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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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ARTICLES

Christina Duffey ASIS

The Big Picture

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Diane Ritchey
May 1, 2011

Christina Duffey sees the big picture. She also believes that “the bar” has been raised in the security profession as employers, contractors and governments and others are increasingly taking additional steps to ensure that they are hiring or working with the most skilled and knowledgeable individuals in the business.


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Diane Ritchey

Weather Talk

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Diane Ritchey
May 1, 2011

Ray O’Hara, president of ASIS International for 2011, once explained the importance of CSOs understanding the entire business, beyond their security roles.


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Feature for Cover Story April 2011

More than a Handshake:The Security-Integrator Link

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Diane Ritchey
April 1, 2011

When it comes to the security director – security integrator relationship, it can often look like a “he said/she-said” situation. The phrase “There’s two sides to every story,” applies as well. In fact some – not all – past relationships have been just that. 


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Security Funding Feature

Money Makes Security ‘Go Round’

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Diane Ritchey
April 1, 2011

In the 1972 musicalCabaret,directed by Bob Fosse, actors Liza Minnelli and Joel Gray perform the song Money Money. In this classic song, Minnelli and Gray sing: Money makes the world go around…the world go around...


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Q&A feature

Securing the Vertical Village in Chicago

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Diane Ritchey
April 1, 2011

Well known in Chicagoland, but perhaps not so well known elsewhere, the Aon Center is a quiet, dignified building in the Chicago skyline. Height and location give its tenants remarkable views in all directions.


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Community Feature

Securing the ‘Community’

An open environment, challenges with funding and many constituents to please: campus security directors and integrators share their challenges with securing these “communities within a community.”
Laura Stepanek
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Diane Ritchey
April 1, 2011

They say that these are the “greatest years” of someone’s life. The college years, the time to figure out a career, make friends and use the valuable time and experiences as the launching pad in which one can continue those “great” years in their 20s, 30s and beyond.


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From Top to Bottom, Inside and Out: Five Facilities, One Shared Focus

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Diane Ritchey
March 2, 2011

Peeking into certain business sectors – three health care facilities, state government and a private university – there are outstanding examples of facilities and their security leaders using technology to validate security’s value, create business efficiencies and to build quality teams.


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Mike Rodriguez

An “Ace” for Security

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Diane Ritchey
March 1, 2011

The U.S. Open that more than 700,000 fans enjoyed last year at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center bears, in many ways, little resemblance to the tournament started 129 years ago.


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Crisis feature

Leading with Resiliency During a Natural Disaster

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Diane Ritchey
March 1, 2011
Recent events such as Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and the flooding in Australia remind us that solid business continuity plans can keep a company up and running, whether the disruption or crisis lasts a few days, a week or even a month. 


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Ray O'Hara

Elevator Talk: Key Questions for Key People

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Diane Ritchey
February 1, 2011
Ray O’Hara, CPP believes in young professionals. In particular, he believes in the capabilities and the future potential of young security professionals. Growing that base and educating young professionals about security as a “first career” is one of his personal goals as 2011 President of the ASIS International Board of Directors.
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