends possible security practices and other risk-reducing solutions

After performing all those steps and more, the firm presents a written, photo-illustrated report detailing its findings, recommendations, and rationale. To learn more about the valuable, practical Executive Protection Study and Recommendations, please contact R. L. Oatman & Associates, Inc.