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National security policy researcher Peter Raymond shares how China’s global technology influence—especially on social media—is changing risk equations for private organizations and governments worldwide. Also in this month’s SM Highlights podcast, Bud Miller, CPP, explains how coupon fraud has gotten more sophisticated and what that means for retailers, especially in the holiday shopping season. Then, Tim Sutton, CPP, PCI, PSP, introduces listeners to an upcoming ASIS Standard about cannabis security.
“The reality is that it does not have to be a high-profile, highly politically charged episode. You don't have to do anything wrong to run afoul of this. I think it’s important to talk about what are some of the pitfalls, specifically, for where you go in the world. Each region is a little different; each country is different.”
“The only way you can find out how the organization communicates is to bring people to the table, let them know what the overall goal is, and then get their input on how we make that happen.”
“Technical security standardization can provide significant economic advantages as well. By selecting one or a limited range of products for your enterprise, you can become masters of support rather than generalists with a wider range of products.”
“(Nonprofits) collect, process, transfer, and house a lot of sensitive data about their activities and the vulnerable communities they protect—think of migrants, political activists, dissidents—and they raise funds.”
“Most security practices and convenience are polar opposites. As applied to a school environment, remember that educators are already overtasked. Any process or procedure perceived to make a teacher’s mission more difficult will engender substantial opposition.”
“While catastrophic natural disasters have direct and overt impacts, such events often trigger a cascade of second or third order impacts which manifest in ways that are hard to predict.”
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