How Government Experience Serves Today's Security Leaders
EDITOR'S NOTE: There are six areas of knowledge that successful security programs of the future must incorporate. They are government elements, security...
Holiday Presents Raise Endpoint Security Concerns
Centennial Software, a developer of endpoint security and IT asset management solutions, has warned organizations to prepare for an influx of personal...
10 Tips For Data Safety From A Former CIA Officer
Today's global economy often requires that professionals conduct business while on-the-go. That makes protecting personal and corporate information a...
Partners Converge
By Michael Fickes
A couple of months ago, a security manager at O'Hare International Airport handed a box of green, color-coded security badges to a worker and told him...
Maximize Protection From Fraud
The majority of fraud schemes occurring within organizations are discovered through the receipt of employee tips, according to a recent report cited in...
Are You Considering All Your Risk?
By Marleah Blades
If someone told you that your security program neglected to consider major risks to your organization, you would probably want to know immediately what...
Virtual Options For A Real Emergency
By Liz Lancaster Carver
As threats and technology change, security leaders should look at how the company's work environment capabilities support the changes should a shutdown...
Video On The Docket
By Stephanie Silk
Rose Stone was knocked down in the doorway of a Marriott Hotel in Manhattan because the hotel's interior automatic doors closed on her. Miranda Shadday...
Proprietary Risk
By Stephanie Silk
Classified information is usually thought of as names of undercover agents, government secrets or law enforcement records. But one unlikely secret bank...
Facilitating Loyalty
Here is a way to develop, encourage and maintain employee loyalty within your organization, according to The Encyclopedia of Security Management, by John...
Getting A Grip On Cybercrime
By Sandra Kay Miller
Telecom worker William Bryant was asked to leave Cox Communications, the third largest cable provider in the country with more than 6 million residential...
A Potential Mobile Mess
By Marleah Blades
You're probably used to seeing the epilogue Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld below the signature of e-mails from your busy colleagues. You may...
Lights, Camera, Action
Bosch Security Systems Inc., a full-line manufacturer of high-quality security solutions, has been selected by CBS Studio Center to provide video surveillance...
Partner Practice
By Ashley Roe
Suppliers in the security industry are realizing the advantages of collaboration over competition in producing converged and integrated technologies that...
The Project Life Cycle, Nexus for Security Convergence
BY MIKI CALERO, CISM, PMP
Challenges to be faced in achieving security convergence include identifying stakeholders and organizational influences. The project life cycle (PLC)...
3 Keys To A Successful Incident Response Plan
BY DONNA ROSS
Relationships In my experience, relationships are the most critical element of incident response planning. Business partners, IT support staff and other...
Balancing Man and Machine
By Marc Bognar CCP
The 20th century witnessed the most rapid change of any century so far and all because of advances in technology. Each decade brought a revolutionary...
Spotting And Stopping Today's Thieves
By Steven May
Retail loss prevention (LP) experts have bad news for retailers when it comes to stopping today's thieves: there's no shortcut. Because today's thieves...
A Regimen For Security
While the retail industry has a unique set of security problems, the loss prevention and operations challenges retailers face and the solutions they use...
Remembering The 3 Cs Can Ensure A Successful Evacuation Plan
By John McCarthy, J.D.
Emergency situations tend to confuse and panic employees, but a carefully crafted evacuation plan can provide a degree of order and discipline to an otherwise...
Don't Just Converge Partner
By Robert B. Holm
I've been in a corporate security role for more than 25 years with five different Fortune 200 companies, and no matter where I've been, corporate security...
New InfoSec Standard Launched For 2007
The Information Security Forum (ISF) has publicly launched the 2007 version of its International Standard of Good Practice for Information Security, which...
Study Reveals Insight for Mobile Wireless User Protection
Aglobal third-party study commissioned by Cisco Systems Inc. and the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) reveals behavioral findings among mobile...
Remain Vigilant Against Copper Theft
By James F. Smith II
Utility and telecommunications companies, government agencies, builders and consumers have all been victims of increasing incidents of metal theft. Beginning...
The Partner
By Randy Southerland
When it comes to security at national retailer Target Corp., Minneapolis, the best approach is one of partnership. Working closely with others - whether...
