Articles Tagged with ''operational security''

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Synopsys Study Shows 91% of Commercial Applications Contain Outdated or Abandoned Open Source Components

May 12, 2020

A new Synopsys report highlights trends and patterns in open source usage within commercial applications, and provides insights and recommendations to help organizations better manage open source risk from a security, license compliance, and operational perspective.

How Retailers Can Leverage Their Security Infrastructure to Improve Operational Efficiency

Jordan Rivchun

February 25, 2020

Retailers today face a number of security challenges, including shoplifting, shrink and theft at the point of sale, protecting the premises after hours, slip and fall lawsuits and much more. Adding complexity to the security challenge is that retailers face these threats in a variety of locations within stores, each of which comes with its own unique requirements. Today’s flexible, intelligent surveillance cameras offer a variety of form factors and capabilities that allow them to address the range of security and operational challenges.

Healthcare, Nonprofit, Education Organizations Win Baldrige Awards for Performance Excellence

November 18, 2019

NIST and the U.S. Department of Commerce announced that six organizations will be presented with the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award.

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Evolve or Fail: Solving the Challenge of Operational Resilience in Today’s Business Climate

Richard Cooper

September 5, 2019

Operational resilience refers to a business’s ability to prevent, respond to, recover and learn from operational disruptions. Without operational risk management, operational disruption to a business can impact financial stability, threaten the business’s overall viability, and/or harm consumers and other businesses. Yet challenges to ensuring resilience and continuity abound, and they grow more complex each year. But here is the good news: Solutions exist.

Human Error Caused 52 Percent of Cybersecurity Incidents in the Industrial Sector in 2018

August 23, 2019

Employee errors or unintentional actions were behind 52 percent of incidents affecting operational technology and industrial control system (OT/ICS) networks last year, according to a new Kaspersky report “State of Industrial Cybersecurity 2019”.

Top Trends in Addressing Operational Challenges Through Technology in Physical Security

Tim Lozier

June 21, 2019

In the Security Guard industry, there is a tremendous level of complexity and market factors that are creating various challenges to reduce costs, improve profitability and operate in the most efficient manner possible.

Understanding the Internet of Things

Part 1 in a 3-Part Series about the Internet of Things

Manny Linhares

August 29, 2017

The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices is greatly expanding the ecosystem in which physical security lives, opening up exciting new integration possibilities and business opportunities within the enterprise market.

Québec Airport Expansion Leads to Stronger, More Integrated Security Operations Center

At the Québec City Jean-Lesage Airport, just as operations and security work hand-in-hand, so do access control and video surveillance.

May 20, 2016

The Québec City Jean-Lesage International Airport caters to 11 airlines and serves 1.6 million passengers per year. The latest expansion beginning in 2006 increased the terminal’s capacity and helped to enhance the level of customer service, but it also led to an enhanced security and operations system that is driving both airport efficiency and safety.

How to Keep Up with Emerging Technologies and Risks

consumers hundreds of billions of dollars annually. In the United States, credit card fraud resulting from cyber intrusions has skyrocketed.

Lynn Mattice

April 1, 2014

Whether you are in a private or public enterprise, developing a solid base of intelligence on new and emerging technologies is a critical element in developing strategic and tactical responses to maintain operational continuity.

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