Security Director's Report
Security Director’s Report is a monthly management tool designed to help security directors keep pace with the rapidly evolving world of corporate security. Each issue alerts you to critical news, important new security products, and up-to-date advice that you need to know to effectively manage your security department. SDR’s comprehensive, easy-to-follow articles provide practical advice for meeting your top security challenges, including crime prevention, workplace violence, executive protection, disaster preparedness, and workplace investigations. We also provide exclusive industry benchmarks, best practices in security department management, and the latest data on security director salaries. Each issue also includes a listing of upcoming events for security directors and new briefs alerting you to the latest legal, legislative, and technology news impacting the security industry.
October 2008 - Table of Contents
A tornado recently hit a critical Caterpillar manufacturing facility in Mississippi, seriously affecting a portion of the company’s equipment manufacturing operations. When events such as this happen, a company expects to have its approach to disaster preparedness tested—to survive or suffer based on its readiness. But before long (if not already), your company’s level of preparedness will have an impact on business operations even when there isn’t a cloud in the sky. As more companies have prepared to handle disasters, it’s becoming a requirement for earning and keeping customers.
Asset misappropriation—schemes in which a perpetrator steals or misuses an organization’s resources—accounts for 89 percent of occupational frauds. And while not nearly as expensive as fraudulent statements or corruption, it’s not cheap—averaging $150,000 per case and lasting two years on average before detection. So what does a new study suggest you do about it?
Not everybody likes the latest hot terminology, "physical security information management" (PSIM). In a market insight report in May, an analyst from Frost & Sullivan took a swipe at the term, complaining that the platform for coordination to which it refers extends beyond physical security to include a building and communications system or an HR database, so "PSIM" sells it short. (The report advocated "situational awareness" instead.)
Addressing the recent Governor’s Campus Preparedness Conference in Virginia, George Mason University’s Chief of Police dared to utter the usually unspoken truth—that a campus lockdown isn’t just impractical, it’s impossible. "I know I can’t lock down George Mason," he said. But what can and should be done to close down an open environment under siege? What should institutions say about the risk? We took a look at how institutions are approaching the threat and what experts believe is and isn’t workable as part of a security response plan.
The Evolution of Terrorism and What It Means for Global Businesses What Would You Need to Do to Sell Your Excess Security Capacity to Others? What You Can Do to Make Ethical Lapses by Employees Less Likely Managing Disparities in International Operations—How Security Departments Make It Work How You Should Adapt Fraud Prevention to a More Culturally Diverse Workplace What Next-Generation Security Leaders Have in Common…
As hard as a department may try to remove variables from security operations, it’s often held hostage to the most uncontrollable of elements—the human mind. Especially when it comes to dealing with senior executives, perception is reality—and that has serious implications for keeping them safe, gaining their trust, and getting their support.
Border Patrol Releases ITS Policy on Seizing Laptops
SDR has previously reported on the suspicionless examination and seizure of travelers’ laptops by border patrol agents and the failure of a lawsuit to stop the practice. But the policy behind those laptop inspections and what agents can do with confiscated devices has been kept under wraps—until now. …
Security Profiling for Survival, Dallas, Oct. 19-21. Contact: Conference Department Manager, United Publications, 207-846-0600, ext. 212; Web: www.securityprofilingforsurvival.com
10th Annual Technologies for Critical Incident Preparedness Conference and Exposition, Chicago, Oct. 29-31. Contact: CTC Inc. Public Safety Technology Center, 508-870-0042; Web: www.ctc.org
International Security Conference (ISC)—East, New York City, Oct. 29-30. Contact: Reed Customer Service, 800-840-5602; Web: www.isc365.com …
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