Building an Executive Protection Program from the Ground Up
As risks to public figures and corporate leaders continue to rise, executive protection has become a critical security priority. These individuals are potential targets not just at headquarters, but at hotels, events, remote sites, and anywhere their presence is known.
Unlike traditional physical security, modern executive protection must be dynamic — extending across geographies and adapting to constant movement and exposure.
So how do you build an executive protection program from zero? And how can technology — including early threat detection, cloud-managed systems, and AI-powered alerts — help protect high-risk individuals wherever they go?
In this session, hear directly from security leaders with backgrounds in global enterprise risk, diplomatic security, and law enforcement as they share how to launch and scale an effective executive protection program.
Speakers
SCOTT STEWART is the Vice President of Intelligence at TorchStone Global. Scott is a seasoned protective intelligence practitioner with four decades of analytical, investigative and security experience. Mr. Stewart led Stratfor’s global analysis of terrorism and security topics from 2004 to 2020. Before joining Stratfor, he was a special agent with the U.S. State Department for 10 years and was involved in hundreds of terrorism and protective intelligence investigations.
Scott was the lead State Department investigator assigned to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the follow-up New York City bomb plot. He also led a team of American agents assisting the Argentine investigation of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires and was involved in investigations following a series of attacks and attempted attacks against U.S. diplomatic targets by the Iraqi intelligence service during the first Gulf War.
Scott served as the deputy regional security officer in Guatemala City and was responsible for embassy and diplomatic security at that post as well as in Belize City. As protective intelligence coordinator for Dell, he served as a member of Michael Dell's executive protective team. He has also consulted on terrorism issues for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Scott has been recognized as a "protective intelligence pioneer" by Ontic's Center for Protective Intelligence.
Scott is regularly featured in leading media outlets, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN International, NPR, Reuters, USA Today, The Associated Press, World Magazine, Fox News, Discovery Channel and Time magazine. He was one of the DSS Special Agents profiled in the book "Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists" by Samuel M Katz. He was also one of the investigators featured in the Fox Nation series "The Rising Crescent."
Scott is the co-author of the upcoming book “The Protective Intelligence Advantage” which will be published by Routledge in October of 2025.
Michael Evanoff is a global security executive with over 30 years of experience spanning diplomatic protection, corporate security, and national intelligence. He began his career with the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service, serving in eight U.S. embassies and leading the protective detail for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before becoming NATO’s Director of Security and Intelligence.
He later served as Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, overseeing the world’s most globally deployed law enforcement agency, before transitioning to senior security roles at Coca-Cola HBC, Walmart International, Jabil, and TC Energy. Michael’s service has been recognized with multiple honors, including the U.S. Presidential Meritorious Service Award and national medals from Lithuania and Estonia.
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As risks to public figures and corporate leaders continue to rise, executive protection has become a critical security priority. These individuals are potential targets not just at headquarters, but at hotels, events, remote sites, and anywhere their presence is known.
Unlike traditional physical security, modern executive protection must be dynamic — extending across geographies and adapting to constant movement and exposure.
So how do you build an executive protection program from zero? And how can technology — including early threat detection, cloud-managed systems, and AI-powered alerts — help protect high-risk individuals wherever they go?
In this session, hear directly from security leaders with backgrounds in global enterprise risk, diplomatic security, and law enforcement as they share how to launch and scale an effective executive protection program.
Speakers
SCOTT STEWART is the Vice President of Intelligence at TorchStone Global. Scott is a seasoned protective intelligence practitioner with four decades of analytical, investigative and security experience. Mr. Stewart led Stratfor’s global analysis of terrorism and security topics from 2004 to 2020. Before joining Stratfor, he was a special agent with the U.S. State Department for 10 years and was involved in hundreds of terrorism and protective intelligence investigations.
Scott was the lead State Department investigator assigned to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the follow-up New York City bomb plot. He also led a team of American agents assisting the Argentine investigation of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires and was involved in investigations following a series of attacks and attempted attacks against U.S. diplomatic targets by the Iraqi intelligence service during the first Gulf War.
Scott served as the deputy regional security officer in Guatemala City and was responsible for embassy and diplomatic security at that post as well as in Belize City. As protective intelligence coordinator for Dell, he served as a member of Michael Dell's executive protective team. He has also consulted on terrorism issues for the Texas Department of Public Safety. Scott has been recognized as a "protective intelligence pioneer" by Ontic's Center for Protective Intelligence.
Scott is regularly featured in leading media outlets, including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN International, NPR, Reuters, USA Today, The Associated Press, World Magazine, Fox News, Discovery Channel and Time magazine. He was one of the DSS Special Agents profiled in the book "Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists" by Samuel M Katz. He was also one of the investigators featured in the Fox Nation series "The Rising Crescent."
Scott is the co-author of the upcoming book “The Protective Intelligence Advantage” which will be published by Routledge in October of 2025.
Michael Evanoff is a global security executive with over 30 years of experience spanning diplomatic protection, corporate security, and national intelligence. He began his career with the U.S. Diplomatic Security Service, serving in eight U.S. embassies and leading the protective detail for Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice before becoming NATO’s Director of Security and Intelligence.
He later served as Assistant Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, overseeing the world’s most globally deployed law enforcement agency, before transitioning to senior security roles at Coca-Cola HBC, Walmart International, Jabil, and TC Energy. Michael’s service has been recognized with multiple honors, including the U.S. Presidential Meritorious Service Award and national medals from Lithuania and Estonia.
Information you submit will be used in accordance with our Privacy Policy.