THE MAGAZINE

January 2010

BANK ROBBERY

Plus: Surveillance ♦ Leadership ♦ Layered Security

COVER STORY

Robbery Risk Reduction

By Laura Spadanuta

Banks seek ways to remain open for business without being a place where robbers can bank on easy money.

FEATURES

Rising to New Heights

By Ann Longmore-Etheridge

United Space Alliance’s Joseph R. Granger, CPP, ASIS International’s 2010 president, is well-grounded and ready to lead the Society onward and upward.

Women in the Security Sector

By Mimi Lanfranchi

Women are rising to the top of the security industry, a sector often seen as male-dominated. (Online Exclusive)

HOMELAND SECURITY

Leadership WIthout Borders

By Joseph Straw

Meta-leadership emerges as the next major management concept as agency leaders attempt to coordinate efforts across organizations and sectors.

The Skinny on CFATS

By Joseph Straw

Find out what high-risk chemical facilities need to know about DHS’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) program.

Urban Area Perspective - Hampton Roads

By Joseph Straw

Security Management interviews Rich Flannery, emergency management administrator at Virginia's Hampton Roads Planning District Commission.

PRINT EDITION ONLY

Lessons for Layering

By Roger G. Johnston, CPP

Having multiple layers of security without a clear strategy can create complexities that increase, rather than reduce, vulnerabilities. Here's what you need to know to avoid such problems.

How Do We View Risks?

By Laura Spadanuta

A study on perception finds that people are most often swayed by recent information regardless of the relevance of the data.

Cyber-Neighborhood Watch

By Laura Spadanuta

The U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory has created a way for entities to share information on cyberattacks in real time.

I Spy with My Electronic Eye

By Ann Longmore-Etheridge

The city of Birmingham is using a new kind of video analytic to help it catch and curtail criminal behavior in public streets.

Legal Report

By Teresa Anderson

Courts announce decisions on negligence and whistleblower protection; the government issues guidance on drug testing; and Congress considers bills on chemical facilities, cruise ships, and data security.

Industry News

By Ann Longmore-Etheridge

ASIS announces the newest members of the 2010 Board Management Committee, and ASIS member Robert Lang, CPP, is profiled

Tailored Training

By Kerrie L. Kavulic

Security managers must set up a training plan for various types of employees and then establish a tracking system to ensure that the program is working as intended.

 

The Magazine — Past Issues

EDITOR'S NOTE

Achieving Goals in the New Year

How can security managers successfully achieve goals in the New Year?

TECHNOFILE

Fraud and Small Business

By John Wagley

As criminals target the online transactions of small and medium-sized businesses, companies are exploring security options such as standalone operating systems.

Worth a Look: Encrypt-Stick

By John Wagley

Encrypt-Stick is a secure USB stick that helps professionals protect information carried on portable storage devices.

Outsourcing Risk

By John Wagley

Sending IT jobs abroad can help cut costs. But it can also increase security risks, according to a recent survey of 350 IT managers.

Site to See: Better Privacy

By John Wagley

Mozilla Firefox's Better Privacy lets users delete Flash-based cookies.

Behind the Numbers

By Forrester Research, Inc.

Forrester Research asks what's important in corporate IT security.

INTERNATIONAL

Will Mexican Law Impact Business

By Stephanie Berrong

In light of Mexico’s decriminalization of some narcotics, companies should review employee drug-use policies.

Protecting Intellectual Property Worldwide

By Stephanie Berrong

China, India, and Thailand are not doing enough to protect U.S. intellectual property rights, reports the Government Accountability Office.

BOOK REVIEWS

Web Security Testing Cookbook

By Paco Hope and Ben Walther; Reviewed by Don Fergus

A bit outdated, this Web security text can nevertheless help developers and quality assurance testers apply effective security design strategies.

Pandemic Influenza Emergency Planning and Community Preparedness

By Editor Jeffrey R. Ryan, Ph.D.; Reviewed by Bob Sena, CPP

While it focuses on an avian flu pandemic, this year old book's lessons apply to the pandemic currently circling the globe and to any other large-scale disease outbreak

Hacking Wall Street

By John Kula; Reviewed by Ronald Mendell, MS, CISSP

Hacking Wall Street  is an interesting book from an author with no credentials.

Security Operations: An Introduction to Planning and Conducting Private Security Details for High Risk Areas

By Robert H. Deatherage, Jr.; Reviewed by Frederick D. "Rick" Arons, CPP, CRT

Security Operations is a how-to guide for turning a basic private security company into a private military contractor like Blackwater.

Data Mining for Intelligence, Fraud, and Criminal Detection

By Christopher Westphal; Reviewed by Adrian A. Barnie, CPP, CFE, CAMS

Christopher Westphal's book is an extremely useful, interesting, and advanced book on data mining and its applications.

 

Hazchem 4: Chlorine (DVD/VHS)

By Emergency Film Group; Reviewed by Mayer Nudell, CSC

This 28-minute video is an instructor's guide for working with the common, yet very dangerous, chemical chlorine.

 

Beyond Print

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