Independent · Threat-Led · Vendor-Neutral

Test. Assess. Advise.
Protective Security
Led by the Real Threat.

Palisade is an independent protective security consultancy built on a single principle: understand the real threat, then prove and improve your defences against it. Every engagement opens with a realistic threat assessment; from there we test your security as a capable adversary would, review it in full within the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) risk-management framework, and advise on the measures that meaningfully reduce risk — each justified by cost against benefit and by our independence from any equipment supplier. Built for the organisations a determined adversary is most likely to target: Critical National Infrastructure, major venues and events, and the corporations and principals who share their exposure.

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Chartered Security Professional

ASIS CPP · PSP Credentialed

Member of the Security Institute

NPSA Endorsed · CT Register

Developed Vetting Cleared

Vendor-Independent by Principle

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Accreditation & Standing

Credentials That Define the Standard

Palisade unites Chartered status in both security and management — Chartered Security Professional (CSyP) and Chartered Manager (CMgr MCMI) — with the pre-eminent global credentials of ASIS International (CPP and PSP) and the Security Institute (MSyI), National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) endorsement, and the highest tier of United Kingdom national security vetting. Few independent practices hold this combination.

CSyP

Chartered Security Professional

The pinnacle chartered mark for the security profession, on the Register of Chartered Security Professionals.

CPP

ASIS International — Certified Protection Professional & PSP

The gold-standard global security management credential, with Physical Security Professional certification.

MSyI

Member of the Security Institute

Peer-validated professional standing. Royal Patron: Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal.

NPSA

NPSA-Endorsed Protective Security Adviser & CT Register

Endorsed by the National Protective Security Authority; listed on the NPSA / NaCTSO Counter-Terrorism specialist register.

Developed Vetting — United Kingdom Security Vetting

The highest tier of UK personnel security vetting. His Majesty's Government and Critical National Infrastructure engagement ready.

The Palisade Model

One Model. Test, Assess, Advise.
Led End-to-End by the Real Threat.

Palisade delivers a single, joined-up engagement — not disconnected products. It is predicated on a realistic threat assessment, calibrated to what an adversary can actually do and actually intends, and it runs within the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) Protective Security Risk Management framework from first briefing to final recommendation.

Phase 00

It Begins with a Realistic Threat Assessment

Most organisations face opportunists — a tried door, a tailgater, a careless insider. A smaller number face something else entirely: a capable, planned, resourced adversary who conducts reconnaissance, understands your controls, and defeats them deliberately. Security calibrated for the opportunist is calibrated for the wrong attacker. So before anything is tested, we characterise the threat — adversary capability and intent — against your assets, sector, and profile, and scope everything that follows to that credible picture rather than a generic checklist. A venue does not need to defend against a state intelligence service; a Critical National Infrastructure site does. The threat assessment sets the standard the rest of the engagement is measured against.

01 Red Team

Test

We probe your security exactly as a capable adversary would — covert physical penetration testing and red teaming across the full attack path, under written scope and authorisation. Buying security is not the same as proving it works: flagship institutions have been defeated not by exotic sophistication but by untested basics. This is the empirical ground truth — what a real hostile actor could achieve, demonstrated rather than assumed.

Covert, threat-calibrated physical penetration testing
Red-team scenarios drawn from the threat assessment
Timestamped photographic and technical evidence

02 Full Review

Assess

With the covert phase complete, we assess in full — this time with your access and co-operation. Every layer is examined openly against the NPSA Deter–Detect–Delay–Mitigate–Respond model, so findings from the test are placed in the context of your whole security system, its people, and its procedures.

Whole-system review with full access and disclosure
NPSA-aligned vulnerability and Operational Requirements analysis
Findings graded against the realistic threat picture

03 Consultancy

Advise

Finally, we advise — and stay to help you deliver. A prioritised upgrade roadmap where every measure is justified by cost-benefit against your realistic risk, then hands-on consulting support to implement it: specification, procurement guidance, and assurance that the upgrade actually closes the gap the test exposed.

Prioritised, cost-benefit-justified upgrade roadmap
Advisory and consulting support through implementation
Re-test and assurance that recommendations are effective

Independent by principle — no conflict of interest

Palisade sells no equipment, holds no reseller or manufacturer relationships, and takes no commission or referral fee from any supplier. We have nothing to sell you but our judgement. Every recommendation is made solely on cost-benefit against your realistic risk — the right measure, proportionate to a credible threat, at defensible cost — with no incentive to over-specify, and none to steer you toward a particular product.

What We Do

Service Lines

Three lines that map directly onto the model — Test, Assess, Advise — plus a dedicated Martyn's Law pillar. All delivered within the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) Protective Security Risk Management lifecycle and the Deter–Detect–Delay–Mitigate–Respond model, scoped through the NPSA Operational Requirements process, and structured for board distribution, Security Industry Authority (SIA) compliance submission, or insurance underwriter review.

Penetration Testing & Red Teaming

Test. Covert, threat-calibrated assessment that exercises the complete adversary path — approach, breach, exploitation, and exfiltration — under written scope and authorisation. Conducted to Qualifications Network UK (QNUK) Level 4 Physical Penetration Testing standard, with timestamped photographic and technical evidence and a graded findings report.

Access control audit — 125 kHz Radio-Frequency Identification, 13.56 MHz Near-Field Communication, Wiegand
Perimeter integrity and Manual Forced Entry review
Hostile reconnaissance and social engineering resilience
Closed-Circuit Television, alarm, and wireless environment assessment
Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures awareness and covert implant resilience
Scenarios drawn from the realistic threat assessment

Security Review & Assessment

Assess. A full, co-operative review of the whole security system with your access and disclosure — placing the test findings in the context of your people, procedures, and estate. Structured to the NPSA Protective Security Risk Management framework and graded against the realistic threat picture.

Security Considerations Assessment of the built environment
Protective Security Risk Assessment — NPSA Protective Security Risk Management
Insider risk — NPSA ten-step framework
Convergent physical, personnel, technical, and cyber review
Counter-surveillance and Technical Surveillance Counter-Measures awareness protocols
NPSA-aligned Operational Requirements statement

Advisory & Consulting

Advise. Independent, vendor-neutral consultancy that turns findings into a prioritised upgrade programme — every measure justified by cost-benefit against realistic risk — and stays alongside you to deliver it. We hold no supplier relationships, so the advice is yours alone.

Prioritised, cost-benefit-justified upgrade roadmap
Specification and procurement guidance — vendor-independent
Implementation support and delivery assurance
Re-test to confirm recommendations close the gap
Hostile state, transnational repression, and HNW principal advisory
Russian-language advisory available on request

Our Methodology

A Five-Phase Threat-Led Methodology

Every Palisade engagement runs Test → Assess → Advise on a foundation of realistic threat assessment, aligned to the NPSA Protective Security Risk Management lifecycle. International Organization for Standardization 31000 risk management applied throughout; all work conducted under written scope and authorisation.

Threat Assessment

Characterise adversary capability and intent against your assets and profile — setting the credible threat picture everything else is calibrated to.

Test

Covert, threat-calibrated penetration testing and red teaming across the full attack path — timestamped photographic and technical evidence.

Assess

Full co-operative review of the whole system against the NPSA Deter–Detect–Delay–Mitigate–Respond model, producing a graded Operational Requirements statement.

Advise

Prioritised upgrade roadmap where every measure is justified by cost-benefit against realistic risk — vendor-independent, board-ready.

Support & Re-Test

Consulting support through implementation, then re-test to assure that recommendations have closed the gaps the testing exposed.

Capability & Expertise

Expertise Calibrated to the State-Level Threat.

Where the threat picture extends beyond commercial criminality into state-directed reconnaissance, sabotage, and hybrid effect against United Kingdom Critical National Infrastructure and major venues, Palisade brings directly transferable specialist expertise. Led by a Royal Marines Commando Major (Retired) and grounded in operationally current understanding of the threats now codified in the United Kingdom National Security Risk Assessment, the practice assesses and advises across the capabilities below — each informing the realistic threat assessment that drives every engagement.

Drone & Counter-UAS

Operationally current understanding of small Unmanned Aerial System threat — Group 1 and 2 systems, First-Person View and modified payloads, GPS-denied autonomy. Advisory on detection architectures, layered Counter-UAS effect, and the regulatory limits of mitigation under United Kingdom law.

Discreet Manoeuvre

Replication of the patient, low-signature approach a capable adversary will use against a critical site. Hostile reconnaissance, covert access pathways, and standoff observation — the empirical inputs to a credible National Protective Security Authority Operational Requirements case.

Anti-Surveillance & Counter-Reconnaissance

Surveillance detection, anti-surveillance, and counter-reconnaissance protocols developed for hostile state operating environments. Applied to executive principals, sensitive site visits, and the protection of board-level decision making.

Sabotage Threat Assessment

Realistic appraisal of state-directed and proxy sabotage against critical assets — the threat picture now codified in the United Kingdom National Security Risk Assessment. Vulnerability identification, target-set characterisation, and protective measures aligned to National Protective Security Authority guidance.

Now in Force

Martyn's Law — Statutory Duty, Proportionate Response.

The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 — Security Industry Authority regulated, enforcement Spring 2027 — places new statutory duties on qualifying premises and events. Public protection documentation must be aligned to Home Office statutory guidance (April 2026).

Palisade delivers Martyn's Law engagements formatted for Security Industry Authority compliance submission, structured through the NPSA Operational Requirements process so measures remain proportionate to risk — not over-engineered, and not under-prepared.

A distinct pillar in its own right, it follows the same discipline as the rest of the practice: a Protective Security Risk Assessment first, then independent advisory and consulting support to deliver any recommended upgrades — each measure proportionate to the assessed risk, justified by cost against benefit, and specified with the vendor independence that runs through everything Palisade does.

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2025

Act Receives Royal Assent

Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 becomes law. Standard and Enhanced Tier duties established for qualifying premises and events.

Early 2026

Threat Level Raised to Severe

UK national threat level raised to SEVERE in April 2026 — an attack is considered highly likely. Urgency of compliance increased significantly.

Spring 2027

Enforcement Begins

Security Industry Authority enforcement of Martyn's Law expected. Venues without compliant Site Security Plans face inspection, remediation notices, and financial penalties.

Now

Act Now — Engage Palisade

Early engagement allows proportionate, well-considered compliance. Rushing to comply under enforcement pressure increases cost and reduces quality of outcome.

Who We Serve

Built for the Hardest Targets.

Palisade is built first for the organisations that face the most capable threats — Critical National Infrastructure operators and the venues and events now regulated under Martyn's Law — and extends the same threat-led, independent model across the high-value tier: national collections, financial institutions, corporations, and private principals. This is the narrow segment where a genuinely resourced adversary is the realistic threat, and where elite adversarial testing is warranted.

Primary

Critical National Infrastructure

Energy, water, transport, communications, and the sites codified in the United Kingdom National Security Risk Assessment as targets for state-directed reconnaissance and sabotage. Developed Vetting cleared and engaged within NPSA frameworks — direct or via prime contractors.

Primary

Venues & Major Events

Qualifying premises and events under the Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025 — stadia, arenas, cultural and public venues — needing proportionate, defensible, Martyn's Law-compliant protective security.

High-Value

National Museums & Collections

Galleries, heritage sites, archives, and high-value private collections — a target set under renewed scrutiny after recent high-profile thefts from flagship collections, where a capable, rehearsed adversary is the realistic threat.

High-Value

Financial Institutions

Banks, vaults, cash centres, and headquarters — resourced, motivated adversaries met with convergent physical, personnel, technical, and cyber-physical assurance.

Corporate

Corporations & High-Value IP

Boards and security functions requiring independent assurance — headquarters, data and research sites, pharma and precious-materials logistics — against insider, hostile-state, and convergent cyber-physical threats.

Private

Private Principals & Family Office

High Net Worth individuals, families, and at-risk principals — private residences, art and jewellery — facing targeting, hostile-state, or transnational-repression threats. Advised discreetly, with Russian-language capability available on request.

About Palisade

An Independent Specialist Practice.
Built on Credentials and Operational Depth.

Palisade is founded and led by a Royal Marines Commando Major (Retired) — Chartered Security Professional (CSyP), ASIS International Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and Physical Security Professional (PSP), Member of the Security Institute (MSyI), Chartered Manager (CMgr MCMI), NPSA-endorsed Protective Security Adviser, and Developed Vetting (DV) cleared. This combination — Chartered in both security and management — is uncommon in the independent market; together these credentials evidence the professional standing, formal endorsement, and leadership discipline required for engagements at Critical National Infrastructure, government, venue, and High Net Worth principal level.

Every engagement is threat-led and independent. It begins with a realistic assessment of adversary capability and intent, runs through a structured Protective Security Risk Assessment, and closes with recommendations weighed on cost against benefit — advice shaped by professional judgement alone, since Palisade holds no supplier relationships and sells no equipment. All work is structured within the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA) Protective Security Risk Management framework and the Deter–Detect–Delay–Mitigate–Respond model, aligned to the four converged pillars — physical, personnel, technical, and cyber — and addresses the full threat spectrum of the United Kingdom National Security Risk Assessment: terrorism, hostile state espionage and reconnaissance, insider threat, serious and organised crime, and cyber-physical convergent attack.

Russian-language capability is available as an add-on for specific clients — supporting hostile-state and transnational-repression engagements directly, without intermediary translation, where a client requires it.

Chartered Status

Chartered Security Professional (CSyP) — Register of Chartered Security Professionals | Chartered Manager (CMgr MCMI) — Chartered Management Institute

Professional Standing

ASIS International Certified Protection Professional (CPP) | ASIS International Physical Security Professional (PSP) | Member of the Security Institute (MSyI)

Protective Security

NPSA-endorsed Level 4 Protective Security Adviser — National Protective Security Authority · National Cyber Security Centre · National Authority for Counter-Eavesdropping | Level 3 Counter-Terrorism Protective Security & Preparedness (NaCTSO / Counter Terrorism Policing)

Clearance

Developed Vetting (DV) — United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV). His Majesty's Government, defence, and Critical National Infrastructure engagement ready.

Testing & Surveillance

Qualifications Network UK (RQF) Level 4 Physical Penetration Testing | Level 4 Covert Surveillance (Advanced) | NEBOSH / IIRSM Certificate in Managing Risk (ISO 31000)

Counter-Terrorism

NPSA / NaCTSO Counter-Terrorism Specialist Register | Action Counters Terrorism (ACT) Awareness & ACT Security (ProtectUK) | Martyn's Law (Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025) — Security Industry Authority Compliance

Security & Management

Diploma in Security Management Level 5 (The Security Institute) | Chartered Management Institute Level 5 Management & Leadership | Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) Level 7 Leadership & Management

Operational Background

Royal Marines Major (Retired) | Operational Tracking Instructor (Ministry of Defence) | Three-continent operational service

Academic

Master of Science (MSc) Psychology — University of Portsmouth | Bachelor of Science (BSc Hons) Navigation & Maritime Science — University of Portsmouth

Insurance & Location

Professional Indemnity £2 million | Public Liability £5 million | Hampshire — Operating United Kingdom Wide

CSyP

Chartered Security Professional

The pinnacle chartered mark for the security profession — held on the Register of Chartered Security Professionals, evidencing peer-assessed competence at the highest level.

CPP

ASIS International — Certified Protection Professional & PSP

The gold-standard global security management credential, with Physical Security Professional certification — validating expertise across risk, physical, personnel, and crisis management.

NPSA

NPSA-Endorsed Adviser & CT Register

Endorsed by the National Protective Security Authority (NPSA), National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC), and National Authority for Counter-Eavesdropping (NACE); on the NPSA / NaCTSO Counter-Terrorism specialist register.

United Kingdom Security Vetting — Developed Vetting

The highest tier of United Kingdom personnel security vetting — enabling His Majesty's Government, defence, and Critical National Infrastructure engagements under written authorisation.

Test. Assess. Advise. Protective Security Led by the Real Threat.

Credentials That Define the Standard

One Model. Test, Assess, Advise.Led End-to-End by the Real Threat.

It Begins with a Realistic Threat Assessment

Test

Assess

Advise

Independent by principle — no conflict of interest

Service Lines

Penetration Testing & Red Teaming

Security Review & Assessment

Advisory & Consulting

A Five-Phase Threat-Led Methodology

Expertise Calibrated to the State-Level Threat.

Drone & Counter-UAS

Discreet Manoeuvre

Anti-Surveillance & Counter-Reconnaissance

Sabotage Threat Assessment

Martyn's Law — Statutory Duty, Proportionate Response.

Built for the Hardest Targets.

Critical National Infrastructure

Venues & Major Events

National Museums & Collections

Financial Institutions

Corporations & High-Value IP

Private Principals & Family Office

An Independent Specialist Practice.Built on Credentials and Operational Depth.

A capable adversary will test your security. Be the one who finds the gap first.

Commission an Assessment

Test. Assess. Advise.
Protective Security
Led by the Real Threat.

One Model. Test, Assess, Advise.
Led End-to-End by the Real Threat.

An Independent Specialist Practice.
Built on Credentials and Operational Depth.