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.
Security has a role in international operations by conducting threat assessments and monitoring risks, and the corporate security hotline is sure to ring when tragedy strikes or an employee is kidnapped.
Think about security lawsuits for a moment. Does your mind conjure a tragic security incident in which a third party is victimized on company property—perhaps at the hands of an employee? This scenario has caused more than a few sleepless nights, but there is another source of claims to worry about—and it may be gaining ground.
To the people who would know best—security directors—the quality of security officers is improving. But with their ability to protect increasingly under the microscope of the public and lawmakers, "getting better" may not be good enough. A new IOMA research project suggests three ways to push the progress.
There is no denying the appeal of increasing the uniformity of security across physical locations and systems. It’s an enticing ideal for an employee to possess a single credential for access to the office in Brussels or Baltimore or a printer in Boise. Linkage can also simplify management so that a former employee can’t access anything as soon as his or her privileges have been revoked. But these benefits have been out there for the taking for some time, so why aren’t we further along?
Getting rid of problem workers is becoming increasingly complicated, which makes it crucial to avoid potential security threats in the hiring stage. Exclusive new IOMA research reveals what companies are doing in this regard—as well as their perspective on the extent to which pre-hire checks can be relied upon to avert trouble later on.
Unmitigated Risks & Business Partners: Lessons Learned Solving the Response Challenge in a Remote-
Monitoring World Security Executives Vote For Their Favorite Money-Saving Technology Technology Takes Emergency Communication
to the Next Level As Security Follows the Healthcare Model, What Can Private Businesses Expect? Putting the Emergency Planning, Business
Continuity, and Crisis Response Puzzle Pieces
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Workers Lose Suit Seeking Pay for Long Security Lines
Elsewhere in this issue, we cover recent legal cases making it easier for workers to sue employers. But while those verdicts have been friendly to workers, employers did just score a key victory. In the case, employees of a nuclear power station sued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for compensation for the 10 to 30 minutes per day they spent passing through multiple layers of…
United States Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design Conference (CPTED) 2007—CPTED For the Practitioner, Las Vegas, Aug. 1. Contact: National Institute of Crime Prevention, 813-294-9757; Web: www.nicp.net
Midwest Security & Police Conference/Expo, Rosemont, Ill., Aug. 7-8. Contact: Web: www.mspce.com
Global Security Operations 2010, San Jose, Aug. 22-23. Contact: Event Coordinator, 949-831-6788; Web: www.gsoevents.com …
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