What would you do if your toilet stopped flushing? What if the taps ran dry and you were unable to access safe drinking water for days or even weeks?
Water systems’ limited defense, monitoring, and detection abilities, along with the potential to make a big impact when struck, make them a “juicy target when you have that overarching goal—which a lot of these adversary groups do—of having a big negative impact and psychological impact on an opposing country,” says Lesley Carhart of Dragos Inc.
Negative fan behavior. Weather issues. Cyberattacks. Rogue drones. Security incidents at sporting events impact both athletes on the field and fans in the stands. In the June issue of Security Technology, learn how security directors across sport are responding.
Summer 2024 is a busy one for security professionals in Europe, with the Olympics kicking off next month in France. Harry Arruda joins this SM Highlights episode to explain how traditional concentric circles of protection around event venues become extra complicated when set in the midst of residences, businesses, and pedestrian zones in Paris. Then, former FBI agent Jin Kim shares some key takeaways from his career of research into active assailants and workplace violence, including around technology, training, and culture.
The most likely terrorist threat today comes from lone assailants and small cells operating under the principles of leaderless resistance.
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Vacation homes are supposed to be sanctuaries, and the people who decamp there usually treat it as such. Two experts offer advice on how executive protection teams can help make these places of refuge rejuvenating and safe for clients.
“The reality is that it does not have to be a high-profile, highly politically charged episode. You don't have to do anything wrong to run afoul of this. I think it’s important to talk about what are some of the pitfalls, specifically, for where you go in the world. Each region is a little different; each country is different.”
“The only way you can find out how the organization communicates is to bring people to the table, let them know what the overall goal is, and then get their input on how we make that happen.”
“Technical security standardization can provide significant economic advantages as well. By selecting one or a limited range of products for your enterprise, you can become masters of support rather than generalists with a wider range of products.”
“(Nonprofits) collect, process, transfer, and house a lot of sensitive data about their activities and the vulnerable communities they protect—think of migrants, political activists, dissidents—and they raise funds.”
“Most security practices and convenience are polar opposites. As applied to a school environment, remember that educators are already overtasked. Any process or procedure perceived to make a teacher’s mission more difficult will engender substantial opposition.”
“While catastrophic natural disasters have direct and overt impacts, such events often trigger a cascade of second or third order impacts which manifest in ways that are hard to predict.”
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