Is Your Security Department Adding Value? I was speaking with a Global Security Director recently who was expressing his frustration about a lack of staff and resources. It’s a common concern. Whenever resources are constrained I am reminded of the importance of the concept of “value-added” versus
Read more →Controversial Pandemic Protests: Past and Present Part Two of Unusual Civil Unrest Now that the year 2020 is almost over, it’s time to analyze trends in civil unrest and the many claims that have been made about them. We’ll start with civil unrest surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read more →Security Directors Should Lead By Example And Implement ISO 31000:2018 Within Their Own Department ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies. ISO’s 31000:2018 Risk management — Guidelines is considered the gold-standard (pardon the pun) because the principles and guidelines can be applied
Read more →Mozayix Announces Exciting Re-branding as Riley Risk Inc., Underscoring Commitment to Innovative Security Management System of the Same Name Riley is a Direct Response to Global Security Directors’ Need for More and Better Data to Support Decision-making. Today Mozayix International announced they are rebranding the company to
Read more →Pandemic Increases Pressure on Security Departments to Manage Risk Remotely The Novel Coronavirus’s seemingly indiscriminate tear across the globe has yielded a particularly negative impact on aid and development organizations. Michael Igoe’s insightful article (Devex May 2020) highlighted numerous accounting complexities and potential pitfalls that the pandemic has
Read more →Unusual Civil Unrest 2020 has felt like a whirlwind of a year. Between the natural disasters and the election cycles it seems as though we cannot keep track of the news this year, but there is one news topic that has been gaining interest. Incidents of civil
Read more →Are You Sure It’s Domestic Terrorism? I had an interesting conversation with a coworker the other day regarding the conflict in South Sudan. In the description of some events regarding this conflict the word “militant” was used to describe the main opposition group, Sudan People’s Liberation Movement
Read more →How Effective is Your Duty of Care Program? Companies have a moral, ethical, and increasing legal responsibility to protect their employees, and in some cases, their contractors from physical and emotional harm when engaging in activities on the company’s behalf. This concept is often referred to as
Read more →International Terrorism: Agonizing Misconceptions Say the word terrorism to a crowd of individuals from western countries, and the first thing that will come to mind will be images of large scale attacks perpetrated by international organizations with recognizable names, such as ISIS, or Al-Qaeda. This is not
Read more →Uncovering Security Jargon Every trade has associated jargon- words that define the tricks of the trade. In the world of security risk management there are, of course, a plethora of terms that we use on a daily basis. Three terms that need to be standardized are some
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