Understanding personal security and risk : a guide for business travelers

289 Pages·2017·6.59 MB·English

by  Goslin, Charles E

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Personal Security and Risk
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A Guide for Business Travelers
Uniting broad, time-tested security principles and the author’s 35-plus years of
experience with international security, intelligence, and foreign affairs, Understanding
Personal Security: A Guide for Business Travelers ofers a detailed yet practical Personal Security
framework on which to develop personal security awareness and training programs.
As a critical resource for any travelers who may need to make fast, smart judgments in
high-risk environments, this book helps readers analyze threats, threat actors, and the
common adversarial characteristics, as wel as the function of risk as a diferentiating and Risk
principle. This versatile text blends abstract organizing principles with street-honed
instincts, becoming equally valuable to security managers with previous experience
and those corporate or non-proft organizations with employees in developing nations.
Features
• Author draws from more than 3 decades of experience in intelligence and security
A Guide for
• Encourages readers to consider the threats specifc to the region they are headed
then make their assessment from there and plan accordingly
• Gives workers, mid-level employees and managers a way to develop the intuitive Business Travelers
sixth-sense needed to make fast, smart judgments on what to do and how to
behave when they travel to, or live and work in high-risk environments
• Intended as a blueprint for corporations that need to develop in-house intelligence
reporting about their global operations
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Security and Risk
A Guide for Business Travelers
Charles E. Goslin
CRC Press
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Library of Congress Cataloging‑in‑Publication Data
Names: Goslin, Charles E., author.
Title: Understanding personal security and risk : a guide for business travelers /
by Charles E. Goslin, CPP, CISSP.
Description: Boca Raton : CRC Press, [2017]
Identifers: LCCN 2016040414 | ISBN 9781498765787 (pbk.) | ISBN 1498765785 (pbk.) |
ISBN 9781498765794 (web pdf) | ISBN 1498765793 (web pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Business travel--Safety measures. | Businesspeople--Crimes
against--Prevention.
Classifcation: LCC G156.5.B86 G67 2017 | DDC 613.6--dc23
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Contents
Acknowledgments xvii
Author xix
Introduction xxi
Chapter 1 Important Personal Security Concepts 1
Introduction 1
Concept of Efectivenes 1
Concepts of Threat, Vulnerability, and Risk 2
Concept of Time 3
Comiting a Security Plan to Memory 4
Threat Agents and Threat Actors 5
Chapter 2 Personal Security Principles 7
Introduction 7
Principle of Preparation 7
Preparing for Contingencies 8
Developing a Threat Profile: Preparation for Incidents 8
Guideboks as a Resource 1
Geographical Memorization: Preparation
for Movement 1
Physical and Mental Health 12
Physical Heath: Medical Necessities 13
Physical Health: Health Insurance 18
Mental Health: Engineering Peace of Mind:
Technical Communication Preparation 21
Clothing and Appearance Preparation 25
Documentation 25
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viii Contents
Packing for Mobility and Portability 26
Limiting the Luggage Load 27
Spreading Your Risk 27
Preparing Delay Measure Tools: Throw-Down
Walet 28
Principle of Detection 28
Principle of Deterence 32
Principle of Delay 34
Principle of Defense 36
Reality of Confrontation 36
Delivering Efective Violence (Fighting) 37
Protecting Yourself from Blows 41
Geting Out of Holds 41
Kep It Simple 42
Selected Threat Actor Profile: Street Gangsters 42
References 43
Endnote 4
Chapter 3 When Travel Plans Go Sideways 45
Introduction 45
Arival at the Airport 46
At Arivals 46
Arival Hal: Public Space 47
On the Road: Checkpoints and Roadblocks 50
General Guidelines for Roadblocks 51
Preparation 51
Communications 51
Managing Your Team 51
Approach and Interaction 52
Police Checkpoints 52
Police in Conflict Zones 53
Police in Criminal-Controled Regions 53
Military or Paramilitary Checkpoints in Conflict Zone 54
Standard Military Checkpoint 5
Contents ix
Paramilitary, Militia, or Flying Checkpoints 55
Criminal Roadblocks 56
Selected Threat Actor Profiles: Roadblocks
and Military, Insurgents, and Police 59
Military Roadblocks 59
Insurgent Roadblocks 60
Endnotes 61
Chapter 4 Kidnaping 63
Introduction 63
Classifying Types of Kidnap/Abduction Operations 65
Type 1: Money but No Politics 65
Type 2: No Money, No Politics 6
Type 3: Money and Politics 67
Type 4: Politics, No Money 67
Tip of the Iceberg: Keeping Kidnap Threat Trends
in Perspective 68
Top Severe Kidnap Threat Countries for 2016 69
Regional Summary 72
Latin America 72
Africa 74
Asia 75
International Patterns and Trends in Kidnapping 76
The Gap between Rich and Poor and Failed States 77
The Collapse of Communism and the End of the
Cold War 7
A Weak Ethical Environment 77
Arab “Spring,” Arab “Winter,” and Islamic Extremism 77
A Closer Look: Kidnap for Ransom 78
Target Selection Development Phase 79
Inteligence Gathering Operation 80
Route Analysis, Snatch Location Selection,
and Logistics 80
Abduction Operation 81