On the latest episode of the Wisdom & Wealth Podcast with Josh Klooz from Carson Wealth, CEO Dale Buckner offers insight into current and emerging global security threats and advice for high-net-worth executives and families looking to mitigate their risk professionally and personally with a thorough cyber, physical, and travel security plan.
“If you’re driving around from point A to point B every day, maybe leave at different times, vary your route, stay close to wherever you’re going to be visiting,” said Ballard. “Folks tend to stand out in foreign countries, so you don’t necessarily want to be wearing your Rolex all the time, your diamond earrings, etc, so you know, common sense stuff, don’t make yourself a target.”
Global Guardian Director of Intelligence Michael Ballard sat down with Brian White of San Diego CBS 8 News to discuss travel to Mexico, including the travel advisories from the U.S. government, and share tips on how to stay safe ahead of Spring Break.
“There’s a lot of corruption in Mexico among officials, not just police, although police corruption is a major issue. There have been entire local, and even state-level police departments completely disbanded because of their corruption ties to local criminal organizations,” said Mike Ballard of the Global Guardian, a global security solutions company."
Global Guardian Director of Intelligence Michael Ballard sat down with Robert Sherman of NewsNation to discuss travel to Mexico, including the recent travel advisories from the U.S. government, and share guidance on security considerations ahead of departure.
"Buckner says for anyone traveling to Mexico — or anywhere in the world, for that matter — should have a plan for what to do if they get sick or injured and need to return home in an emergency; how to get out of a natural disaster and what to do if they were hacked or kidnapped."
Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner sat down with Hannah Sampson of The Washington Post to discuss advice about travel to Mexico amid the violence, protests, and travel warnings from the U.S. government.
"The timing is obviously curious. Following the Wagner template, everyone's drawing conclusions that there might be a tie there—which is probably a very good assumption at this point."
Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner sat down with Mia Jankowicz of Business Insider to discuss the recent news that Russia granted Gazprom the authority to start its own private security outfit—and what implications this might have on the Russia-Ukraine War.
"The size and scale of the destruction our team has witnessed is difficult to describe. Some infrastructure will never be replaced. The damage is so widespread it will be uninhabitable for years to come."
In USA Today, CEO Dale Buckner describes the situation in Turkey, as reported by Global Guardian’s local response teams, who are on the ground actively assisting clients with evacuations, transportation, and supply delivery in and around the earthquake zone.
"Most of the world is fraught with dangers, challenges and uncertainty if not prepared. Understanding culture and language matters. If you cannot visualise the environment, solving only the medical situation could leave your client/patient exposed to other multiple threats.”
In the February edition of the International Travel and Health Insurance Journal (ITIJ), Global Guardian Director of Special Operations Ariel Kern discusses the key qualities a medical or security responder requires to be effective on the ground in high-risk situations. While training is important, real-world exposure and experience are key to determining if a responder can operate under high pressure.
“The war in Ukraine was a wake-up call as to how entire industries can unravel in response to a geopolitical crisis.”
For chief security officers, human resources professionals, and anyone responsible for keeping their workforce safe while overseas, geopolitics matters now more than ever. In an op-ed for Business Travel News, Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner discusses current threats that corporate leaders should be tracking—including the second and third-order effects—and why it’s critical to ensure the proper contingency and emergency response plans are in place.
"I think even if you could mobilize 300,000 plus people, you're going to utilize them to maintain the terrain that you have out of Crimea and the Donbas and not have them go down the offensive plan again to retake ground you already lost."
Drawing on insight from Global Guardian's on-the-ground teams and his extensive special forces background, CEO Dale Buckner weighs in with how Russia will potentially leverage newly mobilized troops to maintain terrain in Ukraine in a recent Newsweek article.
“What we find is that most firms just go, ‘We have insurance; we’ll figure it out. Don’t worry, we’ll get hold of everybody.’ …There simply must be more rigor, more communication, and more planning.”
In Insurance Business America, Global Guardian CEO Dale Buckner discusses two key issues that must be factored into an organization's natural disaster response plan: physical expansions and remote workers. Leaders need to especially determine how their duty of care policies cover employees involved in a natural disaster event while working remotely.
