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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 operation?

We have packaged workplace violence compliance for 10 to 99 employee businesses.

Plans, training, and support from $199, built for businesses that don't need a custom advisory 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.