The Intersec blog has a helpful post on “Top 10 Tips for Perimeter Security,” ranging from deterring intruders in the first place to gathering evidence and auditing what occurred should they try for a breach anyway. Site security is a process, not only a deterrent like a reliable barrier. A post like this one will […]
While dependable vehicle access barriers will always be needed, there’s a growing perception that aerial drones will be an important site security device as well. But drones can thwart security as well as enhance it. On In Homeland Security, Air Force Lt. Col. Mike Fowler begins a five-part, peer-reviewed series on “The Future of Unmanned […]
All the security posting we’ve done on Barrier Briefs over the years has been about physical security. We can’t recall touching upon people skills and teamwork. So now’s the time for Security magazine’s “Learning Security Management from the Samurai”. “Without good people, teamwork, and respected supervisors and managers, technology is worthless,” Frank Kerns writes. The […]
The In Homeland Security blog notes that “there’s no real link between immigration and terrorism,” according to a study – “Does Immigration Induce Terrorism?” – in the University of Chicago’s Journal of Politics. “When migrants move from one country to another, they carry skills, knowledge and perspectives, which stimulate technological innovation, the diffusion of new […]
In one way, this is a reach from perimeter security, but in another, it’s where our world is in terms of secure transactions, so it’s good to know about. That’s EMV we’re talking about – EuroPay, MasterCard and Visa payments via credit card chips. The change to chip card usage has been going slowly – […]
The Security Metrics blog provides a tutorial on “Phishing Email Scams,” a means of telling which emails are legitimate, if not entirely welcome, and those which are merely malware. Obviously, it’s important to know the difference. But how many of us really do? Here’s what can happen when we don’t: “Some phishing emails will have […]
The U.S. security climate evidently isn’t getting any better. A post on In Homeland Security advises that “six terror-related arrests in five different states have already occurred in 2016.” “The Islamist terror threat remains alarmingly high as recent arrests and terror plots demonstrate. ISIS recruits wage war in our communities, while thousands of deadly fighters […]
Here’s something of what we’re up against in defending computer security. Safe & Savvy presents a year-by-year “rogues gallery” of computer viruses as selected by Mikko Hypponen, “one of the world’s most prominent cyber security experts.” Hypponen “has spent nearly 25 years with F-Secure protecting people from computer viruses, worms, trojans, and other types […]
Super Bowl 50 this Sunday in Santa Clara, CA, will be “the most highly guarded sporting event in U.S. history,” In Homeland Security reports. “An estimated 1 million football fans will descend upon the San Francisco Bay Area this weekend,” In Homeland Security advises, “in addition to the millions of people who already live there. […]
The U.S. Army is taking the threat of attacks by drones seriously enough to look for a system to defend against them. That means, possibly, that down the road operators of other large-perimeter sites may also be checking out drone defense too. So far, Military.com reports that the leading candidate appears to be the DroneDefender, […]