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ISDA Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Monday, October 1, 2018 ====================== In Terrorism News ‘Terrorism Close Calls’ Docuseries Gets October Premiere on Netflix Netflix has acquired the 10-episode docuseries “Terrorism Close Calls,” the company announced on Tuesday. The series from Big Media explores thwarted terror plots, featuring interviews with agents involved in disrupting them as well as leading national and international authorities on counterterrorism, intelligence, and law enforcement. It is set to premiere on Friday, Oct. 26. https://www.thewrap.com/terrorism-close-calls-docuseries-gets-october-premiere-netflix/ ====================== In Driving News From the International Security Driver Association Executive Drive Time Consider that if an executive drove to and from the office that time would be unproductive. What does that time cost the shareholders, and if the company supplies a Security Driver what is their Return on Investment (ROI)? The answer to that questio

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Friday, September 28th, 2018     ====================== In Terrorism News From the BBC News Netherlands police arrests foil 'major terrorist attack' Police in the Netherlands have arrested seven men over an alleged plot to carry out what they describe as a major terrorist attack involving guns and explosives. Police say the men were trying to source AK47s, hand grenades and bomb materials to carry out their attack. The men, aged between 21 and 34, were arrested on Thursday. The seven men were arrested in the central city of Arnhem and southern municipality of Weert on Thursday afternoon by anti-terrorism teams from the country's Special Interventions Service (DSI).     https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-45673221 ====================== In Vehicle News From Consumer Reports New Tire Ratings Reveal Top Tires It’s hard to overstate the importance of tires in keeping passengers safe and delivering performance. That’s why so many consumers in colder cli

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Thursday, September 27th, 2018 This podcast is brought to you by the International Security Driver Association. Whether you are exploring a career in executive protection, new to the profession, honing your expertise, or an established security executive, ISDA offers its Members benchmark educational, networking, and marketing programs. For more information about the ISDA membership, articles related to secure transportation, security, and executive protection, go to isdacenter.org. ======================  In Terrorism News From the Wall Street Journal State Department Records Drop in Global Terror in 2017 in Annual Report The State Department reported a drop in terrorist attacks around the world in 2017 in an annual report released earlier this month, a decline that was largely driven by the rout of Islamic State in Iraq. The report said Afghanistan and Iraq, countries that remain in turmoil after nearly two decades of U.S. invasion and occupation,

Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News Podcast for Wednesday, September 26th, 2018 This podcast is brought to you by the International Security Driver Association. Whether you are exploring a career in executive protection, new to the profession, honing your expertise, or an established security executive, ISDA offers its Members benchmark educational, networking, and marketing programs. For more information about the ISDA membership, articles related to secure transportation, security, and executive protection, go to isdacenter.org. ======================   In Driving News From USA Today Most drivers don't understand limitations of car safety systems, AAA study finds Most drivers don't understand the limitations of advanced safety technology installed on new vehicles, according to a new study by AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety. The study indicates that drivers overestimate the capabilities of features such as blind-spot monitoring systems, automatic emergency braking and adaptive cruise contro

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 This podcast is brought to you by the International Security Driver Association. Whether you are exploring a career in executive protection, new to the profession, honing your expertise, or an established security executive, ISDA offers its Members benchmark educational, networking, and marketing programs. For more information about the ISDA membership, articles related to secure transportation, security, and executive protection, go to isdacenter.org. ====================== In Vehicle News From NBC News Trump's new limo cost $1.5M and comes with a fridge full of his blood type When President Donald Trump rolls up to the United Nations to speak to the Security Council today he’ll have an unprecedented level of security of his own. On Sunday, the Secret Service flew into New York City with the newest in a long series of specially designed presidential limousines. Like its predecessor, which came into service during Barack

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Monday, September 24th, 2018 This podcast is brought to you by the International Security Driver Association. Whether you are exploring a career in executive protection, new to the profession, honing your expertise, or an established security executive, ISDA offers its Members benchmark educational, networking, and marketing programs.  For more information about the ISDA membership, articles related to secure transportation, security, and executive protection, go to isdacenter.org.  ====================== In Vehicle News From Autoblog Audi might bring back historic Horch name as Maybach rival It looks like Mercedes-Benz isn't the only German manufacturer to reach far back into history for a nameplate. Audi is reportedly bringing back Horch for its high-end vehicles. Horch, an early 20th-century luxury carmaker, was one of the four brands that originally formed Auto Union in 1932, together with Audi, DKW and Wanderer. The union of four carmakers chos

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Friday, September 21st, 2018 This podcast is brought to you by the International Security Driver Association. Whether you are exploring a career in executive protection, new to the profession, honing your expertise, or an established security executive, ISDA offers its Members benchmark educational, networking, and marketing programs. For more information about the ISDA membership, articles related to secure transportation, security, and executive protection, go to isdacenter.org.  ====================== In Vehicle News From CNET 2019 Lincoln Nautilus first drive review The Lincoln Motor Company is reinventing itself. After a generation of MK-thises and MK-thats that struggled to differentiate themselves from high-trim Fords, we got the one-two punch of Continental and redesigned Navigator. These aren't just a return of proper nameplates, either. Instead, Lincoln finally has some compelling luxury vehicles that don't just feel like upscale Fords.   

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Thursday, September 20th, 2018   In Vehicle News The Computer Chip in Your Butt A while back, an article in Racecar Engineering Magazine discussed the effects of “self-aligning torque” on the driving task. Self-Aligning Torque is the amount of effort or force needed to move the steering wheel. It is measured in pounds and is the vehicle’s way of communicating to the driver that everything is cool, no worries, or that in a few tenths of seconds, you and the principal will be experiencing a lot of excitement.   https://isdacenter.org/the-computer-chip-in-your-butt/   ==========  And from Autoblog Cadillac to expand V-Series but discontinue CTS-V and ATS-V Cadillac said Tuesday it will expand its V-Series performance sub-brand with the arrival of the CT6-V sedan in 2019 (formerly known as the CT6 V-Sport), with plans to add high-performance variants across its portfolio. The flipside to that expansion is the sunsetting of its two existing V-Series perfo

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Tuesday, September 18th, 2018     In Vehicle News From the International Security Driver Association In a previous podcast, we discussed a question taken from the ISDA 2017 Executive Vehicle and Secure Transportation Survey. DO YOU USE RENTAL VEHICLES WHILE SUPPLYING PROTECTIVE OR SECURE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES? In the report, approximately 62% of participants use rental vehicles. As a follow up to the question the survey also asked: IF YOU DO RENT VEHICLES, WHICH VEHICLE TYPE IS TYPICALLY CHOSEN? It should be no surprise that the vehicle most often rented was an SUV. This reinforces the need to have a driver who understands the differences between the driving characteristics of sedans and SUVs. It's also important that the driver recognizes the vehicle's warning systems. As an example, if an emergency comes up and the car is supplying the driver a warning signal; i.e. seat vibrating - buzzer, you don't want it to be the first time this driver has he

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Monday, September 17th, 2018   In Vehicle News From the International Security Driver Association The First Attack on an Armored Vehicle in a Convoy? One of the first “vehicle assassinations” was that of Tsar Alexander II in Russia. He was one of the first victims of an assassination in an armored vehicle. The vehicle happened to be an armored horse-drawn carriage, a gift from Napoleon III of France. As he was known to do every Sunday, the Tsar drove in a three sleigh protection team to review the military unit called the Life Guards. He took the same route every Sunday. His security team consisted of the Tsar’s two-horse sleigh. Behind Alexander came two more sleighs filled with Cossack security officials. On 13 March 1881 as they were crossing a bridge a terrorist stepped forward and tossed a bomb under the legs of the Tsar’s horses. One Cossack was mortally wounded, as was a passing delivery boy. The windows of the royal sleigh were shattered, and

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Thursday, September 13th, 2018   In Driving News From the International Security Driver Association The Science of Security Driving As we (ISDA) have posted in the past, researchers define driving skill as the driver’s “ability” to use the vehicle’s “capability.” The researchers express driving skill as the percentage of the vehicle a driver can use before losing control of the vehicle. If a driver can use 50% of the vehicle, they define him/her as a 50% driver, if they can use 80% of the vehicle, they are an 80% driver. The same research also has found that the average driver can only use 40% of the vehicle’s capability. Using 80% or above of the vehicle’s capability would more than likely only happen during an emergency (accident or ambush). But what percentage of the vehicle does a Security Driver use while maneuvering through the day to day mundane chore of moving the boss from Point A to Point B, such as driving up to an intersection and slowing

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Wednesday, September 12th, 2018   In Business of Executive Protection News From the International Security Driver Association Exposing Your Client to IRS Audits and Tax Penalties Is Not a Good Career Move If a provider supplies “Secure Transportation” They Must Be In Compliance With The IRS Code That defines Secure Transportation. There are many secure transportation providers that use those two words as a marketing tool, BUT if a supplier does not comply with the IRS code, they expose their client to financial risk. If the Secure Transportation supplied does not meet the IRS Code, the cost of that transportation is considered a perk to the executive. As a perk, the executive will be required to pay tax on the amount of the service. If the executive or their company believe that the service provided is as advertised (Secure Transportation) but, in fact, it does not meet the IRS Code, specifically in the code that defines Security Driver, then the exe

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Tuesday, September 11th, 2018 In remembrance of 9/11 today, this podcast episode is focusing on 9/11 and terrorism-related news articles.   From USA Today On the anniversary of Sept. 11 attacks, terrorists readying to attack again: 9/11 commissioners By Thomas H. Kean and Lee H. Hamilton It might be tempting to think we have turned the tide on terrorism. After all, the Islamic State is on the run in Iraq and Syria, and terrorist attacks are on the decline globally for the third consecutive year. But that would be a grave mistake. Violent extremists are regrouping and will strike again. The 9/11 Commission recommended three core goals for U.S. policy: Attack terrorists and their organizations, protect against and prepare for attacks, and prevent the continued growth of Islamist terrorism. The United States has effectively carried out the first two elements of this strategy but made little headway on the third. Until we do, the scourge of terrorism wil

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Monday, September 10th, 2018  In Executive Protection News From SecurityDriver.Com In case you missed it - Does Security Driving have anything to do with Executive Protection? This question was asked while Tony Scotti was observing an EP Training program. The time frame was about five years back. During a break, a group of students approached him and asked the question “What does driving have to do with Executive Protection?”. At the time Tony could understand why they would ask the question, they are paying a considerable amount of money to attend an EP training program, and Security Driving or Secure Transportation was hardly mentioned. This, not a criticism, it is an observation. Tony’s thoughts on the subject are skewed by human bias. The bias comes from his years in the profession and the market segment he worked with and in. His career has been mostly corporate, military, government, and law enforcement. He does not understand the private secur

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Friday, September 7th, 2018   In Vehicle News From the Drive BMW Building High-Tech Driving Simulation Center in Munich The BMW Group has started work on a new $116 million Driving Simulation Center in Munich that will help with the company's testing and development of autonomous driving technology. The new facility will "bring the road into the lab” and is located in Munich’s Milbertshofen district. The new build will cover a total of 123,000 square feet and will be equipped with 14 simulators and labs. The facility is expected to be completed in 2020. The Driving Simulation Center will allow virtual testing of advanced driving assistance systems, and innovative display and control concepts to move autonomous tech forward. At the heart of the center are two innovative driving simulators. One is a high-dynamic simulator creating movements up to 1.0 G-force. It will be used to test new systems and functions by replicating evading maneuvers, full braki

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Wednesday, September 5th, 2018   In Executive Protection News NBC News Scott Pruitt's $3.5 million, 24/7 security detail not justified, says EPA watchdog Former EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt's use of around-the-clock security detail that cost taxpayers more than $3.5 million was not justified and was more than twice as expensive as his predecessor's, according to a new report by the Environmental Protection Agency's Inspector General. Pruitt resigned from the EPA effective July 6 after facing a barrage of investigations and audits. The inspector general found the decision to assign a 24-hour, seven-day-a-week security detail to protect Pruitt was made by the Trump transition team before the administrator even started the job. The decision was supposed to be re-evaluated two weeks after Pruitt arrived but the IG says that never happened. It also cost 110 percent more than the security protection given to Pruitt's predecessor, Gina McCarthy, during a

The Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Friday, August 31st, 2018    In Security News Business Insider Chief U.S. spy catcher says China using LinkedIn to recruit Americans  The United States' top spy catcher said Chinese espionage agencies are using fake LinkedIn accounts to try to recruit Americans with access to government and commercial secrets, and the company should shut them down. Read More ======= And Man charged with threatening to kill Boston Globe employees had 20 guns in the home A California man who prosecutors say threatened to shoot Boston Globe employees in a series of phone calls this month had 20 guns seized by law enforcement during a search of his home, officials said. Robert Chain, 68, of Encino California, was arrested by the FBI on Thursday. A Los Angeles judge has since set bond at $50,000 for Chain, The Associated Press reported. It's not clear whether the guns found in Chain's home were acquired legally.   Read More   ======================   In Driving News  US

Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Wednesday, August 29th, 2018   In Security News From US News and Huffington Post Gaming Tournament Shooting Highlights Security or Lack of It A shooting in Florida that left three dead, including the shooter, prompted calls from gamers for more security at esports tournaments. A champion gamer's decision to open fire Sunday afternoon during a video competition — killing two people and wounding nine others before killing himself — has prompted calls from gamers for more security at esports tournaments.    It's unclear what kind of security was at the event, which was held at a game bar inside a waterfront mall.  Orlando-based law firm Morgan & Morgan announced that it is filing a negligence lawsuit on behalf of multiple survivors of Sunday’s shooting in Jacksonville, Florida.   US News Huffington Post   ======================   In Cyber Security News From Business Insider If you have a Yahoo account, your emails have probably been scanned to figure

Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Tuesday, August 28th, 2018 In Security News From Security Today Hotels Defying Do Not Disturb Signs Caesars Entertainment, one of the world’s largest casino companies, is ruffling customers’ feathers with newly minted security procedures in the wake of the October 2017 mass shooting in Las Vegas. Caesars began the rollout of these new policies in February 2018, mandating a visual search of a room by security personnel if hotel staff have not had access to the room in over 24 hours.  Even if guests put up a “Do Not Disturb” sign on their door, security will enter the room to perform the search. Read more    ======================    In Vehicle News From Autoblog Rolls-Royce microbots could be working on your engine in no time Rolls-Royce and Harvard University are teaming up to create microbots for engine maintenance on aircrafts. SWARM robots will enter the engine with the help of a snake robot and inspect the engine from the inside without removing par

Secure Transportation and Executive Protection News for Monday, August 27th, 2018 In Executive Protection News From MSN.Com Tech companies are spending millions to secure and transport their top execs Although this may appear to be a new phenomenon, it is only new to the tech world. Actually, corporations have been spending money for decades to keep their executives secure while in transit. In fact, in most all cases safety in transit is mostly determined by the IRS and K&R insurance. The job market also reflects the growing amount of money being spent on protecting executives. The following data is taken from a previous podcast episode: In a 55-day time frame, the ISDA curated and shared 110 job opportunities. The metric that struck us was that 38% of the job opportunities were located in California. The numbers indicated that three states represent 54% of the jobs, and 68% were for various types of EP positions, and 19% for Security Drivers. EP and Secure Transportation job opportunities are like any ot