Benchmarking Security Assessments

Ask three people: is the security here good? and you’ll get four different answers.  Our notions about security tend to be qualitative.  Sure, if a security system was recently breached…

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Harden your Targets

Hardening a target is a critical part of effective security. Its importance in mitigating potential crime and threats cannot be underestimated.  How easy or difficult a target is both to…

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Gun Detection Technology

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Security professionals are always looking for ways to prevent crime and attacks from happening, particularly mass shootings.  Since 9/11, we have endured terrorist attacks and active shooter attacks (similar insofar…

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Afghan Identity

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We were doomed to fail in Afghanistan from the beginning of our involvement there. Relentless rebellion was inevitable and insurgency will always win the day. A piece of land can…

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Who was Kate Warne?

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Did you know that the first female private detective in the U.S. was key to saving the life of President Abraham Lincoln? In the time leading up to his inauguration,…

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Country Club Security

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One of the many great aspects of private golf course or country club life is the feeling of being completely free to enjoy your time, safe from threats, with a…

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Colonial Pipeline Hack

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Colonial Pipeline, the largest for refined gasoline and jet fuel in the U.S., carries up to 3 million barrels a day between Texas and New York.  Hackers broke in to…

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Transit Insecurity

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Violent crime on city streets and around transit hubs are in the news every day. A little old lady gets punched in the face at a bus stop, someone is…

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Duty to Protect

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To what extent is a business obligated to provide security for its customers?  And to what extent does security influence which businesses a customer choses to frequent?  These questions are…

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Ransomware Risk

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It is estimated that every 11 seconds, a ransomware attack occurs (this according to Cybersecurity Ventures).  Over the last 4 years, the FBI reports there have been 4,000 attacks -…

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