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02 Jun 2022

Leave No Trace (Higher-Risk Edition)

How you can manage your footprint when traversing higher-risk environments.

Travel Security

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26 Jan 2022

Exploiting Poor Security Design

How to gain entry to some facilities without defeating existing security systems, simply by taking advantage of poor security design.

Intrusion Testing

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25 Jan 2022

Employing Distraction and Diversion

How you can integrate distractions and diversions into your physical intrusion tests to enable you to access the facility and achieve your objectives.

Intrusion Testing

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27 Dec 2021

Safety During Physical Intrusion Tests

Exploring the different aspects of safety you should consider during your physical intrusion tests

Intrusion Testing

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22 Dec 2021

Using Overwatch

When to use overwatch, how to position overwatch, and how to communicate with overwatch during an intrusion.

Intrusion Testing

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27 Nov 2021

Embracing Ambiguity

How to systematically reduce ambiguity during your assignments in higher-risk locations.

Travel Security

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26 Oct 2021

Alone, But Not Lonely

How to operate safely and successfully as an individual in higher-risk environments.

Travel Security

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06 Aug 2021

Building a Local Support Network

How to build a trusted local support network in higher-risk environments.

Travel Security

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06 Aug 2021

Incorporating Reconnaissance and Surveillance

How to integrate surveillance and reconnaissance into your physical intrusion tests.

Intrusion Testing

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23 Jul 2021

Testing Layers of Security

Exploring the value of testing multiple layers of security during an intrusion test.

Intrusion Testing

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22 Jul 2021

Modelling the Threat

Why it's important to model a specific threat when conducting physical intrusion tests, and how to go about the process of establishing a valid threat model.

Intrusion Testing

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12 Mar 2021

Evacuations from Non-Permissive Environments

What to focus on when planning and executing evacuations from non-permissive environments.

Security Evacuations

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02 Feb 2021

How to Effectively Conduct Remote Crisis Simulation Exercises

Observations regarding conducting crisis simulation exercises via video conferencing applications.

Crisis Management

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22 Jun 2020

Evacuation Planning for Remote Expeditions

How to plan and execute the evacuation of a casualty from an expedition in a remote location.

Security Evacuations

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17 Jun 2020

Reading the Street

How to read the street to recognise indicators of potential danger while travelling in higher-risk areas.

Travel Security

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08 May 2020

Low Profile Evacuations

The key aspects of getting your team out of a higher-risk location quickly and quietly.

Security Evacuations

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18 Apr 2020

Evacuation Decision Making

How to decide when it’s time to get out of a location when you’re faced with escalating levels of risk and threat.

Security Evacuations

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08 Apr 2020

Being Situationally Aware

How to better make sense of your immediate environment so that you can avoid threats to your safety and security while travelling.

Travel Security

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07 Apr 2020

Building Good Judgement

How to develop good judgement so that you’re able to avoid precarious situations while travelling in higher-risk locations.

Travel Security

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