Random Violence Sparks Handwringing (Again). Can a New Approach Spark Better Results?
Sweden became the latest country to engage in handwringing over how to mitigate random gun violence in public or quasi-public places after 10 people were shot dead last week at an adult school in Orebro. There are numerous reasons why such violence is hard to prevent, but does focusing on win-win strategies offer a path to protection?
Strengthening perimeter protection can increase the amount of time between detection of an intrusion and the point at which an attack would be successful, which layers of security help to facilitate. But how far out should you go?
Q&A Primer on “Security Decay” — A Significant Contributor to Security Risk
Until a negative incident occurs, it is tempting for a business to assume their protective shield is as strong as ever. But security systems on "autopilot" are actually in a state of decay.
Security’s Value Still Goes Unrecognized. Here is a 4-Step Plan to Change That.
Company security leaders—as a group—do an insufficient job promoting the value of their function, according to research. Security’s full range of benefits are still largely unrecognized. What should security leaders do to change that?
Considering the Value of Time in Assessing a Security Project or Service
A global pharmaceutical company’s security executive used a novel approach to better understand how much value a new access credentialing system was creating for his company.
