Security DNA

In today's episode of SecurityDNA , host Steve Lasky engages with Michael Julian , the producer of the "Down 'n Dirty" podcast and best-selling author of "10 Minutes to Live: Surviving an Active Shooter Using A.L.I.V.E." Together, they dive into discussion about the A.L.I.V.E. approach, the importance of building a robust security culture, why active shooter training is an essential team investmen...

Established in 2019 after a 60-year tenure as Panasonic, i-PRO Americas provides sensing technologies in intelligent surveillance, medical and industrial imaging, and public safety. With a close network of integrators and elite partners in North America, the company's development in the region is being watched with close interest. On today’s special episode of SecurityDNA, SecurityInfoWatch editor...

On the show floor at GSX 2024 , Julie Brandt, vice president and president, Building Solutions North America at Johnson Controls, and Greg Parker, Global Vice President of Lifecycle Solutions at JCI, talk with SecurityInfoWatch.com editor Paul Rothman about what the company is doing to help its building customers implement connected, data-driven security solutions. They also discuss what the compa...

SecurityDNA podcast host Steve Lasky has an impactful discussion with Donna Chapman , Director of the A&E Program at HID Global North America, about the challenges in dealing with veteran suicide after her 24-year-old son, Army National Guard Sgt. William Davidson, committed suicide during in Operation Enduring Freedom. Chapman is working to help troubled vets through her foundation – Willpowe...

In this edition of the SecurityDNA podcast , host Steve Lasky has an inspiring discussion about the evolving world of security with Francis D’Addario , emeritus faculty for the Security Executive Council . Francis is a Lifetime Outstanding Security Performance Award (OSPA) recipient and his cross-functional teams have achieved reduced violent crime claims by 80% while establishing multi-million-do...

Please join SecurityInfoWatch as we host a wide-ranging discussion with Paul Sarnese , the accomplished owner of Secured & Prepared Consulting , about the challenges teams face in providing physical and cybersecurity in the health care sector, and what can be done about it. The renowned healthcare safety, security, and emergency management expert shares some of the workplace violence indicator...

Aileen Garcia was pursuing a career in interior design before a sudden change in trajectory  took her into the male-dominated field of security technology – more specifically cybersecurity, where as fraud prevention manager at ClearSale she’s working to ensure all her team members are motivated to take a flexible approach toward their important work. In her interview with SecurityInfoWatch Associa...

In this episode we engage with Dave Sweeney, District Director for the Mid-Atlantic region for The Cook & Boardman Group , including Advantech , and a member of the executive board for Security-Net . Sweeney and host Steve Lasky, editorial director for Endeavor Business Media's Security Group, delve into how technology is changing the role of security integrators – from dealers to consultants...

In this episode, Steve Lasky , Editorial Director for the Security Group at Endeavor Business Media, engages in a timely and poignant discussion about security program design and team leadership with Bryan Willett , Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for Lexmark International . Willett will discuss his journey from firmware development and project management to security management and how h...

Please join SecurityInfoWatch.com for an enlightening conversation with Lee Odess, a globally recognized leader and influential voice in the access control industry who challenges conventional thinking and redefines the role of access technology today. Odess, the producer of the monthly insightful Access Control Executive Brief , will speak about the wave of technology and innovation sweeping acce...

In this exclusive interview from ESX 2024, Security Business Editor-in-Chief Paul Rothman talks with Eric Garner, President of Pye-Barker's Alarm Division and CEO of Pye-Barker company Mountain Alarm, about Pye-Barker’s growth aspirations, the types of companies it looks to acquire and what the “master plan” looks like for the company’s future.

From Ukraine, Israel and Gaza to the influence of the Houthis in the Red Sea to the ever-present specter of China, the global security environment is brimming with challenges. Add to it the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, a presidential election year and the ever-present threat of cybercrime and security officials face a truly complex threat landscape. In an exclusive interview with SecurityDNA hos...

In this exclusive interview with SecurityDNA host Steve Lasky, Dean Drako , the founder and CEO of Eagle Eye Networks (EEN) shares the impetus behind his start at Barracuda Networks and eventual migration into the physical security space, the key acquisition of cloud access security company Brivo and the growth of Eagle Eye Networks. Drako – named one of Goldman Sachs's “100 Most Intriguing Entrep...

Our guest on the SecurityDNA podcast this week is Steve Jones, Global Chairman and CEO of Allied Universal , an enterprise that has grown from $12 million in revenue to more than $20 billion with approximately 800,000 employees, making the firm the third-largest private employer in North American and seventh highest in the world. The author of the book No Off Season: The Constant Pursuit of More:...

In this edition of the SecurityDNA podcast, SecurityInfoWatch sat down with Stevan Bernard , Senior Security Advisor for International SOS -- a firm that works with global organizations to assess the risks associated with every working environment, from a corporate office to a remote oil rig. Drawing on his extensive experience in the protection of personnel, content and data and properties in ove...

In this special edition, Security Business editor in chief Paul Rothman caught up with Convergint’s new CEO, Ann Fandozzi, at ISC West 2024, where they talked about the technology on display at the show, the M&A landscape in the security industry and the future direction for the service-based systems integration company she will be leading. 

It’s undeniable today that  9/11 had changed the global geopolitical scene, and the constant churn of complex threats coming inside and outside the U.S. is creating new physical and cyber threats manufacturers must start accounting for. Fred Burton , Executive Director of Protective Intelligence at Ontic and one of the world’s foremost authorities on protective intelligence, security, and countert...

In this episode we talk with Greg Schneider , CPP, who is President of Battle Tested Solutions , a San Francisco Bay Area-based security consultancy focused on delivering security management strategies, protective intelligence services and tactical response training to domestic and global clientele. Greg will discuss the changing landscape of security management – including the importance of situa...

In our latest edition of SecurityDNA hosted by editorial director Steve Lasky, ESI Convergent’s CEO and founder, Pierre Bourgeix , tackles the complex issues surrounding industrial controls and operational technology, which he predicts will be of the greatest concern in the next 5 years or more as security threats and risk challenges become more broad-based and global. Bourgeix also discusses the...

Steve Lasky , the editorial director for the Security Group at Endeavor Business Media , talks with SMR Group co-founder and security industry veteran Jerry Brennan about the corporate security diversity landscape, the underlying causes and factors contributing to a lack of diversity, and what it will take to bring meaningful, lasting change in the industry. SMR has grown to be one of the world’s...

In this episode Steve Lasky, Editorial Director of the Security Group at Endeavor Business Media, talks critical infrastructure with Ed Levy -- a highly accomplished senior executive currently leading the critical Infrastructure (CI) practice at Noble. Levy and Lasky discuss how to define what CI is, what kind of strategic issues practitioners are facing in the CI space, and important lessons on t...

In our latest episode, Mark Freedman , CEO and founder of Rebel Global Security , talks with host Steve Lasky about the company Freedman founded in August 2022, six months after Russia invaded Ukraine. Freedman goes over the many challenges that today’s enterprise security management executives are facing, as well as the anatomy of an innovative security program and how it works. Steve and Mark al...

In this episode, Paul Rothman, editor in chief of Security Business magazine, chats at the recent CES conference with Chris LaPré, Head of Technology for the Connectivity Standards Alliance, about a new access control standard CSA is developing called Aliro and what it will mean for connectivity technology in the future.

In part two of our in-depth interview with renowned foreign intelligence expert Paul Joyal, SecurityInfoWatch.com editor Steve Lasky and Joyal discuss the cyber aspect of the Russia-Ukraine war, AI and deepfakes being used on the battlefield, and how the renewed emergence of terrorist groups like Hamas has affected the security industry’s view of domestic security and global risk. Joyal is a forme...

Paul Joyal, a former federal law enforcement officer who has more than 45 years of experience in security and intelligence, talks with SecurityInfoWatch about the state of the Russia-Ukraine war and implications over the next 12 months. Joyal also recalls his attempted assassination by possible Russian agents outside his Maryland home, a crime that has never been solved.