Protective Intelligence Honors Launched

The Ontic Center for Protective Intelligence has launched a new monthly honor program to recognize the pioneers and thought leaders driving the physical security and protection industry. 

Each month, the program will recognize groundbreaking professionals who have developed either new models or new areas of knowledge, and veteran practitioners who are actively contributing to advancing their industry. 

Among the inaugural trailblazers recognized by the center's new Protective Intelligence Honors program is the founder and president of Hetherington Group, a cyber investigations consulting, publishing, and training firm. 

Since starting her career as a librarian in the early 1990s, Cynthia Hetherington has led national and international investigations in corporate due diligence and fraud, personal asset recovery, and background checks for more than 25 years. 

Her investigations, which have included the top two Ponzi cases in United States history, have recovered millions of dollars in high-profile corruption cases. 

Hetherington, who specializes in the financial, pharmaceutical, and telecommunications industries, has authored three books on how to carry out investigations. 

Describing how she would like to see physical security evolve in the next decade, Hetherington said: "It’s critical to create clearly defined programs for faster outcomes to prevent violence or danger to our clients."

In 2015, Hetherington founded the OSMOSIS Institute, which hosts the annual OSMOSIS conference at which hundreds of investigators complete training and gain insights into open source intelligence. She is also t ..

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