Traveling security guards refer to guards who work at various locations for one or several different employers, or to security guards who go on business trips or vacations with the people or property they are hired to protect. Your primary responsibility is to protect people, events, and commercial or residential property during each of your assignments. In this role, you stay in close proximity to the person or item you are protecting; you may provide surveillance of targets, armed security, emergency response, consultations, security auditing, or other protective services as requested or needed. This job frequently requires conducting threat assessments to help prepare for any plausible scenario. Many traveling security guards work with independent agencies, though some work directly for clients instead.