That’s why one of the most effective decisions you can make to strengthen your security is to integrate your systems, bringing together alarm monitoring, video surveillance, access control, and more. This means linking together dozens or even hundreds of different sensors, alarms, security devices, computer systems, and even legacy systems to gain a centralized overview of … Continued
In the case of government organizations where so much is at stake, from classified information to sensitive technologies, a well-planned and tightly-executed security response is vital. With that in mind, here is how to make sure your security strategy is up to the challenge, from detecting the incident to investigating it, containing it, and mounting … Continued
Why Is Alarm Monitoring Vital to Government Organizations? From city police departments and local DMVs to research centers and intelligence agencies, the security threats that government entities face vary widely. Some, like congressional offices, diplomatic missions, judicial buildings, and defense research departments, for example, need to protect highly sensitive information on-site. Others, from NASA facilities … Continued
Monitoring physical devices via multiple platforms poses additional challenges to high-security government agencies and facilities. All the screens, procedures, and people make your security operations more complex. You run the risk of missing critical threats, and crucial data is silo’d. You also have overlapping teams following different processes for the same situation. There is a better approach. Bringing everything together … Continued
Power stations and the electric grid are a prime example of how vital good security is: they connect and power countless other critical industries, from communication infrastructure to food supply, transportation, and more. Anything that disrupts the supply of power will harm multiple sectors downstream, so securing it is paramount. Critical infrastructure needs have changed … Continued
A Brief Overview of Critical Infrastructure Security Critical infrastructure security focuses on protecting important national security assets, economic networks, and public health and safety systems. This includes transportation networks, including: Critical Infrastructure Security: Vulnerabilities All these sectors play a vital role in national security, economic stability, and public health and safety. This also means they’re vulnerable to … Continued
At its best, a strong physical security infrastructure hums along in the background, forgotten. The problem is people only remember it when something goes wrong. That’s usually when executives get together and say, “We need to have better systems in place.” But if you’ve lost valuable intellectual property due to a physical security breach, suffered … Continued
There is a way to integrate seamlessly, but you need to examine why you need to integrate (benefits and pitfalls), and to understand potential issues that can arise. You will build a strategy from there. Integrating Legacy Security with Newer Systems Why not cast off your legacy system and start anew? In an ideal environment, … Continued
Why Is Risk Management Important for Cybersecurity? Risk management is an essential way to combat the continuous cybersecurity threats your agency may experience. It’s important to implement a cybersecurity risk management strategy to help protect your agency. Here are some reasons why: Mitigate cyber risks and prevent attacks Implementing a cyber risk management strategy helps … Continued
It’s not easy to master all these interconnections, but it’s definitely necessary as we move into the Internet of Things with billions of connected devices predicted in the coming years. Couple that with the movement for security to encompass IT and cybersecurity—convergence of physical security and digital assets—and the challenges mount, especially when it comes … Continued