Security Thought Leadership: in conversation with Martin Gill

Professor Paul Ekblom is a leading authority on crime and its prevention. He has committed his career to developing frameworks and toolkits that can be used to guiding the work of security practitioners. He has even located these on a free to use website: www.crimeframeworks.com . They are diverse and cover many aspects. After a career as a criminological researcher at the UK Home Office, he was a...

Victoria Ekhmou is an experienced security professional having started work in security in the early 1990s and is now one of the leading authorities on security in Africa. She is Board Certified by the Professional Certification Board of ASIS International as a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and has expertise in a range of specialisms including guarding and counter-terrorism expert. She m...

Peter has a distinguished career in association management. Despite overseeing and spearheading transformational change in his eight plus years as the CEO of ASIS International the Global Board of Directors decided it wants a new type of leader and has recently announced the appointment of William “Bill” Tenney.  In this interview Peter discusses his reflections on the role; the skillsets he belie...

Daniel Lewkovitz is the CEO at Calamity Monitoring, one of Australia's leading security and life safety providers . With over two decades of experience in security and risk management, Daniel's expertise spans physical security, cybersecurity, life-safety monitoring, security system design, antiterrorism, and expert witness services. He has a Master's Degree in Information Technolog...

Professor Gloria Laycock is one of the world’s leading scholars on crime prevention. A trained psychologist who has worked extensively in the prison service, Government policy and research and then in academia as a Professor of Crime Science at the Jill Dando Institute. Outspoken, direct and popular, with a keen commitment to ensuring that the findings of academic research are used to influence pr...

Bonnie Michelman is a well-known senior security executive and consultant who has spearheaded the professionalism of the private security sector. She has been President of and chaired the boards of top security industry professional organizations including ASIS International and International Security Management Assoc (ISMA). Bonnie is a recognised - nationally and internationally - as a passionat...

Brian Allen is a former Chief Security Officer with Time Warner Cable and then an advisor to company boards and C-suites on their cybersecurity obligations. He now collaborates across the financial sector on security policy and advocacy work. He is also a university lecturer and author of security books that bridge the divide between physical and cybersecurity. His book on 'Enterprise Securit...

This episode contains strong language Dr Rich Diston is a career security practitioner, with a MSc with distinction and a professional doctorate. He has held too many professional accreditations to count, and currently holds strong views about security practice and the industry. He works as a trainer/consultant helping develop security professionals, but if you want him to help you he will wish to...

Following the publication of the IFPO report, ‘The Competence of Frontline Security Professionals and What They Say About Their Work’, this webinar will evaluate the process for improving the role of the frontline worker (and the perception if it by others). The webinar will discuss the implications of the findings about the sorts of roles they find difficult; their comments on their training, its...

We have tended to focus our attention on areas that have been worse affected by the pandemic. However, in a previous webinar on the impact of the pandemic on Scandinavia we heard that the impact had been modest, certainly much less than the worst affected nations. A main challenge was managing fears that the pandemic had generated, as much about safety as security. In this webinar we revisit a par...

Ireland has long been recognised for being good at security. The traditional challenges of terrorism just across the border, the numbers of murders and drug offences over time have also had an impact in focussing the response of different groups responsible for public protection. The security sector has been subject to regulation as part of a commitment to raise standards. So how good is security...

Security has been in the news. Some say it takes a crisis for security to be seen as valuable. Covid 19 represented a worldwide crisis that globally appears to have put security centre stage. But when it is over, what then? What have we learnt and what should we be thinking about, the next pandemic perhaps, austerity in the wake of economic hardship that the post pandemic world may herald in? Or s...

The image the public have of the security sector has frequently been seen as its Achilles Heel. Yet surveys of workers, at different levels, have referred to it as an exciting place to work. Why then, is there both so little coverage of security issues in the mainstream media, and why is it that what is covered is often negative? Meanwhile, the emergency services seem to receive more press and ove...

When a group of security professionals were informally discussing which country stood out as having adopted a firm approach to Covid, New Zealand was the most frequently mentioned. Has it been a success? What about the security sector there, how has it been affected, how has it adapted, and what does it see as the big issues that it has had to manage? Crucially, what can the global security sector...

There has long been debate about what the proper role of auditors should be in relation to tackling fraud. Two recent reviews revealed a real gap between reality and expectations of audit performance. Current guidance is that auditors should take a more holistic approach towards fraud. However, auditors cannot do this on their own. They need to carry out such duties in partnership with a much wide...

150th Episode The security sector regularly discusses diversity issues, this is unsurprising since they are a major challenge. However, most of the focus has been on the need to promote women and be more racially diverse. Laudable though these are what has been less salient has been coverage of any challenges in engaging the disabled and the LGBT community in the security sector. This webinar aims...

The so called ‘Manchester Arena bombing’, at an Ariana Grande concert on the 22nd of May 2017 resulted in 22 deaths and over 250 injuries. In response the Government has proposed the 'Protect Duty, in short a requirement that those in charge of venues where the public gather are required to ensure there is proportionate security in place. Surely this is the golden ticket to generating more in...

There is considerable discussion about supporting the future workers and leaders of the security sector, about the need to create career pathways and provide supportive training and mentoring. Certainly, there is a range of group and support networks for young security professionals and associations have dedicated sections to engage, and support. But how good is the support available and what coul...

Degree fraud is an extremely serious but underrepresented area of fraud involving the use of fake credentials to obtain employment or any other benefit. Once employed in an organisation with fake credentials, the fraudster is much more likely to engage in other forms of crime such as embezzlement or falsifying documents. While in some countries there has been a reduction in degree fraud due to a w...

Violence takes many forms and there are a range of groups that pose threats. There is much discussion about countering terrorism, but what about other threats? How is the security sector responding? Is political violence on the business' risk register and should to be? In a different way how should risks be assessed and how are they being monitored? Ad one recent study has found that sometime...

On the face of it mentoring has much to commend it; it involves having the support from more experienced professionals/leaders to identify and then guide, and to opening hearts and minds around self-leadership, self-learning and self-development. But is this the reality? Do people really benefit? Are mentors really motivated to help others or are they self-serving? Does mentoring really make a dif...

The security sector is very good at talking to itself. Conferences do this, so do many magazines and other media output, and most of the work of security associations is similarly focussed. Previous webinars have lamented this and called for more commitment to positively influencing the opinions of key external stakeholders. There have been attempts to achieve this, some of them very good, but hav...

Horizon scanning offers the potential to see into the future. Via the presentation of strategic plans and ambitions it seeks to chart what might happen based on historical trends and events. It provides an indication of what can be expected in the future and when done well can serve as a good barometer of the ambitions in place. It also serves as a form of reassurance to an organisation’s board or...

Hopes and expectations in some quarters that AI will revolutionise security management are increasingly balanced by a growing concern by its negative traits. A recent ASIS Foundation study which noted that AI use in security was currently ‘unsophisticated’ and unlikely to change for ten years, has also warned of the civil liberty implications. Recently a US Business Roundtable group released guide...

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Canada OSPAs. The aim of this webinar will be to evaluate the state of security management in Canada. What are the key issues impacting on the security sector in Canada? How has it responded to the pandemic, what are the learning points? What are the strengths in security in Canada and the weaker points and what does the future look like? This panel wil...