Protective Intelligence Analyst

Appalachian Regional Healthcare, Inc.•Lexington, KY

About The Position

Appalachian Regional Healthcare (ARH) is seeking a Protective Intelligence Analyst to support protective security, protective intelligence, and travel risk management. The role identifies, assesses, and helps mitigate threats to executive leadership, designated protectees, organizational personnel, facilities, and business operations. Through intelligence collection, threat monitoring, investigative analysis, travel risk assessments, and situational awareness, the analyst provides actionable intelligence that supports executive safety, operational continuity, and organizational resilience. Working with Security Operations, executive leadership, Human Resources, Risk Management, Legal, Emergency Management, and external partners, the analyst supports protective security operations, security planning, traveler safety, and threat management initiatives. The role also administers the Ontic platform and supports investigations involving BriefCam, Milestone, and license plate recognition systems; produces intelligence reports and executive briefings; supports security awareness and communications; and participates in incident response, including an after-hours on-call rotation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in security management, Intelligence Studies, Emergency Management, Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Healthcare Administration, Geography, or a related field; equivalent experience may be considered.
Experience in healthcare security, intelligence analysis, emergency management, security operations, law enforcement, military intelligence, or a related field.
Strong understanding of threat assessment, workplace violence prevention, and employee safety programs.
Ability to pass a confidential-level background investigation.
Must comply with all Security Operations travel recommendations.
Knowledge of rural healthcare operations and community safety challenges.
Excellent analytical, investigative, and problem-solving skills.
Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
Understanding of HIPAA requirements and healthcare privacy regulations.
Ability to exercise sound judgment when managing employee safety incidents and critical events.

Nice To Haves

Experience with emergency notification systems, geospatial technologies, or security monitoring platforms.
Experience supporting Home Health, community healthcare, hospice, EMS, or field-based healthcare operations.
Experience monitoring lone-worker safety programs and employee accountability systems.
Knowledge of healthcare workplace violence prevention programs.
Experience supporting emergency management, critical incident response, and business continuity initiatives.

Responsibilities

Identify, assess, and case-manage threats directed at physicians, nurses, staff, facilities, leadership, and other protected organizational interests.
Support critical infrastructure protection and continuity planning through subject workups, behavioral indicators, and protective analysis recommendations.
Develop threat assessments, intelligence risk matrices, and protective recommendations for board meetings, public events, high-profile terminations, and other elevated-risk activities.
Support protective security personnel with intelligence-driven planning and operational support; conduct advance research and location assessments for travel, meetings, events, and public appearances.
Develop mitigation strategies and assist with protective planning for executive events, site visits, and other high-profile activities.
Conduct local, regional, national, and global intelligence analysis and monitor emerging security threats and indicators.
Conduct OSINT and SOCMINT collection and analysis; monitor online activity that could affect leadership or organizational operations.
Produce intelligence products, threat assessments, security briefings, and trend analyses for protective security and strategic decision-making.
Conduct intelligence-based due diligence reviews for executive hiring, board appointments, strategic partnerships, and sensitive initiatives.
Investigate threats, suspicious activity, workplace violence concerns, insider threats, and executive security incidents; document findings and maintain investigative files and intelligence records.
Produce travel and destination risk assessments and pre-travel briefings; research itineraries and evaluate destination-specific risks.
Provide real-time intelligence support during executive travel, events, and emergency deployments; recommend protective measures, contingencies, alternate routes, transportation considerations, and emergency procedures.
Maintain executive travel calendars and traveler tracking systems; support traveler accountability, welfare checks, emergency communications, and crisis response.
Administer Ontic and support investigations using Ontic, BriefCam, Milestone, and license plate recognition platforms; maintain records, data integrity, and system effectiveness; generate reports, dashboards, metrics, and executive summaries.
Use BriefCam and investigative technologies to analyze video evidence, identify suspicious activity and security patterns, develop evidence packages, and coordinate with internal stakeholders and law enforcement when appropriate.
Manage protective security vehicle watchlists, monitor LPR alerts, conduct vehicle intelligence research, and report on vehicle-based threat activity.
Prepare executive intelligence briefings, travel advisories, intelligence summaries, risk analyses, and standardized reporting and briefing materials; deliver timely written and verbal briefings to leadership, Security Operations, and stakeholders.
Support executive security, travel security, and personal safety awareness through informational materials, communications, training, and education.
Receive, assess, document, and escalate security incidents involving executive personnel, travelers, or organizational operations; coordinate responses and maintain records of notifications and response activities.
Participate in an on-call rotation supporting after-hours monitoring and intelligence operations.
Promote Security Operations programs through internal communications, newsletters, intranet postings, presentations, awareness campaigns, and approved public-facing content.
Collaborate with Corporate Communications, Marketing, and Leadership on communications about security initiatives, travel safety, emergency preparedness, and organizational resilience.
Track engagement metrics and feedback to assess security awareness and communications campaigns.