2021 June

This June 2021, Security magazine highlights the Insider Threat: how do you determine the definition of insider risk to your organization? Who should manage the Insider Threat program, and most importantly, how can you assess and mitigate this risk?

Throughout this month, check out our COVID-19 Heroes profiles on the Robert Gummer at the NFL, Gary Johnson of the Pojoaque Valley School District, Stephen Baker at State Street Corporation, and Richard McCann at Armour College – security professionals and their departments that have led the way in COVID-19 response, with a key focus on maintaining business resiliency and continuity. Also this month, security industry experts explore supply chain security, positioning your team as a value add and not a cost center, analytics in retail, active assailant protocols, workplace violence, certifications for the security leader, and more!

Special Report

Walking the line: Navigating the insider threat

Determining the definition of insider risk to your organization is half the battle in mitigating the threat. The other half is more complicated, involving security culture, defined procedures and responses, and a little bit of technology.

Maggie Shein

June 1, 2021

Anyone with access to your organization — employee, contractor, former employee, etc. — poses a potential risk to the enterprise. So, what is insider threat; who should own an insider risk mitigation program within the enterprise; and most importantly, how can security leaders assess and mitigate the risk?

Product Spotlight

ISC West Product Preview 2021

Maria Henriquez

June 16, 2021

Here are some of the security solutions that will be displayed at this year's ISC West.

Integrated Solutions

Why retailers are economizing and optimizing with cloud video surveillance

For both heightened security and business optimization, here’s what retailers should look for in a video management system and provider.

Ken Francis

June 9, 2021

Thanks to advancements in cloud video surveillance, retailers who want a high-performance video surveillance system do have alternatives to ripping and replacing and expensive upgrades. For both heightened security and business optimization, here’s what retailers should look for in a video management system and provider.

Enterprise Services

Centralized supply chain security programs yield efficiency

Finding efficiencies in supply chain security is as simple as enveloping more of your supply chain. Kirsten Provence has led Boeing’s supply chain security program for nearly a decade; here she explains what has propelled efficiency gains by scaling the program using subsidiaries.

Kirsten Provence

June 11, 2021

Enterprise security: Positioning your team as a value add, not a cost center

Learn some simple strategies to transition the image of your security team from a cost center, to a value add.

Burke Brownfeld

June 14, 2021

Now is the time to take a step back and consider approaches that can help to re-brand the image of your corporate security and resilience departments. This article will share four direct strategies that can help you and your security team transition from being seen as a “cost center” to becoming a value-add to your business’s bottom line.

COVID-19 Heroes

Gary Johnson of the Pojoaque Valley School District makes student and staff well-being priority number one

Director of Security for the Pojoaque Valley School District in New Mexico, Gary Johnson has taken a lead role in implementing COVID-19-related screening procedures, safety and security plans, and reopening protocols, but more importantly, he’s placed a focus on supporting students, staff and community members.

Maggie Shein

June 4, 2021

Gary Johnson is much more than Director of Security for the Pojoaque Valley School District in New Mexico. He’s in charge of safety and security, transportation and more, but his most important role is supporter, with this role becoming even more prominent in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Heroes

Maximizing COVID-19 pandemic response at Armour College

Chief of Police and founder of Armour College, Richard McCann has been responsible for leading the college’s response to the widespread COVID-19 pandemic, immediately putting policies and medical screenings into place, acquiring personal protective equipment (PPE), and distributing medical information to staff and students on all campuses to ensure appropriate safety and health protocols at the college.

Maria Henriquez

June 7, 2021

Chief of Police and founder of Armour College, Richard McCann has been responsible for leading the college’s response to the widespread COVID-19 pandemic, immediately putting policies and medical screenings into place, acquiring personal protective equipment (PPE), and distributing Center of Disease (CDC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other relevant medical information to staff and students on all campuses to ensure appropriate safety and health protocols at the college.

COVID-19 Heroes

Maintaining critical functions and minimizing risk at State Street Corporation

The State Street Global Security Team quickly implemented protocols to ensure the security of all staff and maintain continuity of operations, including establishing travel protocols, exclusion protocols and visitor protocols, implementing temperature check stations, deploying credentials, and monitoring of government orders and restrictions.

Maria Henriquez

June 7, 2021

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director and Chief Security Officer Stephen D. Baker, CPP, and his entire security function provided strategy and risk leadership with ongoing risk assessments and mitigation strategies at the State Street Corporation. This allowed the company to continue its global operations, placed workers at ease and supported State Street clients’ needs without disruption throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 Heroes

The NFL’s GSOC takes center stage in getting players back on the field

As the centralized place for intelligence and information, the NFL’s GSOC played a pivotal role in the League’s pandemic response, streamlining access and infection control, updating business continuity plans, and providing relevant data to enable all stakeholders to make informed decisions.

Maggie Shein

June 4, 2021

As a centralized place for intelligence and information, the NFL’s GSOC, led by Director of Intelligence Operations Robert Gummer, played a pivotal role in the League’s pandemic response, streamlining access and infection control, updating business continuity plans, and providing relevant data to enable all stakeholders to make informed decisions.

Leadership & Management

Certifications and the security leader

Michael Gips

June 1, 2021

Security professionals seeking to advance their careers often ask me whether certifications are worth it, and, if so, which ones they should pursue. The answer, of course, depends on the person and his or her goals. Plenty of people excel without a credential.

Education & Training

A loaded word: The challenge of defining active assailant protocols in PreK-12 schools

Cheryl Lero Jonson Brooke Miller Gialopsos Melissa M. Moon Matthew W. Logan

June 14, 2021

“Today, your child’s school will have an active shooter drill.” This seemingly simple sentence has become a source of contentious debate across the United States in recent years. Despite the rarity of mass shootings occurring at school, approximately two-thirds of parents of teenagers express worry about a school shooting, according to Pew Research.

Security Talk

Two key considerations to mitigate workplace violence

Maggie Shein

June 3, 2021

According to the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Victims of Crime, workplace homicides declined between 1995 and 2015. Yet workplace homicides are not the most common form of workplace violence — simple assault is. Simple assault is defined by the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) as an attack without a weapon that results in no injuries or minor injuries (e.g., cuts, scratches, black eyes), or any injury requiring fewer than two days in the hospital.

Cyber Tactics

Reflections in the wake of RSA 2021: Cyber resiliency

John McClurg

June 1, 2021

The first RSA Conference took place 30 years ago. It was conceived by the then-CEO Jim Bidzos, and consisted of roughly 50 people in a room discussing cryptography – the focus area of that first assembly. By the turn of the millennium, the conference expanded internationally, reaching audiences in Europe, China, Singapore and Abu Dhabi. Ten years later in 2011, the RSA Conference boasted an impressive 18,500 attendees in the United States alone.

Career Intelligence

Is job title an accurate indicator of your security career?

Joanne R. Pollock

Jerry J. Brennan

June 1, 2021

Job titles in the security profession are not always a good indicator of where you are in your career. We have conducted a wide variety of recruitment projects around the world for our clients. One consistency is that there is no consistency. At least insofar as security job titles are concerned.

The 2026 threat environment will be louder, faster, and more interconnected. The most pressing risks, from global political volatility to emerging tech disruptions, will challenge organizations to act amid ambiguity and protect credibility in an era of accelerating uncertainty.

Security Magazine

Cover Story

Walking the line: Navigating the insider threat

Featured Articles

ISC West Product Preview 2021

Why retailers are economizing and optimizing with cloud video surveillance

Centralized supply chain security programs yield efficiency

Enterprise security: Positioning your team as a value add, not a cost center

Gary Johnson of the Pojoaque Valley School District makes student and staff well-being priority number one

Maximizing COVID-19 pandemic response at Armour College

Maintaining critical functions and minimizing risk at State Street Corporation

The NFL’s GSOC takes center stage in getting players back on the field

Columns

Certifications and the security leader

A loaded word: The challenge of defining active assailant protocols in PreK-12 schools

Two key considerations to mitigate workplace violence

Reflections in the wake of RSA 2021: Cyber resiliency

Is job title an accurate indicator of your security career?

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