Private Security · Austin, Texas
Security for the life you’re building.
You built the company. The wins are getting bigger, the circle wider, the family more visible. Orbital Risk designs discreet protection around how you actually live — so you can host, travel, and grow without thinking about it.
Why Now
Success changes your risk profile before it changes your habits.
A funding announcement, an exit, a bigger house on the lake, a name that starts appearing in print — visibility compounds quietly. Most of our clients come to us not because something happened, but because they realized something could.
We work with founders and entrepreneurs in their 30s and 40s who are earlier in this curve than the clients traditional security firms were built for. No black-suit theater, no fear-selling — just a clear-eyed look at your actual exposure and a plan that scales as your life does.
What We Do
Protection, packaged for how you live
Start with one engagement or build a full program. Everything is designed to be invisible to your guests, your neighbors, and your feed.
Personal Security Assessment
Not sure where to start? A confidential review of your home, travel, digital footprint, and family routine — with a prioritized plan, not a sales pitch.
Start here 02Event & Gathering Security
Dinner parties, launches, weddings, weekends at the ranch. Guests feel welcomed, not screened — and everything stays off the internet.
Learn more 03Travel Security
Family trips, board weeks, spring break abroad. Planning, advance work, and on-the-ground support that never feels like an entourage.
Learn more 04Home & Estate Security
From a Tarrytown remodel to lake and Hill Country property — design, technology, and response that protect without turning home into a compound.
Learn more 05Executive Protection
Low-profile personal protection for the moments that call for it — public events, contested exits, elevated-risk periods.
Learn more 06Bug Sweeps & Privacy
Technical sweeps of homes, offices, vehicles, and aircraft — plus practical counsel on shrinking your digital exposure.
Learn moreRooted in Austin
Your city. Our ground truth.
Austin's wealth is young, fast, and social. That's exactly why security here has to look different.
We know the rhythm of this town — the F1 and SXSW surges, the lake in summer, the way a backyard fundraiser in Westlake draws a hundred people who all post about it. Local knowledge is a security asset, and ours runs deep.
- Local response, global reach. Based in Texas, working with clients wherever their calendar takes them.
- Discretion as a default. Neighbors, guests, and staff never clock the coverage.
- One point of contact. You'll work with people who know your name, your family, and your preferences.
How It Works
First steps, without the deep end
Most clients start small. Here's the typical path.
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A confidential conversation
Thirty minutes, no obligation. You tell us what's changing in your life; we tell you honestly whether you need anything at all.
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Assessment
We review your home, routines, travel patterns, and digital footprint, and hand you a prioritized plan you own — whether or not you hire us to execute it.
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Right-sized protection
Maybe it's event coverage twice a year. Maybe it's a full residential program. We build exactly what the assessment supports — nothing more.
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A relationship that scales
As your company, family, and profile grow, your security grows with them. We're built for the long arc.
“We measure our success by a simple test: do the people we protect feel more free, not less?”
Orbital Risk · Firm Ethos
Who's Behind It
Veteran-led. Business-fluent.
Orbital Risk was founded by Tristan Flannery — former U.S. Army Ranger, University of Chicago Booth MBA, and a member of ASIS International since 2008. He built the firm for people who want elite capability delivered like a professional service, not a spectacle.
The team is deliberately small and chosen as much for judgement and bearing as for résumés. The people who work around your family are people we'd trust around ours.
Common Questions
Asked by almost everyone, the first time
Do I actually need private security?
Maybe not yet — and we'll tell you if that's the case. The honest answer depends on your visibility, wealth trajectory, family situation, and habits. A one-time security assessment answers the question definitively, and most Austin clients start there rather than jumping into ongoing protection.
Will security make my life feel restricted or conspicuous?
No — that would be a failure by our standards. Good protection is invisible to your guests and frictionless for your family. Our people dress for the room, and most of the value we deliver is planning you never see.
What does private security cost in Austin?
A one-time assessment is a fixed-fee engagement. Event coverage is priced per event based on venue, guest count, and duration. Ongoing programs are scoped to what your assessment actually supports. We quote clearly up front — no retainers you don't understand.
Do you only work in Austin?
Austin is home and where we're deepest, but we support clients across Texas and travel with them worldwide — from Aspen ski weeks to European summers.
Next Step
Find out where you stand. Quietly.
A confidential conversation costs nothing and commits you to nothing. If you don't need us yet, we'll say so.
Prefer to talk? 866.960.7475 · info@orbitalrisk.com