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Counting Costs: The Impact of a Government Shutdown on the Security Industry

Security Industry Association

Also, in contrast to the most recent government shutdown, which lasted for 35 days in December 2018 and January 2019 and was only partial, as appropriations had already been agreed to for the U.S. How does a government shutdown impact the security industry? 30 – looming large.

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SIA New Member Profile: Shot Alert

Security Industry Association

Shot Alert CEO Neil Clark New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Shot Alert specializes in fully automated gunshot detection and active shooter response. SIA spoke with Neil Clark, CEO of Shot Alert, about the company, the security industry and working with SIA. Patent 10,054,576 B2 in August 2018.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

US Homeland Security Council 2005, UK Government 2008), while in others it did not. In the wake of the WHO report, Professor Ziad Abdeen of the Palestinian Health Authority said about pandemics: "My task is to tell you things you don't want to know, and ask you to spend money you haven't got on something you don't think will happen."

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Guest Post: Cybersecurity Incidents Lead to New Standards, Requirements

Security Industry Association

Virtually no security manufacturers are exempt from the perils of cybercrime. Because the traditional security industry relies on a multitiered model where many products go from manufacturer to distributor to security integrator to end user, manufacturers often are unaware of the final destinations of – and applications for – their products.

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Detecting and Confronting Procurement Fraud

Risk Management Monitor

For example, in 2018, a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) procurement official was indicted for receiving over $300,000 in illegal bribes and gratuities from a construction company that performed work for MBTA. Here are three ways to help your business become less vulnerable to fraudulent activity: 1.

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Singing the Same Tune: The Case for Regulatory Harmonization

FS-ISAC

Compliance and reporting to regulatory authorities is another area where standardization plays an important role and can unlock considerable benefits for the different stakeholders. This is particularly true for cyber security-related compliance and reporting requirements, which have seen a substantial surge over the past five years.

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Using Budget Principles to Prepare for Future Pandemics and Other Disasters

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

At the same time, we see widening inequalities in who has access to recovery resources, and disparities in vulnerability that are too often predictable by socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity. We have a cacophony of roughly 90 assistance programs that can come from as many as 20 different agencies, with different triggers and rules.