Handshake ‘Threat Assessment’ Method

Rapidly gauging an individual’s physical capability, intent, and immediate threat level from a handshake – to get an idea whether to de-escalate, create distance, or prepare defensive action.

When you’re in the field, the first few seconds of contact can tell you more than an hour of conversation may. Used by covert operatives to assess the threat dynamics of a person during what seems like a casual greeting. A handshake can be the first, and sometimes only, window into someone’s state of mind, physical condition, and intent.

Threat assessment through a handshake is precision awareness disguised as courtesy. This method turns a universal social ritual into a covert diagnostic tool, letting an operative size up physical readiness, emotional state, and intent in seconds. This is reading the room, the person, and the energy in play before things escalate.

[INTEL : Threats vs. Risks: The Operational Difference]

[OPTICS : Budapest, Hungary]