Vulnerability Assessment

TRUE STORY:

At 5:47 p.m. in the month of March, when the intruder entered an office building in the city of Irvine, California, he told the front doorman he left his eyeglasses somewhere in the 5th floor offices earlier that day and proceeded directly to the elevators. He did not show I.D. and was not asked to sign in.

Arriving on the 8th floor, he encountered a cleaning service representative and instructed her to open up the door to "his" suite as he had left his keys inside. She complied without question and within two minutes of entering the building, he stood there alone inside the target's office space.

He placed the explosive devices in the Vice President of Sales' office and the employee break room. The timers were set to go off at 11:00 AM Monday morning, when the weekly meeting was scheduled to take place. It was all too easy. It had also been captured on video.

At 11:30 AM that following Monday, the reaction on the faces in the conference room was that of utter shock. The video they had just watched of the Minders Protective Agent breaking into their office was unnerving. The employees exchanged uneasy glances at each other, anxious to hear how, moving forward, things would be different.

Vulnerability, whether it applies to individuals in a large corporation, school, or community, is one of the worst feelings that can be experienced. Having worked in the industry for decades, the agents at Minders Protective Services understand that the knowledge that comes from identifying your weak points - and taking corrective action - is empowering. For everyone.