Physical security leaders – increasingly mandated to keep facilities safe and operational during the pandemic – are being propelled into a unique position to become revenue preservers for their business. They are seen as first-order strategic, earning their “seat at the table” as revenue preservers alongside cybersecurity leaders – particularly as the gap between physical and cyber narrows.
Bill Schieder is a former FBI agent and current head of global physical security at shipping logistics startup, Flexport. Schieder worked in counterintelligence at the FBI before becoming a physical security, risk management and business continuity specialist.