With all eyes on California, Michigan, New York and other locations where attacks and threats are more publicly aimed, I am recommending additional focus in other 'attractive' target areas. For private practitioners, do you know how to contact your local JJTF liaison? Find their phone number, email address or website intake forms. How about your State's Fusion Center? Locate and archive their intake phone numbers, email addresses and webform locations. Join and participate in mechanisms like local "shield" networking and OSINT sharing groups. Join and participate in your local Infragard chapter. Sign up for HSIN based on your primary client types. Do you…

I've been in the security / protective services business for over 30 years. I started as a part time patrolman before I got out of high school, and I've worked in nearly ever facet of facility, personal and government security, as well as in Federal law enforcement since 1990. One thing that I have rarely seen built in to a security services contract is an audit mechanism, a means of assessing that your contracted security services provider is delivering the service they are being paid to perform, within the terms of the contract. You, the client, are paying X dollars per month, hour or…