Do you want to lower the risk of something bad happening to you and the people around you? Learn how to change your mindset, have the right gear, the proper training, and make small changes to improve your personal and home security.
Contributor Edward McQuillan lives full-time in his van in Europe. Coronavirus has prevented him from getting home to the UK, forcing him to revisit van life safety and security. Here are six tips for staying safe.
If you travel to, or live in a place with a high probability of communication restrictions, you should know how this occurs and what to do if it does.
Ever so often, the media hits us with a tragic story of a terrorist attack on a hotel in some distant international location. As Americans, we are mostly insulated from this particular type of threat. However, that doesn’t mean it does not exist. In fact, it does exist and the incidents tend to be pretty grand in nature.
If you had to leave an area in a hurry due to a natural or man-made disaster, do you know what you would need to make it happen? If not, join us as we discuss the contents of our international escape and evasion bag.
Why would the phrase Escape and Evade ever cross your mind when traveling abroad? If you find yourself asking this question, you have a valid reason. Most people never need to worry about this phrase. It’s not like we are living in some sort of Hollywood spy movie. However, there are some folks that do. Let’s elaborate.
Have you ever wondered if you were being recorded while staying in a hotel or vacation rental? If so, there’s a small chance those concerns may have been true. Let’s look at a few things you can do next time you travel to help mitigate those concerns.
Some would argue technology has made our lives infinitely better. On the other hand, there are those who state the opposite. The question is, at what cost do we gain this convenience? Let’s take a look.
With all the bogus information out there we should be reluctant to believe everything we read. So, what do we do? Let’s look at a few ways you can verify social media information.
This article is not meant to be a step-by-step guide on open-source intelligence. It is basically a primer to get you introduced and interested in the subject. We are going to discuss the definition of OSINT and why you would use it. Let’s take a look.
When we look at safety and security we often focus on the high-profile, large impact types of events. However, the “smaller stuff” is way more common and can add up to larger issues.
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