2021 August

This August, Security magazine explores de-escalation - a key frontline security strategy in a range of situations. Here, we take a look at de-escalation strategies and training that security leaders can implement within their organizations to keep security, staff and visitors safe.

Throughout this month, check out our COVID-19 Heroes stories on Yale University’s Public Safety Systems and Service, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, Georgetown University’s Office of Emergency Management, and Associated Grocers of New England’s Risk Management and Loss Prevention Teams – 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 leaders explore key aspects of a GSOC, AI to harden k-12 schools, tabletop exercises, travel security management, quantum computing, and more!

Top de-escalation strategies and training for security leaders

Security and de-escalation are often intertwined. Learn how security pros implement best-in-class de-escalation strategies.

Adam Stone

August 2, 2021

De-escalation is a key frontline security strategy in a range of situations, from hospitals to retail settings to office environments. Many sectors, such as travel and airlines, healthcare facilities, retail and more, have seen an increase in agitated behavior or violent incidents in recent years, some spawned from tensions rising regarding mask mandates and COVID-19 protocols. Here, we take a look at de-escalation strategies and training that security leaders can implement within their organizations to keep security, staff and visitors safe.

FBI designates 40 shootings in 2020 as active shooter incidents

August 13, 2021

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has designated 40 shootings in 2020 as active shooter incidents. Although 2020 witnessed the highest rate of active shooter incidents for the period 2000 to 2020, casualties were significantly lower. Here’s a breakdown of the FBI’s Active Shooter Incidents in the U.S. in 2020.

Product Spotlight

Spotlight on security technology at GSX 2021

As the Global Security Exchange (GSX) nears, Security magazine has a roundup of some of the new security solutions to be displayed and demonstrated at the show.

August 13, 2021

As the Global Security Exchange (GSX) nears, Security magazine has a roundup of some of the new security solutions to be displayed and demonstrated at the show.

COVID-19 Heroes

Broad Institute Security Department supports COVID-19 testing facility

The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard has served as one of the largest processors of COVID-19 tests in the country. The Security Team has supported these efforts in myriad ways, helping maintain business continuity and ensure campus safety, visitor management, and compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols.

Maria Henriquez

August 6, 2021

Artificial intelligence provides hope for hardening K-12 schools

When it comes to gun violence, truly hardening a school requires information and a nuanced approach.

Peter Evans

August 11, 2021

Truly hardening a K-12 school system from gun violence requires a nuanced approach. Here’s how to use modern technologies and information to supplement a volunteer information approach, without all the noticeable security tech.

New risks, new regulations: Best practices for travel security in 2021

Stay ahead of the new travel landscape with these safety and risk management best practices.

Harriet Brennan

August 9, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly changed the travel landscape, impacting the responsibilities and requirements of employers and travel managers. Now more than ever, it is critical for organizations to ensure that they have a robust travel security program in place, to support their Duty of Care agenda and take into consideration best practice travel risk management.

Three elements of a successful GSOC

For a Global Security Operations Center (GSOC) to be successful in today’s threat landscape, it must include these three key elements in its design.

Patrick Brosnan

August 9, 2021

A useful GSOC is one that understands the problem a company wants to solve so that the data collection requirements and analytics are relevant and staff with the right expertise are in place. If you think that establishing a GSOC is the next step for your enterprise, three key elements will determine its success.

COVID-19 Heroes

Associated Grocers of New England’s Risk Management and Loss Prevention teams step up amid pandemic

While enterprises around the globe were shutting down and moving to remote work, frontline food suppliers, transport companies and grocery stores didn’t have that ability. AGNE needed to continue to distribute product to independent grocer members as well as its own stores throughout New England and New York, while also dealing with increased freight and procurement demands into the facility.

Maggie Shein

August 6, 2021

As a critical business, Associated Grocers of New England needed to continue distribution to independent grocer members as well as its own stores throughout New England and New York, while also managing increased freight and procurement demands into the facility during the beginning of the pandemic. The organization’s Risk Management and Loss Prevention teams stepped up to help.

COVID-19 Heroes

Yale University’s Public Safety Systems and Services team uses existing tech for robust COVID-19 response

By reimagining access control and use of existing system data, Yale’s Public Safety Systems and Services team was able to centralize and organize security technology operations, while providing further value across the entire university.

Maggie Shein

August 4, 2021

Once Yale University closed due to the pandemic in March 2020, the Public Safety Systems and Services team quickly realized that they could change the way access control was used and programmed across campus, while also streamlining security and operations.

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COVID-19 Heroes

Georgetown University’s Office of Emergency Management supports COVID-19 response

Marc Barbiere came to Georgetown about five months before the COVID-19 pandemic, taking over the recently-restructured Office of Emergency Management (OEM) in order to coordinate the University’s efforts to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies.

Maggie Shein

August 4, 2021

Marc Barbiere came to Georgetown about five months before the COVID-19 pandemic struck with the goal of providing a robust framework for the University to prepare for, respond to, and recover from emergencies. Barbiere and the newly restructured Office of Emergency Management put together a framework to streamline and organize emergency and pandemic response to continue operations no matter the cause of disruption.

Career Intelligence

Calculating your worth during a security job search

Joanne R. Pollock

Jerry J. Brennan

August 2, 2021

Calculating your worth during a job search should be an informed exercise done before interviews start. While a good understanding of the value of your background and experience is critical, it is also important to have some knowledge of the compensation structure of any companies you would like to work for.

Education & Training

Diversity training best practices in a time of social unrest and racial unease

Jim Sawyer

August 11, 2021

Diversity awareness is appreciating and understanding the full and tragic scope of U.S. history, and it matters now more than ever before.

Cyber Tactics

Emerging technology, evolving threats — Part I: Quantum computing

John McClurg

August 2, 2021

As technology grows and advances, potential cyber threats grow with it. While this notion is nothing new, the current speed of innovation makes it more important than ever to consider the implications these developments will have on our cybersecurity capabilities — especially with cybercriminals becoming more sophisticated and more adept at using emerging blind spots to their advantage.

Leadership & Management

Nominate a deserving colleague: That’s what a leader does

Michael Gips

August 2, 2021

Awards season is upon us. Next month, this very magazine will present its Most Influential People in Security. Later in September of this year, at GSX in Orlando, U.S. security managers, consultants, officers, manufacturers and others will learn whether OSPA's judges have tapped them for an Outstanding Security Performance Award.

Security Talk

The anatomy of a tabletop exercise

Maggie Shein

August 2, 2021

A critical part of ensuring adequate, safe and reliable operations amid a crisis includes comprehensive tabletop exercises to demonstrate and assess capabilities before an event occurs.

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

Cover Story

Top de-escalation strategies and training for security leaders

Featured Articles

FBI designates 40 shootings in 2020 as active shooter incidents

Spotlight on security technology at GSX 2021

Broad Institute Security Department supports COVID-19 testing facility

Artificial intelligence provides hope for hardening K-12 schools

New risks, new regulations: Best practices for travel security in 2021

Three elements of a successful GSOC

Associated Grocers of New England’s Risk Management and Loss Prevention teams step up amid pandemic

Yale University’s Public Safety Systems and Services team uses existing tech for robust COVID-19 response

Georgetown University’s Office of Emergency Management supports COVID-19 response

Columns

Calculating your worth during a security job search

Diversity training best practices in a time of social unrest and racial unease

Emerging technology, evolving threats — Part I: Quantum computing

Nominate a deserving colleague: That’s what a leader does

The anatomy of a tabletop exercise

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