With the growing visibility around cyber breaches, there is now a heightened sensitivity among corporate boards and executive teams as they become more engaged in the management of cyber risk, and its ability to impact their business and personal indemnity.
How would you feel if a thief rang your doorbell at home and said, “I want you to help me burglarize your home?” How would feel if a crook knocked on your door and said, “Will you look the other way while I steal your car and your kids’ bikes and rip out some of your shrubs?”
A key factor in establishing trust is the presence of a Security Operations Center (SOC). The SOC is charged with monitoring and protecting many assets, such as intellectual property, personnel data, business systems and brand integrity.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has opened registration for its annual public policy and government security technology conference, SIA GovSummit.
The Health Care Workplace Violence Prevention Act would direct OSHA to create a standard that would require healthcare facilities to develop and implement facility- and unit-specific workplace violence prevention plans.
Although minority representation in cybersecurity is higher than the overall U.S. workforce (26 percent vs. 21 percent), these professionals are disproportionately in non-management roles.
Security professionals are tasked with addressing reputational risk as well as physical risk, but are our own departments and industry doing enough to avoid being a risk to the enterprise as a whole? It’s time to take a good, hard look at your workplace and ask if it is inclusive, supportive and fair.
The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced on March 8 that it was establishing a Women in Security Forum to support the participation of women in the security industry. According to SIA, “through programs, professional development and networking events, the committee will engage members, both men and women, who share this goal.”
United Airlines and Special Olympics International announced the expansion of their relationship globally, celebrating in their shared vision to end discrimination against people with intellectual disabilities.
RSS
