Security Management articles from January 2000

Security Management archives from January 2000

Transitions.
January 1, 2000... Whether evolutionary or revolutionary, change is an intrinsic aspect of the human condition and an inescapable part of the business world. And although time unfolds gently minute by minute, the changes it brings to bear can seem sudden. Even as...

Looking Back, Thinking Ahead.
January 1, 2000... As we reflect on where security has been in the last century and where it is going in the next, it can be humbling to note that our predecessors met challenges of a similar order. Consider, for example, the case that involved an arranged...

Banks Get Food For Thought.
January 1, 2000... Bank branches in supermarkets have become increasingly common since the 1990s because they are less expensive for banks to maintain and convenient for consumers. But they are also an easy target for robbers. Proliferation aside, supermarket...

Making Badges Work at School.
January 1, 2000... By now they're commonplace in the government and large corporations, but ID tags still engender some resistance in the educational world. Concerned students and principals in Montgomery County, Maryland, for example, recently forced...

GSA Weighs In on Federal Facility Security.
January 1, 2000... The General Services Administration (GSA), which has oversight responsibility for federal buildings, will be rolling out a new system for tracking security upgrades to those facilities nationwide next month. Improvements will include an...

HOME ON THE PAGE.
January 1, 2000... http://www.securitymanagement.com The editors of Security Management Online are continually working to improve the Web site, which now makes it easier to find information on important topics, such as school security and workplace violence....

Following the Drugs.
January 1, 2000... Tough enforcement of policies has dramatically cut the number of lost or stolen narcotics at this hospital. The theft of drugs might be an issue that other hospitals must contend with on a regular basis, but at LeBonheur Children's Medical...

Talking Turkey.
January 1, 2000... Despite the booming economy, crime in fast food stores, whether from outsiders or employees, remains a problem. Dan O'Bresky, a franchisee owning eleven Minneapolisarea Subway sandwich shops, turned to CCTV to help him protect employees from...

Security in Depth. ONLINE.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Bring your security systems online. Know instantly, the status of every system in your enterprise. Make personnel and schedule changes in any or all of your security systems immediately. Receive printouts of activity onsite or in your security...

Getting Executive Attention.
January 1, 2000... Through teamwork, communication, and research, security can gain the confidence of senior management. By far, R.M.S. Titanic represented the greatest technological accomplishment of the Edwardian age. The ship was a triumph of...

Underground Web Sites.
January 1, 2000... Web sites that provide instructions on how to crack systems and commit technology-related frauds are fueling the rise of computer crime and are estimated to have cost businesses more than $1 trillion last year in preventive maintenance,...

Constable Crunch on Computer Crime.
January 1, 2000... The British government plans to set up a national police squad to tackle computer crime, according to a spokesman from the country's intelligence agency, the National Criminal Intelligence Service (NCIS). NCIS recommended that the government...

Group Debates What's in a Name.
January 1, 2000... Software programs that search for vulnerabilities on a corporate network have no common terms to refer to those holes. And that makes it difficult for system administrators to compare products or to interpret the findings when they use a...

Just Say No.
January 1, 2000... With $300,000 in seed money, the Information Technology Association of America is planning to launch an "antihacking" awareness campaign for children and young adults. The new public outreach effort is part of the Cybercitizen Partnership, a...

Security Alliance.
January 1, 2000... Personal computers and consumer software will be better equipped to conduct secure electronic transactions in the future if a new coalition of high-tech manufacturers has its way. The newly established Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA)...

Computer Security Funding Cuts.
January 1, 2000... In the final version of the Energy Department appropriations bill, signed into law by the president, Congress cut funding for computer security from the $35 million requested by the agency to $18 million. The original funding level had been...

Tool Talk: BackOfficer Friendly.
January 1, 2000... A certain type of software, known as a port sniffer, can help system administrators discover which services on their corporate network represent a vulnerability through which they might experience an attack on the system. But such software...

Are Hackers Hijacking Your Computer Ports?
January 1, 2000... It's well known by now that system intruders can take advantage of back doors left in software and improper security at remote access points, as well as brute force password attacks to break into a network. But companies may not realize that...

Internet Filtering.
January 1, 2000... Ajuvenile justice bill that would require schools and libraries to install filtering and blocking software on Internet-enabled computers is making progress in Congress. (Only schools receiving federal funds would have to comply.) The software...

A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES.
January 1, 2000... SECURITY PROFESSIONALS WONDERING WHAT SHAPE THE FUTURE WILL TAKE AND HOW THEY WILL BE affected by it should consider this simple fact: almost 80 percent of the world's economic consumption now takes place outside the United States, according to...

A TIME TO REMEMBER.
January 1, 2000... WHERE WERE YOU WHEN IT HAPPENED? SUCCESSFULLY PASSING YOUR FIRST GOVERNMENT SECURITY clearance? Finishing a stint in the military? Wrapping up your collegiate years? Coping with new braces on your teeth? A glint in your father's eye? If...

Get a Handle on Harassment.
January 1, 2000... Since the Supreme Court issued a trio of sexual harassment decisions in 1998, lower courts have issued additional rulings that can help businesses clarify policies that can best protect them from liability. SINCE THE SUPREME COURT ISSUED A...

CONDO Can Do.
January 1, 2000... The following account of how one condominium association researched and installed its own small-scale security system shows what can be accomplished with limited funds and a highly motivated management team. In the accompanying sidebar, two...

Store Bought Security.
January 1, 2000... When the owner of a graphic design company in Toronto, Ontario, moved her growing enterprise into its own 2,800-square-foot facility a few years ago, security was a top priority. The owner recognized the importance of protecting the company's...

Internet fraud.
January 1, 2000... In the first prosecuted case of stock manipulation fraud carried out over the Internet, a North Carolina man has confessed to creating a World Wide Web site and publishing false information about a corporate takeover to boost the value of stock...

Sexual harassment.
January 1, 2000... A single act of aggression by a man against a female is sufficient to prove a hostile workplace claim even if the act in question was not sexual. In the case that led to the ruling, a jail guard twisted a fellow officer's arm so hard that she...

Privacy.
January 1, 2000... The Electronic Privacy Information Center, a consumer advocacy group, has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Trade Commission alleging that the agency has not acted on the numerous complaints of privacy infringement filed by individuals.

Wrongful termination.
January 1, 2000... In a recent decision, a Pennsylvania court found that an employee was not wrongfully terminated even though she was fired for reporting suspicions that her company had committed Medicare fraud. In November 1991, Leslie Spierling was hired...

Negligence.
January 1, 2000... In a recent appeals court decision, an insurance company was allowed to collect damages from a security firm whose lax policies contributed to insider theft at a warehouse facility. In August 1993, The Merchants Company, Inc., hired...

Computer security.
January 1, 2000... A bill (H.R. 2413) introduced by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) would give the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) greater power in devising computer security strategies for government agencies. Specifically, the bill...

Digital signatures.
January 1, 2000... A bill (H.R. 1714) introduced by Rep. Tom Bliley (R-VA) that would require companies to accept electronic signatures as they would handwritten ones has been approved by the House Commerce Committee and the House Judiciary Committee. The bill...

Stalking.
January 1, 2000... A bill (H.R. 1869) that would modify existing antistalking statutes has been approved by the House Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime. The bill, introduced by Rep. Sue Kelly (R-NY), will now proceed to the full committee for a vote....

Privacy.
January 1, 2000... H.R. 2084 has now been signed into law (P.L. 106-69). It includes a provision that protects driver's license information by restricting the ability of states to sell such data (with exceptions for law enforcement). To receive federal highway...

Defibrillators.
January 1, 2000... Two bills (S. 1488 and HR. 2498) would recommend that the secretary of Health and Human Services place defibrillators in federal buildings. The bills also include provisions to train employees working in such buildings to use the devices. Those...

WASHINGTON.
January 1, 2000... Juvenile offenders. A bill (H.B. 1153) designed to enhance school safety has been signed into law by the governor. The new law requires that state law enforcement personnel notify school district officials when a student is released,...

Ergonomics.
January 1, 2000... The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has released its proposed ergonomics rule. The rule would require companies to establish ergonomics programs to address repetitive motion injuries. The program would apply primarily to...

Loss Prevention Professional.
January 1, 2000... Loss Prevention Professional. By Bill Copeland; published by Absolutely Zero Loss, Inc., 800/333-4957 (phone); also available from amazon.com; 403 pages; $40 (amazon.com price). A writer who edits and publishes his own work is like a doctor...

CORRECTION.(Correction Notice)
January 1, 2000... The November "Marketplace" should have said that NICE Systems has its North American headquarters in Secaucus, New Jersey, and that the company's upgraded video and audio recording system is a hardware and software solution. The product...

SanDisk Corporation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... SanDisk Corporation of Sunnyvale California, has acquired the patent portfolio of Invox Technology, a privately-held voice storage products company based in Campbell, California. Included in the deal are U.S. patents and 28 pending patent...

Pinkerton USA.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Pinkerton USA of Westlake Village, California, has reached agreements to acquire American Protective Services, Inc. of Oakland, California, and First Security Services Corporation of Boston.

HID Corporation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... HID Corporation has announced a license agreement with the Ademco Group of New York in which Ademco will incorporate HID's radio frequency identification technology into its access control and other security-related products.

E.J. Brooks Company.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... E.J. Brooks Company has strengthened its position in Asia through the formation of Brooks Asia, headquartered in Singapore, to provide full commercial support to its agents, distributors, and customers in the Pacific Rim.

Delta Scientific Corporation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Delta Scientific Corporation of Valencia, California, has been awarded a contract from the U.S. State Department to provide barrier systems for American embassies around the world.

Checkpoint Systems, Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Checkpoint Systems, Inc., of Thorofare, New Jersey, has announced that it is offering to acquire all of the outstanding shares of Meto AG of Heppenheim, Germany, a provider of value-added labeling solutions. Checkpoint also announced that it...

Insulgard Corporation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Insulgard Corporation of Hyattsville, Maryland, has completed a physical security installation at the New Palace of Justice building in Bogota, Colombia.

Advantor Corporation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... NATO's Kosovo Force staff has installed Advantor Corporation's Pass & ID NT systems in its Naples, Italy, headquarters as well as throughout Kosovo for the badging of all military, press, and civilian personnel.

Ultrak Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Ultrak Inc. has opened the Ultrak Learning Center at the company's worldwide support center in Lewisville, Texas.

Primary Image Inc.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The largest brewery in the Dominican Republic, home of Presidente Beer, has purchased a 2nd Eyes Plus video recorder system from Primary Image Inc. of Orlando, Florida.

Zebra Technologies Corporation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Zebra Technologies Corporation of Camarillo, California, has announced strategic partnerships with two companies: Sandia Imaging of Dallas, and Miles Technologies, Inc., of Barrington, Illinois.

Securitron Magnalock Corporation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Securitron Magnalock Corporation of Sparks, Nevada, has announced the appointment of Summit Sales and Marketing as its electronic sales representative in Kansas, Nehraska, Iowa, Missouri, and southern Illinois, and Palmieri Associates, Inc., as...

CyPost Corporation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... CyPost Corporation of Dover, Delaware, a provider of Internet privacy and protection solutions, has expanded its ISP group in the Seattle area with the acquisition of Connect Northwest, an Internet service provider.

VDO North America.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... VDO North America's Fleet Systems Division has announced a strategic partnership with Forensic Accident Investigations, Inc., and the formation of the North American UDS Accident Data Reconstruction Center in Boca Raton, Florida.

HID Corporation.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... HID Corporation of Irvine, California, has acquired its largest international distributor, ID Plus of England.

American Protective Services.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... American Protective Services (APS) of Oakland, California, has been awarded a two-year contract with Southern California Edison to provide security services to 19 of SCE's locations, including its five-building headquarters in Rosemead,...

Control Risks Group.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The Control Risks Group has opened a new office in San Francisco.

STRATEGIC MOVES IN THE NEWS.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... STRATEGIC MOVES IN THE NEWS WHO WHAT OF/WITH Jefferson Acquisition Security Consulting Assistance and Group, LLC Special Operations Moore North Marketing...

AXCESS Inc. Funds Dinner.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... For the second consecutive year, AXCESS Inc. was the sole sponsor of the ASIS Foundation Dinner, the major fund-raising event on the Foundation's annual calendar. The Texas-based company provided funds to help underwrite the cost of the gourmet...

National Money Laundering Strategy of 1999.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... "The National Money Laundering Strategy of 1999," the first of five annual reports submitted to Congress by the departments of Treasury and Justice, calls for the U.S. government to pressure nations that lack adequate money laundering controls...

U.S. Small Business Administration.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently awarded grants to intermediaries providing financial and technical assistance to small busineses seeking to establish drug-free workplace programs. The SBA also awarded contracts to small...

Woodstock music festival.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... Recounting the burning, looting, vandalism, and alleged rapes that occurred at the 1999 Woodstock music festival, a recent article in Rolling Stone reports that many of the 1,500 security officers were "either unprepared or unequipped for the...

Security in Depth. ACCESS.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... You know the key to real security. Control who, where, and when. In the past, you put everything behind a big vault door with a time lock at three in the afternoon. Banking has changed. The vault door may close at three, but the ATMs are...

Security In Depth. COMPREHENSIVE.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... You have a wide array of security concerns. Fire. Holdup. Ambush. Assault. Now, even attacks on customers using an ATM. You need a system to address as many potential risks as possible. One integrated system can now alert your security enter...

Security in Depth.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2000... A bank relies on multiple layers of security. It takes a comprehensive program of the right personnel, the right equipment and ever vigilant policies and procedures. Let us show you the online, integrated, interactive security system designed...