It never hurts for security people to take a broader view of risk than what occurs at the front gate or around the perimeter. In fact, it’s a good idea to do so. Like what occurred at LEGO Systems in Denmark in 2006. Yes, LEGO, every kid’s favorite (or nearly so) building toy. As Denmark’s […]
It’s good to know that airport security checkpoint people are being alert, but there’s a couple of puzzling aspects to a story on how one of them intercepted a gun at Philadelphia International Airport yesterday. A loaded .38 Smith and Wesson Airweight revolver was found in the purse of a Republic Airlines flight attendant. So […]
On his Schneier on Security blog, Bruce Schneier discusses how “password crackers are getting better, and therefore passwords are getting weaker.” “It’s not just computing speed;” Schneier continues, “we now have many databases of actual passwords we can use to create dictionaries of common passwords, or common password-generation techniques. (Example: dictionary word plus a single digit.)” […]
“Rich” on the Securosis blog (presumably Rich Mogull, Securosis’ CEO) has a premonition about the next 10 years in security terms, principally information/IT security, but that can overlap with physical security. “I believe,” he writes, “that we are now deep in the early age of a major inflection point in security. Not one based merely […]
The security of the U.S.-Mexican border is an impacted subject not easy to master. Here, the Naval Postgraduate School Center for Homeland Defense and Security provides an emerging paper on the nation’s southern border. “Concerns about global terrorism, potential threats posed by those entering the United States illegally, and fears that skyrocketing violence in Mexico […]
Social media channels like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn have become legitimate listening posts for emergency response. Security personnel ought to be familiar with them, if not regularly listening in for posts on upsets in the neighborhood of their own facilities. There won’t be many, fortunately, but timely awareness never hurts. On American City & County’s […]
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Vehicle access control and personnel entrance control – one leads to the other. Both are subject to the same basic cost principles, as discussed by Mike McGovern on a Government Security News blog post: It’s the total cost, short and longer-term, that really matters. “The danger…is that competitive bid situations actually can lead to higher […]