Be hard to find. Even harder to target.
Some attention comes with wealth and a public profile. We notice when it starts to change, and help you deal with it early.
Something is not right. You cannot quite name it yet.
If your wealth or position attracts attention, most of it is simply part of the life. Occasionally it becomes something else, and the point where it changes is rarely obvious.
You don't need to know what is happening before you call. Working that out is our job.
How it works
It starts with thirty minutes with Philip, at no cost. You describe what has been happening, and we tell you honestly whether we can help.
Assess. A Personal Exposure Review shows what a stranger could find about you, and which parts of it matter.
Advise. We tell you what to deal with first, and what can safely be left.
Always-on. For families who want it, the Defuse Advisory Service keeps watch continuously, with direct access to Philip and the team.
When a client brings you something outside your remit
Lawyers, wealth managers, family office heads and reputation specialists call us when a client's situation has become hard to read. We tell you whether the concern is justified and what a proportionate response looks like, then work alongside you for as long as it's useful. The client relationship stays yours.
Reading the situation correctly
A fixated stranger behaves differently from a disgruntled former employee. Someone testing boundaries online is a different problem from someone escalating in person. Telling them apart early is what keeps a response in proportion, and it is the heart of what we do.
That judgement comes from Philip Grindell's work protecting the Royal Family and Government ministers, and from setting up and leading The Parliamentary Liaison and Investigation Team after the murder of Jo Cox MP. It is backed by the specialists who work alongside him, including our Chartered Forensic Psychologist.
Speaking in confidence
Clients tell us things they would not comfortably say elsewhere. What is shared with us stays with us, and you will always hear plainly whether your concern is justified.
Personal Threat Management: The practitioner's guide to keeping clients safer - #1 Best Seller
Personal Threat Management: The practitioner's guide to keeping clients safer is a practical guide for professionals required to make sound judgements about personal risk — often in conditions of uncertainty, pressure, and incomplete information.
Drawing on decades of frontline experience, Philip Grindell explains how to distinguish between behavioural noise and genuine threat, and how to respond proportionately before situations escalate unnecessarily.
Rather than promoting security activity for its own sake, the book focuses on understanding behaviour, intent, access, and trajectory — the factors that determine whether concern warrants action or reassurance.
Written for security practitioners, law enforcement, legal advisers, HR professionals, and others responsible for supporting at-risk individuals or organisations, the book provides clear frameworks, evidence-based insight, and real-world examples drawn from complex, high-consequence cases.
If your role involves assessing concern, advising decision-makers, or protecting people without overreacting, Personal Threat Management is a reference you will return to repeatedly.
Nothing to sell
We have no commercial ties to protection or technology providers. If you need visible protection, we will say so; if you don't, we will say that too.
A specialist on every matter
Philip brings in the people each situation needs, from physical protection to intelligence analysis. Client work is never handed to trainees.
Sometimes the answer is to wait
Not every concern needs action. Sometimes the sound advice is to do very little beyond keeping watch, and knowing when that is the right call saves families disruption and expense.
At a personal level, Philip is the person who tells me whether my client is actually in danger, and if so, what to do about it.
He won’t oversell, he won’t undersell- he’ll just tell me the truth. That clarity and integrity are invaluable. Defuse’s regular reporting provides calm, evidence-based reassurance, cutting through noise and unfounded concern. On one occasion, their rigorous, scientific assessment enabled appropriate escalation to law enforcement, resulting in a decisive outcome.
Defuse Global is now a trusted part of our protective ecosystem, and I would recommend them without hesitation.