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Ryan Winmill

Ryan Winmill

Vice President and Chief Security Officer of FIFA World Cup Boston 2026 and President of security consultancy The Winmill Group

Sep 9, 2026

10:38
Am I thinking about that the right way or is it really there's been a monumental shift in your perspective? This
10:43
is just my opinion.
10:43
I think you hit the nail on the head perfectly.
10:46
If you are not of the belief that the threat paradigm is constantly and continuously evolving, you should not be in this business at all.
10:53
In fact, you know, The expression that I use continually for three years is the person who walks in the room and says, I've got this referring to World Cup security at large is the person I don't trust.
11:04
And we have a, you know, just by human nature and ego, we have a default tendency to say, well, I've done, you know, three presidential inaugurations and I've done six Super Bowls.
11:13
And I've also had lunch with the Easter Bunny.

16 MINS LATER

27:05
So what's the first thing you would insist they do in the first 30 days in terms of planning for this event? And what's one assumption you will have them throw out

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