King Safety and Security (KSS) protects people, families and organisations whose profile, wealth, responsibilities or operating environment brings risk. Whatever the brief, our work is led by an understanding of that risk: an assessment we carry out, one a client already holds, or a rapid review when support is needed at short notice.
Homes, family life, travel and privacy
Executives and the organisation around them
Journalism, film, music and sport
VIP events, corporate events and appearances
Official visits, delegations and missions
Private clients and family offices
For individuals and families whose wealth, profile or circumstances bring risk, KSS protects the household as a whole: homes, family life, travel, privacy and the staff around them.
For individuals and families, that means direct advice and practical arrangements. Where we start depends on the concern: the home, travel, online exposure or a specific threat.
For family offices, it means a coordinated security function with one accountable lead, regular reporting and oversight across every family member and property. Family Office Security explains how that function works.
Working with your advisers and property team
KSS works alongside estate managers, private offices, architects and designers. Where an estate manager or private office commissions the work, we report through them and coordinate with the people who already run the property. With architects and designers, we agree the security requirements early, so that measures sit within the design rather than being added afterwards.
Corporate and executive
For companies, boards, executives and internal security teams. KSS supports leadership, personnel and the organisation’s operations.
For senior executives, Corporate and Executive Security brings close protection, residential security, travel and intelligence together as one managed function, integrated with the security a company already has.
For the wider organisation, typical support includes:
Media, sport and entertainment
KSS supports news organisations, production companies, artists, athletes and their representatives with security advice, planning and protective support in the UK and internationally. We bring together intelligence, experienced personnel and operational coordination around the assignment, production or individual.
We work alongside editorial, production and management teams, taking account of deadlines, public exposure, privacy and the practical demands of the work. Support can cover a single assignment or appearance, or a coordinated programme across locations and engagements.
News and journalism
Security planning and field support for correspondents, crews and editorial teams, from public-facing assignments and sensitive reporting to work in hostile and austere environments.
Support includes assignment risk assessments, threat monitoring, back-watching, secure movements and contingency planning, alongside hostile environment awareness training (HEAT). KSS also supports news organisations hosting live journalism events, coordinating protection around speakers, guests and the wider programme.
Film and television
Security support for productions, locations, cast and talent, coordinated with producers, location teams and personal representatives.
Requirements can extend from filming and location work to travel, accommodation, premieres, festivals and promotional appearances. KSS helps bring these arrangements together, with attention to personal safety, privacy, access and continuity across the production schedule.
Music and live entertainment
Protective support for artists and their teams across touring, rehearsals, performances and public appearances.
KSS coordinates close protection, secure transportation and advance work around venues, hotels and travel, working with artist management, tour managers, promoters and local security teams. Intelligence and digital exposure reviews can inform the arrangements where an artist’s profile or circumstances warrant them.
Sport
Protective support for athletes, teams and their families around competition, travel, appearances and the public profile that comes with success.
KSS works alongside clubs, agents and management, with attention to privacy, family life and the demands of the schedule.
Event organisers
KSS has delivered security for VIP events across the UK, Europe, the Middle East and North America.
KSS can work in two ways. We can protect individual speakers, guests and VIPs within an organiser’s existing arrangements or, where agreed, take responsibility for planning and coordinating the event’s security as a whole, working with the venue, the organiser’s team and any other providers. For corporate event teams, agencies and hosts, including AGMs and shareholder meetings, typical support includes:
- Event security assessments and planning
- Advance reconnaissance of venues, hotels and routes
- Close Protection for speakers, guests and VIPs
- Secure Transportation
- Coordination with venue security and the organiser’s own team
Where an artist or public figure needs protection across a tour or a run of appearances, see media, sport and entertainment.
Government and diplomatic
KSS provides security and protective support for government bodies, diplomatic missions, official delegations and royal households, in the UK and internationally. Our team brings experience protecting heads of government, ruling families and the households and delegations around them.
We support official visits, international travel and continuing residential or premises requirements, working alongside existing protective details and the officials responsible for the programme. Each engagement takes account of the Principal’s exposure, protocol, confidentiality and the responsibilities of the organisations involved.
Support can include:
- Security assessments, intelligence and advance planning
- Close protection for Principals, accompanying family members and delegations
- Secure transportation and coordination of movements
- Advance reconnaissance of venues, accommodation and routes
- Residential and premises security
- Coordination with existing protective details, venue teams and relevant local authorities
- Contingency planning and operational support as requirements change
KSS provides a defined scope of responsibility and a clear operational point of contact, whether supporting an established government security arrangement or managing an agreed package of protective services.
For security partners
Security providers appoint KSS to deliver for them and their clients in the regions where we operate.
KSS delivers as a managed service: an agreed scope, a single operational point of contact, and reporting to the appointing provider in the format and at the frequency it sets. We respect the provider’s relationship with its client, and handle the client’s identity and information in confidence.
Support can include close protection, secure ground transportation, advance party reconnaissance, digital vulnerability assessments and threat intelligence alerts.
In the UK, KSS operatives are selected through KSS’s proprietary Selection Day process; elsewhere, KSS works with thoroughly vetted in-country partners under KSS leadership. This route is for companies looking to appoint KSS. If you are an operative interested in working with KSS, see Selection Day.
Proven across six continents
Since 2014, KSS has delivered security across six continents, for listed corporates, family offices, UHNW families, royal and ruling households, heads of state and senior government, elite professional sport, NGOs and international organisations. Client identities are never disclosed. Redacted examples are on our case studies page.
Discuss your requirements in confidence.
Tell us who needs protecting and what concerns you. We will assess it, show you what the evidence calls for, and set out how KSS would deliver it.
We handle your details in confidence and in line with our privacy policy. We will only use them to respond to your enquiry.