Most security spending in Miami is reactive: a break-in, a threat, a lawsuit, and then a guard at the door the next morning. FSO Guard’s security consulting services put the analysis first. Our security consultants — licensed Florida security and investigative professionals with years of post, protection and investigative experience — assess your property, your people and your procedures, tell you where the real risk is and give you a written plan that fits your budget. Sometimes that plan includes officers. Often it does not.
Security consulting services
Physical security risk assessment
A structured survey of the property: perimeter, entrances and exits, lighting, cameras and their blind spots, access control and key management, alarm and monitoring, cash and inventory handling, opening and closing procedures, parking, landscaping and the neighborhood’s crime picture. The result is a ranked list of vulnerabilities with prioritized, costed recommendations — procedural fixes first, equipment second, staffing only where it is actually needed.
Security threat assessment
When there is a specific concern — a terminated employee, a stalker, a hostile customer, a public dispute, an executive’s online exposure — our licensed private investigators and protection team assess how credible and imminent the threat is and recommend a proportionate response, from documentation and legal steps to executive protection.
Security plans, policies and post orders
Written security plans for properties and events, standard operating procedures, visitor and vendor policies, cash handling and opening/closing procedures, incident reporting and escalation charts, and post orders that any licensed guard force can work from.
Guard force audit
An independent review of your current security provider: licensing and insurance verification, post order compliance, patrol verification, report quality, training, turnover and supervision — with a plain-language verdict on whether you are getting what you pay for.
Emergency and active threat preparedness
Emergency action plans, active threat and lockdown procedures, evacuation and shelter-in-place planning, hurricane plans, and tabletop exercises for management, staff, HOA boards, congregations and school administrators.
Technology and design review
Vendor-neutral review of camera coverage, access control, alarm systems, gate systems and lighting, plus crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) recommendations for new construction and renovations. We do not sell equipment, so the recommendation is about your risk, not a commission.
Event security planning
Security plans, staffing ratios and permit packages for festivals, corporate events, galas and private events — see event security and our event security planning guide.
Who hires our security consultants
- Businesses and property owners — retail, offices, warehouses, dealerships, hotels and medical practices deciding what to fix and whether they need guards; see commercial security.
- HOAs, condominium boards and property managers reviewing a gate, a patrol contract or a rising incident count; see residential and HOA security.
- Schools, day cares and universities — access, visitor management and active threat plans.
- Churches, synagogues and mosques — safety teams, service-time access control and emergency plans on a nonprofit budget.
- Private clients and family offices — estate security reviews, household staff vetting and personal threat assessments.
- Attorneys and insurers — premises liability opinions, negligent security reviews and expert consultation.
- Developers and general contractors — security design for new buildings and construction site plans.
How a security assessment works
- Scoping call. What worries you, what has happened, what you have already spent, and what decision the report needs to support. You receive a fixed-fee proposal.
- Document and data review. Incident reports, police calls for service, current post orders and contracts, camera and access layouts, insurance requirements.
- Site survey. A walk-through by day and, where relevant, at night — the property looks very different at 2 a.m.
- Interviews. Management, staff, the board, the current guard force, neighbors where useful.
- Written report. Findings ranked by risk, recommendations with priorities and cost ranges, a 30/90/365-day plan and, on request, post orders and procedures ready to use.
- Briefing and follow-up. A presentation to management or the board, help selecting vendors, and a re-assessment after implementation.
Why FSO Guard as your security consultant
- Operators, not theorists. Our consultants have run posts, protection details and investigations in Miami; recommendations are things that work at a gate at midnight, not slides.
- Licensed on both sides. A Florida security agency license (Class B, B3100530) and an investigative agency license (Class A, A 1000095) — so the threat assessment and the physical assessment come from one team.
- Vendor-neutral. We do not sell cameras, access systems or alarms; we tell you what you need and let you buy it competitively.
- Honest about staffing. If you do not need guards, the report says so. If you do, you can hire anyone — including us.
- Local knowledge of Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach crime patterns, permitting, fire marshal expectations and hurricane realities.
- Three languages. Consultants and reports in English, Spanish and Russian.
Security consulting cost
Assessments are priced as a fixed fee by property size and scope; threat assessments are priced by the case; ongoing consulting is billed by the hour or on a monthly retainer for organizations that want a security advisor on call. You receive a written proposal after the scoping call, and the assessment fee is typically credited against the first month if FSO Guard is later hired to provide officers.
Service area
Security consulting and risk assessments in Miami, Brickell, Coral Gables, Doral, Kendall, Miami Beach, Aventura, Hollywood, Fort Lauderdale, Weston, Boca Raton and West Palm Beach; statewide assessments for multi-site organizations through our Florida security services.
Call (786) 659-5011, write to us in the live chat or send the form — a senior consultant will schedule the scoping call.
