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Kestralis Group · Corporate Security Advisory

Programs built for environments where failure has consequences.

Security advisory, workplace violence prevention, and business continuity for U.S. organizations that take the work seriously — led by operators who have done it inside the enterprise and in the field.

  • Veteran-Owned
  • Licensed Private Investigators
  • CBCP Certified
  • Serving U.S. Organizations

The Problem

Most workplace safety programs are built to pass an audit — not to hold up in the room.

The category is crowded with generalists selling compliance theater — templated plans, one-day trainings, binders that satisfy a procurement checklist and nothing else. When a threat actually materializes, those programs fail quietly and then loudly.

Kestralis Group works differently. Our principals have designed and run security programs inside Fortune-scale organizations, and operated in environments where getting it wrong had irreversible consequences. We bring that discipline to mid-market clients who need serious capability and cannot afford a full-time security director.

$163K

Maximum Cal/OSHA willful violation penalty

Source: DIR 2025 penalty schedule

40+

Years combined security & investigations experience

$3M

Average jury verdict in workplace violence negligence cases

Source: Methodology & sourcing

— Free tool · ~90 seconds

Find your 3-year California workplace violence exposure across Cal/OSHA penalties, civil liability, workers’ comp, productivity, and insurance — from federal and state data, with a personalized PDF.

— Capability

A complete security advisory practice.

Seven service lines · Engaged individually or as an integrated program

  1. 01

    Workplace Violence Prevention

    Program · Retainer

    Program design and management that goes beyond California SB-553 — built by practitioners, not HR generalists. Includes IIPP Assessment for complete Cal/OSHA written-program coverage.

  2. 02

    Business Continuity Planning

    Program · Retainer

    Resilience programs built for the moment they're needed — led by a Certified Business Continuity Professional.

  3. 03

    Behavioral Threat Assessment (Violence Risk)

    Case · Retainer

    KTI-W-based assessments and management plans — Kestralis's proprietary structured professional judgment instrument — when employees, customers, or outside parties become a concern.

  4. 04

    Physical Security Consulting

    Assessment · Program

    Security program design and physical security assessments by people who have operated against hardened targets.

  5. 05

    Cyber Security Advisory

    Advisory · Retainer

    Risk-first cyber advisory for mid-market organizations without a full-time CISO — governance, framework alignment, and program design over tool sprawl.

  6. 06

    Investigations & Due Diligence

    Case · Retainer

    Licensed workplace investigations and background due diligence — conducted with legal defensibility in mind from day one.

  7. 07

    Litigation Support & Expert Witness

    Expert · Case

    Expert witness services and litigation support for workplace violence, negligent security, and threat assessment matters.

— Compliance penalty

Effective 2025-01-01

$162,851

Maximum per-willful-violation Cal/OSHA penalty.
Serious violations carry up to $25,000.

Source: Cal/OSHA 2025 civil penalty schedule, California Department of Industrial Relations. Adjusted annually to mirror federal OSHA’s CPI-based increase.

California SB-553 is in effect.
Most plans won't survive an inspection.

Every covered employer must maintain a written plan, violent incident log, and annual training. Cal/OSHA's permanent standard drops by end of 2026 — every existing plan will need to be updated.

View the national compliance hub →

— Smaller California operation?

Kestralis SMB has productized SB-553 compliance for 10–99 employee businesses.

Templates, training, and support from $199 — built specifically for California small businesses that don't need a custom enterprise engagement.

— The Practice

Veteran operators. Enterprise credentials. A licensed investigative capability behind every engagement.

Cumulative experience · Kestralis Group LLC

01

Military Service

U.S. military veterans across the Army and the Marine Corps, with combat deployment spanning tactical, operational, and strategic roles — and a Tier 1 Special Operations background.

  • 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta
  • U.S. Army Special Forces
  • U.S. Army Ranger Regiment
  • U.S. Marine Corps — Iraq deployment
02

Enterprise Security Leadership

Senior risk, resilience, and violence prevention leadership inside Fortune 100 organizations across consumer, chemical, life sciences, financial services, and healthcare diagnostics. Programs designed to meet duty-of-care obligations, deliver demonstrable ROI, and reinforce the operating business rather than constrain it.

  • The Coca-Cola Company — Europe
  • The Dow Chemical Company
  • Catalent
  • Exact Sciences
  • American Family Insurance
03

Crisis & Emergency Management

Crisis and emergency management experience earned in federal and state capacities — applied to corporate continuity, incident response, and tabletop exercise design. Trained in the doctrine and frameworks that regulators, federal partners, and operating leadership actually rely on under pressure.

  • FEMA Homeland Security Exercise and Evaluation Program (HSEEP)
  • National Incident Management System (NIMS)
  • Incident Command System (ICS)
  • FEMA Emergency Management Institute
  • Federal and state emergency management service
04

Licensed Investigations

A licensed private detective agency capability behind every engagement — the operational standing and investigative methodology that most consulting firms cannot offer.

  • Licensed Private Detective Agency
  • Workplace Investigations
  • Pre-Hire & Pre-Transaction Due Diligence
  • Surveillance & Field Investigation
05

Credentials & Training

Recognized professional credentials in fraud examination, business continuity, executive protection, and threat assessment.

  • Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
  • Certified Business Continuity Professional (CBCP, DRI International)
  • Advanced Executive Protection (Executive Security International)
  • U.S. Dept of State — Protective Operations
  • ASIS International

Why Kestralis

The difference is what we refuse to ship.

Operator Pedigree

Every engagement is led by a principal who has done this work at enterprise scale and in the field — not an analyst applying a template.

Licensed Investigative Capability

When a threat assessment escalates, we don't hand you off. A licensed PI agency is in the same firm, working the same case.

Designed for Defensibility

Every deliverable is written to hold up in front of a Cal/OSHA inspector, a plaintiff's attorney, or a board. That is the standard.

— Start here

Tell us about the program you're trying to build — or fix.

Thirty minutes with a principal. No sales pitch, no procurement gauntlet. If we're the right fit, we'll say so. If we're not, we'll tell you who is.