Keeping Your Employees Safe at the 2024 Olympic Games
By Chuck Randolph and Fred Burton As the world eagerly anticipates the 2024 Paris Olympics, the event’s grandeur remains a magnet for threats. Like its predecessors, the 33rd Summer Olympics is a target. French media has reported, in the lead-up to the event, that French authorities are on heightened alert due to terror plots thwarted. …
Read MoreEmerging Technology Highlights New Converged Risks and Asymmetric Threats
Protecting high-profile individuals and events as the digital threat landscape evolves This article was originally posted in ASIS Security Management Magazine. The ubiquity of technology companies in daily life today puts them in the security spotlight, with increasing media attention, political scrutiny, and complex, overlapping threats. In November 2023, after visiting with U.S. President Joe…
Read MoreAlternative Social Media: What It Means for Threat Intelligence Gathering
Why the rise in alternative social media platforms with less moderation and greater anonymity calls for a more proactive approach to threat monitoring. Early versions of social media platforms began emerging in the late 90s and early 2000s with the intended purpose of connecting users with others based on shared interests, affiliations, or geographic proximity.…
Read MoreCreating an Effective Insider Risk Program
With insider incidents on the rise, security leaders are taking a proactive approach to help blunt the negative impacts For most organizations, people are their greatest asset. However, employees with access to information, technology, and facilities can also be your company’s greatest vulnerability — intentionally and unintentionally. In light of recent mass layoffs and the…
Read MoreEnhancing Corporate Security: The Value of Intelligence in Weather Related Threats
How to ensure the safety of corporate assets and personnel amidst increasingly frequent and intense severe weather Due to the increasing severity of destructive weather events — including hurricanes, tornadoes, and wildfires — improved weather monitoring and updated action plans are essential for protecting corporate assets and ensuring the safety of personnel. This requires a…
Read MoreThe Surprising Supporter Behind the Push to Modernize GSOCs: The C-Suite
The increased attention from the C-Suite signals that executives want better alignment between security and the business. Security leaders are seeing enthusiasm, even mounting pressure, from company leaders to upgrade their organizations’ global security operation center’s (GSOC) infrastructure. One reason leadership is eager to update the GSOC is the increasing frequency of threats and the…
Read MoreConsolidation is Coming to Corporate Security Technology
Why removing technology silos is critical to helping security teams save time, cut costs, and reduce risks. This article was originally published in Security Magazine. Those old enough to remember the software industry in the 1980s might recall some names from days gone by: Lotus 1-2-3, Harvard Graphics, :ccMail and WordPerfect. At its peak, Lotus…
Read MoreThree Ways to Build Momentum and Consensus for Your Security Program
Security teams face an uphill battle in securing a budget. Leaders are now leveraging company culture and employee collaboration to change perceptions of security as a cost center. Securing a budget is a significant challenge for many leaders; those charged with security efforts often doubly so. Leaders need to demonstrate the results of their security…
Read MoreInvestigating Workplace Threats at Manufacturing Companies
This checklist will help you boost the effectiveness of your workplace violence investigations in three categories:
Read MoreInsider Risk: Don’t Ignore the Community Context
When looking to mitigate insider risks, security leaders have to remember the potential causes. This article was originally featured in Security Magazine Just a few months ago, many security professionals confessed concern about a potential economic downturn and how that would impact the security environment around them. Some were troubled about possible layoffs at their company, and…
Read MoreThe Next Chapter of Behavioral Threat Assessment for Ontic and SIGMA
Our mission at Ontic is to keep people safe and make organizations stronger. We wake up every day thinking about new ways to help security teams be more efficient and effective in doing their important work. A little over two years ago, we acquired SIGMA Threat Management Associates with the goal of bringing more process…
Read MoreFollowing California’s New Workplace Violence Laws Is Good for All Businesses
Workplace violence prevention rules will go into effect in California this summer, and Dr. Marisa Randazzo recommends companies across the country — not just those in the Golden State — consider incorporating the policies. This article was originally featured in Corporate Compliance Insights This year, California will become the first state to require most employers to implement…
Read MoreA Guide to Gaining Approval and Budget: Advice from Corporate Security Leaders
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Read MoreNavigating Corporate Security Through Times of Chaos
The threat landscape has been evolving at a rapid rate that has been worsened by matters such as geopolitical conflicts, social justice issues, and economic unrest. So, how can risk leaders best protect their organizations regarding reputational risk? Corporate security groups continue to be stretched thin, juggling multiple priorities within a constantly evolving environment. Risks…
Read MoreProven Methods for the Quiet Security Professional To Own Their Narrative
Hear from Ontic Co-Founder, Tom Kopecky, and President of Exlog Global, George Taylor, on how security leaders can articulate the bigger picture to the rest of the business. Having worked with many men and women in the security profession who have dedicated their entire careers to keeping others safe, a common theme emerges when discussing…
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