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

Security Industry Association

A federal government shutdown on Oct. is that Congress will be unable to pass the 12 annual appropriations bills that fund government operations – or even adopt an extension of current spending under a “continuing resolution for temporary relief” – before the beginning of the new fiscal year. A federal government shutdown on Oct.

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School Security & Active Shooter Interdiction: A Q&A With Vince Riden

Security Industry Association

It’s important to promote a safe learning environment for every student and protect the teachers, staff and visitors in our schools, and SIA appreciates the many talented security professionals who are working diligently each day to enhance the safety and security of our schools and mitigate active shooter threats.

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A Resilience Charter

Emergency Planning

The increasing vulnerability and dwindling redundancy of life-support systems will aggravate the effect of proliferating failure among critical infrastructure networks. Disaster’ refers to an event that causes damage, destruction, interruption of services and important activities, and possibly casualties. Preamble 1.1

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Protecting Mass Gathering Venues Against Drone Threats: How SIA and the Industry Are Leading the Way

Security Industry Association

Bill Edwards and Cory Peterson discuss how SIA and our members are working to advance UAS-specific authorities and regulations within the United States Code. 32 – which governs criminal acts involving aircraft, including the act of downing a drone – is a necessary step to the delegation of authorities in this operating environment.

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Navigating Resilience: How to Create a BCM Roadmap 

MHA Consulting

There’s no better way to achieve an ambitious, difficult goal such as moving an organization from a state of vulnerability to one of resilience than by breaking that journey down into steps, putting those steps into a sensible order, and tackling the steps one-by-one on a phased timetable. We think they’re essential.

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How Mass Gun Violence Trends Should Inform Physical Security Planning

Security Industry Association

According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation , 2022 was the second-highest year (after 2021) for active shooter events of the last five years, and the year with the most casualties. Government or place of civic importance: 3.5% Workplace: 30.8% Retail establishment: 16.9% Bar or restaurant: 13.4% Residential location: 8.1%

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How Telcos Can Ready Their IT Infrastructures for Telco (Services) Act Compliance

Pure Storage

In response to these changes, governments worldwide are implementing new rules and frameworks to ensure the security and reliability of telecommunications services. Reporting of incidents: Telcos are required to report certain security incidents to the relevant authorities promptly.