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Security Thought Leadership: in conversation with Martin Gill
Panel Discussions & Interviews
Episodes
251 episodes
Managing security suppliers: what are the key factors to optimising performance?
The traditional problem, suppliers want to charge more for a better service versus clients who want to pay less for a more targeted service, has been and is being played out globally. The difficulty of recruiting personnel, and keeping them, pl...
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The Canadian Security Sector: what are the current challenges and how good is the response?
There has been a growth of different mechanisms around the world for the initial notification and management of security incidents, but there has been relatively little discussion about the pros and cons of the best ways of doing so effectively...
Security Excellence: what can cyber professionals learn from physical security experts and vice versa?
It has long been argued that the knowledge domains of cyber and physical security professionals differ markedly, in some cases complicating converged activities. At the same time there has been a great coming together, not always harmoniously. ...
The opportunities and limits of Body Worn Cameras?
Body worn cameras have been widely heralded by the security sector for generating a range of benefits, not least the fact they provide evidence to support interactions preventing – or at least reducing the chances – of frivolous claims of malpr...
An Interview with Ex-offender Frank Portinari: a gun runner for terrorists
While it is well known that in order to operate terrorists need weapons, what is less well known and much less discussed is how they get them. In this interview, Frank Portinari explains how he developed from being a football hooli...
Security Qualifications and Certifications: where do we look for credibility?
There is now an abundance of security qualifications and certifications, they have taken off dramatically in recent years. But are there now too many to the extent that it has led to confusion and undermined their very credibility? Does it matt...
Ransomware and Security: what can we do?
No doubt all of us have experienced or are aware of the dangers posed by ransomware attacks. But it would be a mistake to see the motives as purely financial gain, it is more complex than that. Indeed, there are many areas of interest. For exam...
HR and Finance: do they support or undermine security?
On the one hand security is regularly discussed as being primarily about people, and on the other we learn continually about the role of security personnel engaging with all parts of organisations. There are many elements to engaging people wel...
Pride in Security – Why inclusivity matters and the role of Allies
Why should the security sector be conscious of Pride all year round? This webinar will explore the significance of Pride and the current status of LGBTQ+ representation across the sector. It will also cover the tangible actions that the securit...
The implications of the Russia/Ukraine war on the private security sector
The implications of war are daily news in many countries. Beyond the human tragedy of all those directly involved are an array if implications for countries and their populations around the world. In this webinar we feature specific implication...
Protecting luxury goods: is security winning?
Luxury items are inevitably attractive to offenders, be they thieves, fraudsters or counterfeiters. Similarly, the supply chain is inevitably complex, involving many points at which goods are potentially vulnerable, including manufacture, trans...
What is the true cost of economic crime?
Estimating the cost of economic crime has always proved challenging, not least because of various definitions adopted and offences included. Whereas some reports claim that accurate methods of measuring losses have been developed in the last de...
How else can security contribute to preparing for the worst?
All those involved with security know about the importance of learning from past events, but how good is the security sector at preparing in advance? What are the options to help prepare? To what extent are plans tested and what are the learnin...
Procuring Security: what should guide security buying practices?
There has long been criticisms of the way security is purchased with claims that buyers prioritise price over quality, while suppliers accept low price bids to cut out the opposition. Meanwhile the image of security is tarnished. But how common...
Thinking about the security sector in Nigeria, what are its strengths and challenges?
All over the world the security sector is adjusting to new pressures and opportunities, this includes the aftermath of the pandemic but many other things too including, globalisation, improved technologies, greater integration, the attraction o...
Is Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) still fit for purpose?
The research on the effectiveness of CPTED has been quite positive, but is it evolving logically and should this be a focus of attention for security professionals. Does the modern variation need to include the additional ‘M’ for management? Wh...
Does the professional thief and organised criminal have a safe haven in committing economic crimes?
There is increasing evidence that economic criminals operate under the radar of crime prevention measures and outside of the mainstay of law enforcement activity. In some countries at least (and the UK is an example) the majority of crime is fr...
Attracting teenagers to security work: how is the sector doing?
Attracting new recruits to the security sector has long been heralded as a challenge. Much more of a hurdle, albeit one that is rarely discussed, is the engagement of those who are teenagers, and particularly those who are most disaffected and ...
Security management in Canada: what are the strengths and weaknesses?
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 p...
Artificial Intelligence: a security essential or a dangerous ‘big brother’?
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 ‘unso...
Horizon scanning: how good are we at predicting the future?
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 ...
Influencing opinion to improve perceptions of the security sector: what should we do?
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 mo...
Mentoring, does it work? Is the security sector good at it?
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-developmen...
When is political violence a business problem?
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 r...
Fraudulent degrees and qualifications: the problem and potential remedies
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 t...