Onboarding a next-generation PSIM platform: It’s time for organizations to improve their security, from detection to response and forensic follow-up, using next-generation physical security information management (PSIM) systems. However, the system’s many capabilities may leave some security professionals believing the [...]
Crisis management team burnout: Since late 2019, we have collectively experienced multiple, often concurrent, crises across the spectrum of natural disasters, political instability, civil unrest, ransomware, sanctions, data breaches, and, of course, overlaid across it all, the COVID-19 pandemic. Some [...]
Securing public gatherings strategies: Public gatherings have become targets for security threats and acts of violence in recent years. In the United States, attacks on schools, religious institutions, and large events have spurred evaluations of organizational security posture. The Cybersecurity [...]
Protecting utilities - Top targets: A comprehensive, layered, and thorough security program is a vital component of any utility or critical infrastructure organization’s operations. In 2020, U.S. officials reported that a small drone, or autonomous aerial vehicle (UAV), attempted the [...]
Streamlining security operations centers (SOC) The transition from a security operations center to a threat collaboration environment. There is an onslaught of security data – generating information in different formats, storing it in different places, and forwarding it to different [...]
Retail security and video content analytics: More people are venturing out and visiting stores amidst the easing of pandemic-era lockdowns, and not all are innocent consumers. Retailers can prepare for this influx by investing in video content analytics, which can [...]
Tools to improve facility security: Security professionals are all too familiar with the concept of physical access control for facility security. But for many, the term “access control” implies an access control system consisting of controllers, credentials, and accompanying software. [...]
CCTV towers deter security threats: Surveillance isn’t new to the security industry — many enterprise security teams rely on surveillance feeds to detect, prevent or mitigate incidents. CCTV towers, a recent iteration of the traditional security camera set-up, have been [...]
Mitigating employee risk in remote work environments: Eighty-one percent of surveyed information technology (IT) leaders reported that remote working is now standard practice within their organization, with half of all respondents revisiting and updating data security policies and processes that [...]
Using voice for emergency evacuation: Last July, a woman allegedly bolted through a security checkpoint at Newark Airport’s Terminal C before being detained by law enforcement. The security breach caused “significant alarm” among airport travelers, said a news report. Some passengers [...]
