Ransomware can paralyze a single PC to the entire network, incapacitating businesses and organizations. It’s one of the biggest security problems on the internet and if you don’t protect yourself, you’ll pay the price….literally.Even with prote

S2 E41 Security Planning for Civil Disobedience – A “New” Normal

May 7th, 2021 38m 3s

Are you ready to accept the “New Norm” in protest planning?The rules have changed and the old way is now the wrong way! Today we interview Joshua Skule, Senior Vice President of Allied Universal to talk about the need to understand how the prot

S2 E 40 SOC vs EOC Security Operations Center vs Emergency Operations Center

Apr 29th, 2021 35m 54s

EOC vs SOCAre you contemplating building an operation center? Would you call it an EOC or an SOC? Does it really matter? The answer is…..Difficult. In today’s politically correct world, what you call it is as important to what it is and how it

S2 E 39 Video Trends In Physical Security Part 2

Apr 23rd, 2021 42m 9s

In Part 2 of this series, we talk about Hyper-Convergence and how analytics play a key role in designing your new CCTV video surveillance system. What you don’t know can cost you dearly… What are some of the miss-steps that are made when settin

S2 E 38 “Security Lessons Never Learned”

Apr 8th, 2021 36m 3s

In security, we learn nothing from history, until it’s too late! In this episode, we talk about history repeating itself. Lessons never learned from past experience. How? Reducing security because of the absence of attacks is tempting, but dan

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S2 E 37 - Video Trends in Physical Security

Apr 1st, 2021 46m 34s

We’ve Come a Long Way…. Part 1 of a 2 part seriesReal-time video surveillance applications have come a long way over the years with so much information we are going to do a two part series. In this episode we chat with the Director of Advanced

S2 E36 In Case of Emergency: Venue Security

Mar 18th, 2021 35m 3s

Ever asked yourself, “In an emergency, what intelligence is real and what is fake?”When responding to a crisis, it is important to have critical intelligence information at your disposal to be able to make proper decisions. Since active shooter

S2 E35 Broadening the Talent Pool - Women In Security

Mar 11th, 2021 34m 58s

The security industry, especially electronic security has long been male dominated – but that is changing for the better! Women are becoming a bigger part of the industry and making people take notice! There are now women technicians, engineers

S2 E34 Lighting-The Critical Overlooked Element Of Security Surveillance Systems

Mar 4th, 2021 38m 32s

Camera performance has advanced tremendously in the 50 years since they were introduced as a tool for security systems. However one fact remains a constant- without light there is no video.Beyond that simple reality, the issue of lighting type

S2 E33 BEWARE OF COVID SCAMS!!!!

Feb 25th, 2021 33m 11s

No good crisis should ever go to waste... and todays COVID crisis is no exception. In this life and death struggle we all are facing globally, we can always rely on the scam artist to come up with a way to take full advantage and pry on our fea

S2 E32 Explosive Canine Detection… Man’s Best Friend!

Feb 18th, 2021 40m 40s

Man’s best friend, the lovable canine has many jobs; rescuing lost children, finding bombs and drugs. But what goes into the training? How does all this work? In this episode, Sal and Jim take us behind the scenes to learn what goes into the

S2 E31The Risks of Cloud Computing - The Basics

Feb 11th, 2021 38m 14s

Cloud computing - what we think about. Cost effective, secure, adaptable and ease of use. All very true. But did you ever stop to think about just what is "the cloud"? Where is it? and more importantly, who is in charge?Today we cover the risks

S2 E30 The Next Cyber-Attack Threat by "Big Tech" Monopolies?

Feb 4th, 2021 39m 29s

Cyber-attacks prevent us from using the Internet… but what if your supplier shuts you down? Aren’t the results the same? The first big threat in the trend to move communications and systems to the internet was exposure to cyber-attacks. Now yo

S2 E28 Navigating Government Contracts - Part 3of 3

Jan 28th, 2021 33m 38s

What are the key ways to find government contracts? How do you navigate to the right person for that perfect assignment? In this episode, Stewart Liberman talks in detail and gives valuable information on where to go for a contract, how to make

S2 E29 Vaccine Distribution -Problems/Logistics/Solutions

Jan 21st, 2021 36m 19s

The vaccine is here…. Now what happens? Don’t get too comfortable… the problems and risks have only started!Who is essential, who isn’t? How do you track the people who got it, vs. those that don’t want it? Is the government set up to effective

S2 E 27 Navigating Government Contracts Part 2 of 3

Jan 14th, 2021 33m 8s

Dealing with a government agency is a whole lot different then dealing with a fellow businessperson. The are many constraints on what you can and cannot do. How should one best present their Product or Service? What are the questions you can as

S2 E26 Want To Do Business With The Government? Contracts Part 1 of 3

Jan 7th, 2021 36m 15s

Navigating Government Contracts – A 3-Part SeriesHave you ever asked yourself, how do you find gov’t contracts? How should you posture your first meeting? How do I go about contacting key people at a Gov’t Agency and whom do I call?This series

S2 E25 The Security Outlook for 2021- Changes/Challenges/Opportunities

Dec 31st, 2020 35m 58s

2020 proved to be a difficult year right up until the last day… what’s is store for 2021? Can it get any worse?COVID has had an incalculable effect on all aspects of our lives. Because of it, how we go about our business has changed the risk pr

S2 E 24 COVID Vaccine – Can employees be forced to take it?

Dec 17th, 2020 29m 53s

The vaccine is here now … but what are the expectations of the employees and the employers? Can you force your employees to take it? In today’s show, we explore the exemptions employees can declare and how the Americans With Disabilities Act (t

S2 E23 CEO’s & Security Directors – Problems/Logistics/Solutions

Dec 10th, 2020 51m 8s

Todays security director role is so much more than it used to be. Do you have a statesman or a lunatic on your hands? What are the traits you should be looking for and what traits should you run and hide from? Jim interviews Sal to talk about

S2 E22 Drones - not just for kids anymore!

Dec 3rd, 2020 35m 40s

Technology advances give drones a whole new dimension. Can this help reduce risks? We all know the stories about the invasiveness of drones and how they are used to violate our personal space, but there are more beneficial services they can pro

S2 E21 DÉJÀ VU - COVID-19 AGAIN!

Nov 26th, 2020 42m 8s

For Thanksgiving, we thought a replay of “The Legal Implications COVID Can Bring About” was worth the replay… Join us for an informative discussion on returning to work and the legal implications and challenges that seem to be getting greater t

S2 E20 Common Sense Series: Damned if you do… damned if you don’t!

Nov 19th, 2020 32m 49s

What are you willing to give up to be politically correct?In this episode of our Common Sense Series, Jim and Sal talk about the CEO’s risk of being politically correct. The risk profile is changing, there is a difference between brick and mort

S2 E 19 A Deeper Dive into Edge Device Technology

Nov 12th, 2020 45m 15s

Edge technology is the wave of the future, but what is it really?What are the logistical issues between edge and standard systems? Do they have the capacity to save money on critical infrastructure cost? The development of apps gives this new t