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Diane Ritchey

Diane Ritchey

Diane Ritchey was former Editor, Communications and Content for Security magazine beginning in 2009. She has an experienced background in publishing, public relations, content creation and management, internal and external communications. Within her role at Security, Ritchey organized and executed the annual Security 500 conference, researched and wrote exclusive cover stories, managed social media, and authored the monthly Security Talk column.

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The 2020 Security 500 Report

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Diane Ritchey
November 2, 2020

Welcome to the 2020 Security 500 report, which includes the 2020 Security 500 rankings and sector reports.


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Sec Talk

Goodbye and thank you

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Diane Ritchey
September 4, 2020
After 11 years, 135 columns and more than 250 feature articles and cover stories…it is time for me to say goodbye as Editor-in-Chief of Security magazine.
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Security Talk

Good Security News from Guerrilla Mask Movement

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Diane Ritchey
August 4, 2020

We have some more Good Security News! Learn how the Guerrilla Mask Movement (GMM) provides critical masks directly to healthcare workers in dire need of protection as they deal with COVID-19 patients.


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Managing Risk, Business Continuity and Resiliency during a Pandemic

Physical security leaders are being propelled into new roles during the pandemic.
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Diane Ritchey
August 3, 2020

How are physical security leaders being tasked with revenue preservation through business continuity and resiliency during the COVID-19 pandemic?


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What’s your BCP plan?

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Diane Ritchey
July 3, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed the weakness of many organizations’ business continuity plans. Many companies learned too late that their plans were inadequate, lacking interoperability with other critical plans for crisis management, disaster recovery, and pandemic readiness.


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Security Talk

Post-COVID-19 and mental health

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Diane Ritchey
July 3, 2020

We spoke with Felix Nater, security management consultant who helps employers implement and manage workplace security strategy and policy, on how COVID-19 will leave behind a complicated form of grief that could linger potentially for many years after the immediate crisis has abated.


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Security Talk

Good Security News from Essam Choudhary

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Diane Ritchey
June 4, 2020

Essam Choudhary, Director of Marketing and Education at RS2 Technologies, has been heavily involved in a number of coronavirus initiatives. Here is his Good Security News!


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How COVID-19 has Transformed InfoSec

COVID-19 may mean the end of the open office plan, in-person conferences and handshakes. How has cybersecurity changed, and what new role will CISOs play?
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Diane Ritchey
June 1, 2020

With the sudden shift to work-from-home operations, CISOs and security teams have an important role in strengthening business continuity by ensuring that current and future remote cybersecurity work policies do not create tradeoffs between usability and security. What are three steps to address this issue?


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Security Talk

Goodbye and Good Luck, Laura

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Diane Ritchey
May 4, 2020

Laura Stepanek, Editor-in-Chief of SDM Magazine has retired. For 36 years, she was the face of SDM, and she has witnessed how new technology has changed the security industry. We wish the best for Laura in her well-deserved retirement.


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COVID-19 and Enterprise Security's Response

What challenges has COVID-19 presented to enterprise security?
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Diane Ritchey
May 1, 2020

What challenges has COVID-19 presented to enterprise security, how did business continuity plans evolve and what lessons have enterprise security learned?


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