Walking the Line:
Navigating the Insider Threat

Anyone with access to your organization — employee, contractor, former employee, etc. — poses a potential risk to the enterprise. So, what is insider threat; who should own an insider risk mitigation program within the enterprise; and most importantly, how can security leaders assess and mitigate the risk?

By Maggie Shein

COVID-19 Heroes
Maximizing COVID-19 Pandemic Response at Armour College

Chief of Police and founder of Armour College, Richard McCann has been responsible for leading the college’s response to the widespread COVID-19 pandemic, immediately putting policies and medical screenings into place, acquiring personal protective equipment (PPE), and distributing Center of Disease (CDC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and other relevant medical information to staff and students on all campuses to ensure appropriate safety and health protocols at the college. By Maria Henriquez

COVID-19 Heroes
Maintaining Critical Functions and Minimizing Risk at State Street Corporation

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Managing Director and Chief Security Officer Stephen D. Baker, CPP, and his entire security function provided strategy and risk leadership with ongoing risk assessments and mitigation strategies at the State Street Corporation. This allowed the company to continue its global operations, placed workers at ease and supported State Street clients’ needs without disruption throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. By Maria Henriquez

COVID-19 Heroes
Gary Johnson of the Pojoaque Valley School District Makes Student and Staff Well-Being Priority Number One

Gary Johnson is much more than Director of Security for the Pojoaque Valley School District in New Mexico. He’s in charge of safety and security, transportation and more, but his most important role is supporter, with this role becoming even more prominent in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. By Maggie Shein

COVID-19 Heroes
The NFL’s GSOC Takes Center Stage in Getting Players Back on the Field

As a centralized place for intelligence and information, the NFL’s GSOC, led by Director of Intelligence Operations Robert Gummer, played a pivotal role in the League’s pandemic response, streamlining access and infection control, updating business continuity plans, and providing relevant data to enable all stakeholders to make informed decisions. By Maggie Shein

Product Spotlight
ISC West Product Preview 2021

Are you on the lookout for innovative, new security solutions for your enterprise? Before you walk the exhibit hall of ISC West 2021, July 19-21 in Las Vegas, take a close look at your enterprise’s needs, talk with your security systems integrator, and determine which specific risks and issues you want any new security technology to address. For a quick jump-start to your research, Security previewed 13 new security solutions that are new this year. By Maria Henriquez

Integrated Solutions
Why Retailers Are Economizing and Optimizing With Cloud Video Surveillance

Thanks to advancements in cloud video surveillance, retailers who want a high-performance video surveillance system do have alternatives to ripping and replacing and expensive upgrades. For both heightened security and business optimization, here’s what retailers should look for in a video management system and provider. By Ken Francis

Leadership & Management
Enterprise Security: Positioning Your Team as a Value Add, Not a Cost Center

Now is the time to take a step back and consider approaches that can help to re-brand the image of your corporate security and resilience departments. This article will share four direct strategies that can help you and your security team transition from being seen as a “cost center” to becoming a value-add to your business’s bottom line. By Burke Brownfeld

Enterprise Services
Centralized Supply Chain Security Programs Yield Efficiency

Finding efficiencies in supply chain security is as simple as enveloping more of your supply chain. Kirsten Provence has led Boeing’s supply chain security program for nearly a decade; here she explains what has propelled efficiency gains by scaling the program using subsidiaries. By Kirsten Provence