The GSPG Podcast

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus is joined by Rozin Security Sr. Consultation, ASIS Certified Protection Professional (CPP), and Host of the Security Student Podcast Travis Lishok for a special joint GSPG and Security Student Podcast episode.  Listen in as Ron and Travis discuss their attendance at the Board of Executive Protection Professional...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group's Managing Director Ron Jacobus  interviews security professional and Whataburger Brand Security Program Manager  Michael J Gonzales . Listen in as Michael shares his experience as a corporate security executive, transition from the U.S. Marine Corps to the Protective Security Industry, the importance of networking with other protectors, and a...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews Christopher Powell , a security professional and retired U.S. Army Ground Reconnaissance and Counterintelligence Special Agent.   Chris talks situational awarness concepts for protective security professionals from his vantage point as a Situation Awareness Specialist (SAS) & Applied Verbal De-escalati...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews security power couple Denida and Chris Grow .   Listen in as the security duo shares their security journey, discuss their passion providing protective security for children, managing a work-life balance as a couple in the security industry, and their upcoming virtual fundraiser event: Bodyguards for K...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews Adam Bardwell , a former U.S. Army Green Beret Medical Sergeant, nationally register Paramedic, and current security operational supervisor at Global Rescue .  Listen in as Adam shares his journey from special forces medic to private sector medical support for executives and world wide security operat...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus leads a panel discussion with Board of Executive Protection Professionals (BEPP) representatives Kevin Dye , James Cameron , Gerard Boniello , and Chuck Andrews as they share about the development of a national executive protection standard and their organization's upcoming inaugural executive protection confere...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus Interviews  Perry Carpenter a Certified Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Deceptionologist, security behavior alchemist, the creator and host of the 8th Layer Media Podcasts , and author of two books, Transformational Security Awareness and The Security Culture Playbook: An Executive Guide To Reducing R...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus Interviews Enrique "Ric" Prado , a military veteran, retired CIA senior operations and paramilitary officer, Cuban "Peter Pan" refugee, former VP at Blackwater, and author of the best selling book, Black Ops: The Life of A CIA Shadow Warrior .    Ric shares his experience as a young boy living through the Cuban...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews Richard Aitch , Co-founder and Director of Operations at highly regarded global security firm Mobius International , and author of the bestseller Close Protection: The Protection Equation .   Richard,  a security practitioner and industry thought-leader with more than 30 years of experience providing...

On this episode (Part II), Global Security & Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews Dave “Boon” Benton, former Central Intelligence Agency Global Response Staff contractor, and Sarah Adams , former Central Intelligence Agency Targeting Officer, as they recount their experience working in Benghazi, Libya and discuss the attacks on the American Diplomatic Compound and the nearb...

On this episode (Part I), Global Security & Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews Jeffrey Price an aviation security expert, author of Practical Airport Operations, safety, and Emergency Management and Practical Aviation Security, instructor at the American Association of Airport Executives and owner of Leading Edge Strategies . Jeff provides a historic review of the 9/11 ai...

On this episode, Global Security & Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews Michael Guirguis, M.D. an Emergency Medicine Physician and technical committee member for the Board of Executive Protection. Michael currently serves as a Medical Director to a high-net-worth family and as a medical consultant to corporate security and executive protection teams operating worldwide. Mic...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews Bryan Flannery , President of Foresight Security Consulting and President of the Northwest Chapter of the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals. Bryan, an experienced security practitioner and recipient of Ontic's 2021 Protective Intelligence Honors Thought-leader Award, shares a deep dive in...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews Carlos Francisco , Regional Security Leader at Meta (formerly Facebook) and author of the book, “So, You Want to Get into Corporate Security?” Carlos, a trilingual, self-motivated, and dedicated security leader, shares his insights about navigating through the competitive corporate security hiring proc...

On this episode, Global Security and Protection Group's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews James Hamilton , Senior Vice President of Quality in Protection and Training at Gavin de Becker & Associates . James, a powerhouse in the protection industry, discusses his transition from government to private sector executive protection, protector training and development takeaways, how to navigate t...

On this episode, Global Security & Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews Aaron Arp , Director of Special Projects at Progressive Force Concepts (PFC) . Aaron, an accomplished security practitioner, discusses the importance of protective intelligence, the inclusion of female protectors in executive protection, and PFC's development and implementation of their Executive Securi...

On this episode, Global Security & Protection Group 's Managing Director Ron Jacobus interviews former Air Force Security Specialist and CIA Special Agent Michael Trott . Mike talks about his book The Protected in which he writes about protecting high-ranking military personnel as a young Airman from terrorism and espionage threats during the height of the Cold War, highlights his experience servi...