Close Protection · Practitioner-Led · NY + International
Close Protection Services Built on Intelligence, Not Just Presence
Advance work. Threat assessment. Route planning. Medical readiness. Delivered by a five-credential close protection specialist.
A credentialed close protection specialist is not a security guard with a different title. The work is a methodology — advance reconnaissance, threat and vulnerability assessment, route planning, medical readiness, and real-time decision-making under pressure. Wilson Global Protection Group provides close protection services led directly by Kenneth Wilson, a five-credential practitioner with 10+ years operating details for corporate, family, and government-adjacent principals in New York and internationally.
The Discipline
What Close Protection Actually Involves
Close protection is built before the principal ever steps out the door. The work breaks down into four pillars, each with its own craft — and each delivered as part of every engagement, not sold as add-ons.
Pre-Deployment Advance Work
Every detail starts before the principal moves. Walking the routes, vetting the venues, identifying choke points, fire exits, primary and alternate egress, and the nearest Level I trauma facility. Advance is the single highest-leverage activity in close protection — and the most often skipped.
Threat & Vulnerability Assessment
A formal mapping of the principal's public exposure, recent reporting, litigation posture, and any active or historical threat indicators. The output is a ranked, current picture of what is credible and what is not — updated as conditions change, not filed and forgotten.
Route Planning & Security Driving
Routes are designed around the principal's actual movement pattern — residence, office, travel cadence, family schedule, public appearances — not a generic template. Security driving is delivered by an operator trained in evasive and protective driving, not a chauffeur.
Medical Readiness & Medevac Planning
TCCC-level trauma capability on the principal, immediate care kit accessible at every position, and a documented medevac plan for every city on the itinerary. The medical plan is built before deployment, not improvised during one.
Whether the detail runs discreet — civilian dress, low-profile vehicles, zero visible signature — or overt as a deterrent posture is a deliberate design choice, decided in scoping.
Clientele
Who Requests Close Protection
Close protection is requested when the cost of an incident is significantly higher than the cost of preventing one. Typical principals include:
C-suite executives under elevated threat — activist campaigns, layoff cycles, hostile coverage, or specific incoming communication directed at the principal.
Corporate principals traveling to high-risk or unfamiliar environments — emerging markets, conflict-adjacent regions, or jurisdictions where local infrastructure cannot be assumed.
Family principals and their households — including residential coverage, school runs, and family travel rotations.
Government advisors and diplomatic staff moving outside formal protective coverage.
High-value individuals during litigation, divorce proceedings, or public disputes where the threat profile is temporary but acute.
Most New York engagements involve a mix of residential and movement coverage; international engagements typically span Europe, West Africa, and the Middle East, where Kenneth has prior in-country operating experience. See also Executive Protection in New York for the city-specific context.
Credentials
Kenneth Wilson’s Credentials
Kenneth Wilson holds five active credentials:
CPS — Certified Protection Specialist
PPS — Personal Protection Specialist
EPS — Executive Protection Specialist
SPI — Security Professional Investigator
CPO — Certified Protection Officer
He is based in New York and available for domestic and international engagements. Wilson Global Protection Group is a practitioner-led firm, not an account-managed staffing agency. Kenneth operates directly on every engagement — clients are not handed off to a roster of unknown contractors after the contract is signed. The person you scope with is the person on the detail.
Configurations
Detail Configurations
Configurations are scaled to the threat picture and principal profile, not sold as packages.
Discreet vs. overt
Discreet is the default for most corporate and family principals — civilian dress, low-profile vehicles, no visible signature. Overt is selected when visible deterrence is the operational objective.
Solo advance officer vs. small team
Single-officer details cover short-duration travel and lower-threat movement. Multi-officer details cover residential posts, travel rotations, and elevated-threat assignments.
Residential vs. travel rotations
Coverage can be anchored at a residence, run fully mobile across an itinerary, or split between the two with hand-offs designed in advance.
For consumer-language framing of the same capability, see Bodyguard Services. For incident-response and post-event continuity, see Crisis Management Services.
Methodology
Engagement Process
Every engagement follows the same five-step process. The scoping call is the entry point. It is paid, structured, and produces a usable assessment whether or not a full detail is ever deployed.
Step One
Scoping call ($500).
Structured intake to define principal profile, movement pattern, threat picture, and detail expectations. The output is a usable assessment whether or not a full detail is ever deployed.
Step Two
Threat & vulnerability assessment.
Public-source review, exposure mapping, route and venue analysis. The document the deployment is built on.
Step Three
Detail design.
Configuration, officer assignment, advance work, medical and medevac plan, and communications protocol — finalized before the principal moves.
Step Four
Deployment.
Execution of the detail as designed, with real-time decision-making by the operator on the ground. The principal has a single point of accountability throughout.
Step Five
After-action review.
Written debrief, lessons captured, recommendations for ongoing posture. The next engagement starts from a better baseline than the last one.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions About Close Protection
Next Step
Start with a Scoping Call
Every engagement begins with a paid, structured scoping call — principal profile, threat picture, and a working detail design in 60 minutes.
Book a Scoping Call — $500$500. 60 minutes. Written summary. Direct practitioner access. No retainer pressure on the call.
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