Mike Edwards

VIP Security Director, USPA Nationwide Security

Directs VIP protection details and the selection of close protection personnel.

Based in Las Vegas, Nevada

Biography

Mike Edwards directs VIP protection details and the selection of close protection personnel for USPA Nationwide Security. His background and the company's protective operations have been featured on the Combat Story podcast.

He writes on close protection planning, advance work and the staffing decisions behind a protective detail.

Reporting by Mike Edwards

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Investigations

A DHS data breach is a physical threat to the people named in it

Homeland Security is investigating the potential compromise of employee personal data. Protective professionals read that as a targeting package, not an IT incident.

Oct 30, 8:38 AM EDT · Mike Edwards

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Executive Protection

A filing changed one sentence about the Hilton. The protective lesson is older than that.

A revised federal filing in the Washington Hilton case changed how a Secret Service agent was injured during the takedown. What survives the revision is the part protective teams can use.

Oct 30, 8:28 AM EDT · Mike Edwards