This article about customer data was originally published by Matthew A. Cordell at Ward and Smith, P.A. Customer data can be a treasure trove for an organization. Many businesses believe customer and prospect data to be their most valuable asset. Unfortunately, some have discovered that, unless handled with care, it can also be their greatest liability. Organizations of all kinds …
Recently Protus3 was asked to assist someone who had fallen prey to ransomware. The person had clicked on an attachment in an email. It wasn’t too long before the message, shown here, popped up on their screen that the ransomware had encrypted all of the files in their My Documents folder. Remembering a recent news article about the identification of …
The United States is a society of openness and freedom, values especially central to campuses of higher education. Foreign adversaries and competitors take advantage of that openness and have been doing so for many years. This white paper was prepared by the FBI’s Counterintelligence Strategic Partnership Unit to provide awareness to administrators, senior researchers, export control offices, and technology transfer …
On September 21, 2016, Russell Gilmore and Christine Peterson attended the third annual Security Summit put on by the NCMS Carolina Chapter and RED DART. Keynote speakers at this event included Secretary Frank Perry, NC Department of Public Safety, Michael J. “Mike” Rogers, CNN National Security Commentator and former U.S. Representative for Michigan’s 8th congressional district, and Frank W. Abagnale, …
As many of you are aware, especially those of you in the Raleigh/RTP area, there was an event this past Saturday at Crabtree Valley Mall that many believe to have been gunfire. While the investigation into what occurred is still ongoing, the general consensus from mall-goers was “this sounds bad, we need to escape.” Kathryn Hare, a member of the …
Raleigh, N.C. — Raleigh police are combing through evidence, including 911 calls and security tapes, from Crabtree Valley Mall in an effort to determine what happened Saturday afternoon in the food court. The sound of gunfire inside sparked panic and sent everyone running out of the mall with their hands up. “I would rather see people run than not run,” …
Designing and specifying locking hardware for access control type doors has always been a challenge. In most cases interior doors – typically wood or hollow metal – can be equipped with an electric mortise or electric cylindrical lock. Exterior doors with mullions or store fronts are normally equipped with electrified panic devices, either rim style or vertical rods. Both of …
It will be days, weeks, and years before we know all the details that lead up to and enabled a young man in Florida to commit the deadliest US mass shooting to date at Pulse nightclub. As a security consulting, design, and investigative company, we will let the media, government, and activists do what they do best and we will …
How can companies build a culture of security? We say it all the time, but it’s nice to hear it from a colleague for a change. “Security is everyone’s business” is popular truism in the industry. However, how many security managers can honestly say that their companies practice this philosophy? Read more in How to Build a Culture of Security …
Campus Safety Magazine published 3 Mistakes That Can Derail Your Threat Assessment Process. Although this article addresses students in an educational environment, it includes lessons for employers as well. How can security professionals protect the individual as well as the whole community? Violence in the workplace is more common than many believe – and it is also often predictable and …