It's All About Risk
By Sandra Kay Miller
FIREWALLS, intrusion detection/prevention systems, anti-virus and anti-spam/spyware solutions have typically fallen squarely in the realm of information...
Surveillance is a Money Issue
By Randy Southerland
AMERISTAR CASINO AND HOTEL is one of Kansas City's most successful gaming destinations. Its 2,900 slot machines and 100 gaming tables attract an steady...
Shelter-in-Place
By Andrea Houtkin
ON SEPT. 11, 2001, an evacuation took place at Tower 1 of the World Trade Center (WTC) complex after the tower was hit by a terrorist-piloted plane. People...
Legal experts weigh in on monitoring employee e-mails
Employees generally know that sending non-work-related e-mails, or surfing to personal-interest Web sites while on the job, is not a wise idea either...
House Money is Smart Money
By Michael Fickes
GAMBLING CASINOS AROUND THE WORLD may soon begin to install new radio frequency identification (RFID) gaming chips and other smart table technology to...
C-Suite Lingo
BY MICHAEL FICKES
Listen in as a senior executive committee plans a new research and development (R&D) installation. Eastern Europe would make an excellent location for...
IP To The Rescue
COASTAL SUNBELT PRODUCE, a Savage, Md.-based distributor of fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, has replaced its legacy CCTV security system with an IP-based...
CHICAGO PLAN MAY SOON REQUIRE BUSINESSES TO INSTALL CCTV
Licensed businesses that are open for more than 12 hours a day would be required to install security cameras in their stores and parking lots under a...
Cover Your Assets
By Sandra Kay Miller
TENANTS OF THE ANACAPA BUSINESS PARK, Ventura, Calif., considered themselves fortunate that their desks afforded a view of Ventura Harbor to combat the...
ROI
By Michael Fickes
Do not try to tell a chief executive officer that a brand new $1 million access control, intrusion alarm and closed circuit television (CCTV) security...
Following the Fleet
By Erin Semple
THE CONTINENTAL GROUP, a property management and services company based in Hollywood, Fla., had one of its company vehicles stolen last year. The company...
Encryption is the Key
By Sandra Kay Miller
Encryption has a history spanning more than 4,000 years and even today it continues to play an increasing role in modern security practices. No longer...
WORKPLACE THEFT HITS SMALL BUSINESSES THE HARDEST
Disbelief is a common reaction when a trusted employee, manager or owner steals from a small business. But experts say the trust level in smaller businesses...
Resolve To Learn
By Michael Fickes
Professional development may be more important than ever for today's security directors, says John Gehrlein, certified protection professional (CPP) and...
Handle With Care
By Richard W. Pavely
Mail center security is often relegated to the mail center management, which means the mail may not be as safe as it should be. Security professionals...
Biometrics in 2006
By Michael Fickes
At the beginning of the 20th century, the federal government decided that U.S. Navy ships should be made out of steel. Up until that time, the steel industry...
IMPROPERLY STORED DATA POSES CORPORATE RISK, REPORT SAYS
Fifty-four percent of more than 300 companies responding to a recent survey have no documented procedures for protecting stored data, and 70 percent of...
How To Think About Return On Investment
By Michael Fickes
Few security directors have mastered the concept of return on investment or ROI. For starters, it seems complicated. It looks like a hard nut to crack,...
INTEGRATION ISSUES ON THE TABLE
WHEN IT IS TIME to install a new security system, where do you begin the process? What are the roles of security dealers, security consultants and system...
A New Breed of Virus
By Jacqueline Emigh
OLD-FASHIONED VIRUS ATTACKS ARE CORRUPTING COMPANIES these days from newer malicious software, or which includes Internet chat, high-end cell phones and...
VIP Treatment
By Erin Semple
A terminated employee threatens upper management, vowing to return and kill his supervisor. Working with the local police and company security personnel,...
TACKLING THE CONTRACT GUARD SERVICES TURNOVER ISSUE
If there seems to be too much turnover among a company's contract guards, maybe it's because guard services are treated as commodities by the customer...
Security For Instant Drug Tests
By Michael Fickes
HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENTS HAVE TRADITIONALLY MANAGED DRUG-TESTING PROGRAMS FOR COMPANIES, but today's new rapid or instant drug-testing technologies...
BEST DEFENSE STRATEGY: CORPORATE DENIAL
LARRY ANDERSON, EDITOR
GOOD CORPORATE SECURITY starts with a risk assessment right? It's one of the more basic tenets of the security trade, and yet one that is being called...
Ethics 101
By Michael Fickes
WHAT IF THE MANUFACTURER OF A WILDLY POPULAR METAL GADGET asked its security guard service to begin screening employees with metal detectors as the employees...
