The chief security officer of a Fortune 1000 company was talking to his staff recently about whether to do background checks on all the housekeeping staff, or to escort the
Remember when coffee used to be brown? You know, that Chock Full O’Nuts caramel color? We used to sit on red vinyl stools in the diner, sipping cup after cup
There was a heated discussion in the boardrooms of Vigilon in McLean, Va., and Tel Aviv, Israel. Where was the company going to locate its Center for Continual Vigilance? Israel
I sat in Prime Grill in New York City, looking over the menu.What to order, what to order? Everything looked so good. I turned to the waiter and said, “I’m
What is the quintessential symbol of any organization’s security preparation? In my mind, it is clearly the command control or security operations center. When I walk into a stale command
Think for a minute about all the computers, laptops, servers, phones and PDAs humming and chirping around your campus. Employees and contractors are walking around, sitting in conference rooms and
I asked a group of security directors what product or service was most glaringly missing in the security industry. The unanimous response: Consumer Reports. Each one said they wished there
I walked into a Marriott hotel last week – probably the millionth time I’ve done that in my life – and I felt perfectly anonymous. I always feel that way
Did you ever see the movie Groundhog Day? In it, Bill Murray plays a uninspired weatherman who finds himself reliving the same day over and over again. It is only
It happens so often it’s become routine. John McClurg, CSO of Honeywell, is constantly charged by fellow executives to find ways to streamline operations related to security. One of the