In order to accomplish its primary function or reason for being, every organization must protect personnel and critical assets from all hazards, both natural and man-made. This can be an extremely delicate balancing act in risk management for those in leadership positions without the benefit of a quantitative method for risk assessment and vulnerability assessment and analysis.

Are You IGNORING Your SECURITY HEART ATTACK SIGNS?

The All-hazards Approach to Conducting Audits of Supporting Energy Systems By Doug Haines A couple of months ago, you enjoyed the title, Hey Boss, it’s Time for your Security Colonoscopy. This is the second...
Examples of rapid maturation of Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) progress, include comparing the tragedy of the Boston Marathon Bombing in April 2013 to the recent crisis with Hurricane Florence in September 2018. (Courtesy of Wikipedia)

Quality Clouds Improve Citizen Safety

Why Investments in FedRAMP Authorizations are Valuable to Us All Guest OpEd by Brendan Walsh, SVP Partner Relations 1901 Group, LLC Our nation’s digital citizen services, especially services relating to public safety, emergency...
Google’s internet freedom moonshot has gotten glowing attention for its ambitious projects. But current and former employees, leaked documents, and internal messages reveal a grim reality. (Courtesy of Rory Noris (PDP)

“INCREDIBLY TOXIC” WORKPLACE Inside GOOGLE’S JIGSAW

Republished with Permission By MOTHERBOARD Tech by VICE In early August 2017, an anti-diversity memo written by an engineer named James Damore went viral within Google. The company was quickly thrown into crisis: Multiple employees...
John Chigos, CEO of PlateSmart Technologies is reaching out to ALPR industry players in a call-to-action, stressing the importance of industry experts coming together to discuss ALPR Best Practices.

A Call to Action for the Automatic License Plate Recognition Industry

By John Chigos, Founder, Chairman & CEO at PlateSmartTechnologies, Inc. I founded PlateSmart about 15 years ago to advance automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) as a crime-fighting tool. We were the first LPR...
The Air Marshal National Council and its representatives fear that if immediate action is not taken then more tragedies and loss of life will occur.(Courtesy of YouTube)

Air Marshals Sound Alarm: Sleep-Deprived, Psychotic Episodes, Suicidal & Armed (Multi-Video)

The Air Marshal National Council has filed serious health and safety complaints with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), in regards to The...
Jeffrey Epstein's cell was not regularly monitored the night he is believed to have killed himself, a source with knowledge of the accused sex trafficker's time at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York said Sunday. (Handout)

A Hangman’s View of Jeffrey Epstein’s Neck

By Jane M. Orient, M.D., Tucson, AZ, Executive Director, Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) The science of hanging was developed in the 19th century, to make executions more humane, quicker,...
Trump, after all the media ridicule, was correct in saying that potential terrorists have illegally crossed the United States' southern border. Abdulahi Hasan Sharif of Somalia did. And it could happen again. (Courtesy of the Edmonton Police Service)

First Illegal Border-Crossing Terrorist is On Trial, Did You Know (Multi-Video)

October 15, 2019 – In Breaking News – The Federalist Many who have professionally worried, as did former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, that violent jihadists might illegally cross the United...
“Every day facial recognition technologies help law enforcement to generate leads in cases, such as homicide, rape, armed robbery and other violent crime, as well as for non-enforcement reasons, including identifying elderly persons stricken with dementia, finding lost and missing children, identifying homeless persons with mental illness and identifying deceased persons,” explains Carl Szabo, Vice President and General Counsel of NetChoice.

Group Defends Facial Recognition Use by Police in Massachusetts

Law enforcement agencies across the country use facial recognition technology to generate leads in criminal cases. Not surprisingly, most Americans approve of this use of technology. Surveys show that a majority of Americans (55%)...
ICE ERO ops target public safety threats, like convicted criminal aliens & gang members, as well as people who've otherwise violated immigration laws, including those who illegally re-entered the US after being removed & immigration fugitives ordered removed by fed immigration judges. When law enforcement agencies fail to honor immigration detainers and release serious criminal offenders onto the streets, it undermines ICE’s ability to protect public safety and carry out its mission. (Courtesy of ICE)

ICE Detainers & How Sanctuary Policies Put Public Safety at Risk

ICE arrests Jamaican national with pending attempted murder charges multiple detainer releases U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) deportation officers arrested Irvin Acaphelus Cespedes, 41, on Wednesday,...

Behavior & Physical Environment: You Can’t Fix One Without the Other

Guest OpEd By Doug Haines, Owner, Haines Security Solutions A couple of months ago, I was watching a news report about a kid who was bullied, beaten and died from the injuries inflicted on him...