- Threat, risk + vulnerability assessments
- Behavioral threat assessments
- Violence risk assessments
- Security program audits + gap assessments
- Facility + site assessments
Security Consulting + Threat Assessments
Understand Risk. Strengthen Security. Protect What Matters.
Security risks rarely exist in isolation. A physical vulnerability may expose a technology weakness. An operational gap can undermine otherwise strong security systems. An emerging threat can quickly change the risk profile of a facility, workforce, or organization.
Guidepost Solutions helps organizations identify, assess, and manage security risks across people, facilities, operations, and technology. Our independent security consultants combine threat and vulnerability analysis with operational expertise and security technology knowledge to help organizations understand where risk exists, determine what matters most, and develop practical strategies to protect people, assets, operations, and reputation.
From individual facilities to complex global portfolios, we help clients develop security programs based on risk, business priorities, regulatory requirements, and real-world operating conditions.
Recognized Excellence in Security Consulting
2026 US OSPA: Outstanding Security Consultant
Guidepost Solutions’ Security + Technology Consulting practice was named Outstanding Security Consultant at the 2026 US Outstanding Security Performance Awards (OSPAs). The award recognizes the practice’s work across critical infrastructure, transportation, education, municipalities, and global enterprises. OSPA judges specifically recognized the team’s technical excellence, strategic advisory capability, and approach to emerging security needs, including AI-enabled threat detection and enterprise security planning.
The Guidepost Security + Technology Consulting Practice
- 15+ Years of security consulting experience
- 10,000+ Security Projects
- 1,000+ Assessments
- 6 Continents supporting clients across global operating environments
- Independent + Vendor-Neutral
An Integrated Approach to Security Risk
Effective security requires more than cameras, access controls, guards, policies, or individual assessments. These elements must work together as part of a broader security risk management strategy.
Guidepost evaluates security through three interconnected disciplines: physical security, operational security, and security technology.
Stay ahead of security challenges with tailored threat assessments that empower your organization to prevent and respond effectively. Discover how our integrated solutions can safeguard your people, assets, and reputation—schedule your consultation today!
Security Risk Assessments That Drive Action
A security risk assessment should do more than identify vulnerabilities. It should help decision-makers determine what requires attention, what should be prioritized, and where resources should be invested.
Threat, Risk + Vulnerability Assessments
Guidepost’s Threat, Vulnerability + Risk Assessments can evaluate threat identification and analysis, vulnerabilities, risk, security gaps, and physical sites. The assessment process can also gather stakeholder input about existing policies, systems, and perceived vulnerabilities to develop a clearer understanding of the current security environment.
Findings can then inform recommendations concerning physical security, electronic security, operations, security standards, technology integration, and future improvements.
Threat, Risk + Vulnerability Assessments help organizations understand credible threats, identify vulnerabilities that could be exploited, evaluate existing controls, and establish priorities for mitigation.
Rather than considering individual security deficiencies in isolation, a comprehensive assessment examines how threats, vulnerabilities, consequences, and existing safeguards interact to influence risk.
Behavioral Threat Assessment + Management
Not all security risks begin with a facility or technology vulnerability. Concerning behavior, threats of violence, workplace conflicts, and other warning signs can require a different kind of security assessment.
Guidepost provides Behavioral Threat Assessment + Management (BTAM) services to help organizations identify, assess, and manage potential threats involving individuals and concerning behavior.
Our multidisciplinary approach draws on experience in military service, federal and local law enforcement, corporate security, counterterrorism, emergency and crisis management, and human resources. Guidepost’s current security practice also draws on professionals active in organizations including ASIS International, the Security Industry Association (SIA), and the Association of Threat Assessment Professionals (ATAP), as well as support from specialists in forensic psychiatry, forensic psychology, and clinical psychology.
Behavioral Threat Assessment services may include behavioral threat assessments, violence risk assessments, threat management support, tailored on-site protective support, threat assessment training, and support for multidisciplinary threat assessment teams to help recognize and manage risks.
Security Consulting Services
Guidepost’s Security + Technology Consulting practice provides capabilities across several interconnected areas.
- Physical security consulting
- Corporate security risk consulting
- Security standards development
- Protective strategy design
- Physical penetration testing
- Security policies + procedures
- Security program reviews
- Operational effectiveness assessments
- Policies, protocols + procedures
- Organizational security assessments
- Security support services
- Security technology assessments
- Security systems planning + design
- Electronic security systems
- Technology evaluations
- Security master planning
- Systems integration planning
Protect facilities and assets where disruption, unauthorized access, or operational failure can create significant consequences.
Evaluate physical security, technology, operations, crowds, facilities, and other risks associated with complex sports and entertainment environments.
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Address security in learning environments (K-12 and universities) where protection must be considered alongside accessibility, operations, and the needs of the broader campus community.
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Why Guidepost for Security Consulting?
Security recommendations may influence significant investments, operational decisions, employee safety, facility design, and organizational risk. They need to be grounded in experience and capable of standing up to scrutiny.
Guidepost’s security practice combines experience across physical security, operations, technology, risk management, critical infrastructure, emergency management, law enforcement, military service, and corporate security leadership. The practice includes professionals holding recognized credentials such as CPP®, PSP®, PCI®, CHPA, CSSP, PMP, and CISSP.
We are independent and vendor-neutral and do not sell or maintain security products. This independence allows recommendations to focus on the client’s risk environment, operational requirements, existing systems, priorities, and resources.
Independently Recognized
The 2026 US OSPA judging panel selected Guidepost’s Security + Technology practice as Outstanding Security Consultant. The OSPAs reported that the practice had completed more than 10,000 engagements and recognized its technical excellence, strategic advisory capability, AI-enabled threat detection, and enterprise security planning.
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View WebinarFrequently Asked Questions (FAQs) About Security Consulting
A security consulting firm helps organizations identify, assess, and manage risks affecting people, facilities, assets, and operations. Services can include security risk assessments, physical security consulting, operational security, behavioral threat assessment, security technology planning, program development, and specialized security advisory services.
A security assessment can be valuable when an organization is opening or acquiring facilities, experiencing a significant incident or emerging threat, planning major security investments, updating an established security program, or determining whether existing security measures continue to address its risk environment.
Physical security addresses the protection of people, facilities, and assets through the built environment and physical protective measures.
Operational security considers how the security program functions, including policies, procedures, staffing, responsibilities, preparedness, and daily operations.
Security technology encompasses the electronic systems and technologies that support those security objectives.
Guidepost evaluates these disciplines together because gaps in one area can affect the effectiveness of the others.
A behavioral threat assessment evaluates concerning behavior and other available information to help determine whether an individual may present a risk that requires management or intervention. Guidepost’s BTAM services include violence risk assessment, threat management support, on-site protective support, and threat assessment training.
Yes. Guidepost’s security work includes individual locations as well as multi-site and global security programs. The Physical Security page specifically describes work supporting global programs across international portfolios and clients on six continents.
Yes. Guidepost states that it is independent and vendor-neutral and does not sell, install, or maintain security products.
Guidepost combines physical security, operational security, technology, and threat assessment capabilities within a single Security + Technology Consulting practice. That practice was named Outstanding Security Consultant at the 2026 US Outstanding Security Performance Awards, where judges recognized its technical excellence, strategic advisory capability, and work addressing emerging security needs.
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