Looking to avoid much of the well-publicized mayhem that seems to erupt each year at brick-and-mortar stores around the nation during Black Friday sales, more and more people are now turning to the Internet to do their shopping. In what has become known as “Cyber Monday,” online and traditional retailers have, in recent years, started offering steep discounts on consumer goods on the Monday...

Considering all the news lately, if you think working with the government is akin to trying to complete one of those wacky obstacle courses on that silly show Wipeout, it would probably be an understatement. The quest of some Congressional leaders to drastically eliminate federal spending basically led to a shutdown of the federal government. Constant fights over budgetary issues and debt...

In building a winning project team for physical security installations, lead project managers must carefully assess the skills of the project team to insure that proper representation of stakeholders is present, with a clear delineation of the roles and responsibilities of a project. In addition, there are several cultural, technical, process methodologies, and integration strategies that must...

A recent comprehensive study by ASIS International and the Institute of Finance and Management (IOFM) shows a booming market for security. It’s $350 billion, to be exact, according to "The United States Security Industry: Size and Scope, Insights, Trends, and Data." Some $282 billion consists of private sector spending. What’s more, 17 security companies made the 2013 Inc. 5000 list that...

It has been an interesting week when you consider that a majority of the headlines are still being shaped by events that occurred 12 years ago. Of course I’m referring to the tragic events of September 11, 2001 when our country was invaded by cowardly assassins who murdered close to 3,000 Americans in New York, Washington, D.C. and Pennsylvania. I find it interesting that over the last several...

This time they went too far… No, I have not joined the ranks of ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith, Congressman John Fleming, or the online version of China's Communist Party newspaper — my eyes are wide open and I’m no “victim” of satire. Today, The Onion posted a story with the headline: “ 16-Year-Old Excited To Have Whole Summer To Plan Shooting For Next School Year” . You...

The International Association of Professional Security Consultants (IAPSC) has issued an update of its best practice: " Detention of Shoplifting Suspects by Loss Prevention and Security Personnel  (PDF-720KB)." Charles Sennewald, CPP, CSC, CPO and John Christman, CPP, first developed the best practice, also known as the "6-steps," in the late 1970s. At the time, Sennewald was the director of...

Date/Time of Incident: 10/23/2012 1:44 a.m. Location: Indianapolis, Ind. Incident Type: Break in at TC Electric, 205 W. Morris Street, Indianapolis Offender: White male; Michael A. Scott, 43 years old Charges filed: Subject arrested on site and charged with possession of drug paraphernalia; one count of burglary; one count of criminal mischief; and one count of criminal trespass...

Editor's note: Edward Dunham, an attorney with Kleinbard, Bell & Brecker, co-authored this blog entry. If your company recently suffered a power outage or other hurricane-related damage you may be tempted to put any potential insurance claim to the side and focus on getting your operations up and running again. First things first, but you may have rights under the insurance you’ve purchased...