Security Awareness

Wilson James, the provider of specialist security services, has announced the introduction of a new business division specifically designed to help end user customers improve their risk and threat management posture. The company’s Risk Advisory Service augments its existing capabilities with practical, bespoke solutions for…

A new report produced by Juniper Research outlines that the cost of data breaches will rise from $3 trillion each year to over $5 trillion in 2024, representing an average annual growth rate of 11%. This uptick will primarily be driven by increasing fines for…

ASIS International, the association for security management professionals, has released its new standard ‘Conformity, Assessment and Auditing Management Systems for the Quality of Private Security Company Operations’ (ANSI/ASIS PSC.2-2019). This standard, which is a revision of the ANSI/ASIS PSC.2-2012 edition, provides requirements and guidance for…

BSI has moved to acquire AppSec Consulting, the cyber security and information resilience (CSIR) company located in San Jose, California. The acquisition will see AppSec Consulting become a key part of BSI’s CSIR offer. The business will now operate under the name ‘AppSec Consulting –…

This is the seventeenth instalment in a series of articles for the readers of Risk Xtra where we shine the spotlight on NSI-approved businesses for the benefit of risk and security managers who purchase security guarding as well as systems-focused solutions. Answering our questions on…

ASIS International has published the ASIS Private Security Officer (PSO) Selection and Training Guidelines (ASIS PSO-2019) which provides recommendations for establishing and managing a programme for the selection and training of private security officers. The document is deemed to be “critical” as the private security…

BSI’s Global Centre of Excellence for Cyber Security and Information Resilience has been bestowed with the McAfee MPOWER Cloud Partner of the Year Award 2018. The accolade was announced at the recent MPOWER Cyber Security Summit held in Rome. The award is presented to the…

KnowBe4, the provider of a recognised security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has just released a new, updated SaaS-based GRC platform featuring compliance management, policy management and risk management functionality. Most organisations leverage spreadsheets, documents and/or collaboration portals, as well as e-mail threads and…

Given all of today’s current and recurrent issues, are we able to realistically plan to protect ourselves against the possibilities and realities of security risk? Is it in fact realistic in any way to think that we can effectively protect or otherwise prevent our organisational…

Having a strategy in place that can help to deal with an unplanned event while it’s actually happening is vital in order to protect both people and property. Peter Webster looks to demystify the concept of organisational resilience and explains why this hugely important topic…