International Security Consulting Experts Discuss the Liberation of Eastern Mosul IMG’s international security consulting experts are following the battle for Mosul, which has been underway since October. The hard-fought military campaign to liberate ISIS’s last stronghold in Iraq is now entering its fifth month. Because Mosul is divided in half by the Tigris River, the […]
International Meeting Security Update: IMG Reissues Guidance for Protestors in the Wake of the Dallas Shooting In March of this year, IMG Group, a leading international meeting security firm, issued tips to individuals attending or protesting Donald Trump rallies. This was done in response to a series of violent incidents that occurred at or around […]
Crisis Management Consulting Firm Reviews the Orlando shooting / Terrorist Attack at Pulse Nightclub At around 2 a.m. on June 12th, an armed assailant committed the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history. The suspect, 29 year-old Omar Mateen, entered Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida and opened fire on the 320 club patrons. […]
IMG Creates List of their Top Security-Related News Stories of 2015 2015 has been a turbulent year in the employee travel security sector. Although many worldwide security issues were making the news this past year, three stories stand out in particular. Based on both impact to global security and international media coverage, the employee travel […]
IMG Note: The following article discusses the tragic shooting in Medellin Colombia of an American traveler. By resisting the demands of his gunmen, John Mariani increased his chance of potential danger in Columbia, a country where violence and petty crime are still an issue. The article goes on to discuss travel security tips for international […]
Security Consultants Cited in Article on Workplace Anger The Boston Herald recently published an article on workplace anger. The Herald’s story came in the wake of the tragic murder of two members of a news crew in Roanoke, Virginia. Although the investigation is still ongoing, it appears that the perpetrator had a history of emotional […]
Workplace violence often grabs media attention, and attacks from employees can often put companies and communities in the spotlight. For example, in September 2014 a recently terminated UPS employee working in Alabama opened fire on his coworkers. After killing two, the gunmen then turned the gun on himself. While attacks like this are rare, they […]
Violence by mentally unstable individuals, although infrequent, can have catastrophic consequences for a business or workplace. As such, every organization should have emergency response plans for outlier events of violence. Disturbed former employees, members of the public, or even terrorist groups can target company buildings and campuses. When such events are carried out by perpetrators moving and shooting their way through […]