K&M Global Security Solutions, Kneeland Consulting, d.o.o., and Evolutionary Security Management have teamed up to offer the shipping industry a solution based approach to security that maximizes the capability of the organization as a whole, and is effective across all operating environments.

With unemployment continuing to rise, life savings being lost and no end in sight to global economic woes, people are becoming increasingly worried and desperate every day. Combine this with anger over bailouts, bonuses, fraud and stock market losses, and you have an environment in which corporate executives must take careful steps to protect themselves, their employees, and their companies from the possible actions of someone looking to take out their frustrations. One place in particular where a new heightened security posture should not be overlooked is a large corporate meeting, particularly an Annual Meeting.

Blue Oceans Satellite Systems Inc. on March 26 announced its newest application for asset tracking and remote monitoring with the addition of its Explosives Regulatory Division (ERD)-Compliant Satellite-Based Explosive Magazine Monitoring Solution (EMMS).

If your company is currently employing or considering a video surveillance solution to help maintain the safety and security of your facility and your employees this article from Larry Dietz, the Managing Director of TAL Global, provides an overview of the critical issues with respect to employer surveillance.

The Beaumont Independent School District (Texas) with more than 30 K-12 schools housing nearly 20,000 students has implemented a new IP-based video surveillance system powered by the advanced video control and management solution from On-Net Surveillance Systems Inc. The system allows the monitoring of facilities both locally by principals and school officials, and remotely by the police department.

This article presents an example of how strategic communications company Peppercom, conducted an internal crisis management simulation in order to train its staff to be able to handle just such a scenario for its clients.

Lance Cottrell of Anonymizer Inc. writes about some of the ways employees are unknowingly revealing usable intelligence while casually browsing the Web, and also provides some solutions that can help mitigate the problem.

This article from Larry Dietz, the Managing Director of TAL Global, provides guidance and insight on assessing the relevance of Social Networking to your security posture.

Here's an article from Larry Dietz the Managing Director, Information Security & Legal Support Services for TAL Global. The piece provides practical insight and guidance on how to best prepare your company and personnel for the upcoming 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China.

In light of three tragic events that have happened over the last few years at American universities Steve Cody, of the strategic communications firm Peppercom, writes about the need for every college and university to have a crisis response and communications plan in place. In this piece Steve highlights that the key to crisis preparedness is to identify potential scenarios and realize the institution's ability to respond in a proactive and timely manner.