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Embedded Security Provides a Different Level of Protection
Some organizations have the resources to build an effective, world-class security team; others don’t. Fortunately, there’s a solution: embedded security.
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The Role of Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) in Company Security
Surveillance equipment is easier to obtain and more effective than ever before. Technical surveillance countermeasures help your company minimize losses.
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Technical Surveillance Countermeasures to Prevent Corporate Espionage
Your competition wants information about your financial outlook or access to your intellectual property – and some will stop at nothing to gain that intel.
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Safeguard Your Season
From crowded airports to busy train stations to impacted highways, holiday travel can be challenging, even when it’s not during a worldwide pandemic.
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Holiday Travel Safety Tips for Corporate Executives
Executives on holiday may have safety and security risks. Learn how to keep up situational awareness and maintain safety and security during your travels.
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Lessons Learned From 2020: CEO Takeaways
An overview of lessons CEOs and other C-suite executives can learn from the COVID crisis and other events of 2020, and what’s next. Third in a series.
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The Evolution of Security in a Post-9/11 Landscape
Nearly two decades after the tragic 9/11 attack, we assess how security changed and how we are enhancing security at the government and private level.
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How Security is Shifting To Address New Threats
With civil, social, and economic tensions high in the face of the ongoing novel coronavirus pandemic, unrest and uncertainty are increasingly unavoidable. Across the nation and around the world, security organizations and professionals are facing a landscape of evolving and emerging threats that is redefining the nature of their work. From new threats to new security practices and priorities, the role of private security is changing faster than ever. Understanding the nature of those changes — and appreciating how they might impact both security agencies and their clients — is a critical first step in staying ahead of the curve at a time when falling behind could have profound and lasting consequences.
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Lessons Learned From Thermal Imaging Technologies
As quarantines and government-mandated shutdowns begin to phase out, brands and businesses continue to work to determine the safest way to reopen in a COVID-altered landscape. One particular technology in consideration to help address operational security challenges (and possible regulatory constraints) are thermal imaging camera systems that purport to be able to scan for fevers.
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Can Workplace Violence Be Anticipated?
Understanding how and why workplace violence occurs allows companies to identify vulnerabilities and develop comprehensive mitigation plans.
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Infographic | Mass Shootings in the US: Patterns and Traits
Mass shootings in public spaces have increased over the last 20 years. Finding common threads is a vital step toward preventing future mass shooting events.
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What Can the Healthcare Sector Teach Other Industries About Data Security?
Healthcare organizations are all too familiar with data breaches, which have been rapidly increasing in the sector for the past ten years. According to HIPPA Journal, healthcare data breaches are now reported at a rate of at least once a day. This is hardly surprising, given the increasing sophistication of attacks, the proliferation of 5G and connected devices, and the high value of healthcare data on the black market. Personal medical records can sell for hundreds – sometimes thousands – of dollars on the black market, making them highly enticing for hackers.
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Pinkerton Analysis | School Shootings in America
Infographic — Our findings determined that 95% of school shootings were not premeditated and increasingly, they are taking place outside school buildings.
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Cybercrime Risks: Then and Now
Today’s technology crimes involve highly developed, complex, and effective hacking software – including ‘spy tools’ that have slipped into the wild.
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From the Other Side: Pinkerton Vice Chairman Looks at Security From His New Role
Pinkerton Vice Chairman Tim Williams spent several decades leading security efforts for some of the most well-known Fortune 500 brands. In a recent podcast, he provided insight into what he sees now as he looks at risk management from the other side of the table.
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3 Corporate Risk Mitigation Tactics You Aren’t Implementing — but Should Be — In 2019
Here are three of the most common corporate risk mitigation tactics that CSOs and Directors of Security may not be practicing but definitely should adopt in 2019:
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Pinkerton President Looks to the Future of Risk Management
Pinkerton President Jack Zahran shares his thoughts on the digital transformation as well as how it will impact risk management in 2019 and beyond.
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Safeguard the Season: Safety Tips and Holiday Travel Best Practices
Holiday travel can be challenging. From long lines and crowded airports to busy highways, it can test your patience and up your stress level.
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What Security Implications Can a Truck Driver Shortage Cause?
It’s one of the frustrating ironies of a strong and increasingly interconnected global marketplace: growing demand for transportation and logistics services has outpaced the supply of capable and experienced truck drivers.
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Active Shooter Training and Workplace Violence Posts
This month, Pinkerton hosted an Active Shooter and Workplace Violence preparedness training session in Florida. Pinkerton is committed to playing an active role to increase security awareness and preparedness in our communities. The training focused on giving attendees the skills necessary so they can mitigate the risks involved with these types of incidents.
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How Mexican Cartels Impact Supply Chain Risk Mitigation
Cartel territory wars in Mexico cause supply chain disruptions and other risks that any company wishing to do business there must prepare for and mitigate.
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Understanding the Risks of the Dark Web
The Dark Web. It’s a term some are familiar with, but far more are not. Yet its effect on business is being felt internationally, even as recently as this month with the WannaCry ransomware attack on hospitals throughout the world, which we analyzed in a special Insights Report on ransomware. Perhaps you remember the hype about Bitcoin many years ago and how that internet payment system was going to change everything. Think it died off? Think again…it has become the main currency of the Dark Web and ransomware. If you are confused by all of this, you are not alone. According to Pinkerton Vice President Stephen Ward, “So many companies we work with have little or no idea what the Dark Web is…but they should. The impact it is having on business is widespread and companies have been slow to shore up vulnerabilities, leaving themselves exposed to major business disruptions.”
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Top 2016 Security Threat Blog Posts Round-Up
As an international security company, Pinkerton relies heavily on data-based intelligence to protect clients and their employees. As we look back at the top security issues in 2016, we thought it would be interesting to determine what you, our blog readers, found most compelling during the year based on analytics data collected from our blog. This post highlights the most popular Pinkerton security blog posts from the past year, listed by category using our Risk Wheel quadrants.
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2017 Security Industry Outlook
Pinkerton President Jack Zahran reviews the big events of 2016, what surprised him, and the outlook for the security industry in 2017.
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Tips for Common Event Planning Security Issues
While the Summer Olympics have just concluded, much was made of event security issues in Rio prior to the Games. Other large events are on the horizon too, such as Major League Baseball’s World Series and the National Football League’s Super Bowl. Non-sporting events such as the Toronto Film Festival and The Academy Awards will take place soon, too.
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With Conflict Comes Risk
Just about any international business is going to face risks associated with regions experiencing conflict, political strife or war. As we will explain below, nation-state conflicts are, unfortunately, a reality that has no foreseeable end. And while trying to avoid those regions may seem like the prudent tact to take, for many companies it is not possible nor is it a good business decision. Companies have to mitigate the risks associated with conflict regions, and the key to that is information that becomes intelligence.
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Water and Security: Flooding & Business Continuity
This is the second in Pinkerton’s Water and Security Series, begun during Earth Month (April 2016), looking at how water affects business security and continuity.
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Tech Companies Rally Behind Apple in Encryption Debate
More than a dozen U.S. based tech firms filed legal briefs in support of Apple’s case against the U.S. Government over device security. Apple has been resisting demands from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook. The amicus brief received by U.S. District Judge Sheri Pym in Riverside, California, argued that the 1789 All Writs Act cannot be used to force companies to create new technology. Additionally, the tech companies argue that Congress passed laws that govern what companies are compelled to do in support of government investigation, and the FBI orders are an “end run” around those laws. Families of the victims of the December 2015 terrorist attack filed their own amicus brief opposing the case made by the companies. The tech community that is expressing support for Apple’s stance against the US Government includes some of the biggest corporate rivals. While at first there was some hesitancy to become involved – or perhaps a desire to view the initial trajectory of the confrontation - Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Ebay, Twitter, Airbnb, & Reddit are among the group that has now become proactive. In the amicus briefs filed, the language is crystal clear and harshly criticizes the intent and actions of the FBI. These giant corporations are no longer concerned about any negative public perception. On the contrary, their alignment together will create a positive solidarity in the tech industry, and one which is likely to capture the attention of the public with a strong display of a line in the sand against government action that compromises confidentiality and privacy of the end user.
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Guard Force Management — Focus and Responsibilities
Many companies employ a third-party Guard Force Manager to oversee security operations and manage resources. There are several benefits to doing so.
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Updated — Smart Toy Hacks Raise Industry Concerns
Hacks of toy company databases serve as a reminder of the serious challenges posed by smart toys and other internet-connected children’s devices.
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Cloud Storage: Where Does It Go?
Data takes up space, and it needs a retrievable system to manage it. Storage, backup, disaster recovery and archiving are all elements that are essential to most organizations. There are currently choices available for maintaining your data storage; you can keep it in-house, or have it live on a cloud. Technological advances have enabled everything to exist outside of the infrastructure boundaries of your company. Cloud service providers can do it all for you, creating an agile and dynamic customizable solution to fit your needs. There are naturally some concerns that occur whenever something of value leaves the premises. To decide on the best approach for your organization, it is wise to dive a little deeper into the layers of cloud storage, from concept to lock down. We will go there in this article.
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Identity, Credentials, and Access Management
Designing a security strategy that both ensures facilities remain secure while enabling a positive user experience for those with proper credentials.
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Drones: The Good, the Bad and the Unknown
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) — or drones — have many benefits, but also raise issues in the areas of public safety, privacy and civil liberties.
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Security Without Product Pushing
Security measures for companies, organizations and institutions are generally divided into components that comprise the bigger picture. An initial risk assessment addresses the Physical, the Technological and the Organizational aspects related to your protection.
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Top Security Threats Survey Roundtable
Pinkerton experts discuss top security threats, emerging trends, and why companies need to think more holistically as the world becomes more connected.
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GPS Tracking of Individuals
GPS tracking of individuals removes some “guess work” but is best incorporated within a comprehensive security strategy that includes standard protection.
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Campus Security Overview — Past and Present
Let’s rewind 20 years in school campus security, for both primary and secondary institutions. Some things remain the same – but overall there have been substantial changes. Going two decades back, schools had intrusion systems, and especially at the grade school level, were not very much different than today. The objective was to protect schools from simple crime, most of it anticipated to be of the petty crime category such as theft and vandalism. Occasionally, there were isolated threats involving student arguments and aggressive behaviors. In general, the security system was turned on at the end of the school day, and the building locked up. Some degree of patrolling was incorporated, intrusion alarms, law enforcement patrols, and perhaps a night watchman.
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Protection for Race Horses, Expensive Pets, and Prized Possessions
Thoroughbred racehorses and expensive pets can become targets for theft and tampering. Finding the right comprehensive security solution can be difficult.
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Mexico Protests Due to Impact Security, Businesses, and Government
On September 26, 2014, 43 students from a teacher’s college went missing in Iguala, Guerrero, Mexico. The mass kidnapping and subsequent massacre of the students are most likely the largest and most difficult political and public security issue Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has faced during his administration. The handling of the kidnapping and investigation spotlighted the horrific level of corruption and dismal security situation in Mexico, which has led to International condemnation.
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Increased Cyber Security Mandated by Comprehensive New Legislation
The Dutch Wet bescherming persoonsgegevens (Wbp) is also referred to as the Dutch Data Protection Act. It has been in effect since September 1st, 2001, and it impacts European guidelines on personal data privacy. A new legal obligation component of this act is going into effect very soon, and if your company or organization acquires and maintains security of personal information it will greatly affect your process and resources as we move into the future. The new update will also impose stringent costly penalties for non-compliance. Regarding the impact on the consumer – and data storage in general - it is a positive direction.
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Museum Security: Preserving the Art Experience
Museum security must preserve the art experience while protecting the priceless. Seamless security integration is possible and beneficial for museums.
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Getting the Most From Your Security Agency
“Why should I consider bringing an outside security team into my organization?” We get this question a lot. Most companies we talk with know that they have a skilled security team that handles issues with great professionalism. However, there are issues companies and organizations face to which, though they recognize them, they are ill-prepared to respond. Beyond that, there are unknown issues that can present a major problem for the future. It is within these two areas that partnering with an external agency can provide added value, perspective and expertise.
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Holistic Security: The Risk Wheel
Examining your company’s operation and assessing where it is vulnerable with a holistic overview of your company’s security health and risk profile
Reports
Top Security Threats and Management Issues — 2014
Learn about the pressing security threats & management issues of 2014.
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India’s Internal Security Landscape — Emerging Challenges and Opportunities
Learn about the opportunities and challenges in India’s Internal Security landscape.
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Top Security Threats and Management Issues 2012
Securitas USA surveyed a wide range of security managers and directors, facilities managers and others responsible for the safety and security of corporate America’s people, property, and information from Fortune 1000 companies. The objective was to identify emerging trends related to perceived security threats, management issues, and operational issues.
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Risk Mitigation and Workplace Violence Prevention
Learn how to properly plan ahead for potential risks and security threats at your workplace.
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Unruly Crowds | The “Equal Opportunity” Security Threat
How to plan ahead with crowd control protocols.
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Reading Tomorrow's Security Landscape
Learn about the latest emerging security trends and how to control risk.
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How Are You Evaluating Your Security Program?
Learn how to develop Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for your business.
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Global Security Operations Centers
Pinkerton's innovative approach to intelligence-led GSOC Fusion Centers is based on our comprehensive approach to risk management.