11/20/2025
EPtraining.us and ISA Executive Protection Training Program Christmas Edition
Executive Protection Training: MGM National Harbor MD.
11/7/2025
Anyone who knows us understands that we live for Christmas and the Christmas season. We usually shut down all educational programs from Thanksgiving to New Year’s.
But this year, we were asked by a corporate EP provider to conduct this training course in December. And with the government shut down, many were without an income and trying to enter a new career field due to layoffs and forced retirements. So, how do you say no, ‘I’m sorry, it’s Christmas,’ when so many can receive the state license they need to be employed?
With that in mind, this executive protection training course is part of one of the most thoroughly vetted and accredited private sector EP training programs available. Working with our partners and program sponsors, we will provide accredited executive protection training to students who conduct or support dignitary/executive protective service operations for public safety and the private security sector.
The ISA Dignitary and Executive Protection Training Program was initially intended for law enforcement personnel assigned to provide close/executive protection to public officials after the 2011 attempted assassination of U.S. Representative Gabrielle Gifford. But hiring managers and corporate executive protection teams requested updates to ensure our private sector students receive the education, training, and skills to mitigate threats like the December 2024 assassination of UnitedHealth executive Brian Thompson. So now this course also serves as a transitional training program for federal and state LE and military personnel entering the private sector.
To learn more you can also visit our blog at https://www.eptraining.us/executive-protection-training-for-christmas/blog/
State Licensing:
** Graduates meet the Virginia DCJS PPS Credentials and North Carolina EP license requirements, and may receive 12 CEUs by the NCPPSB.
The International Foundation of Protection Officers endorses this course.
The ISA Dignitary and Executive Protection Program has been submitted for third-party audit and validation to law enforcement agencies, private sector EP programs, and educational institutions for state accreditation.
The Syllabus: In 2011, our course instructors used the instructional systems development (ISD) process to develop our executive and close protection training program and curriculum. Initially developed by Florida State University’s Center for Educational Technology for the U.S. Army, this process took almost a year to complete.
To build the foundation for this course, we interviewed subject matter experts from the military, law enforcement, the private sector, and corporate close protection. We determined the training objectives and course topics by speaking with hiring managers and corporate executive protection teams, reviewing state licensing requirements, current law enforcement and accredited EP training programs, and the General Accounting Office report GAO/GGD/OSI-00-139, dated 07/11/2000, titled Security Protection: Standardization Issues Regarding Protection of Executive Branch Officials.
This Dignitary & Executive Protection Specialist Program is fully accredited and approved for in-service credits for law enforcement.
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https://www.eptraining.us/sn/12911/
Executive protection training, vetted, accredited and approved for state licensure in Virginia and North Carolina, hosted by the MGM National Harbor .
