ARTICLES

26 January 2022

Lessons from Physical Intrusion Testing: Exploiting Poor Security Design

How to exploit poor security design during the conduct of physical intrusion tests.

#physical security #intrusion testing #penetration testing

25 January 2022

Lessons from Physical Intrusion Testing: Distraction and Diversion

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

#physical security #intrusion testing #penetration testing

27 December 2021

Lessons from Physical Intrusion Testing: Safety

Managing safety during the planning and conduct of a physical intrusion test.

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22 December 2021

Lessons from Physical Intrusion Testing: Using Overwatch

Integrating overwatch into physical intrusion tests.

#physical security #intrusion testing #penetration testing

28 November 2021

Embracing Ambiguity

How to embrace ambiguity when operating in higher-risk environments. If you travel to higher-risk environments, you’ll find #4 useful.

#streetcraft #non-permissive environments #performance

26 October 2021

Alone, but not lonely

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

#streetcraft #non-permissive environments #performance

30 September 2021

Building a Local Support Network

How to build and secure trusted local support networks in higher-risk environments.

#evacuations #networks #non-permissive environments

19 September 2021

Evacuations from Afghanistan

Lessons learned and applied from evacuations from Afghanistan post August 2021.

#evacuations #afghanistan #non-permissive environments

22 August 2021

Protecting the Safety and Security of Local Employees in Higher-Risk Locations

Techniques to assure the safety of local employees after a shift in the political or security situation.

#evacuations #information security #non-permissive environments

6 August 2021

Lessons from Physical Intrusion Testing: Incorporate Reconnaissance and Surveillance

Incorporating surveillance and reconnaissance into physical security intrusion testing.

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23 July 2021

Lessons from Physical Intrusion Testing: Testing Layers of Security

The importance of planning physical intrusion tests to evaluate multiple layers of security.

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22 July 2021

Lessons from Physical Intrusion Testing: Modelling the Threat

How to model threats to improve the value of physical intrusion tests.

#physical security #intrusion testing #penetration testing

25 June 2021

Protecting Information in the Field

Practical and actionable techniques you and your organisation can apply to protect information when operating in higher-risk environments.

#information security #non-permissive environments

12 Mar 2021

Evacuations from Non-Permissive Environments

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

#evacuations #non-permissive environments

4 Mar 2021

Safety and Security During a Coup

How to protect yourself and your team during (and after) a coup.

#safety #communications #coup de tat

11 Feb 2021

Getting Out

How to get yourself out of a country when things go south.

#evacuations

18 June 2020

How to disappear

How you can better blend in to your environment to reduce the risk that you may be targeted by criminals, kidnappers, or terrorists.

#streetcraft

17 June 2020

Reading the street

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

#awareness #streetcraft

8 May 2020

Low profile evacuations

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

#evacuations

8 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.

#awareness #streetcraft

7 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.

#decisionmaking #streetcraft

3 Apr 2020

Adapting to challenging environments

How to rapidly adapt to new and challenging environments so that you’re able to get up and running as quickly as possible

#streetcraft #transitions

14 Mar 2020

The benefits of being boring

How to maintain a low profile while operating in complex and higher-risk environments.

#streetcraft