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Accounting for Local Hospitals in Emergency Preparedness

Hospital Incident Command Systems (HICS) are a component of security and emergency management that is often overlooked in many of the disaster plans in the United States.

Dean C. Alexander

March 1, 2014

Counterterrorist operatives perform drills on securing and neutralizing threats at major target areas. Although this is an extremely important concept to master, often ignored is one of the most important components in community disaster preparedness: the local area hospital.

How the Fear of Terrorism Drives Corporate and National Culture

The threat of terrorism is shaping the cultural response to security in nations around the world – how is it affecting your enterprise?

Daniel Antonius Ph.D Justin Sinclair Ph.D

November 5, 2013

Terrorism has emerged in the last decade as one of the most critical issues with which governments must contend, topping most Western nations’ agendas in terms of resource allocation. For example, some reports indicate the United States has spent more than one trillion dollars waging the “War on Terror” – money and resources that may have been allocated very differently in the absence of such threats.

How to Implement Security Officer Physical Fitness Standards

Managing the perception of security officers plays a major role in personnel and corporate safety – how can a physical fitness build more confidence in the enterprise security department?

Andy Tufano

September 1, 2013

The vast majority of security industry leaders agree that the key to professionalizing our industry is establishing and maintaining high standards.

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?