Table of Contents Acknowledgements * About the Author * Charles E. Goslin, CPP, CISSP * Introduction * Chapter 1 - Important Personal Security Concepts * Concept of Effectiveness * Concepts of Threat, Vulnerability and Risk * Concept of Time * Committing a security plan to memory * Threat Agents and Threat Actors * Chapter 2 - Personal Security Principles * The Principle of Preparation * Principle of Detection * Principle of Deterrence * Principle of Delay * The Principle of Defense * Selected Threat Actor Profile: Street Gangsters * Chapter 3 - When travel plans go sideways * Arrival at the Airport * On the road: checkpoints and roadblocks * Selected Threat Actor Profiles: Roadblocks and Military, Insurgents and Police * Chapter 4 - Kidnapping * Classifying Types of Kidnap/Abduction Operations * Tip of the Iceberg: Keeping Kidnap Threat Trends in Perspective * Measures to Counter the Kidnap Threat * Recovering from Kidnap * Executive Protection: Key Elements of a Program * Selected Threat Actor Profile: The mindset of a Kidnapper * Chapter 5 - Patterns of threat in the environment * Cover of darkness * Alcohol, Drugs & the Environment * "Broken Windows" * Natural Disasters * Civil Disorder and Rioting * Chapter 6 - Hotel and Residential Security * Considerations when choosing a hotel * Residential Security * Selected Threat Actor Profiles: Pickpockets, Thieves and the World's Oldest Profession. * Chapter 7 - Cyber Security On The Road * "Darkhotel" Threat * Foreign Intelligence Service Threat * Identity Theft Abroad * Chapter 8 - Shopping, the Sports Stadium, Theatres.Soft Targets * Preparation * Detection * Considerations about the threat * Response Countermeasure 1: Active Shooters * Response Countermeasure 2: Suicide Bomber * Selected Threat Actor Profiles: The Jihadist Suicide Bomber * Chapter 9 - Risk Assessment for Personal Security * Step 1: Asset Identification and Impact of Loss * Step 2: Identify & Characterize the Threat to Specific Assets * Step 3: Identify & Characterize Vulnerabilities * Step 4: Assess Risks & Determine Priorities for You and Your Team's Protection * Step 5: Identify unacceptable risks and determine Risk Mitigation priorities * Chapter 10 - Personal Security and Transportation: Securing Your Movement * Introduction * Ground Transportation: Vehicle and Rail * Air Transportation * Chapter 11 - Managing Your Team's Personal Security * Authority * Communications * The Team Briefing * On The Ground * Roadblock Protocol * At the Hotel * Managing Crisis Situations * Conclusion *.