Advancing Mission Readiness Since 2016

Active Security was founded by Walter Hasser, a former Reconnaissance Marine, and James Appell, a Naval Veteran and longtime security industry professional, around a shared conviction: security is most effective when exceptional people have the insight, capability, and authority to act decisively—turning information into action and action into results.

With more than 60 years of combined experience across national defense, global force protection, government, and critical infrastructure security, our founders saw a persistent gap: too many security solutions were designed from a distance, without a true understanding of the operational environment, the mission, or the people responsible for executing it.

Active Security was founded to close that gap.

We bring real-world operational experience, mission-proven technology, and an uncompromising standard of execution to every engagement. By integrating people, intelligence, technology, and operations, we build cohesive capabilities around how our customers actually operate—not around the limitations of a product or platform.

The result is security designed to perform under pressure, adapt as conditions change, and deliver when the stakes are highest.

We go where others won’t. We solve the problems others overlook. And we stand behind the people and missions that depend on us.