SECURITY AND RISK MANAGEMENT
45+ Years Combined Industry Experience
Former Military & Police Surveillance Team
SIA Licensed Close Protection Operatives
Comprehensive & Bespoke Surveillance Security
Surveillance threats today are more sophisticated than ever - from hostile monitoring, digital tracking, and paparazzi-style observation to organised criminal reconnaissance. Our surveillance division supports high-profile clients, families and executives who need discreet protection and proactive threat detection across London, Dublin and nationwide.
Specialist Surveillance Services for High-Profile Individuals
Whether you’re an HNWI, public figure, executive or international visitor, surveillance threats often begin long before a direct approach. Our team identifies early indicators of hostile activity - unusual patterns, repeat sightings, social-media-driven reconnaissance - and acts before risks escalate.
Discretion is the priority. Our operatives blend into environments while monitoring real-time threat cues, keeping you informed without disrupting your routine.
Protective Surveillance Services
What Is Protective Surveillance & How Does It Work?
Protective surveillance is a highly discreet security measure designed to shield individuals from potential threats while allowing them to maintain their daily routines without disruption. At VIS Protection, we excel in delivering this specialised service.
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Detects hostile reconnaissance before a threat materialises
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Operatives integrate into your lifestyle unnoticed
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Ideal for clients needing security without overt protection
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Provides real-time behavioural threat analysis
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Ensures a safer environment during travel, events, and daily movements
Protective Surveillance with VIS
Our expert operatives are adept at staying close enough to provide immediate protection, yet maintaining a safe, unobtrusive distance. Trained to blend seamlessly into any environment, our team ensures the individual remains unaware of their presence while being prepared to respond instantly to any security risks.
Who Might Need Protective Surveillance Services?
Protective surveillance is ideal for individuals and situations where discreet, unobtrusive security is essential, including:
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UHNW Individuals & Families: Maintaining a secure environment at home, in public or between residences without disrupting daily routines.
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Individuals Facing Stalking or Specific Threats: Providing quiet oversight that detects concerning behaviour early and reduces personal exposure.
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Clients Who Prefer Low-Profile Security: Supporting those who require protection but choose not to use overt close protection or visible bodyguard teams.
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Parents Safeguarding Their Children: Offering reassurance and discreet monitoring during school runs, travel or daily activities without intruding on their independence.
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Executives, Diplomats & High-Profile Professionals: Ensuring safety in public, corporate and private settings where visibility is high and discretion is expected.
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Public Figures & Influencers: Managing the risks linked to online visibility, event attendance and routine mapping by opportunists or obsessive followers.
VIS Protection’s protective surveillance services offer a seamless balance of discretion and proactive threat detection — keeping clients safe without drawing attention or altering how they live, travel or work.
Our Protective Surveillance Strategies and Services
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Monitoring and protecting businesses against internal and external threats, including employee misconduct, intellectual property theft, and corporate espionage.
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Counter-Surveillance Services
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Detecting and mitigating surveillance by hostile individuals or organisations, ensuring the client's privacy and safety.
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Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM)
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Identifying and neutralising electronic surveillance devices such as hidden cameras, microphones, or GPS trackers.
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Covert Surveillance
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Discreet observation to gather evidence for legal proceedings or investigative purposes, without the subject being aware.
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Overt Surveillance
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Visible monitoring to deter criminal activities and maintain a strong security presence.
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Residential Surveillance
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Continuous monitoring of private properties to detect and respond to suspicious activity, including through CCTV and patrolling services.
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Event Surveillance
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Ensuring safety at private events by monitoring entry points, crowd behaviour, and potential security risks.
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Personal Surveillance
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Monitoring and protecting individuals at risk, such as high-profile clients, to detect potential threats in real time.
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Vehicle Surveillance
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Tracking and monitoring vehicles to ensure safe transportation or to gather information as part of an investigation.
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Counter Surveillance Services
What Is Counter Surveillance & Why Is It Important?
Counter-surveillance is the process of detecting and neutralising unauthorised surveillance activities to safeguard your privacy and security. At VIS Protection, we specialise in this critical protective surveillance service, leveraging advanced techniques and cutting-edge technology to identify and disrupt potential threats. Our highly trained experts are adept at recognising surveillance patterns and implementing effective strategies to prevent ongoing monitoring, ensuring your safety and peace of mind.
Counter-Surveillance for VIPs, Celebrities & Executives
High-profile clients face unique risks - from paparazzi, intrusive observers, cyber-enabled reconnaissance and organised criminal networks.
Our counter-surveillance teams specialise in identifying hostile watchers, locating surveillance points, and disrupting attempts to track your movements. This service is especially valuable for:
• Celebrities and influencers experiencing unwanted attention
• Executives concerned about corporate espionage
• UHNW families with visibility and routine-based vulnerabilities
• Athletes or public figures facing online harassment
You continue with your schedule uninterrupted. We detect, analyse and neutralise risks discreetly in the background.
Who Might Need Counter Surveillance?
Counter-surveillance is essential for individuals and organisations facing targeted attention, privacy risks or potential hostile monitoring, including:
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Corporate Executives & Businesses: Protecting sensitive projects, intellectual property and commercial negotiations from corporate espionage or competitor-driven surveillance.
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High-Profile Individuals & Public Figures: Reducing exposure to stalkers, intrusive observers, paparazzi and those attempting to map routines.
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UHNW Families: Safeguarding households, family members and multiple residences from hostile reconnaissance or attempts to track movements.
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Influencers & Digital Personalities: Managing risks created by online visibility, location-sharing and social-media-driven targeting.
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Diplomats & Government Officials: Preventing politically motivated surveillance or monitoring by hostile entities.
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Anyone Suspecting They Are Being Watched: Offering discreet assessment and reassurance for individuals who feel their privacy, routine or movements are being observed.
VIS Protection’s counter-surveillance services identify and disrupt hostile surveillance patterns across physical, digital and behavioural domains — restoring privacy and lowering exposure without disrupting your day-to-day life.
Anti-Surveillance Services
What Is Anti-Surveillance & How Can It Protect You?
Our executive anti-surveillance tactics focus on employing advanced methods to avoid detection, ensuring your movements and activities remain private. This protective surveillance service is vital for individuals who suspect they are being monitored or need to evade potential threats. At VIS Protection, we specialise in anti-surveillance tactics by leveraging expert planning and cutting-edge strategies to keep you undetected. Our highly skilled team employs proven methods, including advanced driving techniques, to prevent tracking and protect your privacy and security.
Who Might Need Anti-Surveillance Services?
Anti-surveillance services are critical for individuals and situations where privacy, routine and movements must remain protected, including:
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High-Net-Worth Individuals (HNWI): Reducing exposure to targeted surveillance, unwanted attention or attempts to map routines.
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Corporate Executives: Safeguarding sensitive business activity and preventing corporate espionage or competitor reconnaissance.
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Celebrities and Public Figures: Preventing intrusive monitoring from paparazzi, obsessive fans or online-originated threats.
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Diplomats and Government Officials: Avoiding surveillance from hostile actors or politically motivated observers.
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Private Citizens: Offering reassurance and clarity for anyone who feels they are being followed, watched or profiled.
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Undercover or Specialist Operatives: Protecting anonymity and operational safety in discreet or covert assignments.
VIS Protection’s anti-surveillance services ensure clients remain unseen and undetected, providing the confidence to go about daily life without the fear of being watched.
Surveillance vs Protective Surveillance vs Counter-Surveillance - Explained for PAs & Estate Managers
Personal Assistants, estate managers and corporate handlers often need to decide which surveillance solution fits their principal’s needs. Here’s a clear breakdown:
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Surveillance – Observation carried out to gather information or understand risk patterns.
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Protective Surveillance – A discreet bubble of safety around a client, watching for behaviours, environments or individuals that may compromise security.
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Counter-Surveillance – Measures designed to detect whether you are being watched, tracked or monitored by hostile actors.
Understanding the distinction ensures that security is proactive rather than reactive - and that your principal receives the correct level of protection for their exposure and risk.
Real-World Client Scenarios (Anonymised)
Our surveillance teams support clients facing a range of real-world issues, including:
• UHNW family followed between multiple residences - hostile surveillance detected within 48 hours and neutralised discreetly.
• Celebrity experiencing paparazzi-style monitoring - counter-surveillance used to break the surveillance pattern and restore privacy.
• Executive targeted for corporate espionage - detection of vehicle-based surveillance and digital reconnaissance linked to business competitors.
• High-profile athlete receiving online threats - anti-surveillance used during training, travel and match days to reduce exposure.
Each scenario is handled quietly, professionally and without disrupting the client’s lifestyle.
Why Choose VIS Protection for Surveillance Services?
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Veteran-owned and operated by former British Military personnel with over 46 years of combined experience.
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All operatives are military or police veterans and trained to the highest SIA standards.
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Armed Forces Covenant Bronze Award recipients and part of the Defence Employers Recognition Scheme.
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Discreet and professional surveillance and security services tailored to high net worth individuals, both private and corporate .
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Trusted by some of the top 10 wealthiest people in the world, members of the British Royal Family, diplomats, and embassies.
With over four decades of operational experience, VIS Protection delivers surveillance solutions trusted by UHNW families, public figures and corporate leaders who require absolute discretion.
Additional Services Alongside Surveillance Services
Close Protection Services
Our close protection operatives can provide 24/7 personal security, ensuring your safety at all times, whether you are at home, at work, or on the move.
Travel Security
Our travel security services include advance planning, secure transportation, and real-time monitoring to protect you during both domestic and international trips.
Event Security
Our team manages all aspects of event security, from entry control to crowd management, ensuring the safety of all attendees at high-profile gatherings.
Risk & Threat Assessment
We conduct comprehensive risk and threat assessments to identify potential dangers and develop strategic plans to mitigate these risks effectively.
Secure Transportation
We offer secure transportation services with highly trained drivers and equipped vehicles to ensure your safe and efficient travel.
Residential Security
We provide robust residential security solutions, including on-site security personnel and advanced surveillance systems, to protect your home and family.
Our Locations
We provide covert surveillance and additional private security services to our select clientele all over the UK and Ireland including Central and Greater London,Essex and the rest of the Home Counties, Birmingham, Manchester, Cheshire, Dublin and Belfast.
What Our Happy Clients Say
RM
I worked with VIS Protection recently on a task in Co. Meath. Their team were informative and professional from start to finish and I would happily recommend them for your security needs.
Alys, Irish Cultural Centre
We have worked with VIS protection over the last two and a half years at our Irish Cultural Centre.The team are highly skilled and professional in all aspects of the industry. We have built up a great relationship with them due to their detailed, reliable and solution orientated approach. It’s great to be able to always rely on them delivering the best quality security services. They have a real understanding of people & what’s required in achieving their clients needs. Thank you for all your help and for always making us feel safe. We look forward to working with you again very soon!
Wisey Tawakevou
Great security team of services. Really enjoying be part of the team and meet lots of popular clients. Very professional and high standards across the board.
Victor Isaak
I recently worked with two members of the VIS Protection team and one thing I can say is that I am short of words. As a former military personnel myself, it was a great privilege to work with such a highly professionals, meticulous and attention to details in what they do . I sincerely look forward to working with them in the nearest future. What a great team.
Our Locations
We provide surveillance services to our select clientele all over the UK and Ireland including Central and Greater London,Essex and the rest of the Home Counties, Birmingham, Manchester, Cheshire, Dublin and Belfast.
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