Articles Tagged with ''international security news''

Between January 1, 2009, and December 31, 2013, there were 413 fatalities from mass shootings in the 34 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Workplace violence incidents are not isolated to any one country, so global enterprises should maintain plans for active shooter or workplace violence events for each country of operations. Learn where to start with these top five universal recommendations.

North American financial executives perceived an increase in the rate of online account takeover attacks (63 percent) compared to their global counterparts (50 percent) in 2013, but the actual rate of attempted and actual wire and automated clearinghouse (ACH) fraud related to account takeover is lower in North American financial enterprises than at the global institutions, according to an ACI Worldwide survey, Strategies to Prevent Attacks on Commercial Accounts.

But while the smartphone case, debuted at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, is marketed primarily for personal use, including identifying wildlife, detecting home energy loss or a variety of other practical and creative uses, thermal cameras remain a valuable investment for enterprise security leaders, even though you can’t fit them in your pocket.

Mexico’s government pledged Monday to take control of a violent western state after days of fighting between masked vigilantes and members of one of the country’s most powerful drug cartels, Reuters reports.

Removal of security roadblocks, freezes on duty-free alcohol and food, and investigations into the pay of Indian staff at U.S. embassies are affecting U.S. diplomats abroad as Indian officials retaliate after an Indian diplomat was detained and searched in New York. 

As Chicago works to entice foreign tourists, France is telling its citizens to avoid Chicago’s West Side and the South Side below 59^th Street.

Only three days after one of the largest diamond thefts in history, two armed robbers held up a luxury watch store in Cannes, only a half-mile from the site of the diamond heist.

A fight between climbers and Sherpa guides prompted a vow for stronger climber security from Nepali officials. 

The island nation has hired nearly 300 additional security personnel to ensure bank safety during the national reopening.