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Scenario Planning: A Heat Dome Hits Virginia's Data Center Alley

Extreme weather is a physical security threat to assets and operations for which gates, guards, and guns provide no defense. As the climate changes and heat domes become more common, they will pose significant challenges to critical infrastructure—including Data Center Alley, the world’s largest concentration of data centers in Ashburn, Virginia.

In a three-part series, Security Technology contributor Andy Bochman illustrates the ramifications of a heat dome settling on Data Center Alley in 2025 and the ripple effects of that event.

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Notre Dame in Paris after the fire that destroyed a portion of the cathedral. Scaffolding rising in front of the historic structure.

Restoring Resilience: The Notre Dame Cathedral Recovery

After a devastating fire in 2019, the restoration project at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, continues with a renewed focus on fire resilience.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Physical Security: Why It Matters

Diverse perspectives help broaden the scope of “what is safety” to more than one background or lived experience.

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Resilient Enterprise Tech can Help Boost your Company’s Sustainability Efforts

Building a resilient fleet of devices across your organization by actively increasing the lifespan of technology and implementing a remote repair solution can help your company not only cut down on e-waste but contribute to the bigger picture—saving the planet.

Security Technology: Rising Resilience

Natural disasters, climate change, supply chain challenges, and war are all pushing organizations to become more resilient. The December 2022 issue of Security Technology looks at how the security industry is addressing the need for more resilient—and energy efficient—technology to enable protection of physical and digital infrastructure.

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Security Management · December 2022: The Art of Resilience—Proactive Training, Leadership, and Preparedness

Samuel Redman studies where crises and museums intersect, and he found that crisis moments rarely occurred in isolation, building into complex scenarios that museum security professionals need to help manage to keep the institution resilient and safe. In this episode of SM Highlights, learn how creative thinking and a broad perspective help museums manage financial, security, climate, and cultural challenges. Also, Yan Byalik, CPP, shares how the City of Newport News, Virginia, expanded and evolved its floor warden program to boost incident response capacity and preparedness.

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As the preeminent organization for security management professionals, ASIS International offers a dynamic calendar of events to advance your professional development. From executive education to global exchanges, our events work together to help you reach new heights in your career.

Featured in the November/December Issue

The main purpose of The Safety Trap is to help the reader understand the fundamentals required to increase their safety and the safety of their loved ones by actively participating in security activities.

Kayla Underkoffler

Senior security technologist at HackerOne

"The bits and pieces we have picked from hackers mirror the general sentiment: this bug is historic due to its ubiquity and the potentially devastating impact it can have on any organization."

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Yoav Kalati

Head of threat intelligence, Wing Security

"The increased dependence on Security-as-a-Service has created a larger attack surface for organizations of all sizes, as even smaller businesses can employ dozens of online tools."

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Andrew J. Peden, CPP

CEO at L5L Solutions

"If one person within your organization double-clicks on a link and takes down your entire system, making it unavailable, then it’s not a human issue—it’s a bad system issue."

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Lesley Carhart

Director of incident response for North America, Dragos

"Remember, incident response actions are performed in stressful, exhausting, crisis situations. It is much more difficult to perform tasks under those conditions, and practice and documentation are a huge help to avoid mistakes."

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Eric Regnier, CISSP

Manager of IT security and compliance, ZAG Technical Services

"In today’s world, security and risk management is everyone’s responsibility—not just that of a select few cybersecurity specialists within the organization."

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Jerry Heying, CPP, shares some of the most recent ASIS International resources, guidance, and educational opportunities for security professionals to learn about executive protection (EP) as the threats to executives on the move and at home are evolving.

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Scenario Planning: A Heat Dome Hits Virginia's Data Center Alley

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