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IAPSC
IAPSC Board Member Leslie Cole (above right) attended the Association of Security Consultants (ASC) annual conference "CONSEC 2015" last week in London. Pictured with Leslie are Allan Hildage (left), past ASC Chairman, and Professor Martin Gill, founder of the Outstanding Performance Security Awards (OSPAs). More photos from the event.
IAPSC
 IAPSC Members are encouraged to participate in these 1-hour web-based audio/video conference call to discuss timely topics in their areas of expertise.
- The Forensic and Security Management Interest Group (Ken Wheatley and Norman Bates Co-Chairs) will meet again on Friday, Nov. 20 at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET.
- The Forensic and Security Management Interest Group (Ken Wheatley and Norman Bates Co-Chairs) will meet again on Friday, Nov. 20 at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET.
- Security Design & Engineering (Rene Rieder, Jr. and Chad Parris Co-Chairs) will meet for the first time on Friday, Dec. 18 at 9 a.m. PT/12 p.m. ET. Members are encouraged to contact the chairs with suggestions for discussion topics.
To attend, IAPSC members may RSVP to iapsc@iapsc.org.
IAPSC
On Nov. 18, IAPSC will be presenting a half-day introductory workshop on how to successfully launch a new security consulting practice or jump-start an existing one. Attendees will learn the essential traits for success from a faculty of expert security consultants Alan Brockbank, CPP, CSC, William Birks, Jr., CPP, and Rene Rieder, Jr. CPP, PSP, CHS-IV, CMAS, covering topics such how to start your business, attract clients, and best practices for completing the consulting assignment. The workshop registration fee can be applied to IAPSC membership application within 30 days of attendance.
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Emergency Management
The use of body cameras by law enforcement is still in its infancy, but a University of South Florida study says the technology is building confidence between at least one Florida police department and the community it serves.
USF researchers and the Orlando Police Department teamed up in March 2014 to study the results of 46 officers who were equipped with body cameras and 43 officers who did not wear the device.
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By Archita Datta Majumdar
 In a recent move, Ohio's state law enforcement board announced standards for the use of deadly force by police. The mandate is the first of its kind in the state and a new concept for many other states as well. The new standards will limit the use for deadly force to defend either people from serious injury or death or officers in an extreme situation. Consistent with national and international policies on force, these rules will be the right step to improve relations between police and communities.
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ZDNet
The EMV deadline has come and gone in the United States, but the debate over how the standard is being implemented is still a hotly contested issue. Short for Europay, MasterCard and Visa, EMV is a secure payment standard that reduces fraud in face-to-face, card-present environments via the use of chip-embedded payment cards.
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Security Info Watch
Many of today's organizations are undergoing a very high degree of change, while at the same time the overall pace of business continues to increase. The risk picture of most organizations is changing as a result. This is why security and risk management professionals need to "up their game" when it comes to risk assessment. This article presents five ways to make your assessment program more effective and at the same time easier to perform.
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Education Week
When an employee of the Provo, Utah, school district mistakenly clicked on a phishing link in an email last year, the private data of about 500 employees were put at risk.
District officials personally went to every school and district department to meet with employees face to face and explain what occurred. The district also paid the bill for a year of credit monitoring for employees. Afterwards, the district altered its practices on sharing sensitive information to improve data security, and employees were retrained to better recognize suspicious links and other scams.
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By Ryan Clark
 Following the recent college shootings in Oregon, Texas and Arizona, schools nationwide are rightfully investigating ways to strengthen their building security. While many are placing the eye of scrutiny on guns, others are choosing to place it on physical accessibility. After all, if the bad guys can't get in, all talk of gun carrying is moot. Now, there are good ways and bad ways to go about this — there are also some dangerous ways. This article will attempt to discuss them all.
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The Huffington Post
Technology has radically changed the way we protect our homes. What was previously only possible in Sci-Fi movies is now gradually becoming reality. The digital revolution has made its way into our homes.
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Forbes
You're a hacker, and you have two targets in mind. One is the website of a large multinational company. The other is the website of a small law firm. The goal is a Denial of Service attack shutting down the website and not turning it back on until you're paid a ransom in bitcoins, a form of electronic currency. You chose the large company, right?
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