The Role of Human Relations for Security Officers
By ADRIA STRAUSBAUGH
Security officers are often the first people that visitors or employees come in contact with at an organization. They serve to protect the organization...
SURGE OF PROTECTION
By Karl A. Seger
Since the Sept. 11 attacks, federal agencies have required vulnerability assessments for most water utilities, natural gas transmission and distribution...
DON'T MESS With This Texas Bank
At 11:42 a.m. on Dec. 5, 2003, a man dressed in dark pants, a white shirt, black gloves and a black mask walked into Citizens National Bank (CNB) in Mount...
Finding Effective Security at a Fair Price
By OBIE MOORE
Significant savings and performance benefits can be realized through outsourcing, whether in the form of contracting full-time to a guard services provider...
The Importance of Specs
By Don Sturgis
Testing Physical Security The Importance Testing a physical security system at various stages of installation ensures that the user's functional requirements...
SECURITY HOT SPOT: Control Rooms
BY JAMES GOMPERS
The security control room, or Security Operations Center, is often seen as the of an integrated security management system. Senior management likes to...
A New Level in Building Integration
by MICHAEL FICKES
Over the next year or two, a new Internet capability called Web services will transform the way security directors use technology to provide and manage...
ID AND THE NEED TO KNOW
by JACQUELINE EMIGH
Identifying employees and company visitors is not what it used to be. Waves of corporate financial scams, federal regulatory changes and international...
BOMA Measures the RISING COST of Security
PARKE CHAPMAN
Expenditures on building security have risen over the past three years, with the spending at government-owned and -leased buildings climbing the most...
Tested & Ready
By Don Sturgis
Testing does not stop after acceptance tests are completed and the physical security system is fully online. Instead, testing simply takes on different...
ON THE JOB
WE ASKED, YOU ANSWERED Are Armed Security Guards More Effective? I would have to answer yes and no.Yes, an armed security officer is more effective as...
THE Benefits OF Fiber
By Jacqueline Emigh
When thinking about security, is probably the last thing on Earth that comes to mind. Yet, ironically, in the form of fiber-optic cable, glass has formed...
Biometrics In The Mainstream
By Corrina Stellitano
Not so long ago, biometric suppliers tended to provide uncustomized black boxes with unchanging components. Now, more biometric suppliers are scrapping...
SECURITY HOT SPOT DATA CENTERS
BY JAMES GOMPERS
The information nerve center of an organization should have high-end protection using technologies such as biometrics and smart cards. With information...
It's A Matter Of Ethics
By Thomas Leo, CPP
Many firms have a policy on ethics, morality, honesty a code of conduct for doing business. Many do not, and should consider these issues carefully as...
Frances, Charley Teach Us Lessons in Continuity
LARRY ANDERSON, Editor
The remnants of Hurricane Frances did very little damage in Atlanta, where our editorial office is located. By the time the once-mighty storm made it...
Code Of Ethics
A. Internal Conduct& Practices Adherence to the Law: In all pursuits on behalf of the company, employees are expected to abide by all established laws...
RACE TO A CURE
By JACQUELINE EMIGH
Blaster, BackOrifice, and MyDoom are just a few of the rapidly growing numbers of viruses and other malicious software programs that find their way into...
Violence Issues Unresolved for Many Companies
A recent follow-up survey by the American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) has found that many companies and organizations in all industries have yet...
2004 Security Honor Roll
Steve Bias Executive director of public safety, Nova Southeastern University Challenging Conventional Police and Security Systems Beliefs at Nova University...
FIRST-CLASS SECURITY
BY RANDY SOUTHERLAND
Richard Duncan noses the black Ford security car out onto the runway of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Looking carefully both ways,...
AVAYA optimizes access control on a
As the saying goes, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. That is certainly true of telecom giant, Avaya Inc., the of Lucent Technologies and of AT&T,...
The First 30 Days
By Don Sturgis
Should one accept a physical security system being installed at a facility without first testing its operation? Shouldn't the system be tested for conditions...
Keeping It Mutually Beneficial
By ROBERT J. MARTIN, CPP
Anyone who uses contract guard services knows the challenges and problems that ensue. Annual spending on guard service in the United States is estimated...
PUT YOUR SYSTEM TO THE TEST
By DON STURGIS
The system demonstration test portion of a Site Acceptance Test (SAT) involves the most people, requires the most advanced planning, and is the task that...
