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G. Michael Verden, Founder and CEO of The Lake Forest Group, applies effective methodologies he learned in a more than 40-year career as a consultant, police officer, Senior Director of Security for the NBA, and agent for the U.S. Secret Service protecting the President, First Lady, the Olympics and other large-scale events to hospitals, Fortune 500 corporations, manufacturing plants, and organizations like yours. As your trusted advisor, Mike partners with you to ensure a safe and secure workplace where your employees can do their best work and helps high profile and high net worth people protect their families, homes, and businesses.
A security assessment keeps your people safe.
In light of the violence that has occurred in the United States over the last several years in workplaces, schools, hospitals, theaters, concerts, and in so many places where we live and enjoy our lives, we have come to understand the importance of safety and security.
Protect your people with an emergency management plan.
You should use what you learn in the assessment to determine how well you address the four phases of emergency management as outlined by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): prevention/ mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.
Educate your employees about security with custom training.
You conducted an assessment, so you know what you have and what you need, you created an emergency management plan (EMP) so you’re prepared in an emergency, and now you’re safe, right? Not yet. Your holistic strategy is stronger when you educate your employees.
Enhance executive protection with independent security study.
How safe and secure do your employees feel? They might be harassed or threatened by co-workers or visitors or exposed to some other type of workplace violence. Or maybe your CEO has received threats from a client dissatisfied with the product or service.
Chief Public Safety Officer
“We experienced an active shooter incident and needed help recovering from this tragedy. Mike and his team of experts conducted assessments of all our hospital and university buildings, policies, procedures, processes, staffing, and technologies to provide an enterprise strategy to protect our healthcare network and college campuses.”
Chief of Police
“We are an urban university and our number one concern is the safety of our people. The Lake Forest Group evaluated the security on our campuses and how crime in our city affects us and developed a plan to strengthen our security initiatives to protect our students, staff, and visitors.”
Chief Security Officer
“As the CSO of a worldwide corporation, I needed a partner who offered a fresh perspective on our operations based on security industry best practices. The Lake Forest Group evaluated the global security department and provided a vision and strategy to protect our executives, brand, corporation, employees, and assets.”
Chief Financial Officer
“Our family office needed guidance on how best to protect our executives and employees. The Lake Forest Group benchmarked the security environment of the corporate HQ and CEO's residence against peer organizations and comparable high net worth individuals’ residential properties and offered strategic considerations to improve our security measures. I’ve already called Mike to help us with our next project.”
