The Roy A. Bordes Excellence in Security Award

 

On February 12^th 2008 the security world lost a significant contributor with the passing of Roy Bordes - a friend and colleague. 

 

Many of us in the security industry have known and respected Roy for many years.  He was a champion of progressive security techniques and had the unique ability to embrace the things that worked and steer clear of the passing fads.  All of us at the Anti Terrorism Accreditation Board (ATAB) are touched deeply by his passing.  We will miss his highly valued guidance, council and incite that was so essential during our early years.   The success of our organization is epitomized by professionals like Roy. 

 

After a successful tour in the U.S. Navy, Roy’s inquisitive mind and logical thinking naturally led him to law enforcement where he served with the U.S. Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigations.  Over the years he has warn the hats of investigator, agent, security professional, terrorism expert,  teacher, philosopher, mentor and to all those that knew him – friend.

 

In 1978 Roy founded The Bordes Group in Orlando Florida.  Other offices are located in South Carolina, Virginia, and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The company is a professional security-consulting firm providing services to a wide variety of clients including, but not limited to, Fortune 50 firms, military, government and industrial facilities. The Bordes group specializes in the design of integrated electronic security systems. Many incorporate technologies related to access control, biometrics, closed-circuit television, communications, and perimeter protection.  His range of involvement included sensitive security projects from homeland security to the design of complex and specialized security screening techniques.

 

For years Roy has been recognized as a leading security professional and has been sought after by organizations such as Time magazine, the Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Business Week, the Associated Press, Washington Post, and the Orlando Sentinel for his opinion and insights on Security and Terrorism. He has been interviewed on Fox, MSNBC and the ABC World News Tonight with the late Peter Jennings. 

 

In keeping with Roy’s dedication to teach and mentor new security professionals, ATAB will initiate an annual scholarship in his name for the advancement of a security professional.  Each year ATAB will award a scholarship in the name of Roy to an individual who is otherwise qualified and has demonstrated the forward thinking qualities consistently demonstrated by Roy Bordes.  The scholarship will include the cost of ATAB membership, certification, training materials and training activities for a full year.  The recipient must submit a Power Point or White Paper on a security or terrorism related topic.  The submission will be judged by the Anti Terrorism Accreditation Board for its contents professionalism and merit.   The nomination must include a short paper characterizing the individual as a professional with the same progressive nature, vision and energy as that demonstrated by our friend and colleague Roy Bordes.

 

 

The 2010 Roy A. Bordes Excellence in Security Award is presented to:

 John Spain, PhD, CMAS, CPP

John is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Emergency Management.  John has provided guidance and expertise to ATAB since its founding and has been a valuable asset to the ATAB Family.

He was the founding Chairman of the IT Security Committee for ATAB and continues to assist any time that he is called upon.   He is a past American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Senior Vice President and a member of the Information Technology Security Council, a council he chaired for five years.   He has a Ph.D. in Administration and Management with a dissertation focusing on Corporate Risk Modeling and countervails to mitigate threats and vulnerabilities associated with security risk.  John is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and a Certified Master Anti-Terrorism Specialist (CMAS).  He has spoken nationally and internationally on computer security, loss control and risk management.  John has more than 30 years experience in Industrial Security, Operational and Systems auditing, Information Systems Security and Risk Management.  He was responsible for the identification and successful prosecution of members of the “Legion of Doom”, an infamous Hacker organization responsible for significant abuse to a number of Fortune 50 companies.  John also developed a four level, information security protocol as part of a standardized security review for applicants of the eComprehensive insurance product provided by Lloyds of London.  He has developed solutions at all levels to assess and mitigate organizational risk created from the vulnerabilities and threats associated with the modern, technology-driven corporate, academic and governmental environments.  He has participated extensively on the Electronic Communications Service Providers (ESCP) committee in Washington, DC to develop technical and operational solutions to comply with the provisions of the Communications Act as it relates to the provision for electronic surveillance services in the digital communications environments.  During this process he participated in congressional hearings and reviews.  He was recently appointed to a team of risk professionals to evaluate available risk assessment methodologies and make recommendations to the National Infrastructure Protection Plan.  John has developed and managed Corporate Compliance programs based on Sarbanes-Oxley, International Standards, CobiT, General Computing Controls and other domestic and International laws and regulations dealing with security and information management. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATAB Legion of Exceptional Merit Award

 

Mr. Tom M. Conley, CMAS, CPP

This award is being presented to Mr. Conley as a ATAB Member in good standing, who while serving in his capacity against the global war against terrorism has distinguished himself by exceptionally meritorious service in a position of great responsibility.  His performance and assistance to ATAB has merited recognition for service that is clearly exceptional and of conspicuously significant achievement.

 

 

Tom M. Conley is the President & C.E.O. of The Conley Group, Inc. headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa.  The Conley Group, Inc. provides highly qualified uniformed and plainclothes security services, security patrol services, and the Remote Viewing^TM solution to their clients.  He is a former civilian police captain and is a senior-level commissioned officer in the United States Navy (Reserve).  In the U. S. Navy, he has served in a number of law enforcement, criminal investigation and information security leadership positions, as well as a commanding officer of a destroyer squadron detachment.  He is a certified Master Training Specialist (MTS) by the U.S. Navy and a certified counter-terrorism instructor by the U.S. Department of Defense.

 

Mr. Conley has been designated a Certified Protection Professional (CPP), by ASIS International, has been designated as both a Certified Anti-terrorism Specialist (CAS), a Certified Master Anti-terrorism Specialist (CMAS) and a Certified Maritime Security Manager (CAS-MSM) by the Anti Terrorism Accreditation Board, has been designated as a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) by the Information Systems Audit and Control Association, has been designated as both a Certified Protection Officer (CPO) and a Certified Protection Officer Instructor (CPOI) by the International Foundation for Protection Officers, has been designated a Certified Private Investigator (CPI) by the Academy of Private Investigators, has been Certified in Homeland Security – Level III (CHS-III) by The American Board for Certification in Homeland Security, and has been designated a Certified Fraud Investigator (CFI) by the International Academy of Investigative Professionals.  He is also a graduate of Executive Security International, a highly regarded executive protection academy, where he became certified as an Executive Security Specialist.  He is a Certified Emergency Medical Technician (EMT-B), has earned a bona fide Black Belt in Karate, and is a certified expert with the handgun and rifle.

 

Mr. Conley has earned a Master of Arts Degree in Business Leadership with an emphasis in Quality Management from Upper Iowa University, where he graduated with a 4.0 GPA.  He also earned two undergraduate degrees from Upper Iowa University: a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Management and a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology.  He graduated with honors from both degree programs.

 

Under his leadership and during his 35 plus years in the private security and investigative professions, he has provided services to Amoco Oil Company, General Electric Corporation, Principal Financial Group, the U.S. Marshal’s Service, the State of Iowa, NBC Television, the Des Moines International Airport, the Des Moines Skywalk, the United States Federal Aviation Administration, Union Pacific Railroad, Federal Express Corporation, and ConAgra, Inc., just to name a few.  The Conley Group, Inc. is well known for their high level of organizational professionalism, their consistent ability to effectively deal with difficult security challenges and their ability to effectively manage demanding assignments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATAB Lifetime Distinguished Membership Award

 

Admiral Panagiotis Kikareas, Ph.D, CMAS, MSM

 

 

·   Admiral Kikareas, PhD, CMAS, MSM an ATAB member and contributing author to ATAB.  His extensive career in the security and military has helped to keep all of us in a safer world.    Military & Civilian Global Security, R&D, Counter Terrorism New business Earning Solutions Architect: award winning background integrating military, intelligence, R&D, and infrastructure enhancement. Played a major leadership role assembling the corporate and institutional security consortium and building the models and protocols which delivered an incident-free Athens Olympics in 2004. Since 2006, functions as project management leader with key input conceiving, developing and executing major multi-million-dollar initiatives. Program managed the development of the world's first automated and computerized threat response system.

·           Front-line tactician: Military Science--enemy combatant effectiveness reduction, emergency response operations, and naval combat. Functioned as senior threat/security/risk assessment/competitive intelligence analyst and strategist for over 25 years. Recognized authority on global stability, antiterrorism technologies, and intelligence issues covering the Middle East, Balkans and Eastern Europe. Finance--homeland security enterprise investment. Pedagogy--composed over 25 well-received articles on threats to world security and serves as key note speaker and lecturer at numerous symposia and conferences globally, dealing with World Peace and Security, Antiterrorism and

·   Strategic Operations Expertise: risk & crisis management optimization; emergency response programming; counterintelligence; private enterprise and government alignment inclusive of implementing provisioning, budgeting, and management control technologies; and operational planning including objectives articulation and execution management.

·   Recognition: authority in the intelligence, evangelical, geostrategic analyses, and homeland security investment communities. Listed in Who is Who in America and Who is Who in the World.

 

Management Control Technologies --directed teams of 30 to 1200+ professionals and NATO forces of over 1,000,000. Achievement of rank of Admiral recognized outstanding operational and organizational leadership skills complemented by advanced human capital development abilities, particularly in the areas of motivation, communication channel development, and interdepartmental coordination.

Technical and Business Problem-Solving Skills--consistent increases in spans of control since career onset and pioneering contributions as troubleshooting, investigative, and solution development expert. Renowned as a leading-edge vulnerability, irregular warfare, and force protection tactician throughout the global community.

Department and Interdepartmental Leadership--supervision of professional teams maintaining a range of infrastructure, intelligence gathering, risk management, and combat-readiness functions. Diverse abilities including: tough but fair contract negotiations and vendor management; investment analytics; purchasing & inventory alignment; and transition management.

Facilitated governmental and business alliances and substantively increased the footprint of the Hellenic division of Alliance Stars Inc. Served as ASI's Regional Director Senior Manager for Greece and functioned as subject matter expert in the areas of operational analysis, risk assessment, infrastructure investment, and failure-avoidance.

Contributory Highlights

·   Facilitated final negotiations which led to contracts valued in the $500MM-$1B range.

·   Raised over $10M in funds for the Patriarch of Alexandria and all Africa.

·   Advised and continue to advise a portfolio of over 100 very wealthy individuals.

HELLENIC ARMED FORCES / NATO                                                       1964 - 1998

Overview: Subject matter expert for defense and armament programming. Promoted to Admiral in 1992.

Pedagogic Leadership: 1979-1985--part-time lecturer, Athens University, School of Operations Research; part-time lecturer, Naval Academy; 1982-1985, full-time Head of Operational Training Planning and Oversight, Fleet Command; 1982-1987, part-time lecturer, Naval War College; 1990-1991, full-time Commander, School of Tactical Training (Fleet Command); and 1992-1994, full-time Chief of Staff, University Deputy Commander and Chairman of Deans, Naval Academy.

Major Awards: The Navy Meritorious Command Medal and The Staff Officer Commendation Medal. Received several commendations from the Chief of Hellenic National Defense General Staff and from the General Manager of the largest NATO Agency (NATO Consultation Command and Control Agency).

 

NATO Consultation Command and Control Agency                    1994-1999

Board Director and National Hellenic Representative

·   Created an original worldwide Crisis Management solution for Greece, which was expanded to cover any national entity in collaboration with the Defense Information Services Agency (DISA), the Joint Warfare Center (JWFC), NATO C3 Agency (NC3A), and Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO).  Model covered times of peace, crises, physical disasters as well as crises before, during, and after a war and incorporated and integrated international strategic studies, with the defense, security, intelligence and antiterrorist functions.

 

National Defense General Staff                                                   1993 - 1999

Operations Director      

·   Appointed by the Minister of Defense to create and implement War Games and Computer Assisted Exercise technologies. NC3A and JWFC laboratory contributor and curricula developer. Member of the team that developed the Joint Theater Level Simulation-Global Command and Control System Federation which played a major role selecting, as the main simulation model, the Joint Theatre Level Simulation (JTLS) which was subsequently selected by NATO as the official model for computer assisted exercises, and which is still in use. The Center was unique Worldwide, and was copied by Allies, and NATO HQ's in Europe.

Hellenic Fleet Command                                                                1990 - 1993

Director of Operations and Intelligence

·   Led a divisional command of over 10,000 through a team of 50+ commanders, ship captains and squadron commanders.

 

NATO Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe                 1987 - 1990

Director of Operational Planning, NATO War Planning

·   Led of team of 25 high-ranking subject matter expert officers controlling over 100,000 personnel. Commanding General wrote that I was the Best Officer he had ever met.

 

Guided Missiles Harpoon Defense Division                                  1984 - 1987

Commander

 

Hellenic Department of Defense-NATO Southeastern Command Europe                                                                                                   1964 - 1987

 Various War Ships Commander, Frigates and Destroyers Squadron Commander

 

 Patrolling and securing NATO defense and peace into the Southeastern Mediterranean. My ships were awarded annual first prizes for tactical excellence in each year of tenure)

Professional Development     

Education: Doctor of Philosophy (2001), Business Management, Wexford University, Geneva, Switzerland. Doctor of Philosophy (1999), Strategic Analysis and International Affairs, Wiltshire University, Wales, UK. Master of Science (1981), Naval War College, Athens. Master of Science (1977), Operations Research, Cranfield Institute of Technology, Bedfordshire, UK.

 

Security Accreditation:  Antiterrorism Accreditation Board, Certified Master Antiterrorist Specialist (2009) and Certified Master Antiterrorism Specialist- Maritime Security Manager (2009).

 

Financial Accreditation: EUROPEAN UNION CHAPTER OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS (equivalent to CFP).

 

Citizenship:  U.S.A

 

Military Training: Bachelor of Military Science (1964). Naval Academy, graduated with Honors and Distinction. Graduated first in all four years, was Chief of Class and during the last year, Chief of all Naval Cadets. Graduated with Honors and Distinction.

 

Award-Winning Record: Eisenhower Commission. Ronald Reagan Award. Golden medal of American Spirit. National Republican Senatorial Committee 2010 Commission. The Knight's Supreme Commander's Cross of the Order of Phoenix. The Knight Commander's Cross of Phoenix. The Knight Commander's Cross of the Order of Honor. The Golden Medal of St. Theodora. The Golden Cross of Evangelist Mark. The Golden Medal of Alexander the Great.  Honorable Life President of the Brotherhood of the Descendents that come straight from father to son from the last Emperor of Byzantine Empire David Comninos. Grand Master of Patriarchate of Alexandria and all Africa of the Greek Orthodox Church.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATAB Counter Terrorism Responder of the Year Award

MASTER AT ARMS FIRST CLASS

LUIS A. ARELLANO, CMAS

UNITED STATES NAVY

 

The 2010 Counter Terrorism Responder of The Year Award is presented to Luis A. Arellano, CMAS was born in Douglas, Arizona on September 8, 1970.  He graduated from Douglas High School in May 1989, and upon graduation, enlisted in the United States Navy where he attended Recruit Training at Naval Training Center, San Diego, CA.  Upon successful completion of his initial training, he attended Gunner’s Mate “A” School at the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, IL.

 

During his active duty enlistment between June 1989 and December 1996, Petty Officer Arellano served with distinction in several prestigious assignments including the USS WICHITA (AOR-1), the USS ARKANSAS (CGN 41), the USNS KILAUEA (AE-37), and with the EOD-Mobile/5 Detachment Philippines, Guam, Hawaii, NAS Alameda CA, Mare Island, CA, and Security Forces, Treasure Island, CA.  In December 1996, he was honorably discharged and returned to Arizona to begin a civilian law enforcement career with the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). 

 

Petty Officer Arellano enlisted in the United States Navy Reserve in December 1996, and again served his country as an integral part of several units including Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 17, NMCB 18 and under the Commander, US Naval Forces Korea (CNFK).  In 2003, he was mobilized to Iraq with Support Unit (SU) 2.  This unit operated jointly with the First Marine Expeditionary Force.  He was mobilized for nearly a year and later returned to CNFK, where he currently serves as the command’s Petty Officer in Charge of the Training Department.  In 2008, he was honored by being selected as the Reserve Sailor of the Year for Navy Operational Support Center, Port Hueneme, CA.  For this prestigious award, he competed with over 100 candidates. Petty Officer Arellano’s personal awards include the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal, Combat Action Ribbon, Presidential Unit Citation,   Meritorious Unit Commendation and various service awards

 

Luis joined the US Immigration Naturalization Service (INS) in 1997 and attended the INS Academy at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) in Artesia, New Mexico.  Upon graduation, he was assigned as a Border Patrol Detention and Deportation Agent.  In 2001, his request to attend the US Equal Employment Commission (EEOC) Academy in Washington DC was granted, and upon graduation he was designated a Federal Investigator with the EEOC and was assigned to the San Francisco Field Office.  He remained with the EEOC until 2004.

 

Luis earned his Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice from Columbia University and his Masters Degree in Business Organizational Management with special emphasis in Human Resources from the University of Phoenix.  He is currently pursuing his doctorate in National Security with special emphasis on Anti-Terrorism.      

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATAB Distinguished Service Award

 

Ms. Caroline Hamilton. CAS, CPP

The 2010 Distinguished Service Award is being presented to Ms. Hamilton, an ATAB member in good standing, for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance and outstanding service and achievements in the global war against terror.  Ms. Hamilton has provided services to US and foreign government agencies as to merit recognition for services rendered in a clearly exceptional manner.  Her recent development of a program to reduce violence in the healthcare industry has resulted in achievement of a proven program that is being implemented at medical facilities around the world.  She has performed action in an unprecedented and clearly exceptional manner.

Caroline R. Hamilton is an expert in security risk analysis and security risk assessment and President of RiskWatch International, a Florida-based company specializing in security risk assessment software.  She was a Charter member of the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Risk Management Model Builders Workshop, which was a joint Workshop between U.S., Canada and the United Kingdom to create the first security risk management guidelines from 1988 – 1995.

In 1996, she served on the U.S. National Security Agency’s Network Rating Model workshop, and from 1996-1998, served on the working group to create a Defensive Information Warfare Risk Management Model, for the U.S. Department of Defense, under the auspices of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.  In addition, she co-wrote the Port Security Vulnerability Assessment standards with Coast Guard Admiral Paul Pluta.  In 2000, she received the Maritime Security Council’s Distinguished Service Award.

Hamilton has worked with the U.S. Department of Justice to create security vulnerability assessment guidelines.  She is a member of the ASIS Information Technology Security Council; The ASIS Physical Security Council; the SARMA (Security Assessment Risk Management Association, and the IBM Data Governance Council; and HIPAA Project Workgroup.

She has recently created a special program to decrease workplace violence in hospitals and has worked with more than fifty hospitals to reduce violence against healthcare workers in conjunction with the world’s largest hospitals.  In 2010, she applied this model to a major hospital center in the UAE and expects to apply it in more than fifteen countries in 2011 because the increase in violence is not limited to the USA but extends to the middle east, to Asia and Europe.

Hamilton has created a flexible model of risk that includes more than twelve algorithms that can accurately predict and automatically recommend mitigative controls based on a set of five variables – including threat profiles.    This model has been applied to easy to use software tools and is now available for financial institutions like banks and credit unions, the defense industrial base facilities, manufacturing plants, hospitals, nuclear power plants, electrical generating plants, cities, ships, and hospitals and healthcare organizations.

She is a member of the ASIS Physical Security Council, the ASIS Information Security Technology Council, the Security Risk Assessment Association (SARMA), Infragard and IAHSS, (International Association of Hospital Safety and Security).

She is a graduate of the University of California, Riverside and lives in south Florida.

 

 

 

 

 

ATAB 5 Year Distinguished Membership Award

 

Mr. Lance Bolton, CMAS

 

The 2010 Distinguished Membership Award is being presented to Mr. Bolton as an ATAB Member in good standing, who while serving in his capacity as a committee member has distinguished himself by exceptionally distinguished service in a position of great responsibility.  His performance and assistance to ATAB has merited recognition for service that is clearly exceptional and of conspicuously significant achievement.

 

Lance Bolton, CMAS has spent his career on the financial intelligence side of the counter terrorism world.  He has worked in conjunction with U.S., Israeli, English, Canadian, Philippians’, French, Columbian and Hong Kong intelligence and Military Special Ops units in locating and tracking illegal funds around the world.  Every terror organization requires funds to operate.  Mr. Bolton uses his skills, cunning and “Think outside the Box” ideas to deprive terror organizations around the world of their assets and locating their benefactors.  He had a behind the scenes role in most of the major intelligence operations of the 80’s, 90’s and 2000’s. 

 

In the past 5 years ATAB has had the benefit of Mr. Bolton’s experience and expertise.  He has become an essential part of the ATAB Training Committee.  Lance while serving on the ATAB Training Committee has developed financial terrorism training programs and is working on the Fraud and Financial Crimes program to be completed this summer. 

 

Mr. Bolton in his intelligence career has been an integral part of dozens of past and current investigative task with locating and tracking questionable and terrorist funds.  Some of the declassified activities that he has been involved with include being assigned to infiltrate several tier one families.  His work along with the Federal Reserve in NY resulted in the closing of BCCI.

 

Mr. Bolton set up an elaborate scenario to entice the movement of Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi’s10+B of funds into the free zone.  Helped analyze and categorize the 17k people tied to Gaddafi’s money to effect their removal or educating while linking parts of the junk bond market into connection.

 

He set up a multilevel operation in LA to entice the Syndicate of the Japanese 10 year 10% non callable CD's into play.  This caused the demise of Japans largest trading company while acquiring the originals of several of the multi Trillion Yen notes issued by the Japanese to affect the flood of credits on Yen that threatened the dollar.  This forced the Japanese banks into compliance, resulting in the loss of 10 years.

 

Exposed and shut down numerous gold and money laundering operations over a 15 year period resulting in the conviction and confiscation of billions of dollars.  He assisted in acquiring hundreds of original and fraudulent AU certificates, isolating many of the master certificates. These actions allowed for the wholesale control of AU and Platinum deposits worldwide. 

 

 

Assigned to infiltrate the S&L world and worked through the Resolution Trust to attain many of the key indictments of that period.  He was then assigned to assist in the hedging up the 737B shortfall left by the crisis. 

 

While working with a “Money Laundering” Task Force he was responsible for making contact with bankers and drug cartel members to convince them to exchanged commercially backed T bills in exchange for endless amounts of moneys acquired through dubious means by families in US, Mexico and Columbia.  In this method the drug dealers brought the money in to authorities saving the expense and man hours to track down the multiple bank accounts and cash hiding locations.  The funds were then confiscated, rather then having to track down the cash and accounts individually.

 

Mr. Bolton played a key roll in the tracking and removal of members of Arafat's and Carlo's 42 key personnel, opening the door for Arafat’s Nobel Prize. 

 

Central in Gerry Adam's the president of Sinn Fein, window to meet the president and assisted with the results. 

 

He acquired the information necessary to convince President Bush Sr. to stand down the head of the coalition and place Schwarzkopf and Powell in command.

 

Mr. Bolton was integral in the operation that set off the coup in Algeria while restructuring their Central Bank's mechanisms to facilitate the pending shortfall of 28 +B left by the AU coined backed German Bonds that were to demonetized at his suggestion. This along with several other generated situations gave our enemies the confidence to ship the 4.5 mts of weapons grade material down the tip of the Red Sea to where we were able to acquire it. 

 

In his 30 year career he has targeted and removed or jailed a number of terrorists including one currently on the top 20 list.

 

His work with the Corruption and Crime Commission helped shut down corruption in Australia resulting in the isolation and removal of a number of Ministers, law enforcement and Political figures. 

 

 

 

ATAB 10 Year Distinguished Membership Award

 

Mr. Keith Flannigan, CMAS

 

 

The 2010 ATAB 10 year Distinguished Membership Award is presented to Keith Flannigan for his continued efforts to better the organization and its membership.  From ATAB’s founding Keith has always willingly donated his time and resources to assist ATAB in being able to provide professional training materials to fellow responders.  He has always gone above and beyond what is required of him for the benefit of the organization.    His contributions to the Board have resulted in the development of advanced responder training and leadership.  He has traveled to remote locations and donated food, and medical supplies to flood and earthquake victims on ATAB’s behalf.  He has donated his own funds to injured service members on behalf of ATAB to insure their children had a good Christmas.  He has traveled around the world at his own expense to provide ATAB training to international Law Enforcement agencies.  He selflessly devotes endless hours and resources to his ongoing project of fighting childhood hunger in Central America.   He has consistently completed every project that ATAB has presented to him.  He has made significant and substantial contributions to the field of anti terror training and to the Anti Terrorism Accreditation Board.

Keith Flannigan, PhD, CMAS one of the founding members of ATAB and a constant presence always willing to assist John or the other Board members when ever ask.  He has chaired the Certification Committee and assisting with the development of training materials and programs as well as donating countless hours and resources to assist ATAB.  Keith, John W., Roy, Ron, Eric, Mike and John were the glue that held ATAB together in the early years with their presence and efforts to make ATAB training materials available to responder’s world wide. 

 

In the few hours that Keith is able to get away from ATAB he is the Executive Director of a Crisis Management agency specializing in Counter Terrorism, Communication, Asset Location and Information security.   Mr. Flannigan has designed Computer Security programs as well as conducting Penetration testing for Government and Client Firms.   He has conducted 118 International Hostage recovery operations and designs Security, has recovered billions of dollars for clients to include recovering funds lost in Nigerian Fraud Scams. He specializes in developing Response programs for Clients with known security risk. 

 

Information and Communication Security being the foundation of all

Hostage Recovery, or Fraud Prevention programs requires Keith to maintain a high level of expertise in the areas of Computer, Information and Digital Security enabling him to design programs and conduct Certified Technical Counter-Measures on client communication and computer systems. 

 

Mr. Flannigan has 35 years of experience in the Law Enforcement and Intelligence Fields.  He has written and instructed Law Enforcement curriculum on Technical Surveillance, Crisis Response, Cyber Terrorism, Responding to a Terrorist Incident, Managing a Bio Chemical Incident, Financial Crimes and Physical Security for county and state academies and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC).  For nine years he was an instructor at a police academy charged with developing and instructing training in all of the investigative areas from organized crime to crime scene investigations.  He has served on curriculum advisory boards for Universities and security associations in the area of Security, Terrorism and Law Enforcement. Mr. Flannigan has instructed classes at Universities on Terrorism and Cyber Terrorism since 1995.  Mr. Flannigan was named Counter Terrorism Trainer of the Year in 2005 by The Anti Terrorism Accreditation Board and Counter Terrorism Professional of the Year in 1998 by the Counter Terrorism EXPO.  He has completed 4 State and Federal academies, minored in Criminal Justice holds a PhD in Political Science and has completed over 3,200 hours of Law Enforcement Training.

 

Mr. Flannigan has made presentations to the RISK INSURANCE MANAGERS SOCIETY, SEGURATEC PERU, WORLD TRADE CENTER MOSCOW, INTERNATIONAL BANKING ASSOCIATION, CERTIFIED FRAUD EXAMINERS, SURVEILLANCE EXPO, GALES, COUNTER TERRORISM EXPO INTERNATIONAL, SOUTH AMERICAN SECURITY CONGRESS AND ASIS NATIONAL CONVENTION 1996, thru 2001, and 2003 thru 2010.  He has been a speaker 4 times for the ASIS Emerging Trends as well as many other conferences in Middle East and South and Central America.

 

Mr. Flannigan has appeared on "Street Stories", PM Magazine, Inside Edition, CBS, NBC and several local news programs, and has been featured in newspapers and magazines.  

 

He served as Chairman of the Information Technology Security Council and was the Regional Vice President for the American Society of Industrial Security, the largest Security Association in the world.  He chaired the International Training Committee for the IT Security Council.  He is or has been a member of the National Criminal Justice Association, The Fraternal Order of Police, Information Systems Security Association, National Association of Chiefs of Police, American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, International Society for Anti-Terrorism Professionals, International Terrorism Response Association, Association of Former Intelligence Officers, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Georgia Chiefs of Police, U.S. Association of Professional Investigators, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners Association and Chairs the Certification Committee for the Anti Terrorism Accreditation Board.