Security is one of the highest priorities for seaports throughout the Western Hemisphere. Protecting the people and cargo that move through these international shipping hubs and their surrounding communities is essential for ensuring public safety and keeping regional and national economies intact.
Frank McCourt's financial mismanagement of the Los Angeles Dodgers paved the way for Bryan Stow's violent beating and subsequent brain damage, according to lawyers for the Stow family.
Security practitioners from across the industry will find some exciting new offerings at the ASIS International 57th Annual Seminar and Exhibits (ASIS 2011) in Orlando, Florida, Sept. 19-22. A new partnership with (ISC)2 (“ISC-squared”) broadens the educational program and opens valuable new networking opportunities. In total, this year’s Seminar will offer attendees more than 180 educational sessions across 22 tracks.
Hotels could arm employees with panic buttons but are unlikely to put security cameras in hotel rooms following the alleged sexual assault of a maid by former IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, says a Reuters report.
The King County, Wash. Library System is removing security cameras from its libraries, worried that supplying security video to law-enforcement agencies could compromise patron privacy.
Researchers from technology security company McAfee have found that while an increasing number of consumers use mobile devices for both business and personal activities, most of them are unfamiliar with their employer's corporate policy on the use of mobile devices.
A 42-year-old resident of a facility for psychiatric patients got past security guards at the Willis Tower in Chicago last week and made his way to the 102nd floor before he was tracked down and held for police, said a Chicago Tribune report.
Sony said that it expects the cleanup cost from the data breaches it's suffered to cost at least $171 million. Sony said the data breach costs will affect revenues for its fiscal 2011 year, which ends on March 31, 2012.
A New York assemblyman says he wants the state to require hotels to provide their housekeepers with an emergency "panic button" that would help protect them from sexual assaults on the job.
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