How Security Professionals Can Help Create Positive School Memories

How Safety Measures Can Define a Generation

July 17, 2018

If we want today’s children to look back on their school days as more than just a time of “Run, Hide, Fight” training, lockdowns and lectures on the potential dangers of online behavior, school systems need to institute security measure that will create safer learning environments without making schools feel like prisons.

3 Strategies to Improve Your Enterprise’s Security Posture

Sam Kassoumeh

August 25, 2015

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The job of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) has become challenging. As security has become a top-level concern for executive boards who are paying attention to the business impact of security, CISOs now have a seat at the table.

Defense in Depth: A Layered Approach to Network Security

In light of all the headline-grabbing network security breaches in the last year it's understandable that enterprises might be on high alert to prevent their own organization from being thrust into the spotlight.

September 1, 2014

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Network and security components must be able to communicate so that if an attacker penetrates one system, others can respond immediately to take preventative measures. IF-MAP is a robust protocol that enables information sharing between disparate systems.

4 Steps to Better Mail Screening and Ricin Detection

James Viscardi

May 28, 2013

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Recent incidents of ricin being mailed to the White House and members of Congress are a chilling reminder that the mail system continues to be used by those wishing to do harm.

Passive vs. Active Video Surveillance at Yale University

This webinar will cover the design phase of the Yale Police Department’s existing radar layout at the Yale Bowl and the security challenges it has presented. It will also discuss the need to keep the historical nature of the Yale Bowl building in mind while designing a new surveillance system. In addition, the webinar will cover how the Yale public safety team is using the new surveillance system to identify a suspect to decide, in real time, whether or not to dispatch additional resources.

In this webinar, we’ll share quantitative, real-world pay and bill rate data from hundreds of security firms across the U.S. to identify common trends. We’ll review how companies price their services based on location, type of post, and the size of the firm.

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2020 February

This month, Security magazine highlights John McClurg, Senior VP and CISO at Blackberry, and the evolving role of the CISO. Also, we highlight Tim McCreight, Acting CSO for the city of Calgary, Alberta, and discuss if civilians can truly Stop the Bleed and how to calculate ROI for better security. Industry leaders discuss public references and their impact on security careers, information security frameworks and convergence trends in 2020.

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