Data Breach Threat Grows for Hotel Companies as Cyberattacks Evolve

“If you don’t issue a company phone that has an encrypted end-to-end VPN on it where everything is encrypted and protected, or you have employees bringing their own device, it’s wide open. These are all ways into your company. You are completely exposed.”

As reported in a recent CoStar article, Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner discusses the growing threat of data breaches within the hospitality industry and how to best shore up cybersecurity defenses down to the end user during the Hospitality Law Conference in Washington, DC.

WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRIES TO VISIT REVEALED

A recent article on The Independent features Global Guardian's interactive 2023 Risk Assessment Map, highlighting risk ratings by country and geopolitical risk zones around the world. The article notes the risk ratings for popular holiday destinations—including some of the safest countries to visit—and puts a spotlight on "extreme risk" regions and why they have been given that rating.

CONTROL OVER FENTANYL TRAFFICKING SPIKING VIOLENCE IN MEXICO

“That’s why you’re seeing a lot of violence lately in the Western half of Mexico, because these two cartels are accommodating in this trade, fighting with each other. And then you have factions fighting with each other. Sinaloa has rival factions and they’re (also) fighting with police,” Ballard said.

In this article, Julian Resendiz from the Border Report talks to Global Guardian's Director of Intelligence Michael Ballard about Global Guardian's 2023 Risk Map and the drug war happening in Mexico.

WITH GLOBAL RISK RISING FOR TRAVELERS, IT HELPS TO BE PARANOID

"Risk maps are something COOs and security leaders in Fortune 500 need to look at. It’s not paranoid to say we’re decoupling from China. From Russia. We’re looking at possible geopolitical decoupling. Previously looking at risk was a linear model based on crime, kidnap and ransom, etc."

In this article, Michael Goldstein from Forbes talks to CEO Dale Buckner about Global Guardian's 2023 Risk Map and the new world of global risk for travelers. Dale also discusses Global Guardian's business model —and how the firm supports clients across the world, including evacuating thousands of clients out of Ukraine and supporting on-the-ground emergency response during Hurricane Ian in Florida. 

HOW RUSSIAN TANKS CAPTURED BY UKRAINE ARE HELPING THE FIGHT AGAINST PUTIN

"With simple back of the napkin math, you can determine that Ukraine has more tanks now than it did in early February," Faintuch told Newsweek.

Global Guardian Senior Intelligence Analyst Zev Faintuch discusses the Ukrainian capture of Russian tanks, including how Ukraine’s tank capabilities compare with Russia’s and how this has changed over the course of the war.

What Will Putin Do Next? Russian Leader Faces Difficult Choices

"The Russians for all intents and purposes have already lost the war and their best option is to declare 'victory' in these four annexes and request a diplomatic compromise to formally annex the territories listed."

Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner discusses Russia's next moves in Ukraine and potential outcomes to the war, drawing on insight and intelligence from Global Guardian’s on-the-ground teams in Ukraine and his special forces background.

Hurricane Ian: Emergency response CEO shares first-hand tale

“When [a storm hits] on the mainland, there are safe zones to pre-posture in. You can get very close with your assets and refuel and house people within a few hours [travel time] of the disaster zone.”

In an Insurance Business America article, CEO Dale Buckner shares how Global Guardian phased its response to Hurricane Ian, first by pre-positioning assets and agents in the area and alerting clients, then by conducting high-water rescue missions. Post-storm, the firm pivoted to supporting clients with damage assessments, onsite security to deter looting, and health and welfare checks.

Assistance in Ukraine – case studies from security providers

In the International Travel and Health Insurance Journal’s latest Assistance & Repatriation Edition, CEO Dale Buckner recounts one high-risk extraction involving over 100 employees of a corporate client and their family members from Kyiv weeks after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. While this mission was one of many executed by Global Guardian’s local teams in coordination with its Security Operations Center, the following case study exemplifies the level of detailed risk calculation, on-the-ground intelligence, and coordination needed to provide a real outcome in an uncertain situation.

Cybersecurity for business travellers

“It matters what you do, where you are, and how you are postured from a security standpoint.”

In a recently published ITIJ article, Global Guardian SVP of Business Operations and Risk Management and former U.S. Secret Service executive Greg McAleer discusses the reasons why every business is at risk for a cyberattack. With malign actors that can strike anywhere in the world from anywhere in the world, organizations need to minimize risk down to their end user—and most importantly, think like the adversary when shoring up cyber defenses.

CEO DALE BUCKNER Interviewed From on the ground in Naples, FLorida

CEO Dale Buckner talks to ABC 7News DC about Global Guardian’s efforts in supporting clients impacted by Hurricane Ian: "Desperate people are going to do desperate things and people will take advantage of broken out windows and doors and things being unsecure. It's naturally going to happen. This is a rebuild, not a reconstruction.”