Security Expert Phrantceena Halres Named Keynote Speaker for ‘Women in National Security’ Event

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - Dec. 2, 2013 - PRLog -- Total Protection Services Global (TPSG)—America’s only certified security services company at focused exclusively on high threat/close proximity safety and security services for the protection of critical infrastructure assets in the corporate, nuclear, energy, and government and personal protection sectors—today announced that company CEO, security industry authority Phrantceena Halres, will serve as the keynote speaker at the Women in National Security (WINS) Group’s quarterly meeting to be held on December 6, 2013 at the Army Navy Club, located at 901 17^th Street NW, Washington, DC from 11am to 1pm. Halres’s address will focus on sharing her personal experiences in working in the male-dominated security industry, and strategies she employed to overcome challenges and barriers that led her to start her own company. Her address will also include a Q&A session with attendees.

“I am honored to have been chosen as the keynote speaker for this special industry event,” notes Halres. “The number of women in the security industry is growing by leaps and bounds as represented by the Women in National Security Group. I look forward to a spirited discussion with my colleagues as I share my own personal story and respond to their specific obstacles, trials and tribulations so we can work together on furthering the female perspective within the global security industry.”

In commenting on Halres’ role as keynote speaker at the event, Laura Willoughby of The Women in National Security Group, remarked, “The WINS Group has regularly featured speakers involved in international aid and development. We have held panels with top female staffers involved in legislative decisions and who are regularly faced with the challenge of how to get women in more leadership roles, which are directly involved in national security issues and strategies. Halres’s background in the physical security sector is the perfect fit for our group. She has vast experience in viewing security from various angles, as well as regularly touting the importance of women in shoring up a community within the security industry to increase the nation’s overall safety and security.”

Willoughby added, “As a business owner and a woman, she will be speaking to a like-minded crowd. Her personal experience will help our group understand how they can handle challenges they face, and how we can work together to equalize representation within the security industry. Her advice will also help the audience understand how to leverage their unique traits and skills to improve national security measures, strategies and solutions.”

About Business Executives for National Security and Women in National Security
Business Executives for National Security (BENS) is a non-profit 501c3 that exists to bring best business practices to government agencies in national security, ultimately to make the nation more safe and secure. As part of BENS, The Women in National Security (WINS) group was created to provide a forum of support and encouragement to women interested in or working in national security. For more information, please visit www.bens.org.

About Phrantceena Halres
As founder, chairman and CEO of Charlotte, NC-based Total Protection Services Global and its multiple divisions (www.total-protections.com), Phrantceena Halres leads the nation’s first woman-owned business—and the only certified security services company at large—focused exclusively on high threat/close proximity safety and security services for the protection of critical infrastructure assets in the corporate, nuclear, energy, government and personal protection sectors. Halres has built an impressive reputation as a performance leader, and has set the standard in her industry.  As a chief figurehead in the security and safety space, she is an extraordinarily successful business professional who is passionate about raising public safety awareness and protecting the information assets of individuals, localized schools and organizations, whole communities and our nation at large, and is taking tactical action related thereto.  Through her philanthropic, community, corporate, speaking and media efforts, Halres is a lauded security and safety advocate who tirelessly works to enlighten the public on the many ways security improves our lives. She may be reached online at www.halres.com.