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Home » Authors » Bernard Scaglione

Bernard Scaglione

Bernard J. Scaglione, CPP, CHPA, CHSP is the Director of Healthcare Security Services for G4S Secure Solutions. He has 30 years of experience in the healthcare security field including a Master’s Degree from Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice in New Jersey. Ben currently serves on the Board of the International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS). He served on IAHSS Education Council from 2005 until 2011. Ben is past Chairman of the ASIS International Healthcare Council and the Past President of the New York City Metropolitan Healthcare Safety and Security Directors Association. He has been a columnist for Security Magazine and contributing author for the Journal of Healthcare Protection Management. Ben was an adjunct faculty member at Pratt Institute in New York teaching engineers and architects in physical security. He taught at Interboro Institute in New York and at New Jersey City University. He was also an instructor at John Jay College Peace Officer Academy.
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Hospital Security Lapses in 2013 Turn Spotlight on Security Officer Training

Bernard Scaglione
January 14, 2014
On September 19, 2013, 57-year-old Lynne Spalding was admitted to San Francisco General Hospital for a bladder infection. Last seen in her hospital room on September 21, she was found dead in a stairwell at the hospital on October 8th.
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How GTRI Practices Could Protect Schools from Violence

Bernard Scaglione
June 11, 2013
As all security experts know, one of the basic principles utilized in securing buildings or institutions is controlling access onto the property and into building by using basic security measures such as security officers, fencing, bars on windows or electronic access control systems.
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Assessing Access Control Standards

Bernard Scaglione
December 1, 2012
Door hardware plays such a significant role in access control and identification. A door that does not close properly provides no access control. The alignment of the door: the door hinges, return and handle hardware all combine with an electronic access device or a key to secure a room, building or facility. It is the quality of door hardware that makes for an operational physical barrier or controlled access point.
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Managing Modern Risks in Access Control and Identification

Bernard Scaglione
November 1, 2012
As evidenced in this year’s Security 500 report, today’s leading organizations have understood that they cannot operate without Security’s participation. They see the security program as a value advantage. And security leaders, in turn, are creating value across the entire organization and “taming their risk tiger.”
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How to Fight Back Against Hackers

Bernard Scaglione
October 1, 2012
In the beginning of September, a group of computer hackers calling themselves AntiSec announced that they had stolen a file containing unique identification data for 12,367,232 Apple iOS devices. They claimed the database was stolen from the compromised laptop of an FBI agent. Simultaneous to AntiSec’s release, the FBI denied the claim. To substantiate their claim, AntiSec released one million of the unique identifiers minus the personal data embedded in the stolen file.
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How Cities Use Mesh Networks for Surveillance

Bernard Scaglione
September 4, 2012
In the past five years, city surveillance has become one of the largest vertical markets in the network surveillance industry. Throughout North America, cities of all sizes are deploying city-wide surveillance solutions. Even cities with populations as small as 10,000 are deploying systems.
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Eliminating Unauthorized Fire Door Access

Bernard Scaglione
September 4, 2012
Two topics that I can never discuss enough are the reduction of violence and the use of access control and identification as a major component utilized to reduce violence. A few months ago there was another devastating shooting in the U.S.: the Aurora, Colo., movie theater shooting that killed 12 people and injured more than 50.
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Preventing Healthcare Crime With Access Control and ID

Bernard Scaglione
August 1, 2012
In August 2010, the International Association for Healthcare Security & Safety (IAHSS) published a survey of healthcare security executives which revealed an increase in violent crimes within the reporting hospitals.
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Censoring Social Media to Reduce Risk

Bernard Scaglione
July 1, 2012
With the advent of social media, personal and professional identities are beginning to blend together. I am linked, I tweet and am face booked. I have my own space; I can Skype and even FaceTime. By accessing all these sites, my professional and personal lives seem to be getting in the way of each other. In fact, my personal and professional identities are melding.
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Metrics: The Evaluation of Access Control and Identification

Bernard Scaglione
June 1, 2012
Using metrics provides a quantifiable way to measure the effectiveness of security programs and processes. As the popularity of metrics has increased over the past few years so has the number and type of metrics that are used to evaluate efficiencies. However, without proper vetting, metrics may not effectively evaluate the process or program that is being measured.
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