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The North Group Inc. Security, Refined by Intelligence. The North Group Inc. provides customized Risk Management solution We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all security. Always.

The North Group (TNG) is a veteran-led, NVBDC-certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business based in Milford, Michigan. Since 2017, we’ve delivered discreet, full-spectrum, holistic risk management and protective solutions to clients around the world. Our team of former military, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals bring real world experience to environments where trust, precision, and discretion are non-negotiable. We specialize in protective services, crisis mitigation, cybersecurity, intelligence solutions, and embedded staffing, crafted with precision and refined by intelligence. Every client faces unique challenges, and every solution we deliver is thoughtfully tailored, intelligence-informed, and built to evolve with the world around it. Every engagement begins with understanding what matters most to our clients. From private residences to executive teams, we design proactive security strategies that anticipate risk and safeguard peace of mind. At TNG, our mission is simple: protect what matters most through integrity, intelligence, and purpose-driven strategy. Security, refined by intelligence.

What Happens in the Minutes Before a Healthcare Security Incident?The American Hospital Association recently released ne...
10/15/2026

What Happens in the Minutes Before a Healthcare Security Incident?

The American Hospital Association recently released new guidance focused on the role de-escalation can play in reducing incivility and violence in healthcare settings.

That's an important conversation because some of the most critical decisions during a potential workplace violence incident happen before anyone calls security.

Recognizing changes in behavior. Knowing when an interaction is escalating. Understanding when staff can continue trying to de-escalate and when they need assistance. Knowing how to summon that assistance quickly and what happens after they do.

De-escalation training can be an important part of that process, but it works best when it's connected to a larger workplace violence prevention program.

That means looking at how employees report concerning behavior, how threats are assessed, how duress systems are used, how quickly security personnel can respond, how the physical environment affects an incident, and how events are reviewed afterward.

10/14/2026

Preparedness isn't paranoia. It's a mindset.

One of the biggest misconceptions about personal safety is that staying aware means living in fear. In reality, it's about recognizing that we can't control every situation, but we can control how prepared we are to respond.

Whether you're walking through a parking lot, traveling with your family, or simply spending time in public, preparedness can take many forms:

▪️ Staying aware of your surroundings

▪️ Having a plan before you need one

▪️ Supervising children in unfamiliar environments

▪️ Trusting your instincts when something feels out of place

Ask yourself: Do your daily habits help reduce risk, or are you relying on the assumption that nothing will happen?

At TNG, we believe that awareness and preparation are among the most effective tools for enhancing personal safety and resilience.

Your executive protection program may be protecting the wrong version of your executive.Today's exposure doesn't begin a...
10/12/2026

Your executive protection program may be protecting the wrong version of your executive.
Today's exposure doesn't begin at the office door.

It's online. At home. During travel. Around family. In publicly available information most executives don't realize is accessible.

That may be why S&P 500 companies are rapidly expanding executive security. New analysis of 2026 proxy disclosures found CEO personal-security benefits increased from 35% to 54% year over year.

But more protection isn't necessarily the answer.
Understanding the actual exposure is.

TNG brings protective intelligence, physical security, digital exposure, residential security, and travel risk together to build protection around the individual, not a template.

The question isn't, “Does this executive need protection?”

It's “Do you actually know where they're exposed?”

This week, October 11–17, we recognize Healthcare Security and Safety Week and the professionals who help maintain safe ...
10/12/2026

This week, October 11–17, we recognize Healthcare Security and Safety Week and the professionals who help maintain safe environments for patients, visitors, and healthcare workers.

Healthcare security teams face challenges that extend well beyond traditional security responsibilities. From responding to workplace violence and supporting behavioral health situations to protecting emergency departments and helping clinical teams during critical incidents, their role is essential to delivering quality care.

At The North Group, we believe effective healthcare security requires more than a physical presence. It takes preparation, training, communication, and a coordinated approach that supports the people providing care.

To the healthcare security professionals working behind the scenes every day, thank you for your commitment to keeping our healthcare environments safe.

Security Should Travel With the Research.Sensitive work doesn't always stay inside a controlled facility.Biotech executi...
10/09/2026

Security Should Travel With the Research.
Sensitive work doesn't always stay inside a controlled facility.

Biotech executives and researchers routinely travel for conferences, investor meetings, partnerships, collaborations, and strategic discussions. Hotels, conference centers, temporary offices, and shared meeting spaces don't provide the same level of control as a permanent facility.

TNG's biotech TSCM program specifically includes support for off-site meetings, conferences, travel environments, and temporary workspaces, alongside laboratory and corporate environments.

Before a sensitive conversation happens away from home, organizations should understand the environment they're walking into and whether additional security measures are appropriate.

The research may travel.

The responsibility to protect it travels with it.

Healthcare workplace violence is receiving increased national attention, and the conversation is expanding beyond the im...
10/08/2026

Healthcare workplace violence is receiving increased national attention, and the conversation is expanding beyond the immediate safety of the person involved.

On September 17, 11 national healthcare organizations, including the American Hospital Association, participated in a Capitol Hill briefing focused on violence affecting healthcare workers. The discussion highlighted physical assaults, threats, intimidation, and harassment, along with the broader impact these incidents can have on the healthcare workforce.

When employees regularly worry about their safety, the effects can reach into burnout, absenteeism, turnover, recruitment, staffing levels, and ultimately the environment in which patient care is delivered. A violent incident may begin as a security event, but its consequences can continue long after security has responded.

For healthcare organizations, reducing that risk takes coordination across the organization. Security, clinical leadership, HR, behavioral health, facilities, emergency management, and executive leadership all have information and responsibilities that contribute to a safer environment. Reporting procedures, de-escalation training, behavioral threat assessment, duress technology, trained response personnel, incident review, and intelligence all have a place in that effort.

Biosecurity is becoming a business security issue.Biotech and life sciences organizations hold far more than physical sa...
10/07/2026

Biosecurity is becoming a business security issue.

Biotech and life sciences organizations hold far more than physical samples. They manage intellectual property, clinical data, proprietary research, strategic partnerships, manufacturing processes, and years of investment that may exist nowhere else.

That makes the sector attractive to a wide range of threats, including cybercriminals, insider threats, and sophisticated actors seeking access to valuable research and proprietary information. TNG's biosecurity approach recognizes that these risks can extend across physical facilities, digital environments, personnel, supply chains, and research operations.

As BioNTX's Official Security & Risk Intelligence Partner, The North Group is helping life sciences organizations identify risk earlier and build security into the environment where innovation actually happens.

For biotech leaders, security deserves a place in the conversation alongside growth, research, funding, and commercialization. How well protected is the work that gives your organization its value?

10/06/2026

Your child's school probably has a safety plan. But would it actually work?

A plan on paper is very different from a plan people can execute under pressure.
The strongest schools don't treat preparedness as a compliance exercise. They challenge their plans, train their people, identify weaknesses, work alongside law enforcement, and adjust before an emergency forces them to.

Because when something happens, no one should be opening a binder to figure out what comes next.

A safety plan isn't proven when it's written. It's proven when it's tested.

The Biggest Threat to Surveillance Data May Already Have a Login.For the past several weeks, we've been discussing Flock...
10/05/2026

The Biggest Threat to Surveillance Data May Already Have a Login.

For the past several weeks, we've been discussing Flock cameras and the difficult balance between public safety, surveillance technology, data security, and privacy.

A recent investigation adds another important dimension to that conversation: insider risk.

According to reporting by The Washington Post, authorities have charged or accused at least 50 law enforcement officers of using automated license plate reader systems for unauthorized purposes. In 26 of those cases, investigators or prosecutors said officers used the technology to monitor spouses, girlfriends, former partners, their new partners, or women they wanted to meet.

An ongoing review by the Institute for Justice has separately documented at least 28 cases involving alleged misuse of automated license plate reader data to monitor romantic interests, with most identified incidents occurring since 2024.

As surveillance networks, AI-enabled security systems, access-control platforms, and centralized databases become more powerful, organizations need to think beyond protecting the perimeter.

They also need to protect against the misuse of legitimate access.

The question shouldn't only be:

"Can someone hack our system?"

It should also be:

"If someone with authorized access decided to misuse it, would we know?"

That's where cybersecurity, physical security, protective intelligence, governance, and insider-threat programs increasingly intersect.

10/02/2026

When Surveillance Expands, So Should the Questions We Ask.

Most people understand the basic concept behind automated license plate readers: a vehicle passes a camera, the plate is captured, and law enforcement can use that information as part of an investigation.

But as surveillance technologies become increasingly connected with other data sources, the conversation becomes much bigger than a license plate.

But greater capability also demands greater scrutiny.

What information is actually being collected?

Who has access to it?

What other datasets can be connected to it?

How long is that information retained?

And what safeguards exist to prevent misuse?

The conversation around surveillance technology shouldn't simply be security versus privacy. It should also be about transparency, governance, access controls, and ensuring that increasingly powerful security technologies are accompanied by equally strong protections around the information they generate.

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