A timely question indeed, from SecurityInfoWatch: With in-person trade shows all but shelved, “how can security industry manufacturers launch new products?” Think: How do customers want to receive information from you, not how many customers you have. Do livestream broadcasting “via YouTube or a similar platform” and promote your offerings through email marketing. Help customers […]
Whether or not the post-virus era produces a pickup in air travel, the Transportation Security Administration is considering a passenger self-screening system for airports, like self-checkouts at grocery stores, In Homeland Security reports. “Specifically, DHS is looking for a streamlined solution that screens passengers and their belongings together, in a single step, replacing the two-step […]
In this era of the Covid-19 virus, workplaces are changing – from office buildings to home offices. In many instances, that’s likely to last when the pandemic ends. On the IT Security Guru blog, the home office prospect is viewed in a U.S.-Europe perspective, with the trend appearing stronger in Europe. But half the U.S. […]
Start rethinking the security business like all fields during this period when the economy is likely to be in a sustained COVID-19 nosedive. The rebound “will be a transformational event that should lead to global business restructuring” says Steve Lasky on Security Infowatch. Lasky reports that hedge fund manager Ray Dalio in a TED Talk […]
Security Infowatch provides a warning about a security threat to business networks from wearable fitness devices. “In truth, the potential risks of these devices go far beyond the privacy intrusion they represent for the everyday consumer. They also present a major source of vulnerability for business and corporate networks.” “The threat that wearable fitness devices […]
Nothing else matters if we can’t get the U.S. aligned – starting with the White House – to effectively cope with a rebound of the coronavirus this fall. In Homeland Security advises that Dr. Rick Bright was removed as head of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority “after sounding the alarm at the Department […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is providing a helpful web page on the Estimated Natural Decay of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. You select a surface, enter the temperature and relative humidity and you get the estimated half-life of the virus. Homeland Security’s Science and Technology branch is “partnering with CWMD (Countering Weapons […]
New threats, such as protecting against the coronavirus, require an effective incident action plan, advises Dr. Randall Hanifen, at American Military University. “As leaders during this challenging time of social distancing and coronavirus,” Dr. Hanifen writes, “we must properly manage two main areas in our organizations. Those areas are planning and communication… “Some organizations have […]
Here, from the Noticebored blog, is what we’re learning about the COVID-19 situation, and it’s not encouraging news. A sampling: “Controls against COVID-19 are imperfect, at best; some are purely for appearance sake; some are as much use as a bubble level in space; others are literally worse than useless (the cure really can be […]
One of the less talked about, perhaps even recognized, effects of the coronavirus pandemic is its impact on the criminal justice system. Kerry L. Erisman, a faculty member at American Military University, writes on InPublicSafety that the coronavirus has “significantly affected the state and federal court systems, in some cases bringing them to a near […]