Unveiling Insights: How to Boost the Strategic Impact of Your Corporate Investigations Program

As a security professional, you understand the critical importance of staying ahead in an ever-evolving threat landscape. Security teams often face challenges with outdated, manual systems, relying on spreadsheets and labor-intensive processes to manage cases and threats. These outdated systems can be time-consuming and hinder your team’s ability to deliver the best results. That’s why…

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Thor Writes in Real-Time in his Latest Harvath Thriller, Dead Fall

Brad Thor is widely known for his captivating plots which closely parallel the real threats facing the world today. In his latest thriller, Dead Fall, he faces a new challenge as a writer — writing in real-time as the war in Ukraine persists. Thor is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of now twenty-three…

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Driving Innovation to Position Your Security Program as a Strategic Business Advantage

Corporate security teams are facing a pivotal moment where the increasing threat volume is surpassing traditional approaches for mitigation. While it’s clear transformation is now a necessity to keep pace with the threat landscape, security leaders are faced with the challenge of unlocking their team’s capacity for innovation while adding value to their organization. In…

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Identifying Threat Vectors in Anti-Semitic Crimes with Former Israel Defense Forces Combat Soldier

Greg Schneider is President of Battle Tested Solutions LLC, a security consultancy focused on delivering security management strategies, intelligence planning, and tactical response training to domestic and global clientele. He brings 30 years of experience in military, security, and law enforcement operations garnered from service in Israel and the United States. He served in the…

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Inside the Mind of the Attacker: Using Red Teaming to Mitigate Business Risk

In this episode Dr. Treston Wheat is a red team analyst who specializes in TTP (tactics, techniques, procedures) research, threat modeling, and social engineering. Previously, he was a strategic cybersecurity analyst and geopolitical risk analyst. Dr. Wheat is also an adjunct professor at Georgetown University teaching about intelligence analysis, and he is the editor-in-chief of…

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The Enemy of My Enemy is My Friend: Strengthening Insider Threat Resilience with Cyber-Physical Integration

A tactical approach to blending cyber and physical security intelligence operations A Strategic Mindset Getting Tactical MITRE Converged Integrated Defense Framework In part one of this two-part overview, I addressed many of the key themes and priorities required to mitigate insider risk properly. There has been a great deal of discourse relating to how an…

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When the Little Things Add Up: The Intel Analysts’ Role in Communicating Imminent Risk to Leadership

In this episode The geopolitical landscape has become increasingly complex to manage for intel analysts — especially those conducting risk assessments on an international level. They have to be hyper-aware of countries with a more authoritarian regime that can leverage the business relationship in their best interest, putting the company at risk. However, it’s not…

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4 Ways Security Teams Can Holistically Mitigate Risks by Partnering with Human Resources and Legal

Tearing down departmental walls is essential for security teams, especially those tasked with responding to threats of violence or significant security events. Information-sharing silos within organizations hinder fast and effective responses. In extreme cases, poor communication can increase risks to a company’s employees and assets.  Business leaders recognize the value of cross-functional teams in their…

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Corporate Cost-Cutting and Why Security Teams Do Not Need to Compromise on Investigations and Intelligence Solutions

This article was originally featured on IFSEC Insider Every executive’s career will sometimes involve budget cuts that affect their department. Security executives are no strangers to this scenario; about one out of every five security departments experienced budget reductions between 2020 and 2022, according to Security Magazine’s Security Benchmark Report. It’s always a challenging situation.…

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