About the Author:  
Juval Aviv is the President and CEO of Interfor Inc., an international investigative and intelligence firm. For over thirty years Mr. Aviv has worked with corporations and other entities, both domestically and internationally, on security measures for the protection of assets and personnel.  Mr. Aviv also serves as a special consultant to the U.S. Congress on issues of terrorism and security.

Before coming to the United States, Mr. Aviv served as an officer in the Israeli Defense Force (Major, retired) leading an elite Commando/Intelligence Unit. He was selected by the Israeli Secret Service (Mossad) to participate in a number of intelligence and special operations in many countries in the late 1960s and 1970s.  In 1984, a true account of one mission was published, entitled Vengeance, which was available in 27 countries. The book became a best seller and was later made into an award-winning film, Sword of Gideon, which was broadcast in North America on HBO and in other countries. 

Review of  "The Complete Terrorism Survival Guide" -By Business Insurance Magazine 
 

"Surviving a terrorist attack is a matter of choice, according to a new book by an anti-terrorism
expert.

Businesses can prepare for a terror attack by putting together preventive and recovery plans. Or
they can do very little and invite trouble, according to ''The Complete Terrorism Survival Guide: How
to Travel, Work and Live in Safety,'' by Juval Aviv, former member of an elite Israeli anti-terrorist
military unit.

In this superbly researched and readable book, Mr. Aviv, now the president and chief executive
officer of the New York-based corporate intelligence firm Interfor Inc., lays out what individuals and
businesses must do to survive in this age of terrorism. In seven chapters, Mr. Aviv explains how
individuals can protect themselves at home and while traveling and what businesses can do to
discourage terrorism.

Not all companies are equally at risk for a terrorist strike, though. Those in big cities face greater
risks. Department stores, supermarkets and other high-traffic locations are also more likely to be
targets, he writes.

In addition to location, the type of business is important in assessing the risk of a terrorist strike.
Transportation systems, financial institutions, oil refineries and infrastructure installations such as
electric power and communications facilities are attractive targets for terrorists, he writes.

But the companies that are most at risk are those that are least secure.

''The most vulnerable businesses are those deemed to be high-priority targets with the weakest,
most penetrable security. This reinforces our conclusion that terrorism survival is largely a matter of
choice. The businesses least likely to be attacked successfully will be those with the best defenses,''
Mr. Aviv writes.

In the chapter on what businesses can do, Mr. Aviv ticks off point after point on how businesses can
protect themselves. They range from the obvious, such as reporting suspicious activity to local and
federal authorities, to the obscure, such as removing VIP signs posted in company parking lots that
give away the identities of key personnel.

Some measures may simply disturb your employees. For example, the book recommends that
businesses ask employees to volunteer DNA samples so their remains could be identified if they
were to be killed in a terrorist attack.

The book also contains a bibliography with a list of publications from business and government
groups on surviving a terrorist attack.

Even if the reader does not put most of the tips into practice, the book serves to urge business
executives to formulate plans."

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