BRILLSTEIN SECURITY Group

In the beginning, our courses ran under different concept names such as the "EFFACT" programme. In the beginning years, the focus was on close protection and intelligence training. Founder Ariel "Arik" Brillstein's still today active as teacher and author of training books. "Ariel" (Hebrew) means "Lion of God" - hence the lion in the company's logo. For a number of years since it's founding, the BSG was active only in the US and, to some extend, in Canada. Brillstein then started offering courses also in Europe, starting in the early 1990's. In these "early years", we only trained BSG staff; we did not offer courses to non-BSG participants. About 10 years ago, Brillstein started offering courses to a relatively broad public and we developed a number of new, exclusive courses up to the range of courses of today. Between 2002 and 2006, EUBSA cooperated with other institutions, but in order to tighten security and cut down on admin and red tape, we decided by November 2006 to handle all courses through the BSA directly, with again new courses and even better possibilities for our students. Due to some new laws and regs in some countries, we adapted our courses to meet requirements, such as SITO/SIA, US International Standards Organization for the Security Industry or other, similar regulations. Globalization makes a much more international approach necessary, than any local laws, but since in some areas only staff with an official license may operate at some locations, we needed to react to these circumstances, and we did. Ever since the start of the EFFACT programme , we have been using training facilities in Oregon and Washington State, later on in Idaho, as well as in Israel. Once we started to offer courses in Europe, we started to build up facilities in Europe, too, with main focus on France. Since 2006, the BSG additionally runs a facility in South Africa. After the well-deserved retirment of Arik Brillstein, the former company EUBSA has been dissolved, The BSA is now being operated by Briillstein and Cobra Services LC, out of Wyoming, USA. But this hasn't changed neither the programme, nor the focus on top-notch and otherwise hard-to-get training and career opportunities. Courses - Overview