Counterterrorist Expert offers Homeland Security Tips During Summer Vacation Months: Counterterrorism Expert Elsa Lee presents terrorism awareness, terrorist methodology, and ways to protect against terrorism in the U.S.

Former U.S. Spy Elsa Lee Warns Small and Large Business To keep "Your Guard Up, because we're still at war with Terrorism."

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 28, 2004 -- The events are changing by the minute, so people should increase their awareness and if they see anything suspicious know exactly where theyre going to report it," said Counterterrorism Expert Elsa Lee, CEO and Founder of Advantage SCI (www.advantage-sci.com), Redondo Beach, CA, which provides security consulting, training, and e-learning to protect people and corporate assets from sabotage, espionage, cyber attacks, and terrorism.

As America braces for the stepped-up war on terrorism this summer, Lee has this additional advice. If someone looks suspicious in your neighborhood or at work you should not assume necessarily that they belong there. You should be more inclined to ask questions. A gesture as simple as asking 'may I help you can deter a person, who might be ready to do something that is going to hurt everyone."

Lee says people should have an emergency disaster plan at work and at home, and to report anything unusual without doing it in a way theyre going to burden our police stations or emergency rooms.

For example when we had the anthrax scare last year, we had 60,000 calls into emergency rooms," explained Lee. Citizens will be the first to respond, because they will be the first to see something. They should prepare themselves and know in advance where to call and under what circumstances they should be reporting events."

Before and after the 9-11 tragedy, Lee helped clients in the security, government, law enforcement, insurance, financial, and apparel industries to achieve both, organizational leadership and security excellence. She has 22 years of public and private sector experience in anti-terrorism operations, counterespionage investigations, threat and vulnerability assessments, and information systems security in the United States, Asia, Central America, and Europe. Elsa is a member of the FBI Los Angeles Infraguard.

Now more than ever people should listen or watch the news at least once or twice a day, be more aware of your surroundings, because we are going to be prepared for anything that happens," said Lee.

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