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    Retail and COVID-19

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    Anarchists driving some of this activity have little regard for personal safety and obviously none at all for property. Frequently, their goal is to damage or destroy what businesses have worked hard to create.
    The continuing pandemic and economic rollercoaster are formidable issues for loss prevention professionals
    Sept. 11, 2020
    Pierre Bourgeix, MS, MA, MBA, CPP is currently the CTO and Founder of ESI Convergent, LLC. Pierre has spent 30 years as a global security consultant and innovator through his experience with The Rand Corporation, The U.S. State Department, ADT/Tyco Security, HySecurity, Wallace International, SecureState and Boon Edam.
    The benefits this new era of computing will usher in also comes with some unwanted security side effects
    Sept. 11, 2020
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    2020 was already poised to be a year of elevated social unrest in the United States due to the fact that it is an election year and the environment of partisanship has led to numerous protest actions - often resulting in violence.
    The pandemic is already showing signs of amplifying ongoing turmoil around the world
    Sept. 11, 2020
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    As the process of reopening unfolds, property and facility managers will have to update policies and procedures continually and proactively in their buildings.
    BOMA Canada works with security solutions providers to expedite business reopening
    Sept. 11, 2020
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    Access management remains a work in progress for corporate and industrial facilities everywhere.
    Every facility is unique in its challenges for mitigating risk and securing staff and assets
    Sept. 11, 2020
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    Today’s cutting-edge visitor management systems incorporate COVID-critical features such as facial recognition (for contact tracing), mask detection, health questionnaires, and temperature checks.
    Knowing who is entering your facility is more than just a security issue in today’s pandemic
    Sept. 11, 2020
    Brian Coulombe is Principal and Director of Operations at DVS, a division of Ross & Baruzzini. Contact him at bcoulombe@rossbar.com, through Linked in at www.linkedin.com/in/brian-coulombe, or on Twitter @DVS_RB.
    Standards platform enables access control interoperability for cards, readers and key control
    Sept. 11, 2020
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    Threats to retail markets include skyrocketing theft and a growing organized retail crime factor.
    As economic and social woes increase, the retail sector is faced with unprecedented criminal risk
    Aug. 14, 2020