IN CASE OF EMERGENCY, INVOLVE EVERYONE
LARRY ANDERSON, Editor
A flying student and his instructor accidentally took their Cessna into airspace over Washington, D.C., this month, setting off multiple evacuations of...
Vulnerability To Go
By Jacqueline Emigh
Protecting desktop PCs is tough enough, but securing mobile devices is even harder. Yet as laptops, PDAs, and cell phones proliferate inside and around...
Who's In Charge?
By MICHAEL FICKES
Some companies today appear to be exerting greater management control over their contract security guard forces. While greater control may improve security,...
Ping, Power and Pipes
By Jacqueline Emigh
Jewelers and bankers are both well known for concealing shiny valuables inside of vaults. Less conspicuously, other companies are now doing much the same...
THE WALLS HAVE EARS
By KEVIN D. MURRAY
Eavesdropping detection is a serious business in the corporate environment, and counterespionage work is a full-time specialty within the security field....
Fight to the Finish
BY JACQUELINE EMIGH
Organizations can lose just as much money and even more through cyber-abuse than from criminal activities of the physical sort. As hacking techniques...
THE BUSINESS CASE for Workplace Violence Prevention
By MICHAEL FICKES
Many companies do not appear to believe that the risks posed by workplace violence demand a workplace violence prevention program. They may draw this...
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...
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...
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...
Security Spending Lags at Mid-Level
Nearly half of mid-sized U.S. companies say they have not raised spending on security since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, even though six in 10 executives...
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...
DOUBLE STANDARDS
By JACQUELINE EMIGH
Private companies and government are collaborating on new industry standards in areas combining both physical and information security, such as emergency...
FROM GREEN TO SEEING RED
BY DONALD SCHMIDT
It seems to happen every few months: Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge elevates the threat level to in response to terrorist activities either at...
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...
Mission: Morale
By Glen Kitteringham, CPP
It takes more than a paycheck to get employees to come to work every day and do a good job. Attention must also be paid to what motivates employees, and...
Nuclear facilities may eliminate use of private guards
After a rash of security lapses, the U.S. Energy Department is looking to create an elite force of federal guards to protect plutonium and weapons-usable...
Nuclear facilities may move to eliminate private guards
DOWNTOWN SECURITY, UPTOWN TECHNOLOGIES
by MICHAEL FICKES
Gregg Popkin is haunted by the fear that the next terrorist attack might hit one of the 110 buildings in his property management portfolio. I don't let...
Crushed By Too Much Information
By Jacqueline Emigh
Certain cyberattacks are severe enough to bring even giants to their knees. Known as denial of service (DoS) attacks, these hacking crimes can shut down...
Security Structure Should Match the Corporate Culture
By Glen Kitteringham
Corporate culture has a big impact on a security department. Often a company's culture dictates whether the security department emphasizes service or...
Ensuring Security Success for Aetna
Aetna Inc. is a world-class healthcare and life insurance company, but when it came to their access control and security requirements, they previously...
Information Feeding Frenzy
By Jacqueline Emigh
At more and more organizations today, people can plug into the Internet from just about anywhere conference rooms, the lobby, even hallways. With the...
Information Overload
Users and suppliers were bombarded with information about all aspects of the security industry at the Corporate Security Roundtable 2004, Feb. 1-3 in...
Security Hot Spot: Protecting Reception Areas
By James Gompers
It's really easy to overlook lobbies and reception areas when it comes to designing and implementing an overall security strategy. After all, security...
