Articles Tagged with ''security management''

GridEx has grown to be the largest distributed play exercise of its kind in North America, serving as a critical benchmark that maximizes the ability of organizations to coordinate with neighboring utilities and reliability coordinators to effectively exercise and address grid reliability issues.

As threats evolve from emboldened and increasingly sophisticated malicious actors targeting critical infrastructure, the electric sector has developed a holistic and shared-responsibility approach that has supported key improvements to the security posture and culture of electric companies.

By making resilience a priority for an organization, business leaders can reduce disruptions and lessen the consequences from risks that may materialize. To build a framework for the future, considerations must include preparedness, hazard mitigation, insurance and resilience in the context of emerging risks.

Ellen K. Tannor has been named Executive Director at the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC). 

All too often, people feel they need to push their personal limits at work, at the expense of their mental, physical and emotional health. How can leadership combat burnout across security teams by prioritizing an employee's well-being?

Disinformation, long used to spread and advance political ideologies, is now being used to damage Western corporations and economies, as reported by a new Network Contagion Research Institute study.

Many security teams are still playing catch up on the risks introduced by technologies that were rapidly implemented and poorly vetted during the pandemic, while also being forced to stretch resources to counter increasingly frequent sophisticated attacks. As we edge closer to the reality of hybrid work, it’s critical that security teams begin rigorously preparing. 

As in-person engagement has slowed or ceased because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the industry has shifted and security professionals still have ways of engaging, networking, advancing their security careers, and maintaining their professional reputations—virtually or as a hybrid. Here’s how.

According to a report by Honeywell, improving cybersecurity for operational technology (OT) systems ranks as one of the top priorities for surveyed facility managers over the next 12 to 18 months. 

Security magazine is pleased to announce our 2021 Most Influential People in Security – 10 top security executives and industry leaders who are positively impacting the security field, their organization, their colleagues and peers, and the national and global security landscape.