Security DNA

Why Securing a Cannabis Dispensary isn’t Standard Retail Security Procedure

Steve Lasky, editorial director for Endeavor Business Media’s Security Group, hosts a robust discussion about cannabis dispensary security with Tony Gallo, Managing Partner with the Sapphire Risk Advisory Group, and Jeff Bartley, Senior Asset Protection Consultant with Sapphire. Sapphire Risk Advisory Group is considered one of the top security firms in the cannabis industry.
Gallo is considered by many as the “OG of Cannabis Security” -- an industry he entered in 2013. He has worked with over 600 cannabis clients in 35 states and Canada and spoken at over 100 cannabis business conferences across the U.S.
Bartley has been involved for over 27 years in the asset protection field, focused mainly on high-risk retail and logistics. He oversees all of Sapphire Risk's Phase Three services, which include safety and security training, SOPs, comprehensive risk assessments and exception analytics.
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Lasky, Gallo and Bartley will discuss industry trends and technologies that are driving security, compliance, and retail-loss issues with cannabis dispensaries.

Discussing digital twins, venture capital and smart cities with security industry futurist with Jon Polly

For this episode, host Steve Lasky, Endeavor Business Media Security Group editorial director, discusses trends and technologies being driven by policy and governance with Jon Polly. As chief solutions officer for ProTecht Solutions Partners, Polly and his colleagues work with smart cities and corporations to bring business intelligence and public safety through security IoT applications.
Lasky and Polly will tackle the concept of digital twins expanding into physical security and
 the proliferation of venture capital investment money changing hands and how it will impact how users view legacy systems – as well as how this changes the parameters of physical and cyber convergence.
They’ll also discuss the goals of a smart city and how that relates to security strategies and actual technologies used for city-wide surveillance, unmanned access control, orchestration of systems and a holistic, interconnected community of stakeholders.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jon Polly, ProTecht Solutions Partners

School security: What’s changed since the Parkland shooting and what remains to be done

National school safety advocate Max Schachter (right), the founder and executive director of Safe Schools for Alex talks with Endeavor Business Media Security Group editorial director Steve Lasky about losing his son in the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and his mission to provide the most current school safety best practices and resources to students, parents, school districts and law enforcement. 
Since that heartbreaking day, Max has been advocating for policy change at the highest levels of the U.S. government, working alongside members of Congress, leaders of all major federal agencies and sitting U.S. presidents to make schools safer.
Schachter has testified as a subject matter expert before the U.S. House and Senate and multiple state legislatures. In 2018 he advocated for the creation of a federal agency to house national school safety best practices.
In 2019, Schachter’s vision became a reality when President Trump created the Federal School Safety Clearinghouse at SchoolSafety.gov. Schachter attended a White House ceremony last year where President Biden announced the most significant gun safety legislation in 27 years, the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which made SchoolSafety.gov permanent and law.

How to understand and respond to cybersecurity threats to physical security systems

In this edition of the Security DNA podcast, Steve Lasky, editorial director for the Security Group at
Endeavor Business Media, chats with Will Knehr, senior manager of information assurance and data privacy at i-PRO Americas, where he works to secure their products and networks.
Will has been working to secure networks since 2004 when he startedhis career in cryptologic warfare, conducting cyber defense missionsfor the U.S. government, helping to defend, accredit, certify, andprovide digital forensics and incident response for the nation’s most sensitive and secure networks.
He also worked for Northrop Grumman supporting special projects for theNational Security Agency and Defense Information Systems Agency building virtualized environments for malware analysis, data brokering, and managing their cybersecurity program.
Will discusses a range of topics in cybersecurity and physical security, including the most pressing threats that go beyond the headlines, the growth of Zero Trust initiatives, and how end-user and systems integrators can make sure they understand the current cybersecurity threats that the physical security industry faces today.

Dynamic trends and technologies shaping today’s security industry

 
Andrew Elvish,  Genetec's Vice President of Marketing, talks with Steve Lasky, editorial director of Endeavor Business Media's Security Group, about various dynamic trends and technologies affecting the current state of the security industry -- including managed services, cybersecurity initiatives and the potential future role of artificial intelligence and machine-learning applications in the industry. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
ANDREW ELVISH, GENETEC

Catching Up with Bob Hayes, managing director of the Security Executive Council

In this episode, SecurityInfoWatch talks with Bob Hayes, managing director of the Security Executive Council, about the evolution of security programs and services over the last 30 years. The host is Steve Lasky, editor-in-chief of Security Technology Executive magazine and editorial director of the Security Group at Endeavor Business Media.

Transformative industry change, and a look ahead at our first Security DNA podcast interview

Steve Lasky, editorial director for the Security Group at Endeavor Business Media, discusses the massive changes that have occurred in the security industry in the last 30 years, and some of the hot topics we’ll be covering in the Security DNA podcast in 2023. He also previews the subject of his first interview coming later this month – Bob Hayes, managing director of the Security Executive Council. Security DNA is brought to you by SecurityInfoWatch.com. 

What’s coming: the Security DNA podcast from SecurityInfoWatch.com

Brought to you by SecurityInfoWatch.com, the aim of the #Security DNA podcast is to provide detailed, actionable information of value to security professionals. This will include industry news, trends and analysis, technology solutions, policy risk analysis and management. In this introductory podcast, Steve Lasky, editorial director for the Security Group at Endeavor Business Media, previews what's to come with our podcasts. Watch out for our first formal episode next month!