December 11, 2008 - Volume 6, Issue 23
NEWSGreyhound hires security screeners Passengers traveling home for the holidays on Greyhound buses will face tighter security measures as the company introduces hand-held metal detectors for passenger screening and eliminates most carry-on luggage.
Malware grows 10-fold in 2008 In the past year, the number of malware threats has increased 10-fold, according to one of McAfee's top security professionals, and the situation is likely to get worse as the global economic crisis deepens. Why security industry associations are in trouble A year ago I wrote a column in which I praised Graham Ospreay of the Canadian Society for Industrial Security (CSIS) and Ken Mitchell of the Canadian Security Association (CANASA) for their efforts toward creating a framework under which all of the different security industry associations could work together toward the creation of a single voice for the security industry in Canada. That initiative went off the rails before it started. Ken Mitchell has left his position at CANASA and Graham Ospreay has stepped down from CSIS.
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COMING UPDecember 2008 Canadian Security Cover: Q&A with ADT's John Van Schepen Transport truck theft on the rise In every issue: COMING EVENTS Dec. 20, 2008 January 12, 2009 |
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Feb. 19, 2009
Securing Your Business Conference and Trade Show
Ramada Plaza, Dartmouth, NS
www.csis-scsi.org
April 1-3, 2009
ISC West
Sands Expo and Convention Centre
Las Vegas, NV
www.iscwest.com
April 21, 2009
Security Canada East
Sheraton Laval, Laval QC
www.securitycanadaexpo.com
April 28-30, 2009
Canadian Gaming Summit
2009 Canadian Association of
Casino Security Directors General Meeting
Caesar's Windsor
Windsor, Ont.
www.canadiangamingsummit.com
May 21-22, 2009
Port Secure Hilton Montreal Bonaventure
900, rue de la Gauchetière ouest
Montreal, QC
www.portsecure.com
June 10, 2009
Security Canada West
River Rock Casino Resort
Richmond, B.C.
www.securitycanadaexpo.com
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