Commercial and Enterprise

YARMOUTH, Maine—If you're a security professional who lives in New York, Chicago or Los Angeles, you have access to plenty of security-training opportunities in the form of national conferences and day-long seminars. However, what if you're based in a smaller city, a plane-ride away from, say, that day-long workshop on continuity planning you'd like to attend? Tight budgets often make such a trip impossible.
A new partnership between American Military University and InfraGard, an FBI program designed to improve cooperation between the bureau and the private security sector, aims to change that.

LAS VEGAS—Several prisons in the Mexican state of Guanajuato are using facial recognition software from 3VR to manage visitors and keep tabs on suspects who act as intermediaries between gang members behind bars.

YARMOUTH, Maine—Getting the security department to the table at the beginning of any construction or renovation project can be, depending on the business, a constant struggle for security managers. But having a well-documented set of best practices for how to integrate security into nascent design and architectural discussions is a powerful tool, which can demonstrate how including security early can reduce future risks and save money in the long run.