A persistent “eye in the sky” that supports security and safety seems to be a prudent step as we mature our ability to “get ahead” of events, like the tragic Astro World concert or the July 4th shooting in Illinois, that may cause injury or death.
Insider threats can cause extensive damage to national security. To combat this threat, the U.S. must update and adapt current security practices, including the background check process.
Security teams of all sectors face incidents of violence, anxiety, escalation and trauma during their careers. For a security leader, fostering a healthy workplace environment following trauma or helping managers and frontline security personnel navigate such incidents is particularly essential to healing, reducing turnover, and allowing everyone in the workplace to feel heard, respected and confident.
Some organizations believe that the use of public cloud services allows them to outsource all of their security needs, but often those options don't cover an organization's entire threat surface.
According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Victims of Crime, workplace homicides declined between 1995 and 2015. Yet workplace homicides are not the most common form of workplace violence — simple assault is. Simple assault is defined by the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) as an attack without a weapon that results in no injuries or minor injuries (e.g., cuts, scratches, black eyes), or any injury requiring fewer than two days in the hospital.
