The Art of Leadership In
the headlines we read much more about leadership failures than leadership
successes. The security professional aspiring to that coveted corporate
executive position may find it daunting to watch the parade of fiascos and
consequences the past several years have brought: Enron, HP, BAE, HealthSouth,
Vivendi, Parmalat.
At the Start of Private Security, Evolution is Evident Those executives who cover security at industrial and manufacturing enterprises see a lot more today including the impact of the economy, metal theft and more sophisticated employee threats.
by BillZalud
Beyond Analysis; Into Business Solutions At the Video Content Analysis conference I co-chaired earlier this year, Hal Weaver, capital implementation and product merchant with The Home Depot, said that video analysis has transformed into a multi-dimensional business tool.
Loading
and unloading containers at one of the world’s busiest ports is a challenge,
even when things go perfectly. In a major security video upgrade, one huge
facility saw flexibility and cost saving in turning away from traditional
cabling.
How to Stop Document Disasters Are you prepared for a
disaster that could cripple your facility? According to the Department of Labor
93 percent of businesses that experience a disaster go out of business within 5
years.
by StephenHoey
Image Transmission – IT with Alarm Monitoring Looking for a way to reduce recurring operating costs for the system, the IT staff at Davidson College turned to a long-time security and life safety systems integration partner.
Mobile Device – Where Logical and Physical Come Together Today’s
mobile phones combine nearly all functionality offered by separate portable
devices, making it a great advantage to the business, security and consumer
users who want to have everything at hand, and do not want to carry too many
gadgets or be afraid of leaving something behind.
Roger G. Johnston, Ph.D.,
CPP, offers his My Turn only slightly in jest. He is a vulnerability assessor
in physical security on the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National
Laboratory in Illinois.
Good
physical asset controls do not just happen. The process takes experience,
dedication, planning and superior communication. The same is true for designing
security systems for an existing or new building.
Distributed
denial of service (DDoS) attacks are designed to overwhelm a target network
with resource requests, leaving the victim unable to handle legitimate
requests.
by Dr.JoseNazario
Seeking Certification: Personal, Business Reasons; But What About Insurance? Daily newspaper articles and television news broadcasts draw audiences into the horrors of terrorist attacks, graphically display the mighty power of Mother Nature or attempt to explain the invisible threat of pandemic influenza.
by DavidShepherd
The Art of Leadership In
the headlines we read much more about leadership failures than leadership
successes. The security professional aspiring to that coveted corporate
executive position may find it daunting to watch the parade of fiascos and
consequences the past several years have brought: Enron, HP, BAE, HealthSouth,
Vivendi, Parmalat.
I’ve worked in the security industry for
several decades but there was always one conundrum that I couldn’t explain. Why
aren’t best practices always practiced?
Strategic
planning has made a comeback worldwide. Companies, governmental agencies and
nonprofits and their security departments are all adopting it.
by Dr.RebeccaStaton-Reinstein
Why Change is so Hard – And How to Handle It Imagine that right
before you drove home from work, someone told you that all the old traffic laws
had changed forever: red no longer meant stop and green no longer meant go. In
fact, all of the signs that used to guide you were no longer valid.
by Dr.GaryBradt
Wireless Access Tech in the Fast Lane Less
than a decade ago, highway transit authorities needed a convenient,
user-friendly way to identify vehicles and collect tolls while simultaneously
reducing delays at collection points.
