So says Arcfyre Group founder Jared Higgins. ‘Not because they weren’t needed, but because they did their job before anyone realised they had to.’
It’s in the prep work that happens long before a principal arrives; it’s all in the advance work – risk assessments before the trip, route planning, site and venue checks, driver vetting, FBO (or airport) arrival and departure processes. Medical facilities.
The emergency protocols are in place before they’re needed with a team that understands the local environment, where the risks lie and how best to mitigate them. A team that has mapped the vulnerabilities and identified potential issues many do not think to plan for.
That’s just some of the key factors that separate trained, experienced operators from improvised security arrangements, and it can be the difference between safety and serious vulnerabilities in high-risk or unfamiliar environments.
Good protection gives back focus. Handled properly, protection lets the principal excel at ‘why they’re there.’
‘The principal’s attention should be entirely on why they travelled. Their meetings, their relationships, their objectives. Not the environment around them. The right protection team integrates seamlessly into the principal’s purpose and the operational plan. The security layer is there, but it doesn’t get in the way, it paves the way.‘