PSI's staff and associates who operate overseas largely have military special operations, intelligence, police, or other security backgrounds, and often have foreign language capabilities.  They are widely experienced in developing realistic but workable training and support plans for security managers and organizations ranging from indigenous paramilitary police and military forces, to guard forces for critical US and friendly government facilities, to VIP and critical asset protection teams made up of US, expatriate, and local personnel.  They have operated in environments where significant constraints on the use of deadly force apply, and have the maturity and professionalism to work effectively with local authorities and other security resources in all threat conditions.  They are highly skilled in quickly assessing mission requirements against postulated criminal, terrorist, or other potentially destabilizing threats,  determining needed capabilities,  factoring in any available technological "force multipliers",  and presenting a client with workable security operations solutions, backed up by contingency plans for rapid reinforcement and/or evacuation. 

PSI was awarded one of several contracts in the US State Department’s Africa Peacekeeping Program (AFRICAP) to provide training, advisory services, equipment procurement, logistical support, and construction services to nations struggling to achieve and retain political stability, economic viability, and the rule of law. PSI leads a team skilled in supporting military training, construction, and logistical operations in highly challenging and demanding circumstances, including US and UN funded predecessor operations to those considered for this contract. Capabilities being brought to this contract include military staff and NCO-level training, long-haul (strategic) and short-haul (tactical) airlift, point of entry offload support, warehousing, mancamp construction, and provisioning for brigade-size peacekeeping forces.


PSI was selected as one of the Department of Defense’s Theater Wide Internal Security Services (TWISS) contractors to provide force protection to restaging and redeploying US and coalition forces, and was called upon almost immediately to establish an operational capability at an FOB. PSI is meeting this challenge and at the same time is developing a proposal for subsequent task orders. Through an established on the ground affiliate, PSI has the capability to develop multiple parallel strategies. This affiliate has provided services in security, construction management, and other logistical operations, and has developed a strong network of contacts and supporting vendors,

A core competency of operations in Iraq is providing secure logistics support to Government and commercial entities. This support often includes provision of personnel security teams. These personnel are trained in “high profile” as well as indigenous operations. Work in this environment has enabled our “in- country personnel” to establish an extensive networking capability in and around the Baghdad region. This capability is actively exploited by our technical security specialists in mitigating threats against our local national personnel and our operations.

PSI provided security program management and local guard force oversight through a sub-contract with the Department of State to support the Antiterrorism Assistance Branch’s training operation for President Karzi’s protection personnel. This effort required a rapid initiation, which begun with a two-person advance party followed by a relief in place with permanent party personnel. Project initiation required development of a unique security program for the training compound including translating policies and procedures into Dari, implementing a badge identification system, and an expatriate emergency evacuation plan, all of which supported the main requirement, the molding and training of an elite guard force drawn from the ranks of the National Army.

The security program and guard force training activities were closely coordinated with the State Department training staff and with the adjoining U.S. Army Special Forces forward operating base (FOB). This 24/7 operation was set in one of the most challenging environments that civilian security professionals could face and require adaptation and improvisation in virtually every aspect of this operation. This unique security challenge was met with the courage, skills, and professional demeanor necessary to provide the quality of service expected by our clients.

PSI provided the "Adversary Perspective" as part of a US interagency team working a lengthy project to assist Kazakhstan in the recovery of spent nuclear fuel from a water storage facility on the Caspian Sea. The project also included moving the material to a new underground storage area on the opposite end of the country. PSI's support included development and presentation both in the US and Kazakhstan of several attack scenarios for each of postulated threats.  The effort resulted in reduction of the locations to one, with significant increases in the proposed security for both the storage site and for the rail movement of the material.

PSI carried out a mission for the State Department's Anti Terrorism Assistance program similar to that in Afghanistan for two years until sufficient stability was achieved at the Program location. PSI's critical involvement included hands-on establishment of security positions, and development of key security post instructions and procedures. PSI also conducted training for Colombian national police personnel on skills needed to operate a physical security program at the camp.

PSI vulnerability assessment subject matter experts conducted training for airport and airline security officers in Egypt in both airport security and security inspections of aircraft before flight. As part of the proposed training package to the Egyptian Civil Aviation Administration (ECAA), PSI's international operations mobile training team carried out a "learn by doing" brief security survey with trainees at an international airport. At the conclusion of training, PSI provided the ECAA visuals and videos of training and surveys conducted, thereby assuring them of a continued education process. PSI conducted a similar effort for a private security company in the Dominican Republic's two international airports where PSI coordinated the project with the military and police elements providing airport security, and then completed an assessment of security requirements at both airports.

PSI carried out detailed internal “situational security assessments” on a number of occasions for the Department of Energy that addressed potential threats to the intra-country movement of spent nuclear fuel from instable countries to the United States. PSI also operated a contract provided analytical support to the State Department's Overseas Security Advisory Council. In this contract, PSI staff developed a worldwide executive protection program and contingency evacuation plans for a US-based multinational firm's overseas operations. Additionally, PSI developed security plans for an oil exploration company's operations in Peru. .