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Security Training

High-risk work demands the best preparation. We review, vet, and recommend the industry's training courses, so professionals can find the ones worth their time and money.

Silent Professionals does not run its own academy. Our team reviews, vets, and recommends industry training courses, judged on content, quality, job applicability, professionalism, and reputation.

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Executive protection training & more: six tracks

From close protection to maritime licensing, the disciplines that build a protective-services career. Jump to a track below.

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5-Day Covert Executive Protection Training

Covert executive protection training in advance work, behavioral analysis, and tradecraft, for operators who run details.

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Executive Protection Courses

5 days

5-Day Covert Executive Protection Training

Covert executive protection training in advance work, behavioral analysis, and tradecraft, for operators who run details.

$2,500.00Tuition
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28 days Earns Certified Protection Specialist (C.P.S.)

Certified Executive Protection Specialist (28 Days)

Comprehensive executive protection training across the six divisions of protective services, leading to the Certified Protection Specialist credential.

$8,900.00Tuition
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PSD Training

Protective security detail programs for higher-risk environments. We're vetting programs for this track to the same standard as the rest of this page.

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Medical Training

3 days

Three Day Executive Protection Medical Course

Tactical medical training in TCCC, blast and gunshot trauma, and evacuation planning, for protective professionals who may be first to reach an injured client.

$1,150.00Tuition
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Maritime Training & Licensing

Maritime security and licensing programs. We're vetting programs for this track to the same standard as the rest of this page.

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Special Skills Training

3 days

Firearms Training - Personal Protection Specialist

Classroom instruction and live-fire range qualification for protection specialists preparing to carry a concealed handgun on an armed detail.

$150.00Tuition
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3 days

Protection Driving Program (3 Days)

Protective driving instruction in route planning, skid control, and controlled arrivals, for operators responsible for a principal's secure ground movement.

$1,600.00Tuition
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Cyber & Intelligence Training

5 days

Surveillance / Surveillance Detection (5 Days)

Surveillance and surveillance-detection training in foot and mobile methods and team set-up, for details working to identify hostile surveillance.

$2,500.00Tuition
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5 days

Technical Surveillance Counter Measures (TSCM)

Counter-espionage training in technical sweeps, instrument selection, and travel cyber security, for teams securing executive suites and meeting sites.

$2,150.00Tuition
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Train Your Company Security Team

Standing up or leveling up an in-house security function is a different problem than training an individual operator. This program takes the management view.

3 weeks

Corporate Security Management Course

Management-level training for the professionals who build and run corporate protection programs - risk assessment, protective intelligence, and budgeting.

$7,500.00Tuition
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