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How is Mary Ludford, Vice President and Deputy Chief Security Officer for the Corporate and Information Security Services business unit at Exelon Corporation, mitigating and managing risk on a daily basis?

For the second consecutive year, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation decreased when compared with the previous year’s statistics, according to new FBI figures. 

The San Jose, Calif. Police Department has partnered with video surveillance companies to give police a faster way to find and obtain home-security video from residents who live near a crime scene.

At an event, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi unveiled a new vision for the rideshare app, which will focus on improving the safety and experience of Uber users and drivers. 

Online dating app Heyyo left a server exposed on the internet without a password, disclosing the personal details, images, location data, phone numbers and dating preferences for nearly 72,000 users, believed to be the app's entire userbase.

Facebook has suspended "tens of thousands" of apps connected to the platform after they were suspected of collecting large amounts of data, according to a news report. 

A Wisconsin mattress company, Verlo Mattress, leaked the records of 387,000 customers in an online database, a security researcher has found. 

Mission 500, a non-profit charity supported by the security industry and dedicated to serving the needs of children and communities in crisis across the United States, announced that it raised $41,000 at its fifth annual Security Softball Game.

As president and CEO of Des Moines-based security consultancy The Conley Group, Tom Conley has seen firsthand the consequences of inadequate training among security officers.

The Pasco County school district in Tampa, Fla. is adding $840,000 in new surveillance cameras to campuses over two years, as part of an effort to enhance student and employee safety.