2020 December

Security Magazine

This month, Security magazine brings you the 2020 Guarding Report - a look at the ebbs and flows security officers and guarding companies have weathered in 2020, including protests, riots, the election, a pandemic and much more. Industry experts discuss access management and security challenges during COVID-19, GSOC complacency, the cybersecurity gap, end-of-year security career reflections and more!

COVID-19, shutdowns and unrest cascade across the guarding world

Take a look at the ebbs and flows security officers and guarding companies have weathered in 2020.

Ed Finkel

December 1, 2020

Typically, guarding companies are focused on threats like active shooter, potential terrorism and natural disasters. Though those concerns remained in 2020, security officers and guarding companies have weathered the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic shutdown, social and civil unrest, and an election. How did these concerns impact the guarding world?

Managing access in higher education during COVID-19

Security professionals in higher education can implement a number of strategies to ensure safety and security without hindering the learning environment.

Maggie Shein

December 3, 2020

Security professionals in higher education can implement a number of strategies to ensure safety and security without hindering the learning environment.

Meet Security’s Editorial Advisory Board

December 9, 2020

Meet Security’s Editorial Advisory Board – they all play an important role for us, serving as the eyes and ears to the industry, as though-leaders in their areas of expertise, and helping us narrow down the most relevant content possible to our readers!

Salary and compensation within security and compliance

Stephen W. Walker

December 7, 2020

Measurable metrics to monitor performance among enterprise security professionals is important to benchmark enterprise security.

Security Talk

The 20-mile trail to zero

Maggie Shein

December 3, 2020

William Boelcke spent the years 1998 to 2000 with the U.S. Air Force. He’d spend the next 18-plus years battling mental health issues and substance abuse. Two years ago, in a treatment facility in Rockford, Ill., Boelcke was introduced to BraveHearts and its equine-assisted therapy program. The non-profit organization based in Illinois has been working with veterans, providing free equine-assisted therapy and a place of calm and acceptance, since 2007.

Education & Training

Tackling complacency in the GSOC

Sherman Brawner

December 14, 2020

It’s a typical day in the Global Security Operations Center (GSOC). The anticipated chatter on the phones, radio communication, and sounds of the software giving audible alerts are all what you’ve come to expect in this busy hub of the security program.

Cyber Tactics

Mind the gap: Diversity & other challenges in the age of AI

John McClurg

December 1, 2020

A recent ISC² Cybersecurity Workforce Study placed the resource gap worldwide at 4.07 million professionals. The challenges we face when grappling with that gap are myriad and are exacerbated by the security paradigm to which we may have historically pledged allegiance.

Leadership & Management

AI and EI as allies

Michael Gips

December 1, 2020

Both artificial intelligence (AI) and emotional intelligence (EI) have critical roles to play in security. But two recent reports accentuate the challenge of leadership that tethers technology to humanity.

Career Intelligence

End of year security career reflections

Jerry J. Brennan

December 1, 2020

The close of 2020 is fast approaching, and many security professionals have experienced a wide swing in career highs and lows during this challenging year. Many shifts were obviously pandemic-related. Organizations were either forced to consider business realignment or utilized the upheaval to move in a direction that may have been already under consideration. Regardless of the circumstance, the result was a reduction in opportunities in the security profession for some, and career advancement for others.

Workplace violence remains one of the most complex challenges facing healthcare organizations today. For executive security professionals, the stakes have never been higher: protecting staff, patients, and visitors while preserving a culture of compassion, dignity, and service.

Security Magazine

2020 December

Cover Story

COVID-19, shutdowns and unrest cascade across the guarding world

Featured Articles

Managing access in higher education during COVID-19

Meet Security’s Editorial Advisory Board

Salary and compensation within security and compliance

Columns

The 20-mile trail to zero

Tackling complacency in the GSOC

Mind the gap: Diversity & other challenges in the age of AI

AI and EI as allies

End of year security career reflections

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