Bob Hayes

Bob Hayes is Managing Director of the Security Executive Council. He has more than 25 years of experience in security, including eight years as the CSO at Georgia Pacific and nine years as security operations manager at 3M. The Council works with Tier 1 Security Leaders™ to reduce risk and add to corporate profitability in the process. To learn about becoming involved, visit www.securityexecutivecouncil.com/?sourceCode=secmag.

How Business and Risk Drivers Impact Mitigation Strategy

Bob Hayes

Kathleen Kotwica Ph.D. Marleah Blades

December 1, 2012

As business changes, so does – or so should – security. The direction of business can have significant consequences for security, both internally – in terms of influence, funding and organizational structure – and externally – in new threats, new risk, new mitigation requirements. Are you watching business trends and thinking about how they should impact security and your strategies to mitigate risk?

Coping with Changes to Company Leadership

Bob Hayes Greg Kane

October 1, 2012

Though we deal with risk everyday, there is one risk that rarely makes it into our risk management plans – a change in organizational leadership. Whether the result of an internal structural shift, an external hiring decision or a merger/acquisition, a change in leadership and reporting can signal a challenging time for security.

Rebuilding Influence after Corporate Restructuring

Bob Hayes

Kathleen Kotwica

May 1, 2011

Company reorganizations are a fact of business that may have grown more frequent as our economy has changed in recent years.

Bob Hayes

November 29, 2010

A security manager visiting a company manufacturing floor noticed a curtain hung around a work area. He asked if proprietary work was being done behind the curtain. “No,” he was told, “that’s just how we deal with Bill.” Bill had long, loud, demonstrative conversations with God while he worked on the floor, so they’d put up the curtain to shield the other employees from his disturbing behavior.