Get to know Dennis Treece, Director of Corporate Security for the Massachusetts Port Authority. Whom in his organization does he take the time to interact with, and why?
How did your career in security begin? Why did you decide upon this profession?
It’s a question that I ask people who I mentor. In my case, the Army decided it for me. When I entered the Army at the end of Vietnam War, I moved from infantry to intelligence, and much of my duties involved security. During my 30 year career in the Army, I had many opportunities to get involved in security. During my last assignment, I was the IT security official for all U.S. army Internet connected networks in Europe. So I became one of those rare people with experience in both Physical and IT security. After the Army I worked in Atlanta for a company that managed firewalls and watched cyber attacks in real time against banks and insurance companies. Then after 9/11 I got a phone call from Massport, and I’ve been here ever since. Fundamentally, though, security principles are the same, regardless where you apply them.
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