Protection that moves through your family's everyday life — not around it.
Praesidio’s Secure Family Programme is a dedicated platform designed and delivered to safeguard and protect families everywhere — tailored to each family’s profile, lifestyle and requirements, and delivered on location, globally and domestically, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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The case for family security, in numbers
2,000%
Rise in deepfake fraud attempts since 2022 — in Sweden, fabricated videos impersonating well-known financial figures helped defraud over 5,000 investors of SEK 500 million in 2025.
Innerworks fraud research, 2025 · TV4 Nyheterna, Oct 2025
€3.5tn
Expected to pass between generations across Europe over the next five years — most family offices are not structurally ready for the transfer.
ING analysis of Addepar research, 2025
~50%
Of wealthy Nordic families surveyed have made little or no preparation for succession — despite 90% saying they aren’t worried about it.
Formue, Scandinavian Wealthy Report (Sweden, Norway, Denmark)
70%
Of wealthy families lose control of their wealth by the second generation — rising to 90% by the third, most often from breakdowns in trust and communication, not markets.
Williams Group wealth transfer research
The pattern is consistent: fraud is evolving, wealth is transferring at unprecedented scale, and most families remain structurally unprepared.
Training and Preparedness
Our Executive & Leadership Training programme includes Family Security Awareness — helping internationally mobile families navigate modern risks while keeping their lifestyle and freedom of movement, with a dedicated track for children and teens.
Tailored to each family's profile, lifestyle and requirements
Close Protection & Residential Security
On-the-ground protective coverage and secured residences, wherever your family calls home.
Background Checks & Vetting
Thorough, discreet vetting of household staff, drivers and anyone with access to your family.
Secure Nanny & Household Staff
Vetted, security-trained childcare and household support for families who need both care and protection.
Travel & Event Security
Advance planning and on-the-ground coverage for family travel, school runs and one-off events alike.
Cyber Safety & Open Source Insight
Monitoring and reducing your family's digital footprint before it becomes someone else's reconnaissance.
Surveillance Detection
Trained awareness of hostile surveillance, built into how your family moves day to day.
Education & Insight
Age-appropriate security awareness for every family member, including a dedicated track for children and teens.
24/7 Emergency Assistance
Global, domestic, around the clock — a single number to call, wherever your family is.
How it works day to day
One family, one point of contact.
You’ll likely still need several specialists — close protection, cyber safety, travel security, household vetting. We can help with designing the plan and coordinate all or some with your existing trusted partners.
Relevant for
- Ultra-high-net-worth families and family offices
- Internationally mobile families and dual-residence households
- Families with public visibility or business, media or inherited wealth exposure
- Family offices without dedicated in-house security leadership
- Households employing nannies, drivers or staff who need vetting
From first conversation to ongoing protection, in five steps
No off-the-shelf package — every family’s plan is scoped around its own life, locations and concerns first.
Confidential family assessment
Tell us about your family's lifestyle, locations and concerns. Handled with full discretion from the first message.
Risk & lifestyle review
We map residences, travel patterns, staff and digital footprint to build a real risk picture, not a generic checklist.
Tailored security plan
A fixed-scope plan across only the services your family actually needs, agreed before anything is mobilised.
Ongoing protection
Close protection, household vetting, travel security and monitoring, delivered globally, 24/7.
Regular review & adjustment
As your family's life changes — new schools, new homes, new travel — the plan evolves with it.
Questions worth answering upfront
How much does this cost?
Pricing depends on family size, residences and the scope of coverage involved. Every family gets a clear, fixed quote before committing to anything.
Do you work with our existing household staff?
Yes — we vet, coordinate with, or supplement your existing staff and drivers rather than requiring a wholesale replacement.
How do you protect our children specifically?
Age-appropriate security awareness, secure nanny vetting, and school and travel-specific protocols are built into every family plan.
How confidential is this, really?
Completely. Itineraries, arrangements and even the relationship itself stay confidential — many families choose us specifically because of this.
Can you support us across multiple countries?
Yes — support is delivered globally and domestically, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, wherever family life happens.
Get in touch
- Handled with complete discretion from the first message
- One coordinated plan across every service your family needs
- A fixed quote before you commit to anything