Let's get properly introduced.
Before you do anything, I recommend watching these introduction videos in numerical order. Let's make sure you know what you are dealing with... I am not everyone's cup of tea, and most people are not mine.
1. Introduction to Real Security Doctor
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Let's get off on the right foot, shall we?
3. About Real Security Doctor
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Don't skip this.
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5. The mistake I made
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I've made a LOT of mistakes. This is one that YOU might make, so let me help you avoid it.
2. We need to talk...
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Still here? Good. Now watch this. Expect brutality.
4. Where are you?
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It's time to talk about something more important - you.
6. Coaching and training options
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Want my help? Here's how that might look.
The Real Security Doctor client portal
I decided it was time to create a platform for serious security practitioners to get together, free from the bullshit, apathy and idiocy that is rampant everywhere else.
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You can get in there. You just need to become a customer.
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I am done with 'pearls before swine'.
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You'll be officially upgraded from 'filthy freeloader' status because you bought something. I don't care if it was only a book or two - I genuinely appreciate your support, and you'd be welcomed into where I keep 'the good stuff'. And some well-meaning and affectionately delivered snark, of course.​
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The portal is dynamic, so you'll only see and get access to content relative to your level of engagement with RSD. When you become a customer, you'll get an invitation to the 'vanilla' version and can go from there.
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It's the new home of the Surgery, and there will be all manner of good stuff coming your way. As I get to grips with the potential of this new platform, the more I see the possibilities.
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The portal is even available as a stand-alone branded app. Just open it in your mobile browser and look for the message that you'll get. This will make your engagement a lot easier.
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As the portal develops, I am sure there will be plenty of opportunities to find new ways of using it and sharing great content with people worth sharing it with. The easiest way to become a client? Buy a book or three.
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The books
There are currently 3, with more in the works.
My first book was The Problem of Security.
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I always had nagging doubts about the things I had been taught about security and risk management. Nothing quite fit in 'the real world' and during my doctoral studies I realised that the conventional body of security knowledge was critically, fundamentally flawed.
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This book has been read by people all over the world, from all areas of the industry, and many people have thanked me for writing it. I describe what they suspected, excepted they couldn't put it into words and often felt that it was them 'not getting it'. They were happy to learn that it's not them. The industry, the body of knowledge and everything else is broken, smouldering bullshit.
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Making things better involves understanding the problem in the first place.
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It's a PDF, so no, the Ipad is not included.
The second book was The Superior Security Practitioner.
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After the first book, some people (who hadn't actually read it) accused me of being little more than a monkey who sits on the sidelines and throws shit at the industry. 'If you're so clever, why don't you tell us how to fix it.'
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Fair enough. I thought long and hard about that, and realised that these critics all want yet another box-ticking exercise to improve the security industry - and that's the problem. Instead, I created a complete Occupational Competence Model that for what security practitioners need to be. The what we DO is ultimately less important. All the knowledge and competence in the world will make no difference if the security practitioner is someone of weak character. They won't survive their careers, regardless of how much they know.
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This book discusses what we should be focussing on in our career and personal development.
The third (and most recent book) is - Real Security Management™ - presents my model and philosophy for value-driven organisational protection. This is the 'how' to do things better.
This book contains nine new trademarked concepts, more than any other book written on the subject ever written. This is new thinking, not some stale repetition of what you've heard before. You know that stuff doesn't work in the real world. This does and people are using it.
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I took up the arguments from the first book about 'risk' and addressed them in a practical, useful and pragmatic way - successfully separating the objective reality of protective practice from the subjective fantasy of 'conventional wisdom'. Here, I present a model to support defensible protective decision-making, from 'what to protect' to 'how much protection'.
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It also provides a means for accurately demonstrating protective value in a defensible way, relative to what the organisation really cares about.
Look out for the package deal option in the checkout to get all three.​
and coming soon...
I teased this recently in The Surgery, and it appears that there is an appetite for it. As a result, I am going to publish a book that contains all of the Bitter Pill polls at the front and then each of the Bitter Pill newsletters at the back.
This will allow a reader/victim to score themselves on the polls and then check out how they did in comparison to the fuckwits that attempted it when I posted it on Linkedin.
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The newsletters will be refreshed in this new delivery context, and I will expand on the thinking behind The Bitter Pill in general, including how it started and why it stopped. Are you 'the shit' or just shit?
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Find out.
​Watch this space. If you want more information, get yourself into the client portal.
Career Diagnostic calls
If you want my help, it all starts with booking a zero-risk, no-obligation Career Diagnostic session.
We'll find out together what you want to do and what you need to do. It's not for talking about security stuff - it's about talking about what matters - your career. There is no need to 'prepare' for this. It's likely to be the first genuine conversation about your career that you've ever had.
If we can work together, the fee comes off the price of whatever in-person training or coaching you buy in the following three months. If I cannot help you, you get a full refund without argument. It's that simple. Zero risk.
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Book your call using the button below.
Training, coaching and mentoring
It's worth explaining the difference.
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I provide training to ensure that people have the knowledge they need. God knows that nowhere else in the security industry does that.
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I provide coaching to ensure that people have the skills to use their knowledge.
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Imagine paying a tennis coach for lessons when you don't even understand the rules of tennis. You wouldn't. The same goes here. If people engage me for coaching and it becomes apparent that they don't have the knowledge they need, it won't work.
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Training is about the subject - coaching is about your performance. Mentoring is about your personal development. I do that too, in the right situations.
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Details about the online training that I provide are here, where you can find the courses that are currently available. I don't provide a huge amount of information about my programmes because that is not how I sell them.
Not sure what course to do? Book a career diagnostic. Doing so before spending money on a course is the smart thing to do, and it has saved people many thousands and years of their lives.
Live 2025 event
The next Real Security Doctor Live event will take place in Manchester, UK on May 14th to 16th.
The last live event in 2024 was an absolute blast and minds were melted, and I expect this to be the same.
The first two days will be devoted to an in-depth look at Real Security Management™, delivered in a workshop style to apply the principles against real security management problems. It will include new content developed after the publication of the book for the visual representation of the model for reporting to the business.
The first two days cost £1400 and there are 15 tickets left at this price.
Delegates can choose to add the optional final day of the event, where I will discuss becoming a self-employed consultant and the business end of packaging and selling your insight on your own terms. There are 6 tickets available for the final day. The final day costs £1000. This content could pay for itself many times over.
To attend all 3 days, the cost is £2400 ex UK VAT. If you want to attend, get in touch with me using the button below.
Not a Surgery member yet?
That is where serious security people get together to engage in a more thoughtful way about what they do. You don't even need to worry about what your fucking boss will say. Don't expect a bunch of 'cyber' assholes all jerking off over IT shit. If that is your thing, stick to LinkedIn or Reddit.
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The Surgery is £75 per month (including any applicable taxes) and includes:
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Access to the live monthly webinar (via Zoom) on the first Friday of every month (Noon, UK time).
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Access to the large archive of recordings from previous webinars.
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Access to the community, where you can interact with security people of quality.
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Access to premium, Surgery-only content.
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10% discount on online training. (excludes coaching programmes and in-person events).
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Direct engagement with Dr Rich with a slight reduction in snark.
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The price you join at is protected from price rises for the life of your subscription. If you leave or fail a payment, you'll need to rejoin at whatever the current rate will be. Can't say fairer than that.
If you're in the UK, you can join the Surgery with the button below, which sets up a Direct Debit using GoCardless. You can cancel at any time, but don't expect to come back any time soon. I operate a 90 day window on leavers to avoid abuse of the service.
If you're outside the UK, you can sign up using Stripe below. Same rules apply.