March 2016

An inside look at what companies in Paris did after the 2015 terrorist attacks to resume business as usual.

Review of the best-practices in dealing with problem employees, difficult staffers, or workers in need of behavioral modification and attitude adjustment.

Companies will have to identify all individuals involved in wrongdoing, regardless of their positions, and pro­vide all relevant facts about their mis­­conduct, to receive credit for cooperating with a DOJ investigation.

According to a landmark court case: Federal Trade Commission (FTC) v. Wyndham Worldwide Corp. the FTC can hold companies liable for failing to maintain adequate cybersecurity.

Taser use is on the rise worldwide, and with it comes more scrutiny and study, on both its health effects and its potential to reduce violence.

The Mediterranean Sea has seen the migrant crisis added to existing security issues - threats of piracy and smuggling, political instability, and border disputes - for commercial seafarers.​

The Paris terrorist attacks brought to life concerns about hard targets with soft security. Spectators and sports officials wonder whether sporting venues will continue to be a target.

A cloud-based communications tool called PIERPro helped school districts in Harris County, Texas quickly send out notifications on closures and delays to the entire community and media outlets.

The University of Pennsylvania upgraded their single-point-of-failure fire safety system with an IP-based alarm monitoring solution.

The effort to require companies to decrypt encrypted communications, and provide the method to do so to a third party, has gained steam following recent attacks.