International Foundation for Protection Officers

The role of security in a workplace coronavirus outbreak

  Image from the Texas Department of State Health Services. https://www.dshs.state.tx.us/coronavirus/ Incident Management Protocols Regardless of size of the region of interest, be it a country or company, the HR and Security must work together by assessing their own incident reporting from the ground to fully comprehend their own narrative. Security success to limit [...]

By |2020-03-18T06:16:46-04:00March 18th, 2020|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on The role of security in a workplace coronavirus outbreak

Microchip implants considered for UK company employees

Jowan Österlund, founder of Biohax, holds a microchip implant (Biohax) In August, a Wisconsin company, Three Square Market, made news when 50 of its employees at its headquarters volunteered to have a chip injected into their hand. And now, it appears the practice has caught on "across the pond," as they say, according [...]

By |2018-11-13T06:25:28-05:00November 13th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Microchip implants considered for UK company employees

Microchips: The future of workplace security or corporate Big Brother?

by Rachel Metz, TechnologyReview.com When Patrick McMullan wants a Diet Dr Pepper while he’s at work, he pays for it with a wave of his hand. McMullan has a microchip implanted between his thumb and forefinger, and the vending machine immediately deducts money from his account. At his office, he’s one of dozens of employees [...]

By |2018-08-22T00:19:37-04:00August 22nd, 2018|News|Comments Off on Microchips: The future of workplace security or corporate Big Brother?

Proactive Security: Stop an attack before it starts

BY SCOTT STEWART ON MAR 13, 2018, SecutityInfoWatch.com As a child playing the hand-slapping game I quickly learned that action is always faster than reaction. A clever kid may try to game the system a bit by anticipating the opponent’s move and proactively moving, but that proactive move is an action itself, and not a true reaction.  [...]

By |2018-03-13T17:07:21-04:00March 13th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Proactive Security: Stop an attack before it starts

Demisto announces latest release of its Security Operations Platform

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Feb. 27, 2018 — Demisto, an innovator in Security Automation and Orchestration technology, has launched the latest release of its Security Operations Platform, enabling customers to best leverage the incident metrics in Demisto through customizable dashboards and reports, enhance modularity and reusability of playbooks to accelerate workflow development, and improve machine learning suggestions to build [...]

By |2018-02-28T17:45:46-05:00February 28th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Demisto announces latest release of its Security Operations Platform

Johnson Controls offers free workplace security review

Sign Up for a Free Security Review No one wants to think about the unthinkable. But preparing now for incidents such as an active shooter can greatly improve response and reduce the incident’s impact. Leverage the expertise of Johnson Controls to help you: -- Mitigate the risk of workplace violence -- Build a comprehensive security [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:31:15-05:00September 2nd, 2017|News|Comments Off on Johnson Controls offers free workplace security review

Leaders Can’t Treat Emergency Exercises Like Just Another Drill

  By Eric J. McNulty, Strategy-Business.com It’s no secret that the world can be volatile and violent. Shootings and bombings in public places. Floods, fires, droughts, and other dangers amid an uptick in severe-weather events. Any of these could be a threat to your organization, its people, its customers, and its suppliers. And although senior [...]

By |2023-12-18T15:28:37-05:00July 18th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Leaders Can’t Treat Emergency Exercises Like Just Another Drill

Report: Men have superior knowledge of rules, but women follow them better

By Jennifer Leggio for Zero Day | May 8, 2017 -- 12:30 GMT (05:30 PDT) | Topic: Security CLTRe, a Norwegian security culture research company, today released its Security Culture Report 2017, which studied more than 10,000 employees across five verticals in two countries within the Nordics to determine how risk and security is understood [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:37:21-05:00May 10th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Report: Men have superior knowledge of rules, but women follow them better

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