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Author " Paul Viollis ", "Jane's Workplace Security Handbook" is essential reading for employers, considering all employers have a responsibility to their employees, customers and shareholders to provide a secure environment, including effectively responding to security threats. Key topics covered include violence in the workplace, terrorist attacks, domestic and international travel security, information security and organizational recovery.   More information about Paul Viollis

Rich people are hiring bodyguards to go to Disney World. “Our summer was huge . . . on the heels of what happened in Paris and London,” said Paul Viollis , CEO of Viollis Group International, a global security firm. “We’ve gotten maybe 20 new clients.” Paul Viollis firm offers multiple layers of protection — from security drivers and armored vehicles with bulletproof glass to vacation bodyguards. But in the case of a suicide bomber or a truck plowing into a crowd, what can a bodyguard even do? Personal-security requests aren’t just limited to major European cities. Experts say they’ve seen an uptick in Europeans and Asians hiring guards for Disney World in Orlando, Fla. The visitors are asking for “armed escorts,” said Paul Viollis . “They’re afraid of terrorist attacks in Disney. We never saw that until about a year ago.”   Engbrecht says it’s all about intel and prevention. “The venues [where terrorists have struck in these cities] are absolutely predictable...