While traveling abroad, a doctor had an unencrypted laptop containing information on roughly 3,500 patients stolen and this incident lead to a million dollar plus fine.

This week members of the OSAC leadership and RISC teams again found themselves on the road.  They converged on Philadelphia together with thousands other security-focused professionals for the 58th Annual ASIS International Seminar.  David Schnorbus, Executive Director; Peter Ford, Deputy-Executive Director; Anna Rapp, Jennifer Hardwick, and Jacqueline Schools of our  RISC team – and I – greeted interested attendees who passed by our OSAC booth.  

Who did you meet at ASIS International last week? Between the editors, publisher and sales department of Security magazine, we walked the show floor a hundred times over and probably still didn’t get to everyone. But, just to be thorough, here’s the rundown of who I met at ASIS, and what we’re looking forward to for the rest of the year. 

From high schools to universities, as students come back to campus, so do called in or written threats of explosives.

Lack of protection of chip and PIN cards and card skimming are raising losses.

Cyber security is on the forefront of current ASIS president Eduard Emde's to-do list, and 2013 president Geoff Craighead plans to continue Emde's international efforts, as well as the industry's standard and certification requirements. 

Follow along with ASIS 2012 in Philadelphia with our coverage of the show's first day -- read more for the latest movement for cloud computing, partnerships and futuristic video management. 

Two masked gunmen managed to evade authorities after a bizarre bank heist in which they strapped what they said was a bomb to the bank manager.

There is a growing need to protect the dozens of tiny computers and electronic communications systems that are built into vehicles today.

Top stories this week include the most influential people in the industry, CFATS compliance and intelligent video capabilities.