Operational Security & Executive Protection

Overview

Thornton Tomasetti is committed to providing solutions for every aspect of our clients' security challenges. In many cases, this means applying effective measures to mitigate harmful incidents from developing. Knowing the right combination of strategies, techniques, and methods to de-escalate a situation can avert tragedies, prevent violent incidents, reduce injuries, and even repair or establish trust. Effective de-escalation reduces risk by addressing tensions before they become crises.

Operational security involves assessing an organization’s human capital and expertly applying it to safeguard all aspects of the organization. This multi-layered discipline covers vital areas of daily operations, including guard force management, visitor management, travel security, executive protection and crisis management.

One of our firm's focal points for modern organizational security is active shooter mitigation. We seek to meet the challenges of active shooter situations from all layers and angles, focusing on areas of prevention and preparedness rather than just post-incident response. Training and design-based solutions are incorporated into physical, technical, and operational security to help organizations prevent and respond to this modern threat.

Qualifications

Our firm delivers holistic, tailored solutions to address the diverse protective design and security challenges faced across a variety of markets and industries. By evaluating vulnerabilities and crafting balanced strategies that integrate physical, operational, and electronic security, we empower clients to make informed decisions and exceed performance goals. Through a collaborative process, we customize protection strategies to ensure every project achieves optimal safety and resilience.

Our active threat expertise includes:

• Active Shooter Mitigation
  • Active shooter risk assessment
  • Crisis and emergency management planning
  • Enterprise security and risk management program development
  • Enterprise threat and vulnerability risk assessments
  • Open-source intelligence, threat-chatter, and social media consultation
  • Security plans, policies, and procedures
• Executive Protection
  • Executive protection best practices training sessions
  • Executive protection program assessment (assess the overall program)
  • Principal-specific assessment (deeper assessment into the principal’s threat profile, movements, etc.)
  • Executive protection team design and development
• Operational Security
  • Crisis and emergency management
  • Executive protection
  • Global security operations center consultation
  • Intelligence and investigations
  • Litigation avoidance and management
  • Security department and guard force management
  • Training and table-top exercises:
    • Active shooter, conflict resolution, social media, and threat monitoring