The International Bodyguard Association (I.B.A.) is an organization established by Lucien Ott in Paris in December 1957. The Association's primary objective is to train customers in bodyguard techniques. The IBA is run by the James Shortt, also known as James Shortt of Castleshort, or The Baron Castleshort, who was accused 2009 by a British tabloid newspaper as passing himself off as a much-decorated SAS and Parachute Regiment veteran. [1]