Cyber Security While Traveling In a world where everyone is constantly connected, cybersecurity cannot be limited to the home or office. When traveling—whether domestic or international—it is important to practice safe online behavior and take proactive measures to secure Internet-enabled devices. The more you travel, the more you are at risk for cyberattacks. The more...
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What is an External Threat?
Every organization has external threats. What threats will impact your organization’s safety, security, reputation, and bottom line? What is an External Threat? An external threat is a threat that originates external to your organization. External threats come in many forms, including physical, cyber, and reputational. Malicious threats come from bad actors, criminal groups, or may...
Preventive Security Measures – Best Practices
Encourage Employee Situational Awareness Surveillance normally occurs before attacks are carried out. Recognizing the indicators increases the possibility of deterrence and prevention. Most employees know what is normal in the immediate area and they should be encouraged to report anything extraordinary, such as: Person or vehicle seen in the same location on multiple occasions. Person...
A Contrarian View: With a Hire Perspective
A Contrarian View: With a Hire Perspective April, 2021 Part II Jon Watson Congratulations on your new hire? Impressive. With a transcript like his, coupled with his graduate work in emerging technologies, he’ll be an innovative force at your firm for years to come! Or will he? I’m sure you asked him in the interview...
You’ve Just Crossed Over into the Deep, Dark Web
You’ve Just Crossed Over into the Deep, Dark Web It’s the stuff of crime novels and science fiction movies: a virtual world that seems so mysterious and foreboding that one enters only at his or her own risk. Welcome to the dark web, a quadrant of the internet that serves up a motley collection of...
How Mature is your Security Program?
How Mature is Your Security Program? Numbers don’t lie, and quantitative analysis is the key to achieving your company’s security goals. Organizations need to know where their current programs align with best practices, and where there might be gaps, to ensure operational function that consistently achieves exceptional results. A preparedness program that identifies deficiencies and...
A Contrarian View: Corporate Security, Crisis Management, and Wholesale Malaise
A Contrarian View: Corporate Security, Crisis Management, and Wholesale Malaise February, 2021  Part I Jon Watson During my time at the FBI Atlanta Field Office, I once received a cable from the State Department informing us that one of our area university professors had been in extended contact with the Russians. He ran a laboratory...
Increasing Security through Situational Awareness
Simply stated, situational awareness is knowing where you are; who, and what, is around you; and what imminent or emerging threats may soon require your full attention and correct response. Knowledge, experience, and education enable us all to better interpret our surroundings and help determine if they are safe. This means everyone’s perspective is unique...
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED)
Offenders and regular users of space alike can observe environmental cues that indicate, “This is a safe place,” or “This place appears to be unsafe.” Sophisticated, expensive security is not the sole solution to ensure the physical safety and security of your work site. Organizations should take advantage of natural opportunities beyond security personnel and...
Words Matter. How well will you communicate during your next crisis?
Words Matter. How well will you communicate during your next crisis? The value of any communications must be weighed against the potential exposure or liability upon which that communications may create. Yet, employee and public confidence in the ability of your organization to deal with a crisis, and to bring about a satisfactory conclusion, must...