Executive Protection Specialist Course
August 2026/Kennesaw, Georgia

Hosted by Lioness Security Services LLC

Seven-Day Executive Protection Training | Up to 84 Hours | Standards-Based | Practical | Professionally Defensible

Most executive protection courses promise a certificate. But executive protection skills are not learned by collecting a certificate. They are developed through realistic, standards-based training and evaluated performance.

Training that teaches students to think, plan, communicate, operate, move, and perform under real protective conditions.

The ISA Dignitary & Executive Protection Specialist Program prepares law enforcement, public safety, corporate security, and private security/protective personnel to plan, support, and conduct protective operations for public officials, candidates, executives, high-profile individuals, and other persons designated as at risk.

Students train in the core skills that matter during real protective work: threat assessment, advance work, mission planning, protection-in-depth, secure movement, public-event security, communications, emergency action planning, medical response, legal considerations, and capstone performance.

This is not a short bodyguard seminar. This is a structured executive protection training program designed for today’s public- and private-sector threat environment.

Register Now https://www.eptraining.us/training-registration/ 
Review Syllabus: https://www.eptraining.us/executive-protection-training-courses-master-list/dignitary-and-executive-protection-specialist-course/ 
Request Group or Agency Tuition Information: [email protected]

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Why Attend This Program

Choose ISA when you need more than a certificate of attendance.

This program is designed for students and agencies that need accredited/state approved training they can explain, document, and defend. The course combines classroom instruction, facilitated discussion, hands-on practical exercises, field application, medical training, legal & ethics training, and a live capstone evaluation.

ISA’s advantage is simple: students are not just introduced to executive protection terms. They are trained to think through the protective mission from threat assessment to movement, from advance work to emergency action planning, and from professional conduct to capstone performance.

What makes this course different

• Standards-based training built around protective-operations doctrine, public-sector requirements, and private-sector needs
• Law-enforcement and corporate-security relevance for students protecting officials, executives, candidates, VIPs, and other at-risk persons
• Threat-driven mission planning instead of isolated tactics or disconnected drills
• Practical exercises and field application throughout the training week
• Medical certification training included for CPR, AED, Stop the Bleed, and basic first aid
• Capstone performance evaluation requiring students to apply planning, communication, movement, and decision-making skills
• State licensing and continuing education value for eligible students, depending on jurisdiction and agency requirements

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Program at a Glance

Course: Dignitary & Executive Protection Specialist Program
Program: Executive Protection Studies Program
Host: Lioness Security Services LLC
Length: Seven days
Training Hours: Up to 84 hours
Format: Classroom instruction, facilitated discussion, hands-on exercises, field training, and capstone evaluation
Primary Audience: Law enforcement, public safety, military, veterans, private security, corporate security, investigators, and protective-service personnel
Primary Outcome: Students learn to support or conduct protective operations in a lawful, professional, threat-informed, and mission-focused manner.

Training highlights

27 course categories
100+ course learning objectives
120+ terminal learning objectives
Practical exercises and facilitated discussions
Live capstone exercise
Written examination
CPR, AED, Stop the Bleed, and basic first aid training

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Built for Today’s Threat Environment

Protective operations have changed.

Public officials, judges, candidates, corporate executives, healthcare leaders, high-net-worth individuals, and other public-facing persons face a more complex threat environment than ever before. Threats may involve political violence, stalking, workplace violence, public-event vulnerability, hostile surveillance, online exposure, targeted attacks, and rapidly changing information.

ISA’s program was originally developed after the 2011 attempted assassination of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords for law enforcement personnel assigned to dignitary and executive protection responsibilities. Since then, the syllabus has continued to evolve based on lessons from public-figure attacks, public-event security failures, corporate-security concerns, and current protective-operations challenges.

The course is built around one central question:

Can the student help plan, support, and conduct a protective mission safely, lawfully, professionally, and effectively?

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Who Should Attend

Law Enforcement and Public Safety

This course is designed for officers, deputies, troopers, corrections personnel, campus police, court security personnel, and public safety professionals assigned to, preparing for, or supporting protective responsibilities for the protection of:

Elected & Public officials
Judges and court officials
Candidates for office
Visiting dignitaries
High-risk private-sector /corporate executives, CEOs/CFOs, individuals and families

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Federal, State, Law Enforcement, Military, and Veteran Transition Training

This program is especially valuable for federal, state, and local law enforcement personnel, military personnel, and veterans who are preparing to move into private-sector executive protection, corporate security, investigative, or protective-service roles.

Many public-sector professionals and veterans already have some similar experience or understanding of executive protection. However, private-sector executive protection requires additional skills that are not always taught in traditional law enforcement or military training.

Students learn how to adapt their existing experience to the private protection environment, including client service, corporate culture, legal and regulatory boundaries, private-sector liability, discreet movement, advance work, protective intelligence, business etiquette, residential and office security, public-event planning, and communication with executives, family offices, corporate security teams, venue management, and private clients.

For law enforcement personnel, the course helps translate public official protection, dignitary visits, court security, special events, and protective assignments into a structured executive protection model.

For military personnel and veterans, the course helps bridge the gap between military security operations and private-sector protective work, where professionalism, judgment, discretion, planning, and client-centered communication are as important as tactical skill.

The goal is to help experienced public-service professionals become licensed, prepared, and professionally effective in the executive protection and corporate security industry.

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Private Security and Corporate Security

This course is appropriate for private security, corporate security, investigators, and protective personnel who support or conduct protection for:

Corporate executives
Healthcare, banking, technology, legal, and public-facing leaders
High-net-worth individuals
Public figures
Candidates and speakers
Event principals
Private clients operating in elevated-risk environments

The program is especially valuable for students who need to understand the difference between unstructured “bodyguard” work and professional protective operations.

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What Students Will Train To Do

Students will be introduced to the mission, structure, language, and professional standards of executive protection. Training areas include:

Threat Assessment and Protective Intelligence: 
 Students learn how protective operations begin before the detail moves. The course introduces threat identification, information collection, risk evaluation, and the use of actionable intelligence to support protective planning.

Mission Planning and Risk Mitigation: 
Students learn how protective teams convert threat information, itinerary requirements, venue conditions, principal needs, and available resources into a workable protective plan.

Advance Work and Site Surveys: 
Students learn how advance work supports safer movement, better communication, informed decision-making, emergency planning, and coordination with venue personnel, law enforcement, security, transportation, and other stakeholders.

Protection-in-Depth: Students are introduced to layered protection methodology used to reduce exposure, manage access, identify vulnerabilities, and support safer operations in public and private environments.

Secure Movement, Arrivals, and Departures:
Students learn the planning considerations involved in secure transportation, route selection, vehicle coordination, staging, arrivals, departures, and principal transfer points.

Public Events and Protective Movement:
Students receive instruction in movement principles, escort procedures, public-event considerations, red-carpet-style movement, crowd concerns, static-site operations, and emergency action planning.

Communications and Team Coordination:
Students learn the importance of clear communication, interpersonal skill, leadership, briefing, debriefing, coordination, and disciplined team behavior during protective operations.

Medical Response:
The course includes CPR, AED, Stop the Bleed, and basic first aid training. Protective personnel must be able to recognize a medical emergency, begin immediate lifesaving care, communicate clearly, and support transfer of care to responding medical professionals.

Legal, Ethical, and Professional Standards:
Students are introduced to legal considerations, use-of-force awareness, professional conduct, ethics, client relations, agency coordination, and the importance of operating within applicable law, regulation, policy, and professional boundaries.

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Credentials, Licensing, and Professional Recognition

Eligible graduates may meet or support requirements associated with executive protection, personal protection specialist training, law-enforcement in-service training, state licensing, or continuing education credit depending on student status, agency, jurisdiction, and current regulatory requirements.

The ISA Dignitary and Executive Protection Program has been submitted for third-party audit and validation to law enforcement agencies, private sector EP programs, and educational institutions for state accreditation. The program has been approved, accepted, recognized, or submitted for review by multiple law enforcement, state regulatory, and professional organizations for training or documentation purposes.

Relevant agencies and organizations may include:

Maryland Police and Correctional Training Commissions
Virginia Department of Criminal Justice Services
South Carolina Criminal Justice Academy & North Carolina PPSB 
Georgia & North Dakota POST

State Licensing:

** Graduates meet the Virginia DCJS PPS Credentials and North Carolina EP license requirements, and may also receive 12 CEUs.  Students should confirm current licensing, continuing education, agency, and state-specific requirements before enrollment. Eligibility, documentation, and recognition may vary by jurisdiction, agency, employer, license type, and student status.

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 IFPO Endorsed Training
The ISA Dignitary & Executive Protection Specialist Program is endorsed by the International Foundation for Protection Officers, supporting ISA’s commitment to professional training, ethical protective practice, and career development for protection officers, security professionals, law enforcement, military veterans, and private-sector executive protection personnel.

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Executive Protection Training and Capstone Evaluation

 Executive protection cannot be learned through lecture alone. Students should expect a demanding training week that includes classroom instruction, facilitated discussion, group assignments, hands-on exercises, field application, and a capstone evaluation.

The training environment is designed to require students to think, communicate, plan, adapt, and perform under realistic time constraints and changing mission conditions. Students must participate professionally, contribute to group work, complete assigned tasks, and meet the standards established for the course.

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Core Training Topics

The program includes instruction and practical application in:

Executive protection fundamentals Threat assessment & Protective intelligence and open-source research Mission planning and risk mitigation Advance work and site surveys Hostile surveillance and countermeasures Conflict resolution and de-escalation, hostile person/crowd & emergency procedures Protective communications Close protection techniques, team leadership and standard operating procedures

Physical security, Home/office & public-events Secure transportation and movement operations Arrivals and departures, ground/interior movement/formations Off-site and off-the-record operations Protective security ethics/ law and legal considerations Terrorism and active-threat awareness CPR, AED, Stop the Bleed, and basic first aid Capstone protective operations exercise

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Executive Protection Training: Tuition

Tuition: Seven-day Program

Standard Tuition: $2,550.00
Lodging is not included.

Group Tuition Options

Non-LE/Military Group rate savings:

Group of 4: $1,550.00 per student a $1000.00 savings 

Group of 3: $1,750.00 per student an $800.00 savings 

A team of 2: $2,000.00 per student a $500.00 savings

 

Special veteran and law enforcement tuition rate $1,400.00

Additional group rates available. Contact us for more information.

 

IFPO members receive a $1000.00 tuition reduction for attending this course. The $1,550.00 tuition rate is available to all members of the IFPO in good standing and further tuition rates are available for groups and veterans.

 

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Executive Protection Training: Attendance and Eligibility

Although this is an open-enrollment program, restrictions apply and seating is limited.

Priority may be given to:

Law enforcement personnel
Public safety personnel assigned protective responsibilities
Military personnel and veterans
Licensed or qualified private security professionals
Corporate security personnel
Personnel assigned to close protection, public official protection, dignitary protection, or executive protection responsibilities

** Note: Students should be physically capable of participating in a demanding training environment that may include field exercises, movement drills, practical scenarios, and extended training days.

** Note: Final attendance, equipment, clothing, and administrative requirements will be provided after registration.

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Executive Protection Training: Frequently Asked Questions

Is this only for law enforcement? No. The program was originally developed for law enforcement protective assignments, but it also supports military, veterans, corporate security, private security, investigators, and qualified protective personnel.	Is this a basic bodyguard course? No. The program is structured around professional protective operations. Students learn threat assessment, advance work, mission planning, movement, communication, medical response, legal considerations, and capstone performance.
Does the course include medical training?  Yes. The course includes CPR, AED, Stop the Bleed, and basic first aid training.	Does this course support licensing or continuing education? Eligible students may meet or support certain state licensing, in-service, or continuing education requirements depending on their status, jurisdiction, employer, and current regulatory rules. Students should confirm requirements before enrollment.
Is the course physically demanding? Yes. Students should be prepared for long training days, practical exercises, field movement, scenario-based training, and professional performance under time constraints.

 

Register for the 2026 Program Hosted by Lioness Security Services LLC

Seats are limited for this seven-day executive protection training program.

Students, agencies, corporate security teams, private security firms, investigators, and public safety organizations interested in attending should review the syllabus, confirm eligibility, and register early.

For questions, contact ISA:
Phone: 315-486-7854
Email: [email protected]
Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 9:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.; Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.

or Contact Ms. Brenda Melton, Owner Lioness Security Services  [email protected]

 

 

Register Now https://www.eptraining.us/training-registration/ 
Review Syllabus: https://www.eptraining.us/executive-protection-training-courses-master-list/dignitary-and-executive-protection-specialist-course/ 
Request Group or Agency Tuition Information: [email protected]