Corporate Security
Pot and Crime
A huge marijuana dispensary is going in across the street. I can see it from my office window. I dread its opening for the traffic I imagine it will bring. Some anti-pot politicians and activists have claimed that crime will increase where marijuana is legalized. This view has been discredited (at least by Snopes) and…
Read More12 to Consider when Choosing a Security Consultant
The right security consultant can offer invaluable service and guidance to help make a protected environment safer and more secure. But not all consultants are created equally. What’s more, the conventional playbook is definitely not the most effective one. To our mind, thinking outside the box is mandatory. Here’s what to look for: 1 Holistic…
Read MoreSimple – not Simplistic – Emergency Response Procedures
Simplistic ideas and procedures by their nature do not withstand reality tests. This is the case for many emergency lock-down procedures where unfortunately the essence of the SOP is to pacify its intended audience and not necessarily to save their lives. In a situation of imminent threat, one’s instinctive response is often the correct response. …
Read MorePrivate Security Industry Falls Short
The ASIS conference in Dallas, Texas last month illustrated a new trend for security guard companies. Many of them diversify their service portfolio with technology offerings that may ultimately substitute for their core business of supplying security officers by the hour. Remote CCTV monitoring services and autonomous security robots are being marketed by some of…
Read MoreThe Spirit of the Law
How can security personnel know what to do when doing the right thing contradicts the rules? After all, life is often complicated and things are rarely black and white. Here are two examples. One of our school security clients was conducting a lock down drill. Lock down procedures at that campus state that no…
Read MoreNational Security Strategy
A National Security Strategy has been produced every few years going back to 1987, under the Reagan administration. The latest NSS was published in 2002 and 2006 by President Bush, and in 2010 and 2015 by Barack Obama. The purpose of the NSS is to communicate a President’s vision to the Congress as well as…
Read MoreWomen in Security
Ninety percent or more of the attendees at our security executive seminars are men. And those women who attend our training are usually security executives working at the highest levels in their respective company or agency, or they play an active role in government or academia and are leaders in their field. They come to…
Read MoreCan ICANN?
Last week folks at the office were freaking out because various internet sites were either down, or working sporadically and email was stuck in everyone’s outbox. After a couple hours of troubleshooting and name calling it appeared the problem was due to a DNS (Domain Name Server) DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack on a…
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