Technology & Security Blog

As the world adjusts to life during a quarantine, here are 3 statistics that show COVID-19 is having a bigger impact on your IT infrastructure than you thought:

Back in “normal times,” only 2.9% of the total U.S. workforce worked from home at least half of the time (based on a 2017 report*). Although the exact number is hard to pinpoint, a new poll says that 88% of organizations are estimated to...

Traditionally, we think of Disaster Recovery as a way to combat things like physical calamity, data loss, and criminal acts, but what if something happens to your IT manager? Are you prepared? By identifying problems before they happen, and putting a plan in place, you can position your business to tackle every obstacle.

Many businesses use the “bus test” as an extreme What if. What if a key employee gets hit by...

As companies respond to the global demand for remote work options, staying secure at home is crucial. Whether you’re provisioning corporate laptops or letting your employees use their personal devices, here are some things to consider:

House of worship (or church) business operations, regardless of specific religion, are challenging across the board; and security management is no exception. Unlike corporate America where managers have the option to screen new hires and evaluate resources solely on performance, most church teams and committees are comprised primarily of volunteers; security teams included. Security managers operating in a church ecosystem are faced with needing to protect assets without...

Physical security is justifiable for nearly every business today. Across the United States, employees assume a baseline level of security in the workplace, and with a seemingly endless number of liabilities, it’s simply not possible for employers to be too careful. However, it’s the vast minority of organizations globally who can afford (or justify) dedicated security management personnel who intimately understand the security technology the organization has...

The physical security industry has exploded over the past decade. Acceptance of traditional IT industry conventions in the early 2000s brought more rapid product development than we had ever seen before; development that has empowered us to realize unprecedented reach from the technology and processes we’re implementing today. Surrounded by an ever-changing threat landscape, it’s necessary that the industry constantly evolves. In the midst of this evolution,...

Physical security has been an essential part of nearly every successful venture since our very beginning. Charitable organizations located in downtrodden parts of town are intentional about using popular physical security concepts to create a safe space for those they serve. Small businesses gaining momentum on the backs of revolutionary ways of going to market, need to be diligent about protecting their intellectual property that has empowered them to separate themselves from their...

This article was first published on The Security Professional Directory blog and is intended to provide a high-level overview of the term “physical security,” which is truly dynamic. The definition of physical security must evolve constantly if we as physical security professionals intend to keep pace with the changing threat landscape we operate in. For the reasons shared below, those of us in the security industry need to be regularly collaborating, innovating,...