Raquel Brown has taken over as Global Chief Security Officer for Trimont Real Estate Advisors, a provider of commercial real estate credit management, servicing and advisory services. Brown was previously the Managing Director of Cybersecurity at the firm.

Aimbridge Hospitality announced Roy Mellinger as its new Global Chief Information Security Officer.

Steven Antoine, Chief Security Officer (CSO) at Yum! Brands, Inc. and a Security Editorial Advisory Board member received the Leadership Award for the 2020 Critical Event Management Impact Awards.

The prototype serves as an educational resource available at no cost for enterprise security leaders evaluating how to deploy the latest technology and design to affordably upgrade their existing workplaces for enhanced safety and collaboration. The Workplace 2030 initiative also includes a free ​online resource ​center with epidemiologically-reviewed academic data sources and original content from expert advisors. 

Findings from the 2020 Netwrix Cyber Threats Report reveal cybersecurity risks related to insiders are now more common than external threat actors.  Since organizations went remote, four of the top six types of cybersecurity incidents they experienced were caused by internal users.

Physical threats are rising and increasingly unmanageable, putting unprecedented financial, reputational and liability pressures on business leadership and security teams, according to the “2021 State of Protective Intelligence Report: A Mandate for Proactive Protective Intelligence in the Era of Exponential Physical Security Threats,” a new study commissioned by the Ontic Center for Protective Intelligence. 

Duke Energy, a Fortune 150 company headquartered in Charlotte, N.C.,  named Keith Butler as Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer. He is currently senior vice president, global risk management and insurance, chief risk officer and acting chief ethics and compliance officer. The company also named new leaders in the critical areas of corporate security, risk management and ethics and compliance.

Which security programs are leading the way? These 500 enterprises have been ranked through metrics to determine the forerunners in 17 sectors.