The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the Department of Homeland Security’s priorities in terms of the deadline for REAL ID drivers’ licenses. The deadline had been October 1st of this year – it’s now October 1, 2021, a year later. As Homeland Security explains it, “The REAL ID Act establishes minimum security standards for license issuance […]
Here, from In Homeland Security, is what led up to the COVID-19 pandemic, the better to understand where we are in today’s setting. “With practically the whole world facing an economic free-fall from the COVID-19 pandemic,” writes William Tucker, “it’s natural to inquire as to how all of this came to be. “Pinning down the […]
Security Magazine passes along from the Center for Disease Control (CDC) these guidelines for law enforcement and security officers on protection against COVID-19, the life-threatening virus • Recognize the signs and symptoms of COVID 19. • Protect yourself from exposure. • Maintain personal protection equipment at the ready. • If close contact is made with […]
Maintaining cybersecurity is likely to be challenging in the next few months, with so many Covid-19 pressures working against our normal routines, SecurityInfowatch.com advises. So here are some suggestions: • Take stock of your current activities and focus on defending you key assets as best you can. That’s why you’ve been building a resilient organization, […]
The more we learn about drones, the more we become impressed by their versatility as security guards. SecurityInfowatch is the latest source of information on their capability. Where we may be headed: “Will drones have an impact on the contract security personnel market? It’s probably not as unlikely as you may think.” “A key to […]
With coronavirus, we’re at a moment now – may it be a short one – when security means separation. In Homeland Security muses on that theme: “The threat of coronavirus is actually creating physical and emotional distance. It’s caused people to stockpile food and stay home. It’s caused employers to close offices, schools to cancel […]
The Security Industry Association blog provides “a selection of public informational resources that anyone can access to prepare for this public health emergency (COVID-19 virus)”. You can find guidance from the Centers for Disease Control, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Society for Human Resource Management, this one on Creating a Telework Program. The […]
Open a presumably locked door with your smart phone? SecurityInfowatch.com explains how Apple will soon be making that possible via the upcoming release of a new iPhone 11. “It has been nearly a decade since HID Global launched a pilot program to validate how mobile access control using Near Field Communication (NFC)-enabled smartphones can enable […]
Security starts with the little things – like quitting the use of door proppers, advises Paul Timm on SecurityInfowatch.com. “In fact, I have cataloged an ever-increasing array of propping devices (wood wedges, bricks, chairs, rocks, ropes, etc.) in a PowerPoint presentation I call ‘Im-PROP-er Access Control’. Photos of these propping devices elicit knowing laughs and […]
In terms of computer (“cyber”) security, the bad guys are still winning, Security Infowatch.com reports. “Whether it’s a major metropolitan city’s computer networks being crippled by ransomware (Atlanta, Baltimore, New Orleans, etc.),” writes Joel Griffin on Infowatch “or the personal information of a hotel chain’s guests being pilfered in a massive data breach, the attacks […]