Corporate Aviation Security Training Program (SkyGuard Defense Corporate)

As one of the first firms to provide security training for the corporate aviation community, HSI Group understands how flight
departments work. Traveling in today’s dynamic and challenging world requires a high degree of vigilance and it is vital that
flight personnel approach security and emergency preparedness with the same intensity that they apply to aviation safety.
The development of a security culture is essential for this kind of preparedness.

Our Corporate Aviation Security Training (Sky Guard Defense Corporate) program is designed to educate flight personnel
on proven methods to identify and act accordingly to the unique risks associated with operating a corporate aircraft. Sky
Guard Defense Corporate (SGDC) exposes aviation personnel to proven security methods that can protect them against
potential threats, including theft, kidnapping, sabotage, extortion, harassment, illegal trafficking and acts of terrorism.

Our program provides the information and techniques that will assist pilots and flight crew confidently answer these
questions and many more.

  • Do you know how to identify potential dangers or red-flag situations in a foreign destination that on the surface
    seems safer than your home country?
  • Do you know what actions to take if you identify suspicious activity and behavior?
  • Do you know what actions to take in the event of a terrorist attack?
  • Do you know how to act if caught in the middle of an active riot or civil unrest?
  • Do you know how to recognize surveillance against you for the purposes of kidnapping you or your clients?

Attending Sky Guard Defense Corporate will allow flight personnel to take a fresh and progressive look at their flight
operations and travel habits. After better understanding their weaknesses and vulnerabilities and by following the “3a’s
(awareness, assessment and action), students can incorporate the idea of a “security culture” that will reduce risk and
ensure a safe and secure trip.


Training Program Details and Our Approach

SGDC is offered as a one-day or two day (extensive course) on-site class. Flight departments with uncommon destinations
or destinations with higher risk levels may require the 2 day course if counter-surveillance drills are incorporated.
Each S
GDC presentations are unique to our different client needs. Our instructor works with the client to design a training
program specifically for their corporate aviation needs.

Modules include the following depending on the course length:

  • Discerning Security Concepts and Methodology (3A’s)
  • Overview of Terrorism and the New Common Threat
  • Identifying Threats and Minimizing Associated Risks
  • The Aircraft: On-board Defense Methods
  • How to prepare and follow Secure Travel Program
  • Counter surveillance
  • Recognizing “Soft Targets” vs. “Hard Targets”
  • Body language (threats and deception recognition)
  • Understanding the Concepts of Preventive Security
  • Risk and the Five Elements of Security
  • Emergency Preparedness and Crisis Management (Stress drills)
  • Anti kidnapping
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