Security Management articles from November 2002

Security Management archives from November 2002

Guardsmark.
November 1, 2002... Guardsmark is not like any other security services firm. TIME magazine says we are the company that "many security experts consider the best national firm in the business." In Liberation Management (Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.), Tom Peters describes...

Letters.
November 1, 2002... Tilting at Windmills The "Letter to the Editor" (July) from John Simmons, which called the "security industry" to arms in the fight against terrorism, made me feel very much as if I had spent my 40 years in the security industry like Don...

Shoplifters blazing a trail. (News and Trends).
November 1, 2002... From late May through mid-July, arsonists hit department stores in Montgomery County, Maryland, Live times, including J.C. Penney's units three times. The latest, on July 14, shut down the Wheaton J.C. Penney's when a rack of women's clothing...

Italy's private. (Did You Know That?).
November 1, 2002... Italy's private security market generates $500 million in annual sales and is growing at a rate of 7 percent per year. The contract-guarding sector is dominated by a single group of affiliated companies, and the large international guarding...

A recent trend. (Did You Know That?).
November 1, 2002... A recent trend to be found among many large organizations is to create SWAT-like teams to react quickly as the company identifies major threats to staff or assets. The 15-member information Protection Force at Cardinal Healthcare, for example,...

Illegal peer-to-peer. (Did You Know That?).
November 1, 2002... Illegal peer-to-peer (P2P) downloads of digital music recordings are costing U.S. songwriters up to an estimated $240 million per month, or $2.9 billion per year, according to a statement by Rep. Howard L. Berman, ranking Democrat on the House...

Dallas high rises react to 9-11. (News and Trends).
November 1, 2002... Dallas's largest high rises have responded to 9-11 and its aftermath with a reevaluation of plans and procedures, but they have not invested in additional security personnel or equipment long term. Thus, many of these properties have returned...

Workers paint shocking fraud picture. (News and Trends).
November 1, 2002... Six percent has been the generally accepted figure for the aunt of income that businesses lose to occupational fraud each year. That according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). But a new survey by Ernst & Young (E&Y)...

Home on the page. (News and Trends).
November 1, 2002... www.securitymanagement.com After 9-11, security has received unprecedented attention. New organizations are popping up daily, producing reports, holding conferences, and generating data. It's often hard to tell if these are trusted sources...

Defeating the bandwidth bandits. (Working Wise).
November 1, 2002... The systems administrator was baffled. The network had plenty of bandwidth--the company's two T1 lines should have been more than adequate to handle the site's normal traffic--yet visitors were reporting that they were unable to access the...

Flying high without wires. (Working Wise).
November 1, 2002... Redlands Municipal Airport is a 180-acre general aviation facility in Redlands, California. Under the control of the City of Redlands municipal government, the airport features a 4,470-foot runway, 150 hangars, 310 tie-downs, 11 businesses, and...

How can process plants improve safety? Plants that handle hazardous materials need to implement better security despite the lack of guidance from authorities. (Viewpoint).
November 1, 2002... A few months ago, I was in a chemical plant, which had called in my firm to help with risk management. One of the process engineers proudly told me he could change process operations from his home computer. He explained that he could use the...

Chalk it up to experience. (Tech Talk).
November 1, 2002... A network administrator arriving at her office building notices a strange chalk drawing on the sidewalk. She dismisses it as graffiti, not realizing that it is actually a sign-called warchalking--that identifies an unprotected wireless...

Response team guide series. (Tech Talk).
November 1, 2002... BETTER AND MORE affordable tools are making it easier to defend against network intrusions. But companies still need computer security incident response teams, or CSIRTs. A series of articles published by the CERT Coordination Center explains...

State secrets. (Quick Bytes).
November 1, 2002... The National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) has signed a memorandum of understanding with the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) under which participating states (which must first agree to handle...

Intrusion protection. (Quick Bytes).
November 1, 2002... Businesses are beginning to realize that network firewalls alone are not enough to guard critical systems from cyberattacks, according to a new report from IDC, a high-tech research firm. The report, "Web Intrusion Protection: Defending Web...

Wireless security. (Quick Bytes).
November 1, 2002... Securing a wireless network is not an insurmountable challenge thanks to NIST, the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The organization's Computer Security Resource Center has released a draft report that examines the security risks...

R&D for homeland security.
November 1, 2002... A new report issued by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology looks at the role of research related to science and technology in homeland defense. The report covers three areas: the need for management flexibility...

Public-private emergency planning. (Tech Talk).
November 1, 2002... The enormous scale of the response to the World Trade Center attacks underscored the importance--and difficulty--of public-private cooperation in emergency planning and response. The IT consulting firm Candle Corporation has launched a...

Storage space no laughing matter. (Tech Talk).
November 1, 2002... Comedian George Carlin once quipped that houses are nothing more than buildings that hold our stuff. But for businesses that increasingly need to find a place to store vast amounts of digital stuff, storage networking is no laughing matter. A...

Windows' pains hackers' gains. (Tech Talk).
November 1, 2002... After a brief respite, the Windows operating system has regained its dubious position as the system most often successfully attacked, according to several groups that collect and collate attack data. According to mi2g, a digital risk management...

Toward a Culture of Security. (Tech Talk).
November 1, 2002... FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TEN YEARS, the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD), a group of more than two dozen countries (including Western European countries, Japan. and Australia), has updated its Guidelines for the...

Cyberspace protection plan gets mixed reviews. (Tech Talk).
November 1, 2002... President Bush's Draft National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, which remains open for comment until November 18, has drawn a strong response both from those who feel it is a necessary first step toward national cybersecurity and those who...

Only guards mark offers health insurance to 100% of its security officers.
November 1, 2002... As one of the largest private security services firms in the world, we employ about 18,000 security officers in more than 145 offices serving 400 cities across North America, with revenues of $450,000,000. We protect shareholder assets and...

Linkin' logs to fraud: the secret to a successful computer fraud investigation is proper logging and audit-trail reports. (Focus On: Economic Crime).
November 1, 2002... THE TELEVISED REPORT OF A bank computer fraud case had a familiar theme: Law enforcement agents were shown removing computing equipment--specifically, a suspect's PC--as part of what television reporters said would be a computer forensics...

Don't hack back: a company's policies with regard to IT defenses and emergency response to breaches must be crafted with an eye toward legal issues. (Focus On: Economic Crime).
November 1, 2002... XYZ COMPANY IS A high-volume transporter of hazardous materials. Through efficient management of its truck fleet and an impeccable security record, the company, which started Out as a regional transporter on the West Coast, has seen its...

Drowning in data: network devices gather volumes of information about malicious users. Finding patterns within that data is the job of information management software. (Computer Security).
November 1, 2002... DANA RACINE KNOWS FIRSTHAND the difficulty of overseeing a gargantuan computer network. The senior network engineer at the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Racine administers a network...

They secure the bodyelectric: security standards and guidelines are being introduced to the electricity sector. Will they close the gap between security haves and have-nots? (Energy Sector).
November 1, 2002... HOW SECURE IS the U.S. electric utility infrastructure and how prepared are companies to handle an attack? In an effort to answer that question, Duke Energy, Pacific Gas & Electric, the Bonneville Power Administration, Puget Sound Energy,...

Tradition Sparks Innovation. (Getting Started).
November 1, 2002... TRADITION Sparks Innovation, the theme of the ASIS International 48th Annual Seminar and Exhibits, permeated all phases of this most significant event on the calendar of security professionals worldwide. As a testament to their commitment to...

Learning starts with weekend sessions. (Preseminar Sessions).
November 1, 2002... HUNDREDS OF security professionals arrived on the weekend before the official opening of the ASIS International 48th Annual Seminar and Exhibits to attend various preseminar sessions. The programs included workshops in banking security, cargo...

Attendees seek out sessions. (Sessions).
November 1, 2002... FOR ATTENDEES at the ASIS International 48th Annual Seminar and Exhibits, the 150 educational sessions offered unprecedented opportunities to learn from experts, peers, and product developers. Attendees could tailor their selections to their...

Private security, public responsibility: why Guardsmark is 100 percent drug free.
November 1, 2002... We're one of the largest private security services firms in the world, with about 18,000 employees in more than 145 offices serving 400 cities across North America. We protect company assets and employees in a wide range of industries and...

Products pack the Exhibit Hall. (Exhibit Hall).
November 1, 2002... ASIS INTERNATIONAL President Steven C. Millwee, CPP, opened the Exhibit Hall by noting that lust beyond this ribbon is an eye-opening collection of innovative, leading-edge, top-quality security services and products...each and all an example...

CPP anniversary celebration. (CPP Events).
November 1, 2002... CPPs GATHERED at a special luncheon where the CPP program celebrated its 25th anniversary. Sponsored by CH2MHill, the CPP luncheon featured prize drawings, a video retrospective, honors for exemplary CPPs, good food, and interesting...

New friends and auld lang syne. (Special Events).
November 1, 2002... AN IMPORTANT part of every ASIS International Annual Seminar and Exhibits is the opportunity for attendees to renew acquaintances with old friends as well as to meet new colleagues who share the unique concerns and opportunities that face...

Leaders share and plan. (Special Meetings).
November 1, 2002... THROUGHOUT THE days in Philadelphia, numerous groups of ASIS leaders met to review the strategies set out for the year and to look to the future. The ASIS Board of Directors, the Professional Certification Board, the ASIS Foundation Board of...

Judicial decisions. (Legal Reporter).
November 1, 2002... Vicarious liability. In a recent appellate case, the court found that a bank could not be held liable for the action of an employee who laundered money for a computer theft ring. A gang of armed robbers carried out six heists targeting Oki...

Privacy. (Elsewhere in the Courts).
November 1, 2002... Privacy. The Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia has ruled that a college professor, Joy Butts, was improperly reprimanded by her employer for refusing to release students' grades to her supervisor. Butts contended that releasing the...

Libel. (Elsewhere in the Courts).
November 1, 2002... Libel. In a recent case before the New York Court of Appeals, a police officer alleged that when a Web site updated a site that contained an allegedly libelous article, the operator was republishing the offending story. The court disagreed,...

Harassment. (Elsewhere in the Courts).
November 1, 2002... Harassment. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has announced the $1.8 million settlement of a racial harassment lawsuit In the case, 32 African American employees of Apollo Colors claimed that coworkers sprayed racist graffiti...

Regulatory issues. (Legal Report).
November 1, 2002... Privacy. The Health and Human Services Department has issued a final rule regarding the privacy of medical records. Under the new rule, which takes effect in April 2003, patients must give specific authorization before covered entities--such as...

Congressional legislation. (Legal Report).
November 1, 2002... Internet privacy. A bill (S. 2201) designed to protect the personal information of Internet users has been approved by the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The bill would prohibit Internet service providers and commercial...

Security policy summit questions strategy on Homeland Security. (Congressional Legislation).
November 1, 2002... "The war on terrorism knows no boundaries and the private sector is on the front lines in this war." With these words, Frank Cilluffo, director of policy for the Office of Homeland Security, urged private security professionals to get involved...

Indiana. (State Legislation).
November 1, 2002... Workplace violence. A new law signed by Indiana Governor Frank O'Bannon will allow employers in the state to take out restraining orders to prevent cases of domestic violence from carrying over into the workplace. The law also allows victims...

Ohio. (State Legislation).
November 1, 2002... E-mail. Ohio Governor Bob Taft has approved a strict new law governing spam e-mail. The new law allows e-mail recipients to sue spammers who continue to send unwanted e-mail after receiving a request that the spamming cease. Perpetrators can be...

Food Crisis Management Manual. (Reviews).
November 1, 2002... Food Crisis Management Manual. By James T. O'Reilly; published by the Food and Drug Law Institute, 202/371-1420 (phone), 800/956-6293 (toll-free phone), www.fdli.org (Web); 219 pages; $149. Crises of all types share similarities, and...

Providing Protective Services: A Practical Guide for Police and Security, Second Edition. (Reviews).
November 1, 2002... Providing Protective Services: A Practical Guide for Police and Security, Second Edition. By James A King; published by Varro Press; available from ASIS International, Item #1481, 703/519-6200 (phone), 703/519-6299 (fax); 287 pages; $30 (ASIS...

Security and Privacy for E-Business. (Reviews).
November 1, 2002... Security and Privacy for E-Business. By Anup K. Ghosh; published by John Wiley & Sons; available at www.barnesandnoble.com (Web); 240 pages; $39.99 (at www.barnesandnoble.com) Web retailers may get all the benefits of being on the viral...

Women in Public and Private Law Enforcement. (Reviews).
November 1, 2002... Women in Public and Private Law Enforcement. By Kathryn E. Scarborough and Pamela A. Collins; published by Butterworth-Heinemann, available from ASIS, Item #1457, 703/519-6200 (phone), 703/519-6299 (fax); 166 pages; $30 (ASIS members), $33...

Video motion detector. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Radionics of Saunas, California, has introduced the SAVE.SENS V8101N standalone video motion detector. The compact detector fits into most existing CCTV systems and connects to standard video cameras and monitors, as well as to input and output...

Smart card technology. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... HID Corporation of Irvine, California, has introduced iCLASS, a new 13.56 MHz read/write contactless smart card technology optimized for multiple applications, including physical access control and IT secure authentication. The smart cards and...

RF access control. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Dallas-based Texas Instruments Radio Frequency Identification Systems has launched a new line of 13.56 MHz reader and card security systems for use in access control. The systems offer 2000-bit memory, increased read range, a faster data...

Smart card readers. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... OmniSmart contactless smart-card readers from OmniTek, a subsidiary of Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions, of Syosset, New York, are capable of reading cards conforming to ISO 14443 A/B and 15693 standards. Optimized to work with Inside...

Travel risk management. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Kroll Inc. of New York City, and iJET Travel Intelligence of Annapolis, Maryland, have launched a comprehensive travel risk management program for corporations and their traveling executives that integrates information, security, and crisis...

Color minidome cameras. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Samsung Camera of Secaucus, New Jersey, has introduced the SID Series of high-resolution interior color mini-dome cameras. The 1/3" cameras are available in a variety of configurations and produce 480 TV lines of resolution. Their integrated...

Security management software. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... VIDOS, an integrated software package from VCS of Nuremberg, Germany, combines professional security and alarm management software to provide video monitoring, alarm management, support for automatic guard tours, and adaptation to Windows and...

Health screening management. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... ScheduleApp is a new service that facilitates the coordination of occupational health screenings. The service is provided by HireCheck, Inc., of St. Petersburg, Florida. and Substance Abuse Management, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, both...

Alarmed exit device. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Detex Corporation of New Braunfels, Texas, has designed an alarmed exit device for use in all climate conditions, including rain, snow, ice, humidity, and intense heat. The Value Series model V40 x EB x W exceeds military test standards for...

Zoom Camera. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... The ZoomCam from Tamron USA, Inc., of Commack, New York, uses two aspherical lenses to create 25x optical zoom, which combines with 8x digital zoom for a total 200x zoom ratio. The compact unit performs well under extreme light conditions and...

Digital transmission system. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... The Fiber Options unit of GE Interlogix of Bohemia, New York, has developed a new digital video transmission system with field-selectable data. The S732DV Video and Two-Way Multiprotocol Data System can support video and two-way transmissian of...

Color camera. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... The new SSC-DC593 wide dynamic-range color surveillance camera from Sony Electronics Inc. of Park Ridge. New Jersey, captures sharp images in a variety of lighting conditions. Designed for 24-hour surveillance, the high-resolution color camera...

Digital camera. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... The Philips Din ion camera is a digital camera with a patented digital signal processing chip, designed by Philips Communications, Security & Imaging of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The digital video-processing chip provides multiple...

Data transmission systems. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Designed by Infinova Networks of Princeton, New Jersey, as interfaces to Security Access Control and Intelligent Transportation Systems Traffic Signal Controllers, N3573 and N3773 Series are compact digitally encoded, fiber-optic...

Dome cameras. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Toshiba Security Products of Irvine, California, has designed a new line of easily installed dome cameras. The Surveillix-Dome cameras are based on high-resolution 1/4" CCD sensors and feature 480 lines of resolution, auto-focus with manual...

Video management solution. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Philips Communications, Security a Imaging of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, has introduced the ADIM, a surveillance solution that integrates the features of a matrix switcher and a digital video recorder with complete control functions from one...

Network Security Audit. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Microexpert Ltd. of Newhaven, East Sussex, England, has launched a low-cost solution for ensuring that networks, intranets, and Web sites can stay ahead of hackers. Network Security Audit remotely tests more than 800 unique attacks on the...

Varifocal lens. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Tamron USA, Inc., of Commack, New York, has introduced a new 3.0 mm to 8 mm f/1.0 aspherical varifocal lens for 1/3" CCD cameras. Its Super Dynamic aperture range of f/1.0 to f/360 provides excellent image quality in a variety of lighting...

Digital video recorder. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Toshiba Security Products of Irvine, California, has introduced an advanced video recorder that records up to 240 pictures per second with a storage capacity of up to 960 GB. The Surveillix Class Digital Video Recorder is available in 8-, 16-,...

Alarm Web Server. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... NOTI-FIRE-NET Web Server is a Web-based service designed to offer facility managers remote access to their NOTI-FIRE-NET network of fire alarm control panels. Via the Internet or an intranet, facility managers can access panel information...

Modular digital recorder. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... In response to customer research, March Networks Corporation of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, has designed a new digital video recorder that addresses the requirements of the enterprise-level community. The March Networks 4410 DVR offers a new...

IT security service. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... ENVESTOnline is a new Internet application for distribution and management of IT security vulnerability alerts. Available by subscription from Security Automation Incorporated of Cleveland, Ohio, the service was developed by IT security...

Online access control. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... The new Millenium Entry 2-Door Kit from Kaba Ilco of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, offers modular online access control. The system gives each person access to specific areas and provides instant reporting of events and alarms. Software allows...

Access control management. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Software House, a business unit of Tyco International's Fire & Security Division, has released C-CURE 800 version 7.2 with new features to enhance and streamline the access control system. The Intrusion Zones feature is now supported with the...

Network analysis. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Boston-based Sandstorm Enterprises has released NetIntercept 1.1, the second major release of its network forensics and analysis tool. The software decrypts SSH2 traffic from modified hosts, recognizes more than 60 types of data streams,...

Revenue control buildings. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... Pre-assembled, portable revenue-control buildings from Porta-King Building Systems of Earth City. Missouri, are designed for employee safety and transaction efficiency. Heavy-duty 1 3/4-inch-thick aluminum sliding doors feature a laminated...

Armored booths. (Marketplace).
November 1, 2002... B.I.G. Enterprises, Inc., of EI Monte, California, has announced the availability of heavily armored and bullet- resistant booths with a friendly appearance. Each booth includes a complete HVAC system with bullet-resistant shroud, cabinets and...

Events.
November 1, 2002... ASIS EVENTS NOVEMBER 4-8 Assets Protection Course I: Concepts and Methods, Annapolis, MD 18-19 Transportation Security in Today's World, Miami, FL 20-22 Physical Security: Advanced Applications and Technology, Miami, FL ...

Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). (Business News).
November 1, 2002... Fraud costs American businesses approximately $600 billion yearly, according to the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE). The association, which is dedicated to fighting fraud and white-collar crime, recently called for four actions...

Security International LLC. (Business News).
November 1, 2002... Security International LLC is a new access control company created to provide a single source for solutions to the electronic access control industry. The company has acquired the assets and intellectual property of AXS Technologies, including...

eXI Wireless Systems Inc. (Business News).
November 1, 2002... eXI Wireless Systems Inc. has signed a U.S. distribution agreement to supply Halo and Assetrac healthcare security systems to Advanced Communications & Cabling for its Texas customers. A U.S. patent has been granted to eXI Wireless for the...

Designed Security, Inc. (Business News).
November 1, 2002... Designed Security, Inc., has been named an alliance partner with Govsupply for providing optical turnstiles, door alarms, and other access control products for government contracts.

Engineered Support Systems, Inc. (Business News).
November 1, 2002... Engineered Support Systems, Inc., has initiated a plan to consolidate manufacturing facilities within the company Production work at the Engineered Air Systems subsidiary's St. Louis site will be relocated to other facilities, and the Keco...

The U.S. Army. (Business News).
November 1, 2002... The U.S. Army has placed a multimillion-dollar order for Engineered Support Systems' Deployable Power Generation and Distribution System, which has been provisionally type-classified by the Army.

PI Vision. (Business News).
November 1, 2002... The town councils of Bromley, Newham, Guildford, and Beverley Borough have chosen the Pl Vision 2nd Eyes Enterprise digital video recording system for deterrence of crime and vandalism in their localities.