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An Update from the...

Date posted: November 12, 2022

Executive Protection and Urban Warfare Training  Since taking a leave of absence from his position...
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Protection for Elected Officials,...

Date posted: October 30, 2022

What do the following dates have in common? 2022: Feb 16th and Nov 6th //...
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September 2022 Executive Protection...

Date posted: August 4, 2022

Unexpected Benefits  Since CEO Matthew Parker departed on a leave of absence to join the...
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ISA Adds Another Instructor...

Date posted: August 4, 2022

 Since March  2022 it's been no secret the CEO of Independent Security Advisors LLC Mr....
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Stephani Rodriguez, ISA AVERT...

Date posted: April 10, 2022

Stephani Rodriguez LVN Executive Protection Training Program AVERT – Active Violence Emergency Response Training CPR/AED/Stop...
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ISA Announces New Instructors...

Date posted: April 6, 2022

Background  When a student looks at executive protection training and a training provider they often...
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The ISA Executive Protection...

Date posted: April 4, 2022

ISA welcomes back old friends and welcomes new ones to work with our training academy....
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Updated Schedule of Training...

Date posted: March 30, 2022

Updated Executive Protection Training Schedule. Independent Security Advisors has by special request added two Dignitary...
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Executive Protection Training; Graduation...

Date posted: February 16, 2022

 On February 13th Independent Security Advisors completed over 80 hours of Dignitary and Executive Protection...
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ISA Students Once Again...

Date posted: November 7, 2021

Support our Community Program  Independent Security Advisors and our training division are once again honored...
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Defending Democracy & Protection...

Date posted: November 6, 2021

Protection of Elected Officials, ISA working with law enforcement to protect & defend democracy. “Ideologically...
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ISA Students Making a...

Date posted: October 20, 2021

Support our Community Program   Independent Security Advisors and our training division is once again...
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Defending Democracy & Protection...

Date posted: July 4, 2021

Executive Protection for Elected Officials & The Private Sector   Since Independent Security Advisors wrote...
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Defending Democracy and the...

Date posted: June 17, 2021

Defending Democracy  President Biden Warns Democracy ‘In Peril’ During Memorial Day Address at Arlington National...
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Executive Protection Training Validated...

Date posted: June 15, 2021

ISA Dignitary & Executive Protection Training Validation How do you validate your curriculum?   It's a...
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Executive Protection Training Marketing

Date posted: May 28, 2021

Executive Protection Training, please stop yelling. Matthew Parker Author, Executive Protection Training CEO, Director of...
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Defending Democracy; Dignitary &...

Date posted: May 26, 2021

Defending Democracy; Dignitary & Executive Protection Training Matthew Parker, CEO, ISA May 26th, 2021 In...
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Protection for Elected Officials,...

Date posted: May 25, 2021

Protection for Elected Officials, Part 6, Why Didn’t You Just Listen? Matthew Parker, CEO, ISA...
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A Rant on EP...

Date posted: May 4, 2021

A Response to a Rant  On April 18th, 2021 Mr. Wayne Perry wrote and posted...
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National Executive Protection Training...

Date posted: May 4, 2021

I have read and heard it said “There is no national executive protection training standard”...
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The ISA Charity Program...

Date posted: May 1, 2021

The Students of ISA Training Programs Still Giving in 2021   In July 2020 the...
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Defending Democracy; A Congressional...

Date posted: January 29, 2021

This isn't new In June 2017, yes 2017, Members of the House of Representatives wanted...
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ISA Executive Protection Training...

Date posted: July 28, 2020

A history of giving  In November 2019 Dignitary & Executive Protection class 10-19 hosted by...
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ISA House of Worship...

Date posted: July 27, 2020

Coexist Training Scholarship  The Independent Security Advisors House of Worship Security Program is proud to...
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ISA Student Referral Program...

Date posted: July 26, 2020

Independent Security Advisors LLC is pleased to announce that we have made permanent the student...
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Executive Protection Training –...

Date posted: July 24, 2020

On July 13th, 2020 eighteen individual students came together at the MGM National Harbor training...
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COVID 19 Financial Hardship...

Date posted: June 30, 2020

 The COVID 19 pandemic has taken a financial toll on our country as businesses were...
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A Peer Review of...

Date posted: January 29, 2020

Since Independent Security Advisors announced in 2014 we had signed an educational credit agreement with...
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Self Reflection and Evaluation...

Date posted: January 9, 2020

Looking Back on 2019 Through the Eyes of the June 2019 article "What Training Programs...
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New EP Agents, On...

Date posted: August 5, 2019

New to the industry? Consider this advice, if you want to succeed lose the tunnel...
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2019 EP Training and...

Date posted: June 4, 2019

ISA seeks referrals.  The ISA charity program is based on one simple goal, helping others....
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Executive Protection Development Group...

Date posted: June 4, 2019

ISA is proud to announce Nick Clarke the creator of the Executive Protection Development Group...
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Samaritan Protective Services LLC,...

Date posted: June 1, 2019

 Independent Security Advisors is honored to announce Samaritan Protective Services LLC has become a sponsor...
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ISA Welcomes Ms. Kristin...

Date posted: May 31, 2019

 Independent Security Advisors is proud and honored to announce Ms. Kristin Lenardson the current President...
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The ISA Executive Protection...

Date posted: May 30, 2019

Guess who is coming to dinner?  ISA is proud and honored to announce REDFIVE will be...
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Special Thanks to Raffaele...

Date posted: May 30, 2019

 On May 25th 2019 my friend Raffaele Di Giorgio posted a comment /article on Facebook...
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Executive Protection Training, May...

Date posted: May 19, 2019

May 2019, a month we won’t soon forget.  For the students of dignitary & executive...
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ISA Executive Protection Class...

Date posted: March 7, 2019

 ISA EP Class 022519PI gives to charity in keeping with our "give back" program. From...
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Derecho Investigations Selects ISA...

Date posted: March 7, 2019

ISA to Support Security Needs in Charlotte North Carolina During RNC 2020  Derecho Investigations of...
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Why is Accreditation is...

Date posted: March 6, 2019

Much has been said on social media pages on the topic of accreditation vs. experience...
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ISA Receives New Accreditations

Date posted: January 25, 2019

Independent Security Advisors LLC is proud to announce the Maryland Police & Corrections Training Commission...
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Pretenders Beware, Don’t Overplay...

Date posted: January 8, 2019

"I'm not an expert, but I did stay in a holiday inn last night"  In...
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2018 A Look Back,...

Date posted: January 4, 2019

Like most companies with a board, at the end of the year look back and...
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Liberty Defense Company Hosts...

Date posted: January 4, 2019

ISA Joins with Liberty Defense and announces new additions to its 2019 training schedule. Liberty...
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DP Protection Agency LLC...

Date posted: January 4, 2019

ISA is happy to share the following announcement from our friends at the DP Protection...
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The First Baptist Church...

Date posted: November 12, 2018

On December 3rd to the 9th 2018, the First Baptist Church of Charlotte North Carolina...
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A Look back 2014-2020:...

Date posted: November 12, 2018

ISA and National Standards for EP Training, Preaching to the Choir or Writing the First...
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Looking Back: ISA and...

Date posted: November 12, 2018

Dignitary & Executive Protection for Candidates Running for Elected Office Here at ISA, we look...
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Looking Back: ISA and...

Date posted: November 12, 2018

Looking Back ISA and the Wake Forrest University Office of Emergency Management Team Conduct EP...
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CEO for TAC South...

Date posted: November 9, 2018

You have decided you need or want to attend dignitary and executive protection training, so...
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Attention Armed and Unarmed...

Date posted: November 7, 2018

Mr. Brandon Shafikhani the Executive Director of Samaritan Protective Services LLC announces their new Executive...
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The Domestic Violence Action...

Date posted: September 10, 2018

[caption id="attachment_1652" align="alignleft" width="300"] Community Service[/caption] The Domestic Violence Action Network is the community outreach...
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Executive Protection Training and...

Date posted: August 23, 2018

Drone use will increase by our assailants, are you ready? Independent Security Advisors has been...
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2014-2020; ISA Executive Protection...

Date posted: August 22, 2018

Who are your strategic partners and friends? We want to thank the International Foundation for...
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Selecting a Executive Protection...

Date posted: August 10, 2018

As a Student What am I looking For? Published on May 3, 2016 Updated August...
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Executive Protection Training –...

Date posted: August 10, 2018

New EP Instructors Beware, it’s not easy Originally Published on April 6, 2017 Updated August 9,...
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Executive Protection Training –...

Date posted: August 9, 2018

Executive Protection Training, Tuition Costs Do Not Tell The Whole Story. Matt Parker CEO, ISA...
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Drones & Executive Protection,...

Date posted: August 5, 2018

A special offer: Tuition Reduction  The Independent Security Advisors fully accredited, industry endorsed and university...
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Drones & Executive Protection...

Date posted: August 5, 2018

The Drone Threat, it’s no longer tomorrow. On Saturday, August 4th, 2018 any argument about...
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Executive Protection Training, accept...

Date posted: July 31, 2018

It’s too Hard??  When we announced we were changing the dates for the August dignitary...
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 ISA and the International...

Date posted: July 27, 2018

Since Independent Security Advisors announced in April 2014 that our dignitary protection training program received...
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ASIS North Carolina Research...

Date posted: July 27, 2018

In keeping with our policy of working with respected industry leaders and partners, we are...
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Supporting Our Military, A...

Date posted: July 15, 2018

 This past June 2018 we visited the campus of Montgomery Community College to coordinate logistics...
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Executive Protection Training, Our...

Date posted: July 10, 2018

Every company has a marketing strategy, a target demographic they want to attract to their...
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Executive Protection Training; Re-evaluating...

Date posted: July 10, 2018

It has been generally accepted the threat to a principal is greatly reduced if no...
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ISA & Suitman USA,...

Date posted: July 6, 2018

Independent Security Advisors LLC is honored to have Suitman USA as our clothing partner     Given...
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Elected Officials Under Threat,...

Date posted: July 6, 2018

Published on May 23, 2017 Training Available for local and state law enforcement to combat...
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Protection for Elected Officials,...

Date posted: July 6, 2018

Since this was published members of Congress have canceled public appearances, meetings, and events across...
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The Use and Security...

Date posted: July 6, 2018

 Update, A video reportedly shows a drone explodes during an alleged assassination attempt on Venezuelan...
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Executive Protection Training Cost...

Date posted: July 6, 2018

Executive Protection Training, Cost vs. Quality Since we posted this article we have received both...
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Drone Training: Keeping our...

Date posted: July 6, 2018

Update: Since the last update to this post a video reportedly shows a drone exploding...
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Security for Elected Officials,...

Date posted: July 6, 2018

Originally written 11/7/2017 Am I wrong to think a member of Congress missing votes due to...
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ISA Offers Special Tuition...

Date posted: July 1, 2018

Did you ask? The ISA Training Division offers special tuition plans to our industry partners...
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The International Foundation for...

Date posted: July 1, 2018

An Announcement for Members of the International Foundation for Protective Officers Tuition reductions up to...
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Our Democracy is Killing...

Date posted: June 29, 2018

There is no excuse for an elected official to not to be able to meet...
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ISA and Montgomery Community...

Date posted: June 28, 2018

 As director of the ISA training division, it is my responsibility to ensure the facility’s...
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North Carolina Private Protective...

Date posted: June 27, 2018

The ISA Training Division announces two dates for the North Carolina Private Protective Services Board...
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A Peer Review of...

Date posted: June 26, 2018

A Look Back: June 26th, 2018  I read with great interest your June 20, 2018...
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Democracy Under Fire, ISA...

Date posted: June 26, 2018

 As a protection specialist, I understand that threats directed towards those I protect come from...
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Threat Assessments and a...

Date posted: June 25, 2018

 Between June 19th and the 23rd we have shared on our Facebook page 13 stories...
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The Independent Security Advisors...

Date posted: June 12, 2018

 With the first half of 2018 almost behind us, we have looked back and taken...
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Montgomery Community College and...

Date posted: June 12, 2018

 The Independent Security Advisors Training Division is proud to announce we will be conducting dignitary...
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Special Thanks to Mr....

Date posted: April 25, 2018

With every training course we conduct from the one-day seminar to a 32-day academy, we...
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Mr. Joe Autera –...

Date posted: March 11, 2018

ISA is proud to remind our students that Mr. Joe Autera – President and CEO...
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Technical Surveillance and Counter...

Date posted: March 11, 2018

The Technical Surveillance and Counter Surveillance programs being conducted by Mr. Stephen Komorek, the Director...
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2018 JKeenan Security &...

Date posted: March 8, 2018

The ISA Training Division is proud to announce the winner of the 2018 JKeenan Security...
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ISA Confirms Sponsor for...

Date posted: March 6, 2018

Back on February 8th, ISA announced its next dignitary and executive protection training program would...
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Mr. Kris Coleman founder...

Date posted: March 6, 2018

ISA is proud to announce that Mr. Kris Coleman founder and CEO of Red Five...
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ISA Training Division Joins...

Date posted: February 21, 2018

The ISA Training Division was originally established to provide specialized training to law enforcement in...
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Drone Training: Keeping Our...

Date posted: February 11, 2018

Taking another look Drone Training: Keeping our Word to our Students 13 October 2017  In...
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ISA Training Division and...

Date posted: February 11, 2018

Update: Attention Law Enforcement, ISA contacted the UAV team for George Mason University today, (2/10/18)...
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Red Five Security and...

Date posted: February 8, 2018

 So who are your friends? In business, as in life, you are known for who...
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Single Agent Details, The...

Date posted: February 8, 2018

For most executive protection agents in the private or corporate side of the industry you...
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ISA & Wake Forest...

Date posted: May 19, 2017

ISA is proud to announce we will conduct our next executive protection training program on...
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ISA AND THE VEHICLE...

Date posted: May 19, 2017

ISA and VDI have teamed up to conduct the Fundamentals of Executive Protection and Security...
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ISA ASSISTS THE VEHICLE...

Date posted: May 19, 2017

ISA CEO Matthew Parker was given an opportunity to give back to the community this...
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ISA SAYS GOODBYE TO...

Date posted: May 5, 2017

ISA announces the departure of our friend, special consultant and director of ISA operations in...
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