This is an article by Kole (KC) Campbell, an Article Out Loud from Domestic Preparedness, February 5, 2025.
High-profile business leaders like UnitedHealthcare’s murdered CEO have been at an elevated risk of targeted violence in the past several years. Although such attacks on corporate executives and other public figures are rare, they are targeted. In response, many corporations have increased personal protection for executives, but the permanence of these measures is undetermined.
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Kole (KC) Campbell
Kole Campbell, CBCP, CPP®, is a security and intelligence professional with experience and training in intelligence; risk, threat, and vulnerability assessments; security management; and business continuity. He is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), board certified in security management by ASIS International. He has also earned his Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP) certificate from DRI International. During his prior career as a U.S. military intelligence officer, his responsibilities included classified and protective intelligence operations, counter-WMD and counterterrorism recommendations, war and contingency planning, and leading highly sensitive intelligence and other planning efforts against Iran and North Korea. He has led security risk assessments for the U.S. government, private industry, and nonprofits. Mr. Campbell has training in behavioral threat assessment with various structured professional judgment tools. His executive protection experience includes a foreign government dignitary, a corporate client at both 2016 presidential conventions, national and local news media personalities, workplace violence details, and a Fortune 500 CEO. He has training and experience in behavioral threat assessment and management with various structured professional judgment tools. He has presented three times at the Global Security Exchange, the 20,000-attendee flagship conference for the international security industry. He obtained an M.A. in global risk from Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies, an M.A. in military operational art and science from the Air Command & Staff College at the U.S. Air Force’s Air University, and a B.A. in political science from Virginia Tech.
