Synergy: Focusing Outside

by Bill Zalud

Forget the turf wars and the badge versus badging arguments. Pushed by terrorism threats, local crime concerns, business sophistication and a lack of spending money, public-private cooperative projects have blossomed.

According to a review by Security Magazine of some of the best projects, the focus is on a business commitment to the community, niche enterprises spotlighting special threats, sharing of technology as well as a law enforcement desire to reach out to businesses and their employees. It's also a way for security leaders to look outside and see how they can improve the community as well as their own operation and internal profile.

What follows are spotlights on some high visibility public-private projects.

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Do You Know the Most Influential Person in the Security Industry?

Coverage of the 25 Most Influential People in Security will be the cover feature in the December issue of Security Magazine, which goes to more than 35,000 top security executives.

People could be:

• Chief security officers who shared their strategies and accomplishments.
• Enterprise CEOs with a vision relating business to security goals.
• Consultants and systems integrators making positive impact through clients.
• Persons researching or developing security technology.
• Public servants who best serve or challenge security executives and their mission.
• Association executives with a successful track record.

Requirements for nomination:

• Statement of the nominee's contributions and influence within the security profession.
• List of association memberships, industry involvement, authorships.

Please e-mail your nominations to Erin J. Fellores, Managing Editor of Security Magazine by Oct. 15th.

Please note: This list of 25 is reserved for end-users and consultants only; no vendor nominations will be accepted.

Plan to Attend the Security 500 on November 12th in NYC

The Security 500 Conference - Solutions for Enterprise Security focuses on critical business issues and enterprise solutions for security managers. This special one-day executive management program brings Security 500 leaders together to share strategies, solutions and challenges on both enterprise security issues and organizational leadership practices. The program is designed to help you meet with the increasing demands and challenges facing organizations in risk management, security and organizational leadership. Presentations and panels will be led by and include top security executives from The Security 500.

For full conference details click here. 

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