Charles Goslin Entering the arena of international business today is a risk not just to your company’s capital, or resources but also to the personal security of you and your employees who travel abroad. In the not too distant past, this dictum applied only to hostile third-world environments fraught with insurgencies, terrorism, … Read more
What on earth do “Water Protectors”, “Doxxing”, or “Valve Turners” have in common? These arcane terms describe different tactics used within the murky world of pipeline activism and protest. Pipeline protests – a familiar headache in the oil and gas industry – had been in a kind of remission until … Read more
The new-found “Red Scare” arising from the revelation of Russian-government directed cyber attacks against the U.S., reminds me of a wonderful line from the movie “Casablanca.” Captain Renault, a reluctant Vichy-police official with rather flexible views on the vice of gambling, is pressured by the Nazi’s to find any pretext … Read more
In the high mists of the Peruvian jungle is an elegant testament to the effectiveness of carefully layered physical security design principles. It has stood the test of time, the elements, and – most importantly – the Spanish Conquistadores. It is the Incan citadel known as Machu Picchu (translated “old … Read more
Closing and locking the barn door does not make very much sense if the horses have already bolted. That bit of farm-life wisdom illustrates our point for today – the importance of timing when developing emergency safety and security plans. The operative word when it comes to emergency preparations is…“emergency.” … Read more
The recent unrest in Charlotte, North Carolina brings to mind and old adage: ‘for want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe, the horse was lost; for want of a horse, the rider was lost; for want of a rider, the battle and a country … Read more
Physical Security and IT…blending the two remains a bit like trying to mix oil and water. The two liquids will co-exist in the same bottle, but stubbornly resist any kind of merging at the molecular level. Traditional physical security designs and technology have, until recently, traveled parallel paths with traditional … Read more
When I lived in Sweden years ago, there was a delightful little holiday they celebrated in June called “Midsummer’s Eve.” Maypoles, flowers, singing, dancing until midnight. I always felt so joyful after that holiday. Here in the U.S., I see that our own celebration of the summer season has begun. … Read more
At the risk of tooting our own horn, here at Butchko we quietly put our heads together and did something really innovative and different. Between our small group of professionals, we have something like 80-years of collective experience in the security business; threat and risk, security planning, design, implementation…the whole … Read more
When does it make sense for a business to consider investment in security protection measures such as alarms, barriers, cyber controls, or guards? Spending on security protective measures for small to medium sized businesses is a big deal even in the best of times. In the absence of a well-calculated … Read more