Axios Security Group Releases Executive Protection Outlook for 2026, Citing Shift Toward Family-Inclusive, Intelligence-Led Protection Models

As organizations and high-net-worth individuals enter 2026, Axios Security Group is calling for a fundamental redefinition of executive protection, citing evolving threat data and real-world operational trends that extend far beyond the traditional CEO-centric security model.

Recent 2025 threat intelligence and field operations confirm a significant shift in adversary behavior. While senior executives remain at risk, families, board members, and affiliated individuals are increasingly being targeted—often through digital exposure that escalates into physical surveillance and real-world threat activity.

“The threat environment has changed,” said Jereme Dozier, CEO of Axios Security Group. “Risk no longer stops at the executive title. Today, spouses, children, residences, and daily routines are often the first points of vulnerability.”

Threat Trends Driving the Shift

According to Axios Security Group’s internal threat assessments and industry data from 2025:

• Threat activity involving executives and affiliated individuals increased by more than 30% year over year

• A growing percentage of incidents involve spouses and children, frequently originating through social media exposure, doxxing, and online harassment

• Digital behaviors such as location tagging, school references, and family photos have become direct precursors to physical surveillance

• Board members and high-net-worth individuals are increasingly targeted not for public visibility, but for perceived influence, wealth, or symbolic leverage

“These are no longer isolated incidents,” Dozier added. “They represent a systemic change in how threats develop and where they emerge.”

Real-World Case Patterns (Anonymized)

Axios Security Group reports a consistent pattern across recent operations:

• In one case, a senior executive was not directly threatened, yet their teenage child was identified through social media and followed during extracurricular activities. Protection immediately expanded to include family coverage, residential security, and digital risk mitigation.

• In another, a board member with minimal public exposure became the focus of threats following a corporate decision. Threat actors bypassed corporate security entirely, targeting the individual’s home address and spouse routines.

• In a third case, online harassment escalated into in-person surveillance at private residences and travel locations—without prior physical threat indicators.

“These are no longer edge cases,” said Dozier. “They are becoming the norm.”

The Axios Executive Protection Model for 2026 and Beyond

In response, Axios Security Group has evolved its executive protection framework into a holistic risk management discipline, designed to address the convergence of digital and physical threats.

Key elements include:

• Protection that extends beyond the principal to spouses, children, residences, travel, and daily routines

• Integration of cyber intelligence, social media monitoring, and behavioral threat analysis into physical protection planning

• Risk assessments that explicitly account for digital-to-physical threat convergence

• Protection programs designed to be continuous, adaptive, discreet, and intelligence-led

“In this environment, executive protection is not about optics or proximity,” Dozier emphasized. “It’s about anticipation, prevention, and consistency.”

Client Takeaway

Axios Security Group warns that organizations relying on reactive protection models—or those focused solely on executive titles—are increasingly exposed.

“If protection planning begins only after a threat materializes, it is already behind the curve,” Dozier concluded. “The future of executive protection is family-inclusive, intelligence-driven, and proactive.”

🛡 Ever Vigilant. Always Ready.

About Axios Security Group

Axios Security Group is a veteran-owned provider of executive protection, surveillance and counter-surveillance, event security, armed and unarmed guard services, and security consulting nationwide. Comprised of former Special Operations military personnel, federal agents, and seasoned security professionals, Axios delivers disciplined, intelligence-led protection solutions for executives, high-net-worth individuals, boards, and institutions operating in complex threat environments.