When Affluent Families Move: 4 Considerations for Their Security Directors

最近, we were asked to advise the security director responsible for the safety of a billionaire and his family as they shifted their primary residence from a major East Coast city to a rural suburb of a small Southern town. 大多数 富裕家庭的安全主管 are engaged by the principal or their family office directors based on their domain knowledge in areas that range from executive protection, 住宅的安全, and travel security to technical security systems and guard 服务.

保安主管很少, 然而, have presided over the complexity and planning required to ensure a wealthy family’s seamless and safe transition to a new home. It’s one thing to own two 房屋 or move between the two. But complexity mounts very quickly when you consider families with (1) more than two 房屋, (2)多重资产.g., 房屋, 汽车, 艺术, 珠宝), (3)生活方式不同的会员, 偏好和要求, (4) prominence that generates adverse publicity or threats, (5)国际旅行范围, 商务或娱乐.

While not all affluent families confront the same level of planning complexity as the family above, I wanted to briefly highlight four critical issues that a family security director – and, 在某些情况下, a family office director – should be prepared to address.

1. 技术、系统和设备的集成
   This is a very important priority anytime a large family owns several properties and moves back and forth between them. 例如, let’s say you have a primary home in California with security systems related to access control, 入侵检测, 周边安保和视频监控. Then you add another primary or secondary home in a different state or country. You want to have a fairly high level of consistency and integration for key factors such as system coverage, data, 警报和集中通信. This is also true for effective security risk management, timely response and cost efficiencies.
2. 获得紧急服务
   如果一个家庭来自大城市, they probably had access to excellent medical experts, 医院和保健, which are advantages that may not be available in most rural communities. Key issues include matters like proximity to fire, medical and EMS facilities as well as the availability of specialists, 特别是如果一个家庭成员有特殊需要. 传统上, 城市环境有更强的, faster response than you can expect in a rural environment where, 例如, one sheriff deputy’s jurisdiction covers 30 square miles.
3. 安全管理+人员
   Many private client household staff include trusted security personnel who know the family and have supported them for a long time. If the family’s new or additional residence is located in other state, 你打算向他们提出什么要求? Will you relocate them or hire an additional team in the new location? This issue has p艺术icular relevance for your on-site security manager who should not be expected to travel back and forth between two locations without risking operational gaps, errors or inefficiencies in proper security coverage.
4. 公开、透明、风险
   预期的变动是否为公众所知? Are family members divulging the news or other information online, in social media posts or to individuals outside the family’s inner circle? Is the new home purchased in the family’s name and therefore subject to public records search. Or has it been acquired in the name of a corporation with private records established for this purpose?

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As we share with our clients every day, details make the difference. The chain of security protecting their loved ones are only as secure as the weakest link. Prevention is the best approach and that takes strategic planning, risk-based analysis and careful integration of people, 过程, 和不断发展的技术.

Jensen Hughes has advised and protected the wealthiest and most private families in the world. We can help properly identify all risks associated with your move while minimizing the threats and vulnerabilities. 进一步了解彩宝网平台的 私人客户和家族办公室 服务.