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How to Detect and Thwart Recent Fraud Trends

Internal Controls Improve; Collusion Schemes Increase

May 14, 2013

As fraud controls get stronger, criminal elements start teaming up to beat the system. But, as Jason Lelio points out, collusions schemes get harder and harder when faced with stringent internal controls.

How Boston’s Hotels Maintained Security after the Marathon Bombings

When Trouble Came to Boston, Training and Partnerships Helped it Rally

Michael J. Soper

May 14, 2013

For many of Boston's hotel security directors, the day started like so many other Marathon Mondays, a calm morning full of excitement and anticipation for the events about to begin in the quaint New England town of Hopkinton, 26.2 miles from the Marathon's finish line in Boston's historic Copley Square.

Study Says Convicted Burglars Confirm Value of Alarms, Other Deterrents

May 10, 2013

University research funded by the Alarm Industry Research and Educational Foundation (AIREF) provides a look into the mind of a burglar by examining the behaviors of convicted offenders in three states.

Getting Smart about Smartphone Security

One-hundred and thirteen smartphones are stolen or lost every minute in the U.S.

Claire Meyer

May 9, 2013

One-hundred and thirteen smartphones are stolen or lost every minute in the U.S. How much data is that?

Demand for Terrorism Coverage Remains Strong

April 30, 2013

The recent bombing at the Boston Marathon serves as a stark reminder that mass violence, whether a result of terrorism or other acts, remains a critical threat for organizations.

Vendor System Integrations Accelerate in the Security Industry

Josh Sookman

April 23, 2013

With the shift from analog to digital and few managed systems to many, security operations teams are facing new challenges when it comes to managing vast amounts of real-time and archived information, and making sense of it all when important decisions need to be made quickly. Meet big data.

Poll says Americans Fear Background Checks Could Lead To Gun Confiscation

April 6, 2013

According to a poll, American voters say 48 - 38 percent that the government could use the information from universal background checks to confiscate legally-owned guns.

How Will Big Data Change Security?

In this three-article series, we will look at the underlying technologies that make up the Big Data revolution

Steve Van Till

April 1, 2013

The signs are all around that Big Data is the first major post-cloud technology that can change our useof data as much as the cloud has changed the way we deploy it.