What a week that was that ended last Monday. We had three stories relating to security and safety that would easily top the news headlines and they were suddenly competing for media coverage and attention in America. At a glance, they reveal to be two horrible tragedies – the Boston Marathon bombing and the West chemical plant explosion – and one success – the thwarting of the terror plot on a Canada-U.S. train. With closer inspection from the security and safety point of view, we have two successes from which we can draw confidence in our degree of progress since our nation was upended in 2001. Continue reading
Think about the “utilities” you use in your personal life: water, internet, electricity, mobile communications, landline phones, cable TV, gas, trash pickup. There are more on this list, but these are the most common ones. Now think about the ones you would be super challenged to live without. As much as our lives today revolve around mobile phones, we could survive. It may be inconvenient and expensive, but we can buy water at the store. I think most would agree that electric power is the hardest to live without. Superstorm Sandy provided a glimpse into an extended no-power scenario. Modern day society would likely get ugly fast without power, and security challenges would multiply. Securing and modernizing our U.S. power grid is a clear priority. 
Last fall, the American public and Washington pundits were shocked and dismayed by the killing of Ambassador Chris Stevens in Benghazi. It being the election season, it didn’t take long for Republicans to claim the administration hadn’t done enough to provide proper 
We’re nearly one month into the year and ideally your company has laid out goals and plans for 2013. So what do you think? Will this year be better than 2012? A lot of things factor into your forecasted success, such as your sales pipeline, product plans, leadership, etc. And a lot of things you can’t control will affect your company as well, especially if you’re in the security industry. Early signs are that this should be a good year in the security industry, not a great year, but incrementally better. 
It’s hard to turn around these days without hearing something about the Newtown, CT massacre. What a sad day in America that was. The ways that individuals, governments, and organizations are responding shows the gravity of the event and strength of resolve to reduce the chances of a repeat occurrence. Similarly, it’s hard to be in the security industry this week and not think of “What more might have been done to secure those kids, teachers, and administrators?” And what can we do moving forward? (Let me be clear, as I feel somewhat uncomfortable writing about this: my heart and prayers go out to the parents who lost kids last Friday. I have young children and I can’t imagine the pain and despair they feel.) 
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