Andy Tufano is the President of Goldstar Training, which develops professional security officer standards, and trains and assesses security personnel. Tufano is a recognized subject matter expert (SME) in conflict resolution and private person use-of-force. He is a prolific writer and has been a featured speaker at IAHSS and ASIS meetings. He is the author of "Conflict Management for Security Professionals" (2013, Butterworth-Heinemann). He holds a Master’s degree in Communication from California State University at Fullerton. Besides his responsibilities with Goldstar, he is an experienced college communications educator and currently teaches at a public Southern California college.

Health, Wellness and Physical Fitness and Your Security Officers

Are Your Security Officers Fit for Duty?

It may well be that the primary reason that security officers have historically struggled to achieve high levels of organizational and vocational relevance and performance is based solely on their generalized lack of health, wellness and physical fitness.

Public Safety Officer Standards: The Key to (re) Establishing Organizational Leadership

Could physical fitness standards improve security officers’ preparedness?

Over the years the non-sworn, corporate public safety industry has failed to achieve any long-lasting measures of professionalism. There are many possible reasons for this failure, but chief among them is the failure to adopt reliable public safety officer core competency standards.

How to Implement Security Officer Physical Fitness Standards

Managing the perception of security officers plays a major role in personnel and corporate safety – how can a physical fitness build more confidence in the enterprise security department?

The vast majority of security industry leaders agree that the key to professionalizing our industry is establishing and maintaining high standards.

With the coronavirus pandemic adding to an evolving set of risks to already challenged security operations and budgets, reducing enterprise risk is more complex than ever.

Risk impacts every organization, and critical events and can cripple your operations if they’re not properly managed. For organizations focused on risk resiliency, the command center is quickly becoming the operational hub of risk management within an organization: the nerve center for risk.

Security Magazine

2020 April

This month in Security magazine: meet the global security team at Boston Scientific - five female professionals with diverse background and skills who are creating a best-in-class enterprise security team while ensuring the safety and security of employees, customers and patients. Also this month, we highlight Kristin Lenardson and her successful career in protective services. Security experts discuss whistleblowing, the CCPA and more.

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