Guard services start with a contract
CHRISTOPHER A. HERTIG, CPP, CPO
As any asset protection professional can attest, contracts are an extensive part of protective services. As the services provided by contract firms continue...
10 steps to prepare for a radically changing industry
SANDRA JONES
The explosive evolution of security can place dealers who are not prepared at a disadvantage. Security has evolved from a simple control and key formula...
Plain talk from an end-user
SAL DePASQUALE Where can you turn for systems expertise? Here's how Georgia-Pacific met the challen
Is contracting right for you?
CHRISTOPHER A. HERTIG,CPP, CPO
Contracting for guard services makes good management sense when the client cannot perform the service for themselves due to lack of expertise and logistical,...
Chevron aims for worldwide single-card access
MICHAEL FICKES
Access control and closed-circuit television systems for Chevron Corp. reached a breaking point back in 1993 at one of its Bay area facilities. A software...
A data-driven security program helps justify costs to management
MICHAEL A. STUGRIN
At the American Society for Industrial Security Conference and Exhibition last September, more than 150 senior security practitioners packed a seminar...
Information security critical to success
TINA D'AVERSA-WILLIAMS
The information on computer networks is the lifeline of most organizations. As the Internet and private intranets begin to dominate business communication,...
Guard services companies use technology to measure up
RICHARD E. MOULTON
Today's re-engineered, right-sized and merged companies are demanding more from their suppliers - including guard services companies. In response, guard...
Asset tracking: Not just for retail
TINA D'AVERSA-WILLIAMS
Asset protection- including electronic article surveillance (EAS), identification, tracking, and protection from theft - is a major concern of security...
TERRORISM: The security director's role
MICHAEL FICKES
One morning, the CEO phones, asking what you think about the possibility of a terrorist attack against the company. What do you say? What steps do you...
Securing the network
JOEL KONICEK and KAREN LITTLE
A new layer of information technology (IT) is gradually being added to physical security's list of things to interface. This layer involves the integration...
At Northrop Grumman,Ed Halibozek keeps security consistent but flexible
GEORGE PARTINGTON
For the past four years, Ed Halibozek has been the top security professional at Northrop Grumman Corp., a leading defense contractor and commercial aerostructure...
Securing the network: Don't let a cyber-faceoff push your career offline
JOEL KONICEK and KAREN LITTLE
Try creating a partnership with the management information systems department. It will help you manage the interface of security and the network. Start...
How do security directors interact with IS departments?
GEORGE PARTINGTON and KATE HENRY
What is the relationship between the information systems (IS) department and the security department? According to our interviews with security directors...
How to choose a system supplier: Approach it systematically
GARY DANIEL, DAVE LINN and BILL REED
You could spend millions to acquire and implement a new security system. How can you make sure the supplier you choose is equipped to meet your needs?...
Security Honor Roll Joseph Mansfield puts together a nationwide network for Sprint PCS
GEORGE PARTINGTON
In his rare leisure time, Joseph L. Mansfield enjoys a round of golf, even though, he says, he spends more time going sideways than he does straight to...
Security Honor Roll
GEORGE PARTINGTON
Pete Blizniak of CVS Pharmacy faces challenges of growth through acquisition Pete Blizniak enjoys difficult challenges. The more difficult, the better....
Leading by example at Pratt & Whitney
GEORGE PARTINGTON
At the large aircraft engine manufacturer, Scott Summerer is building one of the best security programs in the world. He achieves excellence through employee...
Security Honor Roll --Robert Lang
KATE HENRY
Protecting the integrity of classified government research efforts, defending against intellectual piracy, building a state-of-the-art security command...
Security Honor Roll --Robert Vance
KATE HENRY
As director of safety, security and police for the Millard Fillmore Health System, Buffalo, N.Y., Robert C. Vance III, CPP, surrounds himself with people...
Security Honor Roll--- Sandy Cowie
KATE HENRY
It is hard to say to whom Sandy Cowie, CPP, is more valuable: the global financial giant whose security/safety operation she runs, or her Des Moines,...
Security Honor Roll Vince Nye of NEC Electronics
KATE HENRY
It was a good day for crime prevention when former police sergeant Vince Nye, CPP, entered the fold of private security. A case in point: As a result...
Security Honor Roll - Brian Haley sows seeds of effective security at Dow AgroSciences
GEORGE PARTINGTON
Name a job, Brian Haley can manage it. Construction and maintenance manager? Haley was one during the 1980s for Federated Department Stores and Allied...
Security Honor Roll
KATE HENRY
Leonard Carson, CPP, has a unique perspective on the symbiosis between man and machine. In his distinguished 27-year Air Force career, Carson served the...
Coping with any disaster
Dr. STEPHENIE SLAHOR
Could your company cope with a disaster? Your answer could be "yes" if you do some planning now based on what must be protected (single site, multiple...
