How to Turn Your Security Program into a Strategic Business Advantage
In this one-hour webinar, you’ll learn valuable insights, including how to:
Read MoreMinimizing IP Theft and Insider Threats During Times of Layoffs
This article was originally featured on Security Today Building out cross-functional collaboration between cyber and physical security teams will create a more unified approach, where a common language is established to better understand each department’s key priorities and processes. Doing so ensures there is collective monitoring of identified risk groups or individuals. It also ensures…
Read MoreHow a Digitally-Informed Approach to Security Can Revolutionize the Patron Experience
Oftentimes when concert or sports venues ramp up their security measures, the guest experience is downgraded with longer lines and more processes and rules. This doesn’t have to be the case. A customer-backed model, keeping in mind what’s important to the patron and what information the GSOC needs to know, can transform the patron experience…
Read MoreFrom Coronations to Corporations: The Hidden Nuts and Bolts of Major Event Security Planning
This article was originally featured on IFSEC Insider When Queen Elizabeth was crowned in June 1953, the procession of dignitaries that followed numbered 16,000 people. It took the procession approximately 45 minutes to pass any one point along the route. When she died nearly 70 years later, London’s Metropolitan Police Service said her funeral was…
Read MoreFrom OSAC to DSAC to Visa’s GSOC: Identifying the Root Cause of Security Concerns
In the fields of security and intelligence, where definitive answers and data are often needed immediately to make critical decisions, taking the time to listen can get pushed aside. However, as Mary Hackman argues, looking for the root causes of security problems and finding time to ask for the opinions of others may be the…
Read MoreHow Security Teams Can Leverage Crime Data to Protect Their Assets and Facilities
Whether you’re scouting for a new business location or assessing the safety of an existing one, corporate security professionals focused on keeping facilities, employees, visitors or other assets safe, need a way to better understand the geographical risks surrounding them. With the increase in crime rates being a persistent and endemic problem in the United States,…
Read MoreThe Real-Life Spy Behind the James Bond 007 Series
James Bond is one of the most legendary characters in film witnessed over the past several decades. In 1953 when the character of James Bond came to fruition in Ian Fleming’s novels under the code name 007, many were unaware that the inspiration for the character came from Serbian double agent, Duško Popov. Author Larry…
Read MoreTips from the Top: Corporate Security Leaders Share How to Build a Team Today That’s Fit to Tackle Tomorrow’s Risks
Did you know that in 2021 the global estimated shortage of cybersecurity professionals was 2.72 million? Today, according to a study by (ISC)2, the global cybersecurity workforce gap has increased to 3.4 million people. Staff shortages are an all-to-familiar problem for corporate security teams, which is getting more complicated to solve. The skills needed to…
Read MoreDHS Senior Medical Officer Shares Expertise on the Level of Medical Training Needed From Today’s Security Professionals
Training for failure versus success is game changing when it comes to responding to a worst-case scenario. However, today’s threat landscape has shown us that being prepared extends far beyond typical protection responsibilities. Basic medical training for security professionals is becoming more and more necessary to fulfill one’s duty of care. Dr. Alex Eastman is…
Read MoreCorporate Security Teams Face a New Challenge Right In Their Backyards – Relevancy
Corporate security teams face a new challenge in the threat landscape – relevancy to the bottom line. Typically, board members view a security department as a cost center, and that’s a perception security leaders want to change. Security department heads look for novel ways to illustrate how their department helps achieve the business’s strategic goals.…
Read MoreBeneath the Surface of Fraud, Corruption, and Compliance Risk Investigations
In this episode In this episode, Chuck Randolph talks with James Tunkey, COO of I-OnAsia, about the nuanced world of fraud, corruption, and compliance risk. James shares how true risk often hides beneath the surface, requiring a collective and unbiased approach to uncover it. With decades of global investigative experience, he breaks down the differences…
Read MoreFamily Offices: What They Get Right About Security, and What Companies Can Learn from Them
This article was originally featured on ASIS Security Management Family offices are privately held companies that often handle wealth management and investments for heads of companies, executives, and high-profile individuals—many of whom are quite wealthy. But these organizations often have broader responsibilities. Over the years, they’ve become among the best when it comes to protective intelligence and…
Read MoreSpotlighting the One Year Anniversary of Women Who Protect with Dr. Marisa Randazzo
Dr. Marisa Randazzo, PhD joins the podcast for a special round-up episode to celebrate the one-year mark on our Protective Intelligence Podcast series, Women Who Protect. This series spotlights women working in a wide range of positions within security, protection, and law enforcement. We’ve compiled highlights from some of our episodes featuring guests ranging from…
Read MoreRed Teaming at Scale to Uncover Your Big Unknowns
This article was originally featured on Dark Reading During the global war on terror, a group of commissioned and noncommissioned officers in the United States military participated in a unique training event. Soldiers of various ranks, all with different specialties, assembled in a remote location where they were stripped of rank and other identifying markers.…
Read More5 Essential Metrics and Methods to Prove Your Corporate Security Program’s ROI
Business executives are taking a blade-like approach to stabilize their budgets in today’s challenging economy. The technology industry is feeling the brunt of the cost-cutting measures. According to the Wall Street Journal, tech giants like Alphabet, Dell, and Meta are cutting an estimated 28,000 jobs combined. Banking behemoths like Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and PayPal plan…
Read MoreA Constant State of Crisis: How Corporate Security Teams Are Adapting to the New Normal
Corporate security teams face a new normal, and it’s called permacrisis – a state where instability and insecurity are constant. While many security teams already operate in this mindset, the difference is that the security department is one of many teams in constant vigilance. As a result, departments across organizations are becoming aware of permacrisis…
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