With women celebrities opting for trained women bodyguards, more and more women are going in for a special martial training program in Mumbai.
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When the average person hears the term “executive protection” they may imagine bodyguards for CEOs and top business people. While security for executives is an important part of executive protection services - especially today, when CEOs and other company members travel overseas, sometimes to less-than-safe destinations for business trips - executive protection is not always just about personal safety.
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For effective celebrity security, brains are better than brawn.

After guards working for Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt scuffled with photographers in India twice in the past week, security experts said thuggish bodyguards who rely on football-player physiques and tough-guy attitudes might cause more problems than they solve.

“The only time physical involvement becomes necessary is when we or the client is in fear for their lives,” says Aaron Cohen of IMS Security in Los Angeles, which provides protection for celebrities and their homes. “That’s the only time it’s justified legally and that’s the only time it’s justified professionally.”

Tips one should consider while both preparing for business travel, as well as during the business trip itself.

Business travel is a fact of life for many professionals. According to the Domestic Travel Market Report, business travel accounts for up to 18% of this country’s domestic personal trips. More than 210 million business trips are taken each year in the US. However, with the increased concerns about air traffic safety and terrorist activity, many professionals are taking a more critical view of their professional travel experiences. This stems largely from the fact that professionals seem more vulnerable to threats of mugging, carjacking, explosives, biological agents, blackmail, kidnap, and even murder while traveling. When on business, though, many professionals do not have the resources and comfort level enjoyed at home and some of the world’s top business destinations have frightening crime rates and terrible records of violence against foreign professionals.

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Firms hire private investigators for everything from checking job applicants to internal financial sleuthing.

Their ranks include former state police officers, FBI agents, Secret Service personnel, street cops, even postal inspectors. Some work for large national or international companies. Others operate as freelancers. A few have jobs in law firms.

They make up a discreet network of private investigators and investigative agencies that provide confidential services to companies of all sizes, as well as to attorneys and individuals.

Paris Hilton has increased her security after a stalker pretending to be her fiance arrived at her father’s office armed with a knife.

The singer/actress decided her personal safety had to take precedence after the deluded man, who police arrested, showed up at her dad Rick Hilton’s place of business.

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