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Earning Security Success by Monitoring the Marketplace

Knowing what is happening in the marketplace is vital to the success of your enterprise

March 1, 2014

Monitoring emerging trends, customer likes and dislikes, and understanding unmet customer needs can determine how rapid a rate of incline or decline your business experiences. Companies spend millions of dollars conducting surveys of customers, potential customers, industry experts and key opinion leaders to determine if their products or services effectively meet, exceed or miss market expectations.

Why Cybersecurity is a Business Necessity

For well over a decade, CEOs have been relegating the operational, legal, reputational and competitive risks associated with cybersecurity to those responsible for Information Technology.

Steven Chabinsky

March 1, 2014

Cybersecurity is the unsung linchpin of every company that has grown increasingly dependent upon vulnerable technologies, whether to communicate, to store sensitive data, or to manufacture and deliver its products and services.

How the Generational Security Gap Affects Security

Despite concerns about technology, clearly Americans still have a hard time unplugging.

Bill Zalud

December 1, 2013

I used to write stories like this on a typewriter back in the day. My articles turned out to be a mass of White-Outs to counter typing mistakes. It all made me dizzy. Today’s computer technology even auto-corrects my words, which sometimes is not a good thing.

What to Expect When Working with Cyber Cops

What your company, as a victim of a computer intrusion, should expect when working with the Feds.

Steven Chabinsky

December 1, 2013

In last month’s column, we explored the Top Five Reasons to Report Computer Intrusions to Law Enforcement. This month’s column will provide you with a sense of what your company, as a victim of a computer intrusion, should expect when working with the Feds.

How to Address International Incidents and Investigations

Shawn Clark

February 1, 2013

In a fiercely competitive international business landscape, corporations race to increase profits by taking advantage of lower labor, manufacturing and distribution costs that only emerging markets can offer.

Keeping New Video Analytics Simple

Keven Marier

February 1, 2013

Over the past year big improvements in how to install, configure and operate video analytics were made that will enable the acceleration of growth in adoption of video analytics. As any technology matures, new features are added and capabilities increase.

Evaluating the Role of Security Officers Today

Mark McCourt

February 1, 2013

The role and value of private security officers has always been clear to those in the security business. But “guard jokes,” from cartoons to movies are taking a back seat to reality as Newtown and other (now routine) mass shootings awakened the general public’s consciousness to the value and need for trained, professional security officers.

Incorporating Mobile Surveillance Options

Keven Marier

January 2, 2013

The two-way Motorola radio has been the cornerstone of real-time communications for the emergency response and security industry for nearly a century, and is soon to be complemented by smartphone technology. However, the smartphone isn’t going to be used for real-time voice, but will instead be a “must have” device for surveillance operations.

Push Ahead of Cyber Security Legislation

Mark McCourt

January 2, 2013

The rise in global security incidents, diminished budgets and downsized security programs have left organizations to deal with security risks that are neither well-understood nor consistently addressed. Executives around the world feel confident that they’re winning the high-stakes game of information security despite the growing number of obstacles, according to The Global State of Information Security® Survey2013 by PwC U.S. in conjunction with CIO and CSO magazines.

How Hurricane Sandy Affected the Unprepared

December 1, 2012

Say a prayer for Joclyn and Jeffrey Bard of Huntington, Long Island. They suffered through the ravages of Superstorm Sandy, as had millions of businesses and households in the northeast U.S. Licking their wounds, the Bards in mid-November filed a lawsuit seeking class-action status before the New York State Supreme Court. They want damages from Cablevision for lost service, saying the cable company should be offering automatic credits to customers.