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Event Report: Perimeter PREVENT – the Premier Perimeter Security Event

Security Industry Association

1, 2023, the Security Industry Association (SIA) hosted Perimeter PREVENT , a free daylong symposium examining critical issues related to perimeter defense for physical environments, including government and commercial facilities, critical infrastructure, events and more. Here are some key takeaways and discussion highlights from the event.

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Who’s the Boss? Successful Risk Mitigation Requires Centralized Leadership

MHA Consulting

Many companies spend millions of dollars implementing risk mitigation controls but are kept from getting their money’s worth by a disconnected, piecemeal approach. Successful risk mitigation requires that a central authority supervise controls following a coherent strategy. Related on MHA Consulting: Global Turmoil Making You Ill?

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Powering Resilience with Critical Event Management

everbridge

To learn more, Everbridge, PwC and Atos Unify, a global leader in communication and collaboration services and solutions, partnered together to survey 200 European global industry resilience leaders in July about how they prepared for critical events, made investments in building resilience, and what the impact was when an event did occur.

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Mitigating the Impact of Severe Weather

everbridge

By 2050, severe weather and climate-related events could displace 1.2 Severe weather and climate-related risk events have increased five times over the last decade, causing approximately $137 billion in economic loss each year. Extreme Heat Events. Extreme Cold Events. The extreme cold event caused approximately €1.4

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Securing Mass Gathering Events: A Simple Design Framework That Considers the Air Domain

Security Industry Association

Planning and executing a mass gathering event is challenging, requires extensive coordination and can be time-consuming – it is also one of the most important security and safety actions you can take when it comes to protecting the public in dense crowd environments. He is a retired U.S. Army colonel and veteran of the Iraq War.

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Ensuring Operational Resilience Amidst Geopolitical Events

Fusion Risk Management

In an increasingly interconnected world, organizations with a global presence face a unique set of challenges when it comes to maintaining resilience during geopolitical events. Crisis and Incident Response Geopolitical events often necessitate the activation of emergency response and crisis response plans.

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Hazardous Conditions: Mitigation Planning and Pandemics

National Center for Disaster Prepardness

state develops a hazard mitigation plan, which identifies top local risks and provides a framework for long term strategies to reduce risk and protect citizens and property from damage. 8 states/territories mention pandemic planning but do not discuss further how the state or agency will be able to mitigate the hazard from the event.

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