Online Security Training

Written By Anna E. Hampton

Since there are almost 500,000 global workers, and only approximately 70,000 from America and Europe, there needs to be more access to security training that is affordable.

Security in 2017 - Risk Management is what is needed to be proactive and thrive in challenging areas. Even though it is dated to 2017, if you do not have a robust risk management plan and work in high-risk, this 2-minute summary explains succinctly what is needed even for 2023 and beyond.

Surviving Disaster Training - doesn't have videos but has a lot of excellent and comprehensive information on all sorts of disasters one may face in cross-cultural situations. 

Paid Online Security Training


Free Online Security Training

I've compiled You tube links below that anyone can watch anywhere in the world and learn how to be equipped with avoiding and surviving threats. While online training won't provide the "stress inoculation" that in-person security training gives, there is some excellent information in these videos. I tried to pick videos between 5 minutes and 15 minutes in length.

1. Security Awareness Training
2. Stress Inoculation Training - an Overview
3. 14-Self-Defense Tips That May Save Your Life
4. 11 Survival Tips from a Former Secret Agent
5. Avoid Car Kidnapping
6. Running and Walking Safety Tips
7. Survive Active Shooter Event - I
8. Survive Active Shooter Event - II (Cal State University)
9. Defense Against Choke From Behind
10. How to Defend Against A Gun To The Face
11. How to Defend Against Wild Dog Attack - He is from Vietnam and a bit intense, but he clearly understands what it is really. Patience yields good tips. From a USA Navy Seal on What to do if you are attacked by a dog
12. Situational Awareness
13. How to Develop Situational Awareness  - Excellent description by a former NGO worker in Afghanistan
14. Anti-Surveillance Techniques
15. How to Survive Interrogation 
16. Expat Personal Security 101 - he uses the personal security quadrant.  His website is: http://tunisiasecurityupdate.com/ A lot of good information applicable for man other situations.
17. Surviving Beheading Course (Apparently this can be survivable, but I'm not sure I’d want to.)
18. Defensive Driving
19. Five Things to do if You Are Taken Hostage
20. How to Escape a Kidnapping- he includes detecting surveillance, getting out of handcuffs, a car trunk, etc.
21. How to get out of Duct Tape Handcuffs
22. How to get out of Zip Tie Handcuffs
23. What Tear Gas Does To Your Body 
24. IED Awareness
25. How To Survive a Grenade Blast - a civilian explains to civilians, and how a grenade works.

Please note - that when marketplace bombs go off, very often a secondary bomb is also set to go off as soon as people rush to help those injured by the 1st bomb.  In Afghanistan, that is how the attackers are able to kill many many civilians and civil servants. See this post on what to do when a bomb goes off.

26. Survival Mindset - 4 Steps to Survive a Violent Encounter - a 39-minute video but well done by a security consultant in Virginia. 

See the Global Risk Resource Document at the top of the Risk Resource page. 

Following is the list of areas a security specialty company would help people working in high-risk places learn:

Sub-Categories of Survival Training and Contingency Planning:

  • Crisis Leadership/Management

  • Help in writing Organizational Policy Documents

  • Assistance with the drawing up of Contingency/Security/Evacuation plans

  • How to set up a Crisis Management Team

  • The Crisis Resolution Protocol

  • Risk Assessment, Tactical and Strategic

  • Situational Awareness (from a security standpoint only.)

  • Anti/Counter Surveillance

  • Personal/Residence/Vehicle security

  • Tactical driving/parking

  • Convoy management

  • Surviving hijacking (vehicle/plane)

  • Surviving a violent street encounter and sexual attack

  • Surviving a suicide bomb attack

  • Surviving Beheading

  • Self-defense and breakaway techniques

  • Surviving crossfire/ambush/shelling/air attack (plane, helicopter drone), riots and street demonstrations

  • Ballistic awareness zones

  • Negotiating checkpoints - Legal/Hostile and Illegal

  • Mines, IEDs UXO awareness

  • Search and evacuation procedures

  • Dealing with suspicious packages/phone threats/bomb warnings

  • Hostage survival

  • Surviving a rescue attempt after being taken hostage

  • How to evacuate/hibernate

  • Escape and Evasion and Survival skills

  • How to disarm a terrorist

  • Using communication and navigation equipment (Map, Compass, GPS)

  • Battlefield first aid

  • Advice on essential equipment to carry in a hostile environment

  • Contents of a quick run bag

  • Guidance on constructing a Safe/Go to ground room

  • Investigation of incidents and criminal acts

  • Close protection of key leaders visiting hostile countries

  • Security management of groups overseas

  • Security management of large scale events

  • Undercover operations including surveillance, covert filming and evidence gathering

  • Stress inoculation to help students maintain personal bearing and composure

  • Field medicine and first aid

  • Defensive driving

  • Response to violence

Anna E. Hampton
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