The assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Wednesday will “raise executives’ awareness of vulnerabilities” and likely lead to a wave of new security contracts, experts told Fox News Digital.

In an ambush captured on surveillance video, a gunman with his face covered pointed a pistol with a silencer at Thompson and shot the manager three times outside the Midtown Hilton Hotel at 6:46 a.m. Wednesday.

Former New York homeland security consultant Michael Balboni told Fox News Digital that at least one potential client, the head of a major financial institution, specifically mentioned the shooting when he called and asked for an executive protection assessment by his company, Redland Strategies Inc . asked.

“In the short term, this incident highlights the need to conduct threat assessments not only on infrastructure or systems, but also on key personnel,” he said. “Therefore, the security personnel are likely to be at capacity.”

“But in the long run complacency will return,” he added.

Retired NYPD detective Pat Brosnan, CEO of Brosnan Investigations Group and former head of Brosnan Risk Consultants, told Fox News Digital that the murder “sparked meetings of senior security officials across the country within hours of the murder.” .”