Today, cybersecurity is on all our minds. Every other day, we get news of another cyberattack. As more organizations struggle to keep up with the onslaught of these new threats, many are asking: “What can we do to strengthen our cybersecurity posture?” When we want to quantify it, consider the concept of risk. In its simplest form, the risk associated with a system is the impact of it malfunctioning, multiplied by the likelihood that a malfunction will occur.

Words are a funny thing, and words matter. We use them to define objects, communicate ideas, and describe thoughts and feelings.

What are the top security guard companies in the industry this year? In our 14th annual listing, we outline the security officer and personnel companies that are the largest in the U.S.

Recently my company attended ASIS 2016, where the tag line was: “360 Vision – Security’s Full Spectrum of Solutions.

Throughout my career as a CSO, I have had the opportunity to manage proprietary and contract security forces, as well as having had a very large hybrid operation that was a mix of both proprietary and contract security officers.

We have heard from a number of security executives about a very disturbing trend taking place when contracting out various services to support security programs. These reports indicate that a decline may be occurring in the integrity and ethical standards of a number of security services providers.

The Department of Homeland Security is being questionned as to why it using roughly 1,000 rounds of ammunition more per person than the U.S. Army.