The Virtual Bank Vault
By Sandra Kay Miller
Walk into a bank and, chances are, you will see the standard vault, complete with massive steel door armed with thick, cylindrical pins. Unseen are the...
The Biometric Clock
By Carol Carey
For International Bank of Commerce (IBC), the decision to invest in a biometric computer security system has brought both expected and unexpected rewards....
Laptop theft could produce many Pandora's boxes
LARRY ANDERSON, EDITOR
When the laptop computer containing data on thousands of veterans was stolen earlier this year, it was easy to fear the worst: That someone had stolen...
Safeguards on the Rise
By Michael Fickes
The arrest of seven men allegedly plotting to bomb the Sears Tower in Chicago and the FBI building in Miami has re-focused the nation's attention on the threat of terrorist attacks on iconic urban skyscrapers. What high-rise buildings are at risk? The ...
Reducing Turnover
BY MICHAEL FICKES
High turnover is not unique to the security guard industry. It is a problem that afflicts dozens of industries, from long-haul trucking firms to janitorial...
Keeping it in the Family
Xilinx Inc., a $1.7 billion Silicon Valley company, leads one of the fastest growing segments of the semiconductor industry programmable logic devices...
Experience Counts
By Sandra Kay Miller
Billing itself as the on-ramp to the Internet for individuals and businesses worldwide, Arizona-based Go Daddy Inc. doesn't mess around when it comes...
8 Ways To Prepare Employees For A Crisis
By Dr. Andy Edelman
A critical incident in the workplace whether it is an armed robbery or even an extremely irate customer can transform employees' emotions from normal...
Employer-Friendly Drug Testing Trends
BY MICHAEL FICKES
As the drug testing industry begins to mature, a struggle for market share has broken out. And that may be good news for employers in need of drug testing...
DHS Helps Small Businesses Prepare For Emergencies
Designed as a call-to-action for business leaders, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched the Ready Business Mentoring Initiative, which...
The Power of IdM
By Sandra Kay Miller
Organizations are routinely poking more holes through their network perimeters to enable communication with employees, customers, partners and mobile...
Business Traveler Security Blunders
By Michael McCann
Effective security precautions require a conscious awareness of one's environment, as well as the need to exercise prudence, judgment and common sense. People traveling abroad on business should be aware that they may be targeted by terrorists, criminals, intelligence agencies or even a business competitor if they are in possession...
Time to move toward a common conclusion?
LARRY ANDERSON, EDITOR
Are you approaching the same point from two directions? Are you moving toward union or a common conclusion or result? Based on the prominence of the word...
Goodbye, Mr. Mayor
By Erin Semple
At the Sears Tower, Leroy Brown has been keeping the skyscraper secure for decades, even before it opened. In April, he gave his last orders as lead supervisor....
Sticky-Fingered Employees Threaten Offices
CORPORATE SECURITY Eemployers might want to lock up the supply cabinet before leaving the office. Why? It turns out that the majority of office workers...
No time for nuance in today's executive suite
LARRY ANDERSON, EDITOR
GET TO THE POINT. That's the message most security professionals hear when they try to talk to management. Often, the subtext goes something like this:...
Portable Peril
By Sandra Kay Miller
IT IS SAFE TO SAY there are plenty of tools on the market to secure data on laptops personal firewalls, portable firewalls, encryption hardware and software...
Security's Real Dollar Value
THE NEW YORK CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT employs 4.5 police officers for every 1,000 residents. Washington, D.C. fields seven officers for every 1,000 residents....
A Question of Convergence
By Michael Fickes
A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, while researching the security needs of large multi-location corporations, Quantum Secure Inc. of San Jose, Calif., discovered an odd correlation between logical and physical security requirements...
A Welcome Change
VISITOR MANAGEMENT is a prime concern for Hector Castro, corporate security director for Young and Rubicam. Not only is Castro responsible for security...
Organizations Spending More on Disaster Preparedness
BUSINESS CONTINUITY Spending for loss control services increased or remained flat for a vast majority of organizations in the past year, and the greatest...
Private Security Services Market Projected to Expand
U.S. demand for private contracted security services is expected to increase 4.3 percent per year to $48.3 billion in 2010, according to a report from...
Hacking at the Speed of Light
By Sandra Kay Miller
BREACHING FIBER-OPTIC CABLES was the leading plot in Tom Clancy's novel, Power Plays: Cutting Edge. Fiber-optics have also occasionally been tapped covertly...
It's More Than Price
By MICHAEL FICKES
ONCE A SECURITY DIRECTOR has decided to outsource with a contract guard service, the next challenges involve selecting a contract firm and then establishing...
Office Building Security Strategies Getting Smarter
Owners and landlords are gravitating toward a more strategic deployment of technology and personnel. The aim is to implement new technologies for added...
