
Ryan Winmill
Vice President and Chief Security Officer of FIFA World Cup Boston 2026 and President of security consultancy The Winmill Group
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Sep 9, 2026
Episode 204: FWC26 and the New Bar for Event Security
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Sean AtkinsonHOST
Am I thinking about that the right way or is it really there's been a monumental shift in your perspective? This

Ryan WinmillGUEST
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.

Ryan WinmillGUEST
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.

Ryan WinmillGUEST
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.
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Sean AtkinsonHOST
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