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How to protect your company and employees from workplace violence

2008-02-25 00:03:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...violence is a serious concern for companies of all sizes. Workplace violence is defined as: any conduct in the workplace which causes an individual to fear for their personal safety, the safety of their co-workers, family, friends and/or property According to the Dept. of Justice, 516 cases of homicide occurred in the workplace in 2006....
 
Tags: workplace, workplace violence, safe workplace, workplace violence start, violence, violence includes threats, violence incident, employees, threats
 
 
 
 
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Work-place violence kills many U.S. workers every year.

2008-07-12 18:28:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...violence makes the "top ten" list of serious concerns facing U.S. businesses Yesterday, on WTOP radio station I heard the phrase; "Desk Rage" for the first time. Unfortunately it is very appropriate. Some people have very bad tempers and an argument or decision at work can lead to them getting a weapon and committing homicide. This was...
 
Tags: domestic situations, situations, corporations hire bodyguards, dangerous situations, reason, people, reason companies hire, corporations, report incidents
 
 
 
 
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The Top Ten Cybersecurity Threats for 2008

2008-01-05 17:22:36 by Tim Bass in The Complex Event Processing Blog
 
...violence and malfeasance Subversion of democratic political processes Criminal manipulation and subversion of financial markets Spying and theft of data by governments, industry, terrorists and other criminals Denial-of-service attacks by criminals and terrorists Sabotage, theft and other attacks by disgruntled employees and insiders Natural...
 
Tags: cybersecurity threats, theft, criminal, criminal manipulation, identity theft, top, attacks, comments, service attacks
 
 
 
 
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A new world order of computing - an analogy of Microsoft and the US

2008-02-19 00:24:05 by HASH0x8baa6ec in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...violence or new golden age of mankind. Instead it seems like more of the same old, with the peoples of the world vying for more and more scarce resources. The only thing for sure is certainly we are all interconnected economically more than ever. This presents its own unique challenges and strategies. Who knows how the rest of this century...
 
Tags: world, microsoft, crazy world, multi-polar world, ago microsoft, century, 21st century, drive fast cars, unipolar american hegemony
 
 
 
 
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A new world order of computing - an analogy of Microsoft and the US

2008-02-18 14:27:32 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...violence or new golden age of mankind. Instead it seems like more of the same old, with the peoples of the world vying for more and more scarce resources. The only thing for sure is certainly we are all interconnected economically more than ever. This presents its own unique challenges and strategies. Who knows how the rest of this century...
 
Tags: world, microsoft, crazy world, multi-polar world, ago microsoft, century, 21st century, drive fast cars, unipolar american hegemony
 
 
 
 
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The importance of choosing the right security team to "watch your back".

2008-03-24 00:45:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...violence We teach common sense principles at our executive protection course and one of our readers, Cory, made me realize that we should probably be mentioning those ideas here so that readers will get the other side of the story For those just thinking about breaking into the industry, be advised that acting like a thug is not the way...
 
Tags: security person, over-zealous security person, nicole kidman, professional security company, common sense principles, true professionals behave, recent bad press, personal protection specialist, recent kidman
 
 
 
 
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Teen bomb maker stopped in his tracks in South Carolina.

2008-04-25 02:58:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...violence every day. Perhaps we can do a better job at home and help to nip this evil trend in the bud before our classrooms begin to resemble battlefields Visit Sexton Executive Security at www.sextonsecurity.com
 
Tags: family home, home, law enforcement officers, schools, threat assessment workshop, schools safe, alert guidance counsellors, security precautions, copy cat
 
 
 
 
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"The Kite Runner" will change how you think about Afghanistan

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2008-04-29 11:16:44 by HASH0x8acb904 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...violence we don't often see here (but even that is BS, me living in Boca doesn't see it, but live in an inner city bad neighborhood in the US and is life any better for a child?). But parents are parents the world over and they love their children and have hopes for their children the same way you and I do. People have values they believe in...
 
Tags: people, afghan people real, muslim world, world, afghanistan, movie tells, movie, kite runner, american view
 
 
 
 
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What to Worry About

2008-05-01 14:43:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...violence. The New York Health Department found that lovers committed 60% of all murders of women. Young foreign-born women were 87% more likely to be killed by a lover than a stranger. Females are much more likely to be victimized by someone they know. Strangers committed about 14% of all murders in 2002 while a family member or an...
 
Tags: black murder victims, people, black, family, murders, strangers, male family, york health department, commit two-thirds