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
I recently met with the CEOs and executive teams of some leading video and security operations center software providers and some interesting patterns developed. These companies are serious about developing solutions that incorporate pure data analytics into their products. This is exciting for the solution providers and offers great potential … Read more
Not so long ago the world and the United States’ role in it were relatively stable. The US was the unquestionable economic and military leader. The economy was beginning to come out of recession. Life was pretty good. Times have changed. On the international stage, China’s increasingly overt aggression in … Read more
In World War II, Nazi Germany unleashed thousands of Wonder Weapon attacks against it’s foes. Technologically-advanced V-1 and V-2 guided missiles caused over 33,000 casualties in England alone. As innovative as these weapons were, however, they lacked the precision targeting capability needed to be of significant tactical value and to … 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
No matter what combination of letters it goes by (SOC, ESOC, GSOC, AMC, NOC, MC, OC, PCC, SCC – the list seems to go on forever), most Security Operations Center have two common features: A bank of operator workstations, each with two to six monitors A wall of monitors displaying … Read more
All organizations deal with risk. Without risk, there can be no positive return. But when an organization falls on the negative side of the risk equation, the consequences can be devastating. Prosperous organizations manage that risk with a healthy risk tolerance. This tolerance varies from one group to the next, … Read more
There is an old adage about leadership that remains true today. While a manager is designated by position on a company’s organization chart, being a leader has nothing to do with the place on the chart. You can find a leader literally anywhere on the chart or even off of … Read more