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How to Train Your Security Training Program

The foundation for creating a security department is risk evaluation and training, and taking training out of the binder and using it in the field could be the key to a thriving program.

Shawn Reilly

September 1, 2013

No matter if you have a proprietary or contracted security force, these officers must be properly trained.

Pursuing Higher Education to Compete in the Security Industry

The challenges facing security professionals have evolved exponentially over the last few years

Jason Hudson

June 1, 2013

The challenges facing security professionals have evolved exponentially over the last few years

4 Ways to Improve IT Collaboration

Ron Woerner

March 1, 2013

For a long time, security was its own entity in the IT infrastructure. Security and IT didn’t always see eye to eye, and there were often points of contention. Nowadays, as collaboration between the two has become more common, both IT and security are combining forces to better understand the risks and threats to the enterprise.

Next-Generation Security Training Planned for ISC West 2013

Arminda Valles-Hall

January 29, 2013

Next Generation Security is not just the focus of the Security Industry Association’s (SIA) ISC West 2013 educational program; it’s the means by which leading security professionals create enterprise-wide value through security.

Educating Employees to Build Better Cyber Security

Ron Woerner

December 1, 2012

To err is human, to prevent err is IT info-security’s job. Dealing with the weakest link in the IT security chain – people – has its challenges.

Managing Compliance and Due Diligence in International Hiring

Lester Rosen

November 1, 2012

Employers have long recognized that conducting due diligence on new hires is a mission critical task. When it comes to any position dealing with Information Technology (IT), the stakes go up exponentially due to the sensitive nature of access to data and systems that operate the company.

U.S. Security Shifting to Preventative Methods

Michael Rozin

October 1, 2012

Let’s start with the basics: the reason we take off our shoes at the airport is because the shoe bomber tried to get a bomb on a plane. The reason we can only carry on 3-ounce bottles? Someone tried to get a liquid bomb on a plane. Body scanners? Underwear bomber. But what if we took a look at suspicious behavior of the people attempting these acts of terrorism instead of relying primarily on machines to do our dirty work?

Educating Security Officers with Sector-Specific Training

Brent O'Bryan

September 4, 2012

Security officers are our first line of defense and work tirelessly for our protection. Behind the public face of the security officer lives an expertly prepared and ever vigilant professional who is well-trained and highly knowledgeable about their location and market.

Creating an Effective Whistleblower Program

Jim Ratley

August 1, 2012

Whistleblower tips are the most common method of detecting occupational fraud. Research by the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners shows that more than 60 percent of frauds are uncovered by tips; in organizations with a hotline in place, tips expose more than half of all frauds. Further, nearly 40 percent of tips are received from internal employees.

How Security Executives Can Leverage Expert Witnesses

Steven C. Millwee

July 1, 2012

Awakened from a deep sleep by the midnight call, the corporate-level chief security officer of this Fortune 500 Company knew he was in for a nightmare. His director of security for the firm’s Texas manufacturing facility was on the brink of panic. “One of our employees gunned down, execution-style, a female coworker at the time-clock, fired multiple shots at other employees, and then blew his brains out in the cafeteria. The police are here. It’s bad – real bad.” The CSO knows how the rest of the story will unfold, because local management had severely underestimated future risks when the employee was involved in a serious altercation with the same coworker months earlier.