The Life Safety Alliance (LSA), an organization dedicated to enhancing global life safety and security through partnerships and collaborations, has recognized some of the top security leaders.
In its Top 40 Global Thought Leaders in Security and Life Safety, the LSA highlights those in the industry who represent life safety, physical security, cybersecurity, risk management, loss prevention and intelligence.
Security leader honorees comprise practitioners, service and technology providers, researchers, academics and other professionals from over a dozen countries.
Identifying top voices
Candidate scores were determined using a proprietary algorithm that considered various factors, including conference presentations, webinar and podcast appearances, LinkedIn reach, academic courses taught and volunteer leadership positions held, among others, from 1 May 2024 to 30 April 2025.
A formula weighted these factors to generate a final score for the security leaders.
“After an inaugural year that exceeded our expectations for both interest in the recognition and quality of the Top 40 recipients, we are delighted to see both repeat honorees from 2024 as well as a large group of fresh faces,” said Becky Lane, acting CEO of LSA.
Security leaders
The LSA 2025 Top 40 Global Thought Leaders in Security and Life Safety are:
- Prof. Obadare Peter Adewale, Digital Encode Limited (Nigeria), 2024 & 2025 Thought
Leader
- Melissa Agnes, Crisis Ready Institute (US)
- Farah Benis, FFA Security Group (UK)
- Garry Bergin, Manguard Plus (IE)
- Dave Cohen, Risk 2 Solution (Australia)
- Mike Croll, Buckinghamshire New University (UK)
- Chris Cubbage, MySecurity Media – Space and Earth Partners & Advisory (Australia), 2024
& 2025 Thought Leader
- Terry Cutler, Cyology Labs (Canada), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Shawnee Delaney, Vaillance Group (US), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Nicholas Dynon, Optic Security Group (NZ)
- Jane Frankland MBE, KnewStart Limited (UK), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Michael Gips, Kroll (US), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Alex Goldenberg, Narravance (US)
- Scott Goldfine, Elite Interactive Solutions (US)
- Florian Haacke, Porsche AG (DE), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Yolanda Hamblen, IFPO / The Security Circle Podcast (UK), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Kasia Hanson, KFactor Global Security Advisory (US), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Mike Hurst CPP, CPOI, IFPO Global Advisory Board / HJA Consult (UK), 2024 & 2025
Thought Leader
- Eduardo Jany, News Corp (US)
- Kathy Lavinder, SI Placement (US)
- Kirk MacDowell, MacGuard Security Advisors (US), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Taylor May, SVIP (US)
- Tim McCreight, TaleCraft Security Inc. (Canada)
- Bruce McIndoe, McIndoe Risk Advisory LLC (US), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Don Morron, HighlandTech (US)
- Fredrik Nilsson, Axis Communications (SWE)
- Kevin Palacios, HELPS Latam (US/Ecuador), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Elizabeth Parks, Parks Associates (US)
- Jon Polly, ProTecht Solutions Partners (US)
- Matthew Porcelli, Harvard Protection Services (US), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Paul Sarnese, Secured & Prepared Consulting (US)
- Tyler Schmoker, Donaldson, Inc. / Maritime Support Concepts LLC (US)
- Dr. Gavriel Schneider, Risk 2 Solution / Institute of Presilience (Australia), 2024 & 2025
Thought Leader
- Gastón Hernán Schulmeister, Organization of American States (OAS) (ARG/ES)
- Jeffrey A. Slotnick CPP PSP, Setracon Enterprise Security Risk Management Services (US)
- Confidence Staveley, Cybersafe Foundation (US/Africa), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Christopher Stitt, CrisisLead, LLC (US)
- Tino Urbina, Commend, Inc. (US)
- Tim Wenzel, Kroll & The Kindness Games (US), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
- Alfredo Yuncoza, Smart Management C.A. (VEN), 2024 & 2025 Thought Leader
