Risk management professional, Founder & CEO of S6RG, LLC, U.S. Naval Academy Alumni, Naval Aviator, Persian Gulf War vet
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Patrick Hurley retweeted
Another security incident. Another wave of fear. And here come the miracle solutions.
Too many security vendors and consultants sell fear. Not solutions.
Security theater isn't just expensive. It can make people less safe.
Time to stop buying tickets.
Flock isn’t the real problem. Poor governance is. Powerful surveillance tools require an independent risk assessment, clear requirements, strict policies, and continuous auditing. Otherwise, organizations are just buying technology.
I guess they're not the ally we thought they were....How much have we spent defending them since 1953?
South Korea shipped more than 176,000 tonnes of fuel to Russia in July and August, mostly diesel. Seven tankers made 14 voyages to Russia's far east. Three were under UK and EU sanctions. Several declared Japan or Singapore as their destination before heading to Vladivostok.
Russia's August seaborne oil product imports hit 368,000 tonnes, its highest monthly total since the full-scale invasion. South Korea supplied 31% of it.
Guardian analysis of port and ship tracking data.
Patrick Hurley retweeted
Interesting time for a lecture on jobs, @GovSherrillNJ.
Over the last year:
Texas: +159,400 jobs
North Carolina: +65,600 jobs
Florida: +59,000 jobs
New Jersey: −9,900 jobs, including a loss of 13,100 private-sector jobs
And you lost 23,600 jobs in July and August alone.
But by all means, tell red states what they’re doing wrong.
The numbers are in, and it’s another stunningly bad jobs report under Donald Trump.
Just 29,000 jobs were added in September, unemployment rose to 4.2%, and we learned that 60,000 fewer jobs were created in July and August than previously reported.
Trump promised an economic boom. Instead, it’s a bust.
While he and his family cash in on crypto to the tune of billions, New Jersey families pay the price. 🧵
Patrick Hurley retweeted
Is your security assessment truly independent—or a sales proposal in disguise? When the assessor also sells the solution, every problem can look like another camera, alarm, guard post, or monitoring contract. Know who benefits before you buy.
Check out my latest article: “Free” Security Assessment or Sales Pitch?
linkedin.com/pulse/free-secu… via @LinkedIn
Patrick Hurley retweeted
A safer property doesn’t always mean a lower premium. Part of the problem is the insurance market. Part of it is security itself. If we want security improvements valued, we need to prove how they actually reduce risk.
This week’s FAA disruption shows that critical infrastructure is only as resilient as its weakest dependency. Government can learn from the private sector: redundancy isn’t just having a backup—it’s ensuring the backup survives when the primary fails.
Patrick Hurley retweeted
I kept hearing that Pope Leo XIV was “far left,” and for a while I assumed there must be some truth to it.
Then I started actually listening to him.
Not clips. Not political commentary. Not somebody telling me what I was supposed to think about him. His speeches. His words. His teaching.
And I have completely changed my opinion of him.
On immigration, he has acknowledged that a country has the right to control its borders. But he does not stop there. He has also told immigrants that entering another country comes with responsibilities. Learn the language. Respect the laws. Learn the customs. Participate in the life of the community.
That struck me because it is neither “open borders” nor a rejection of the immigrant. It is order and responsibility alongside human dignity.
Then there is abortion.
Pope Leo has been absolutely clear that the right to life begins at conception and continues until natural death. In his encyclical, he specifically named induced abortion and euthanasia among choices the Church considers gravely wrong.
And now, as he prepares to go to France, where abortion has been placed in the constitution and assisted dying has advanced into law, the central theme of his visit is essentially a defense of human life: “That the world may have life.” (AP News)
Then listen to what he tells young people.
Stop being afraid of commitment.
Stop being afraid of your vocation.
Stop being afraid of marriage.
When speaking to hundreds of thousands of young people in Spain, he congratulated couples preparing for marriage and told them plainly: “You don’t have to be afraid to get married and start a family.”
In a culture constantly telling young adults to delay marriage, delay children, chase themselves first and keep every option open forever, hearing the Pope tell young people that marriage and family are something beautiful enough to embrace instead of fear hit me hard. (National Catholic Register)
The more I listen to Pope Leo, the more ridiculous our political labels start to look.
Borders matter.
Laws matter.
The unborn matter.
Migrants matter.
Marriage matters.
Families matter.
Human dignity matters.
None of those things cancel the others out.
That is Catholicism.
I thought I had Pope Leo figured out before I really listened to him.
I was wrong.
And honestly, the more I hear from him, the more I love this Pope.
The enthusiasm for death, on both ends of the human life cycle, is evil.
83-year-old Brigitte Stegemann, a devout Christian grandmother with stage 4 stomach cancer, was euthanized against her will, despite repeatedly refusing euthanasia due to her faith.
Her family alleges she failed a basic cognitive test, wept that she’d “made a mistake,” and died with her hands clasped in prayer after a botched IV left her covered in blood.
Euthanasia is state-sponsored murder.
It seems almost everyone in security is a “counter-terrorism expert” these days.
They’re not.
A quick look at expertise inflation in the security industry and why knowing when to bring in the right specialist matters more than pretending to be one.
The notice of claim may expose UVU's failures - but it also exposes serious shortcomings in Charlie Kirk’s own protective operation.
Security cannot be outsourced. Planning matters. Verification matters. And ultimately, somebody has to own the risk.
A look at why good security lighting can sometimes do more than another camera—and why truly effective lighting requires more science, independence, and expertise than most “free” security assessments provide.
Interesting article from The Hollywood Reporter on the rapidly changing world of executive protection.
I’ve spent decades working with executive protection programs worldwide, so I’ve seen firsthand how quickly the threat environment and expectations for protective programs have evolved.
The figures are striking. Disney and Netflix each reportedly spent about $1.8 million on executive security last year. Amazon increased its spending by more than 50%, and Warner Bros. Discovery by more than 200%.
By October 31, 2025, documented physical and cyberattacks targeting senior corporate executives had already doubled the previous year's total. But I think the more important story is what companies are buying.
Executive protection today is about much more than bodyguards. It includes threat intelligence, online threat monitoring, residential security, cameras and alarms, secure transportation, travel planning, physical barriers, access control, and highly trained protective personnel.
And the publicly disclosed numbers don't necessarily capture the full cost. Corporate aircraft, vehicles, and workplace protection and security associated with business travel can fall outside the figures companies report as executive-security expenses.
An important philosophical shift is also underway. Understandably, Companies are beginning to treat executive protection less as a perk for a highly compensated CEO and more as an element of business continuity and enterprise risk management.
If a key executive is threatened, attacked, or incapacitated, the consequences can extend far beyond that individual — potentially affecting employees, operations, customers, investors, and the organization itself.
But increasing risk doesn't mean the answer is simply "more security."
It means better risk management - Understanding threats, vulnerabilities, and consequences. Then determine which measures are reasonable and proportional to the actual risk. That's an important part of S6RG's philosophy.
Whether we're looking at an executive, a family, a workplace, or an organization, the objective isn't to turn someone's life into a fortress. And it certainly isn't to make people more afraid.
It's to understand risk well enough to make informed, defensible decisions - and then allow people to live, work, and travel with greater confidence. Security should reduce fear, not institutionalize it.
Hollywood CEOs Are Spending Millions On Bodyguards As Threats Soar hollywoodreporter.com/busine… via @thr
Patrick Hurley retweeted
Two days ago marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks in the United States of America. I renew my prayers for those who lost their lives and for those who continue to bear the wounds of that tragic day. At a time when conflict and violence afflict so many of our brothers and sisters, I invite everyone to pray that the Lord will bestow his gift of peace upon the world.
Patrick Hurley retweeted
"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
President John F. Kennedy's speech at Rice University OTD in 1962 inspired the nation to take up an audacious goal to become the world's leader in space exploration.
ALT President John F. Kennedy speaks at a podium in the stadium at Rice University on September 12, 1962.
A horrible tragedy, but we don't need a year-long investigation to find out what happened. Total pilot error and bad judgment. The data clearly show spatial disorientation, as the aircraft encountered a line of storms along the eastern edge of a Convective SIGMET from the surface up to FL600.
I've flown this area many times as a pilot in both fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. Flying from the Bahamas to Miami is a relatively easy flight, but these types of storms are VERY common, especially in the summer, and mostly predictable.
You should never try to find a "hole" and fly through them, as they can close very quickly. So, if you can't fly around them, depending on the direction they're moving, and flying over them isn't an option, just wait them out.
Flying into the boundaries of a Convective SIGMET with clear, large storm activity is NEVER an option, and completely avoidable tragedies like this often result.
cbsnews.com/news/small-plane…
