Lessons security professionals learned in 2021: The Security editorial team highlights their favorite articles released in 2021. In an ever-shifting industry, this year's top articles covered themes from finding and retaining security talent and mitigating misinformation- and disinformation to fostering [...]
Security budgets may double or triple in 2022: As the COVID-19 pandemic began around the world in early 2020, budgets decreased as businesses shuttered their doors. According to Global Guardian Founder and CEO Dale Buckner, security budgets have the potential [...]
Strategies to rein healthcare workplace violence Two recent news stories –– an active shooter at a Philadelphia hospital, and the distribution of panic buttons to staffers at a Missouri hospital – make public what many people in the healthcare industry already know: [...]
Choosing the right access control system: Selecting a physical access control system (ACS) can be a challenge for security teams. Understanding a system's capabilities, benefits, and what is absolutely necessary to include in evaluations seems like a huge undertaking, especially [...]
Mitigate retail shrink using visual AI: Retail security is only growing more complex as in-store shopping and eCommerce models start to blend. Consumers are increasingly turning to buy online, picking up in-store options, curbside pickups, and other ways of shopping [...]
Facial recognition technology’s problem: The issues go way beyond privacy. Facial recognition technology (FRT) is rapidly gaining traction globally – for all different use cases. A recent survey conducted by The Government Accountability Office found that 18 of 24 federal [...]
Best practices security leadership management: Chief security officers (CSOs) and chief information security officers (CISOs) can gain insights on best practices in security leadership and management from a new book titled Modern Management and Leadership: Best Practice Essentials with CISO/CSO [...]
Evaluating ERP - security, risk, and compliance solutions: Organizations looking to evaluate their enterprise resource planning (ERP)'s security defences are often required to sort through vendor claims of features that are unique to their solution (i.e., leading-edge, disruptive, or other [...]
Toward enlightened micromanagement: Of all the consequences of COVID-19, the so-called “Great Resignation” is one of the least expected. It is surprising because economic forecasts generally predicted varying degrees of doom, despair, and fear. Instead, millions of Americans are quitting [...]
Mitigating severe weather risks: In 2020 alone, severe weather in the U.S. accounted for $99 billion in economic losses, with a record number of billion-dollar weather events. Severe weather is one of the biggest disruptors to business operations and financial [...]
