Overview

Gavin de Becker & Associates is a national security service-provider that protects high-risk and public figures by predicting and preventing violence through threat assessment and protective operations. It designs and runs protective details, conducts threat assessment and case management for individuals and workplaces, and offers its MOSAIC assessment systems, security technology, strategy design, training, and advisory services. The firm staffs its teams with specialists drawn from agencies such as the CIA, FBI, Secret Service, and U.S. Marshals Service, and it is licensed in California and Texas. What sets Gavin de Becker & Associates apart is its founder—widely regarded as a leading expert on protecting public figures and author of the bestselling book The Gift of Fear—and its emphasis on predicting violence rather than only reacting to it. The goal is to safeguard at-risk clients by anticipating and preventing threats.