Dan Acker: Building a Stronger Security Strategy Across Hotel Properties
Dan Acker, Senior Director of Service at Protos Security, shares insights into how hotel operators can build a security program that balances consistency with flexibility. The article explores strategies including working with vetted local security providers, maintaining centralized oversight, strengthening incident reporting and using remote monitoring to provide greater visibility across a portfolio.
Why AI-Ready Data Centers Are Moving to Remote Locations
As AI infrastructure expands into rural areas to access large-scale land and electrical power, remote data centers face unique physical risks, including delayed emergency response times, labor shortages and infrastructure vulnerabilities. Protecting critical infrastructure and on-site staff requires an adaptive approach to technology and resource management.
GSX 2026 Show Floor Spotlight: SecurityInfoWatch Interview with Mark Hjelle
At GSX in Atlanta, SecurityInfoWatch’s Steve Laskey sits down with Protos Security CEO Mark Hjelle for a closer look at why the traditional contract security model may be due for a rethink. Hjelle discusses how security clients are demanding greater transparency and proof of service, down to the billed hour, and explains how Protos uses a network of more than 2,000 vendor partners and 70,000 off-duty law enforcement officers to deliver security services.
Modern Healthcare Security Management: An Executive Guide to Compliance, Coverage and Staff Safety
Modernizing your healthcare security management across a complex system doesn’t have to mean taking on the administrative burden of scheduling, off-duty law enforcement payroll and local vendor management internally. Multiple locations and facility types, dynamic volatile situations and complex regulatory requirements all point to the fact that leadership needs a strategic, unified blueprint to protect what matters most.
How Security Presence Shapes Safety in High-Risk Healthcare Settings
Healthcare settings are inherently high risk, operating as complex ecosystems where clinical demands and safety risks overlap for patients and healthcare providers. Within 24/7 emergency departments, psychiatric units and late-night urgent care centers, clinical staff manage unpredictable patient surges alongside intense emotions as the norm.
Protos Security’s Cameron Tabor Featured in Security Sales & Integration Interview
In a recent interview with Security Sales & Integration, Senior Vice President of Software Engineering at Protos Security, Cameron Tabor, explains how the Protos Assistant helps security teams turn complex operational data into actionable insights. Read the full interview to learn more.
Why Healthcare Security Programs Break Down at Scale
Managing healthcare security programs is complex, particularly as different types of facilities have to operate under strict regulatory oversight while maintaining a comforting, accessible environment for patients. Unlike a traditional office building or a brick-and-mortar retail store, a healthcare network can include corporate offices and clinical spaces, high-stakes pharmaceutical manufacturing facilities and beyond.
Why Security Needs Change Across a Multi-Location Healthcare Network
Multi-location healthcare security is a complex ecosystem within a highly regulated industry. A single health system can simultaneously operate a downtown trauma center, suburban urgent care clinics, regional dialysis centers and standalone behavioral health spaces. While all of these facilities share the goal of delivering the best possible patient outcomes and care, their security profiles and risk vulnerabilities are fundamentally different.
Protos CEO Mark Hjelle Featured in Mergermarket Article
In an interview with Mergermarket, CEO Mark Hjelle discussed Protos’ strategy for pursuing acquisitions that strengthen its off-duty law enforcement network, executive protection and threat assessment expertise, security technology capabilities and presence in key industries.
Self-Directed vs. Managed Off-Duty Programs: What Healthcare Security Leaders Should Know
This article compares self-directed and managed off-duty security programs in healthcare, highlighting how managed programs can improve officer fill rates, reduce administrative burdens and provide more consistent coverage. By coordinating multiple law enforcement agencies, accelerating officer pay and managing scheduling and compliance, Protos Security helps healthcare organizations strengthen security.
