As the CEO and Founder of Polaris Risk (polarisrsk.com), Steve Ward leverages over 30 years of experience to help clients address security vulnerabilities within the global business environment. He focuses on the evolving landscape of global threats—both physical and digital—providing expertise in security program assessments, design, and implementation. Steve leads the delivery of services spanning security consulting, executive protection, cyber advisory, intelligence services, and investigative programs for multinational corporations and global brands, financial institutions, law firms, and small to mid-sized businesses that face threats to their people, assets, and brand.

More specifically, Steve has extensive experience in brand protection and trademark infringement investigations; he founded Omniwatch Intelligence, a premier intellectual property investigations firm, which was later acquired by Pinkerton, the world’s oldest and largest private security organization. At Pinkerton, Mr. Ward led a specialized unit responsible for a broad portfolio of services, including Brand Protection, Trademark and Patent Investigations, Copyright Enforcement, Online Policing Programs, Counterfeit Interdiction, Theft of Trade Secrets, Corporate Espionage, Computer and Network Forensic Investigations, Network Vulnerability Testing, PCI Compliance Audits, Network Security Audits, and International Cargo Theft Investigations. Today, Steve advises the world’s top luxury brands on best practices to protect their goods and reputation, while mitigating losses from complex, global counterfeiting operations.