Knightscope, Inc., the security technology company building the nation's first Autonomous Security Force, today published "The Executive Protection Agent," a new field brief for Chief Security Officers, ahead of the Force's live debut at GSX 2026, the Global Security Exchange, Booth #3905, September 14-16, 2026, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. The Field Brief makes the case that protection for the most prominent people is broken and shows what an accountable system looks like instead.
Knightscope publishes field brief on Executive Protection Agent for CSOs
Replaces fragmented per-event bodyguard model with one accountable system
Delivered as licensed capability of Autonomous Security Force
Puts principal, family, home, and assets under same ASF-7 escalation model
Mission Intelligence provides 24/7 monitoring from digital twin mapped before arrival
Knightscope serves 434 clients across 42 states with 4.4M+ autonomous hours
Security leaders responsible for a principal answer for the safety of a person, not a perimeter, and for everyone and everything around them. Yet the standard model hands that accountability to a patchwork: bodyguards booked per event; the home, the vehicle, and the family covered separately by vendors that never talk to each other; and warning patterns forming in the gaps no one is watching. When something happens between engagements, the report lands on the security leader's desk, not the vendor's. As the Field Brief puts it: protection that only shows up when it is scheduled is not protection. It is theater.
The Executive Protection Agent closes that gap. Delivered as a licensed capability of the Autonomous Security Force, it puts the principal, the family, the home, and the assets under the same ASF-7 escalation model that governs every Knightscope machine and analyst, with Mission Intelligence extending verified, 24/7 monitoring to the principal's location from a digital twin mapped before the Agent ever arrives. On the road or at a one-off event, the same judgment, accountability, and audit trail travel with the Agent.
"A bodyguard is a person. This is a capability," said William Santana Li, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Knightscope. "CSOs don't get to answer for outcomes only when a vendor happens to be on the clock - their name is on the report every time. We built the Force for people who carry that weight: one force, one contract, one command layer, one audit trail, and a watch that never has a gap between bookings."
Engaging the Force begins with three steps: book a briefing and define who and what the security leader is accountable for - no demo, no pitch; Knightscope architects the protection, including the Agent or coordinated team, the coverage, and the command layer that ties it together; then the Force takes the watch - the same Agent stays on the relationship, continuously rather than episodically. The alternative is the status quo: unwatched gaps between bookings, warning signs nobody is positioned to see, and five vendors with zero accountability.
Knightscope serves 434 clients across 42 states, and to date the Company's machines have logged more than 4.4 million autonomous hours in the field.
Security leaders can download "The Executive Protection Agent," including the full three-step engagement plan, and are invited to reserve time in advance with the Knightscope team to discuss their needs in the Signals VIP Lounge at Booth #3905.
About Knightscope
Knightscope is a security technology company building the nation's first Autonomous Security Force. As a managed service provider, the Company delivers autonomous machines, AI-driven software, and licensed security agents as one accountable operation, under one contract, to help protect people, property, and critical infrastructure. Knightscope's long-term mission is to make the United States of America the safest country in the world.
