By Elizabeth Johnson Originally published in Business North Carolina’s Law Journal, May 2012 issue With 87% of employees confirming they use personal electronic devices for work, designing a workable “bring-your-own-device” program is probably overdue. BYOD is a tricky issue; 48% of companies claim they would never authorize employees to use personal devices for work, but 57% acknowledge that employees do …
Using Social Media Monitoring and Analytics to Protect Human Capital, Company Property, and Your Brand Social Media is a relatively new term that has become ingrained in our consciousness and language, but do you know what it means or encompasses? If you answered no, then you are in the majority. Everyone talks about Social Media, but few really understand it. …
Where are the vulnerabilities in the supply chain? When and where are goods the most at risk in during shipping? FreightWatch, a logistics security services company, analyzed five years of cargo theft statistics as a way to answer these questions. They produced a report that provides security and loss prevention personnel with information about trends in cargo theft, allowing companies …
If the definition of terrorism is the use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce for political or other reasons, then awareness is critical to counterterrorism. We know you are in risk overload, but the fact that the federal government has created a Bureau of Counterterrorism beginning January 4, 2012, tells you that the threat is so great that …
NCMS (National Classification Management Society) is a society that provides training and guidance to private sector firms who are industrial contractors to the federal government on classified contracts. As a member of the national organization and the Carolinas Chapter, RMA has access to some excellent and timely training. “Don’t Click That Link!” came from another member and is a good …
On November 21, 2011, Bit9 released its ‘Dirty Dozen’ of unsecured smartphones for 2011. The following is an excerpt of that news release: New Report on Most Vulnerable Mobile Platforms Reveals Orphaned Android Phones Pose Serious Risk to Privacy and Security… 11.21.11 – Waltham, Mass. – Bit9, the market leader in advanced threat protection and server security software, today published …
Maybe it’s just us, but we’re thinking 2011 will be remembered as the year of the disaster plan. We have seen tsunamis, fires, earth quakes, volcanic eruptions, tornadoes, hurricanes, dust storms, and the snow and ice of last winter. The good news is that we have seen a new or at least renewed awareness in the businesses we support and …
We read an interesting article by Miguel Llanos, a reporter for msnbc.com. “Crime in decline, but why? Low inflation among theories” was published on 9/19/2011. Statistics released by the FBI showed that violent crime and property crimes were declining in 2010. Is this a figment of manipulation within the reporting of crime? Is it attributable to an aging U.S. population …
An article published on the website of National Public Radio (NPR) addressed the security programs in place at the Mall of America and the actions of security officers. The full article can be found here, and we leave it to the reader to determine if the actions of the officers were appropriate in the specific situations mentioned. The events of …
With the onset of Hurricane Irene and the subsequent damage and destruction left in its wake, we are all reminded how critical disaster planning is to our well being as individuals, communities, and businesses. Our previous blog entry provided information from the National Weather Service National Hurricane Center that can be applied to any number of natural disasters and should …