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How the City of Houston is Building Disaster Resilience with Video Technology

Roughly 29 percent of the world’s population in 1950 lived in cities and urban areas. Today, this number sits at 55 percent, and by 2050 it is expected that close to 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities.

City managers around the globe are challenged with providing for the safety and security of their ever-increasing number of citizens. The rapid adoption of smart city technologies is helping managers tackle expected big-city problems—but what about the unexpected? City leaders must act now to transform smart cities into safe cities, and that’s exactly what’s happening in the City of Houston.

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A Heat Dome Hits Virginia: The Data Center

Extreme weather is a physical security threat to assets and operations for which gates, guards, and guns provide no defense. While it has not occurred yet, a heat dome descending on Data Center Alley in Ashburn, Virginia, could pose major ramifications for critical infrastructure.

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11 Resilience Stories SM Editors Recommend

Following the COVID-19 pandemic, increasing numbers of disasters, and rising security threats, organizations and individuals are seeking new means to become more resilient. Here are 11 stories from the Security Management archive our editors recommend reading.

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The Efficiency Coefficient: How Companies Can Approach Sustainability

By utilizing sustainable materials, pursuing strategic partnerships, and focusing on end-user integrations, we are better equipped to attack those threats of today, while positioning ourselves to address the threats of tomorrow.

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

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.

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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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How the City of Houston is Building Disaster Resilience with Video Technology

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