Getting Hacked

Cyber-crime: The malicious interception of personal and business information for financial gain, personal defamation, and/or business interruption, otherwise known as HACKING! Today, this remains as one of the fastest growing businesses in the world. Constructed upon a minimal risk, maximum gain foundation, such an enterprise has a value proposition second only to its ROI. For a criminal creating a business case to launch a career in hacking is a proverbial, "no...

Paparazzi, Profiling, Privacy

Lights, Camera, Action!

Affluent and High-profile individuals come from a variety of vertical markets and venues, but all clearly attract unsolicited attention from an assortment of groups.  This is especially true for those trying to benefit from the notoriety and success of others. The very nature of one's wealth being exposed increases personal scrutiny, while negatively impacting privacy and increasing vulnerabilities. With the increase...

Rolling the Dice

Cheap is the intentional decision to take the easy way out, and it is expensive. It is a societal deficiency that is reflective of "Hitting the Snooze Button" or "Putting Ones Head in the Sand".  It's a willingness to roll the dice and a compulsion to blame everyone else when it blows up. The consequence of 'expensive' is what we pay in life for poor choices.  It is a self-inflicted wound that frequently never heals. The one thing people want more than...

Valuing the Human Asset

There is absolutely nothing more important or more valuable to any organization than its human asset and yet, it is often mistreated, overlooked and even disrespected to the point that we never allow for the growth of its true potential. When selecting the right people, do you hire marginal people or create them? The most important yet difficult aspect of growing any business, regardless of the vertical market is developing the brand, and it requires the...

Protecting Human, Financial & Physical Assets

The issue of Workplace Violence has clearly risen to epidemic proportions (as declared by the Center for Disease Control) prompting the necessity for corporations to implement a preemptive strategy in compliance with the standard of care so as to safeguard their brand as well as shareholder value. Given the causal link between poor economic conditions and workplace violence, preparedness is no longer for the wise but for every...

Family. Community. You.

From The White House to Your House... Leaving the Front Door Open. Is your home truly safe?  Do you really know those who care for your children day in and day out?  Are your young adults truly prepared to be independent and responsible as they leave for college? Do you invite invasion of yourself and your property through the use of social media?  Is your community as safe as you thought?  The places you go and your means of communication...

Being that we as a country are truly in the embryonic stage of a Holy War, the presentation will open with a comprehensive state of the nation on the subject to be followed by an in-depth look at the terrorist business model and projected ROI by targeting public venues and commercial office buildings. This in concert with best practice mitigation strategies, will be discussed at length so the attendee can leave with a valid action plan to mitigate these threats.

The yardstick that is used to measure the effectiveness of a trusted advisor to an affluent family is their ability to provide solutions for a wide ranging problem base expeditiously and with pinpoint efficiency.  With security being a center stage issue for all families, it is beyond incumbent for all advisors to embrace their responsibility to deliver best in class counsel on issues such as but not limited to the...