Posts Tagged ‘Operational Risk Management’
Applying Security Trainings in Real Life: How Preparing for Hostage Situations Saves Lives
One of the first lessons I learned as a young member of the rescue squad is that training saves lives. Stopping the bleeding, CPR, protection from smoke inhalation and other training we practiced saved lives every day. Later, as a police officer and special agent, that mindset was consistently reinforced in different situations, but especially…
Read MoreOne Year Later, One Big Question Still Looms Around Jan. 6
This article was originally featured in Forbes Last year, in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riots in the U.S. Capitol, I penned a column and did several media interviews on the failures of security and the lessons that companies can learn from these events. One year later, new details about the Jan. 6 riots continue to…
Read MoreHow Corporate Intelligence Teams Help Businesses Manage Risk
This article was originally featured in Harvard Business Review and was written by Paul R. Kolbe and Maria Robson Morrow of the Intelligence Project at the Belfer Center at the Harvard Kennedy School. In January 2020, a small team at the global financial services technology company Fiserv began closely watching early warning signs of a…
Read MoreStructuring the Unstructured: Using a Converged Security Operations Console and Integrated Research to Better Evaluate Threats
In my last post I discussed why it’s important for security teams to have the right data structure in place to gain more visibility of potential threat signals. Whether you’re missing information because of not knowing where to look, not having the right tools in place, or because you’re inundated with noise, it’s easy for…
Read MoreReal-Time Threat Detection: Gaining Situational Awareness to Inform Action
In this Situational Awareness White Paper, you’ll learn why a central source is needed to gain situational awareness and take action, specifically highlighting:
Read MoreStructuring the Unstructured to Better Evaluate Known and Unknown Threats
Known threats can be easy to identify. They’re the pieces of information already on your radar: Employee-related incident reports, information obtained from open or closed investigations, events being planned, and known persons of interest (POIs). Unknown threats can be much harder to uncover, especially if you don’t know where to look or if you don’t…
Read MoreDetect, Understand, Act: How Real Time Threat Monitoring Mitigates Risk
In just 40 minutes, you’ll learn the importance of leveraging real time threat monitoring software to facilitate intelligent decision-making, as well as:
Read MoreHow the U.S. Capitol Riots Forever Changed the Value of a Proactive Security Approach
The riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 took many by surprise. Unfortunately, this feeling of surprise was felt by security and protection agencies near and far. It forever changed how we value protective intelligence and proactive threat management — especially in close proximity to a high-profile event. In this episode, Fred Burton…
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