TORRES ADVANCED ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS - Largest US Provider of Security Services for U.S. Embassies and Consulates Worldwide

By: Nathan Harris

Torres is the largest US provider of protective services to U.S. embassies and consulates worldwide according to US government contracting resource, GovWin. Torres’s 6000 security professionals protect U.S. embassies and consulates in the Americas, Asia, Africa and Europe including Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Torres is also among the leading providers of physical and electronic security for the US Department of Defense at Joint Operations and Counter Drug Bases, and Air Fields outside of the United States including South America, Africa and Eastern Europe.

Torres is among the leading US companies that provide security services to embassies of friendly foreign governments including the embassies of the European Union, Germany, Italy, France, Australia, Poland, the Vatican and Brazil. Torres’s Fortune 500 customers are highly recognized names such as PepsiCo and Nike as well as over 60 other enterprises.

Torres’s cadre of elite professionals provides the full range of security services including: physical security, personal close protection (body guards) and motorcade security; the movement of cash instruments and valuables; electronic security, cyber security and information security; and counter intelligence and counter surveillance.

Torres has protected customers from terrorist and criminal attacks such as: mortar, rocket and small arms attacks; armed and unarmed mobs; attempted kidnappings; and coups d’états. Most recently, Torres protected the US Embassy in Burundi during the attempted coup d’étatand provided on-the-ground intelligence to US security officers using mobile assets throughout its capital city of Bujumbura. Torres was the runner-up bidder for the contract to protect Ambassador Christopher Stevens’s diplomatic mission in Benghazi.

Nathan Harris, Nathan.harris@top10news.us