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    • May-June 2017

    Ray Coulombe is Founder and Managing Director of SecuritySpecifiers and the CONSULT Technical Security Symposium. Email him at ray@SecuritySpecifiers.com, or contact him through LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/raycoulombe or follow him on Twitter: @RayCoulombe.
    Information Security

    Digital Blackmail: Your Money or Your Data

    Ray Coulombe
    June 26, 2017
    As you may remember, last fall, we were reading about, and maybe experiencing, about a major botnet-based DDOS attack against Dyn’s DNS service. This attack employed roughly 100...
    Photo Courtesy of The Boeing Company
    Dave Komendat, the vice president and Chief Security Officer (CSO) for The Boeing Company.
    Access Control

    Building Risk Resilience with an All-Hazards Approach

    Steve Lasky
    June 15, 2017
    At Boeing, the roadmap to resiliency begins with an enterprise leadership team that sets tangible risk mitigation goals
    As the Managing Director of the Information Security Forum, Steve Durbin includes among his main areas of focus the emerging security-threat landscape, cyber security, consumerization, outsourced cloud security, third-party management and social media across both the corporate and personal environments.
    Information Security

    Building Your Organization’s Cyber Resiliency

    Steve Durbin
    June 15, 2017
    The pace and scale of information security threats continue to accelerate, endangering the integrity and reputation of today’s most trusted organizations. Businesses are struggling...
    A busy Security Operations Center in Houston earlier this year as the NFL's Super Bowl came to town with security being handled by the City's operations center.
    Integrated Security Management Systems & PSIM

    How to Build A Customized GSOC For Your Organization

    James Chong
    June 15, 2017
    Through consistent planning and execution, you can leverage the integrated capabilities of a GSOC
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    Today, convergence is only limited by two things: connectivity and programmability.
    Integrated Security Management Systems & PSIM

    Convergence of Physical Security and Building Automation

    Dennis DePuy
    June 15, 2017
    Not unlike sailing the seas, security has redefined navigation from stars to geolocation

    More content from May-June 2017

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    Video analytics ensure surveillance images are continuously analyzed in real-time to alert users to things that need attention. This helps organizations make sense of video data and adds an extra layer of protection by providing alerts to potential security risks before or as they occur, such as detecting loitering in a parking lot or a perimeter breach after hours.
    Video Surveillance

    Video Analytics for Security and Beyond

    Sean Murphy
    June 15, 2017
    Enhancing security to mitigating risk to retail marketing aid all in a day’s work for analytics
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    Physical security is a critical issue in any data center but is especially heightened at the edge.
    Video Management Software/VMS

    Building Better Physical Security at the Edge

    Ron Catanzaro
    June 15, 2017
    Guarding against human intrusion and environmental threats are the challenge
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    While corporate silos have begun to crumble, many enterprise organizations are still in a tug of war regarding who calls the shots for security and risk -- the CSO or the CISO?
    Physical Hardening

    CSO or CISO: Who Makes Security Policy?

    Steve Hunt
    June 15, 2017
    Organizations will defer to the executive who displays agility, business acumen and alignment
    New turnstiles and/or security doors may have the initial negative effect of slowing people down, however done right administrators can change the organization’s culture to one of acceptance and even advocacy.
    Turnstiles

    Installing Turnstiles without the ‘Big Brother’ Syndrome

    Tracie Thomas
    June 15, 2017
    Transparent, early, and frequent communication is important to successful implementation
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    Advanced Video Management Software (VMS) is the backbone of a video surveillance and security system.
    Video Surveillance

    Preventing Network Breaches with VMS Technology

    Ken LaMarca
    June 15, 2017
    Advanced security solutions help users harden their video surveillance systems
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    Security and risk executives are beginning to consider how to create an information governance framework that protects data while staying adaptive to the rapidly evolving business landscape.
    Information Security

    In-House Advice for Tackling Data Security Risks

    Jake Frazier
    June 15, 2017
    Creating an information governance framework helps protect data in a rapidly evolving business landscape
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    Because of the cloud, IT teams are better equipped than ever to prove that they can be an innovation center and dramatically reduce costs of IT.
    Information Security

    Why CEOs Want Their CIOs to be Cloud Information Officers

    MIchael Gaffney
    June 15, 2017
    Cloud migration presents an opportunity for IT managers to win the trust of their executive team
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    Information Security

    A DIY Security Assessment

    John McCumber
    June 15, 2017
    Information security assessments are a popular service. Organizations are seeking consulting help to review their existing information security program, define gaps, and make ...
    Write to Ray about this column at ConvergenceQA@go-rbcs.com. Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III is the principal consultant for Ray Bernard Consulting Services (RBCS), a firm that provides security consulting services for public and private facilities. Ray is an active contributor to the educational activities ASIS IT Security and Physical Security councils. In 2018 IFSEC Global listed Ray as #12 in the world’s top 20 Security Thought Leaders. For more information about Ray and RBCS go to www.go-rbcs.com or call 949-831-6788. Ray is also a member of the Content Expert Faculty of the Security Executive Council (www.SecurityExecutiveCouncil.com). Follow Ray on Twitter: @RayBernardRBCS.
    Security Industry Services

    Security Design Conference for Consultants , PEs

    Ray Bernard, PSP, CHS-III
    June 15, 2017
    Long overdue, there is finally a security event where security design consultants and engineers can put their heads together with leading manufacturers, to address security design...
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    Information Security

    An Executive Order with Meaning?

    Steve Lasky
    June 14, 2017
    As I reported in a story that appeared on SIW last month the Trump administration has made an effort to centralize an incredibly fractured federal government IT infrastructure...