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What is a security professional to do when you are already operating a lean organization, you are protecting your company’s assets the best you can and you still have to perform better with fewer resources?
We tend to believe that it is the business’s responsibility to understand the importance of security and, therefore, recognize the need to invest. But in the world of business, that’s simply not the case. Business leaders have operations to run and missions to fulfill, and as security leaders we need to understand that it’s up to us to bridge the gap between the security way of thinking and the business way of thinking.
Enterprise Security Risk Management (ESRM) is a strategic approach to security management that ties an organization’s security practice to its overall strategy using globally established and accepted risk management principles. In ESRM, the security professionals and the asset owners share security responsibilities, but all final security decisions are the responsibility of the asset owner.
When creating reports for an executive-level audience, keep in mind that they have received many other metrics reports that same day, and they have only a few minutes to give to each of them. If you make it easy to read and understand and clearly tell your story using data points and brief summaries, they will be able to digest your information faster, retain more and maybe even begin to look forward to receiving your report on a regular basis.
More than fifty percent of survey respondents struggle to align security initiatives to business goals and 44 percent aren't clear on what the business goals are, says a Thycotic Cyber Security Team's Guide to Success report.
The Pasco County school district in Tampa, Fla. is adding $840,000 in new surveillance cameras to campuses over two years, as part of an effort to enhance student and employee safety.
Pflugerville, Texas Independent School District will be replacing 1,100 cameras district-wide with funds from its 2018 bond for security features and equipment upgrades.
Security professionals are often challenged by the view that physical security is a cost, more than a benefit. How can big data change that perception?
There are several options to consider when it comes to analytics for video surveillance systems: deploy analytics on the edge, or “in-camera”; use a dedicated server; or use a hybrid approach which leverages both edge and server implementations.
