June, 2012
June 25, 2012 | by Grady Emmons, MSc, CPP | Workplace Violence Prevention
Original Story (Edited) Original article written by Rick Willis Published: Sunday, June 24, 2012, 12:01 a.m. Updated: Sunday, June 24, 2012 Ralph Lopez talked by phone to Voltaire Meade just minutes before two men shot and killed Meade in his office Friday. “I talked to him twice yesterday,” Lopez said Saturday, “the second time about 10 minutes […]
Tags: Active Shooter, Active Shooter Prevention, asset protection, Corporate Investigations, Corporate Security, Emergency Planning, Executive Protection, Risk Management, security, Targeted Violence, Threat Assessment, Workplace Violence, workplace violence prevention
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June 17, 2012 | by Grady Emmons, MSc, CPP | Travel Security Awareness
American travelers to Mexico should beware of possible violent retaliation for this week’s arrest of alleged Zetas drug cartel associates and family members inside the U.S., the U.S. State Department has warned. … The travel warning issued Tuesday, the day of the arrests and the unsealing of the indictment, urges U.S. citizens in Mexico to […]
Tags: Cartel Violence, Corporate Security, drug cartel, gang violence, Kidnapping, Los Zetas, mexico, self protection, State Department, Travel Security Awareness, travel warning
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June 1, 2012 | by Grady Emmons, MSc, CPP | Corporate Security
Boston’s South Shore Hospital has agreed to pay $750,000 to settle allegations that it failed to protect personal health information of more than 800,000 people, mostly patients, after a breach in 2010. “Hospitals and other entities that handle personal and protected health information have an obligation to properly protect this sensitive data, whether it is in paper […]
Tags: Corporate Fraud, Corporate Investigations, Corporate Security, Corporate Theft, Data Protection, Employee Theft, Information Security, Secure Transport, Trade Secrets, Transportation Security
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