For the VIP on your list: no-shard window film

What to get the boss for Christmas?

How about security.

An Atlanta-based company called ShatterGARD has come up with a holiday item that promises to keep the CEO safe not only from irate shareholders but also from those far more sinister, such as kidnappers.

ShatterGARD has developed and installed a window film called VehicleGARD on 5,000 military vehicles in Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. The thin, clear film holds shards of broken glass in place to reduce injury from bomb blasts.

Now it’s available for civilians.

While motorists, even CEOs, rarely experience bomb blasts on the highway, they do have collisions and window breakage.

But Jordan Frankel, vice president of marketing, says VehicleGARD isn’t for the man or woman who commutes to work in a 1989 Accord. It’s for the VIP in a late-model prestige car.

For military usage, the film is on front, side and rear windows. For civilian usage, only side windows are coated because that’s where those intent on breaking in can best reach chief executives or celebrities.

“The biggest reason for civilian usage is to protect CEOs and celebrities concerned about carjackings or people breaking the windows to pull the wife, child or CEO out to hold hostage,” Frankel said. “The glass has to be struck several times before it breaks so the film slows intruders to give you time to drive away.”

But such protection isn’t cheap.

The film costs $1,000 to $1,500, depending on the car (www.shattergard.com). It’s sold and shipped in a do-it-yourself kit so a CEO can apply it in about four hours.

The company has specs for nearly all cars and ships the film cut to fit your vehicle, along with application tools and a step-by-step instructional video.

Because not every CEO or celebrity is willing to spend four hours in the garage applying the film, the company can arrange for an installer to do the work at the office or at home for about $350, Frankel said.

Perhaps a great welcome-home gift when Martha Stewart gets out of jail?