Michael Gips talks about going a step further with diversity, equity and inclusion.

Discover best practices for growing and retaining high-quality security talent in this video from Security magazine. Jeff Hauk, Director of Public Safety and Police Services at Memorial Healthcare, shares his insights on how best to grow and maintain a top-notch security team.

Michael Gips shares stories of security leaders that have passed along their passion for the industry to their children.

Let’s take a look at some unconventional Hollywood movies that offer leadership lessons.

A new book by security leadership expert Mark Tarallo, Modern Management and Leadership: Best Practice Essentials with CISO/CSO Applications, outlines management strategies for chief (information) security officers (CSOs/CISOs).

Newer leadership principles that prize attributes such as empathy have eroded the old hard-line approach to management somewhat. But plenty of managers and leaders still warily eye colleagues who seem too friendly or upbeat.

Security awareness should be an ongoing campaign, not just an event. That campaign, just like any marketing campaign, starts with a thorough understanding of the target audience — the people you wish to influence to adapt security best practices.

This month’s leadership columnist Mike Gips proposes a satirical alternative to the need for leadership prevailing in security today, taking inspiration from essayist Jonathan Swift and his “Modest” proposal for addressing food scarcity, malnourishment, blight and overpopulation within Ireland in the 1700s.

As a security leader, do you better support the industry and serve your employer by attending in person events or do you play it safe and attend virtually, forgoing the in-person conversations, random encounters, and charged environment that bring so much value to these conferences? Risk professionals needs to weigh look at the data, look at the advice, and weigh the pros and cons of these situations, to maintain their status as a leader within the organization.

Leadership abilities for isolated workers can be as important as they are for someone who runs a large corporate security department or guard force.