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Security officer research project for IFPO

IFPO announces security officer research project

February 25, 2021

The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) is announcing today that funding has been secured for a security research project that will aim to provide comprehensive data on the roles and responsibilities of today's security officers, including insights into their ever-evolving role.

LeMire takes over Chief of Campus Security and Police at North Carolina's Elon University

Joseph LeMire assumes Chief of Campus Safety and Police role at Elon University

February 25, 2021

Joseph LeMire will serve as North Carolina-based Elon University’s Chief of Campus Safety and Police.

GitHub announces Mike Hanley as Chief Security Officer

Mike Hanley takes on CSO role at GitHub

February 25, 2021

GitHub announced Mike Hanley as its new Chief Security Officer (CSO).

Erik Antons gives us his first hand account of being laid off as Chief Security Officer and finding his way again

Thank you for laying me off: Companies come and go, but talent is forever

Erik Antons

February 25, 2021

Erik Antons, Chief Security Officer of Whirlpool Corporation gives Security his first-hand account of his inspired career in security, including navigating a layoff and coming out on the other side.

CISA and AVANGRID conduct virtual exercise to improve emergency response and recovery plans

February 24, 2021

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and AVANGRID, a sustainable energy company providing services in 24 states, conducted a virtual tabletop exercise to test and identify the safety procedures AVANGRID has implemented since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and identify additional procedures necessary to ensure employee safety operations and business continuity in the out years.

How layered security can help prevent $150,000 losses from ATM attacks

Owing to the increasing frequency, diversity and sophistication of ATM attacks, banks must rethink and modernize security in order to better circumvent ATM crime and protect their bottom line

Matt Tengwall

February 23, 2021

Unfortunately, the unquestionable convenience and accessibility of ATMs is also the source of their greatest downfall. Being both unguarded and money-loaded, they are an obvious target for criminal activities and low-risk, high-reward theft opportunities for perpetrators. It is for this reason that 2020 experienced a drastic uptick in the number of ATM heists across the United States.

5 minutes with Satish Raj - Why AI will transform digital video surveillance in 2021

Maria Henriquez

February 23, 2021

How will artificial intelligence (AI) transform video surveillance in 2021? Below, we speak to Satish Raj, CTO of Pro-Vigil, who believes AI in digital video surveillance systems will become much smarter next year, to the point where it will be able to actually predict crime before it happens.

Are businesses prepared for an active shooter?

Patrick V. Fiel

February 23, 2021

Mass shootings in the U.S. have increased despite widespread closures of schools, businesses, and many public places due to the coronavirus pandemic. There were 615 mass shootings in 2020 resulting in 521 deaths and 2,541 injuries. Compared to the previous year, there were 181 more incidents. The stress of the COVID-19 pandemic, job loses, unemployment, and the economic crisis is a potential for a disaster which could lead to an increase of violence at the workplace. The recent spike in gun incidences and stolen weapons across the United States is alarming. Businesses need to take heed and increase security measures to protect their employees and staff.

Family affiliated extremism and the siege at the U.S. Capitol

Dean C. Alexander

February 22, 2021

Some 200 individuals have been charged with federal offenses connected to the siege at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Among them are at least 15 examples of family affiliated extremism. These instances include: five sets of husbands and wives; two cases of fathers and sons, mothers and sons, brothers, and cousins; and an instance of father/daughter and brother/sister participation. Although of a different strain and less serious offenses—none specifically terrorism nor involving murder —such kin-connected radicalism is neither a new phenomenon nor one unique to the United States or elsewhere.

Allied appears with highest bid for G4S after GardaWorld declines to go into bidding war

G4S: Allied Universal in top position; GardaWorld declines to raise bid

February 22, 2021

In the latest twist in the bidding war to purchase guarding company G4S, GardaWorld declined to raise its bid for the company, moving Allied Universal into what appears to be the winning position.