In the 2018 season finale, we take you behind the scenes of the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety Act, known as the TAPS Act.
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Prevention Podcast, Season 2, Episode 3: Preventing Safety & Security Incidents In Health Care
In this episode of the Prevention Podcast, we explore the complex risk environment of health care.
Prevention Podcast, Season 2, Episode 2: Introducing the School Observer Program
In the 2018 season finale, we take you behind the scenes of the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety Act, known as the TAPS Act.
Prevention Podcast, Season 2, Episode 1: Education Risk & Liability With Alyssa Keehan of United Educators
In the 2018 season finale, we take you behind the scenes of the Threat Assessment, Prevention and Safety Act, known as the TAPS Act.
Understanding The Risk of Embezzlement — What You Don’t Know May Surprise You
The risks posed by employee theft are larger than most companies realize. Understanding how to identify the signs of embezzlement can help you develop an effective risk mitigation strategy to avoid costly losses.
Hope Is Not A Strategy For School Security
On this sixth anniversary of the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre, the nation looks to the new year ahead with hope — hope that things will change for the better and that schools will go back to being safe places. But hope is not a strategy. Even worse, the vast majority of strategies and solutions being bandied about by industry consultants and so-called security experts simply haven’t worked.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 16: When It Comes To School Security, Every Threat Counts
We take you behind the scenes of a recent threat made to “shoot up” a high school and the abject failure of students and parents to do the right thing.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 15: The Bottom Line on Trust
Robert Liscouski is CEO of Convergent Risk Group LLC, the nation’s first Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection at DHS.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 14: Under The Hood @LiveSafe with Full Stack Engineer Sonja Duric
Sonja Duric offers some interesting insights into what makes LiveSafe a powerful, unique capability in the safety and security risk intelligence market.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 13: Risk Management For Stadiums, Arenas & Sports Franchises
We talk with Jason Parker, the former VP of Security and Operations for the Atlanta Hawks, to learn more about the real-world challenges faced by today’s massive stadium and arena facilities.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 12: What Companies Need to Know About Terrorism Risk and the SAFETY ACT
We discuss the SAFETY Act with Akmal Ali, the former Deputy Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s SAFETY Act Implementation Office.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 11: Protecting Commercial Real Estate Through People-Sourced Intelligence
We talk with Brookfield’s U.S. Office Division Director of Security and Life Safety LaNile Dalcour at this year’s GSX Conference in Las Vegas.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 10: Jim Cawley, Global Director of Corporate Security, Hearst Corp.
We talk with Jim Cawley, Global Director of Corporate Security with Hearst Corporation, about how to ensure investments in security.
Making The Case: Prevention As A Strategic Business Driver
This paper summarizes the key takeaways for CSOs looking to utilize a collaborative, data driven approach to demonstrating the ROI on security, as well as provides tips to cultivate a prevention mindset in today’s complex and ever-changing world of risk mitigation and risk management.
Powerful Media, Business, and Tech Leaders Join LiveSafe’s Mission With $11M Investment
LiveSafe, the leader in helping organizations reduce operational risk by enabling them to prevent serious safety and security incidents using early warning insights from their people, announced today it has secured $11 million in a Series B-1 extension.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 08: Community Engagement Brings Help to Those Experiencing Mental Health Crises on Campus
We talk with Capt. Tony Leonard, who leads crime prevention efforts at Georgia Tech University, and Gus Porter, the EHS and Preparedness Manager at High Point University.
LiveSafe CEO Carolyn Parent Named 2018 Washingtonian Tech Titan
LiveSafe, the technology company that helps organizations reduce operational risk by enabling them to prevent serious safety and security incidents using early warning insights from their people, today announced that President and CEO Carolyn Parent has been named to the 2018 Washingtonian Tech Titan list.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 07: Inside the Threat Assessment Process with Dr. Gene Deisinger
In this episode, we talk with Sigma Threat Management Associates Managing Partner Dr. Gene Deisinger about having a threat management process in place.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 06: Former NYPD Comm. Ray Kelly
In this episode, we talk with NYPD Comm. Ray Kelly about the state of safety and security prevention on the 17th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
Why Safety Matters to your Employees (And Why It Should For Your Organization)
The course of recent workplace incidents has elevated the conversation on whether or not employees feel safe at work. Although safety is a concept that is viewed as an afterthought for most, safety is one of the most essential needs for employees.
White Paper: The New Prevention Movement
When Fred Smith and Barry Diller say they think they’ve found a way to reduce the increasing number of risks and threats facing businesses while simultaneously improving safety and security for millions of people around the world, smart business leaders tend to stop what they’re doing and listen.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 05: The New Prevention Movement (Special Edition)
In this special National Preparedness Month edition of The Prevention Podcast, host Dan Verton explores how and why some of the biggest names in industry, homeland security and public safety are getting behind a movement to fundamentally change how we…
Prevention Podcast, Episode 04: Virginia Commonwealth University Chief of Police John Venuti
LiveSafe sits down with Virginia Commonwealth University Chief of Police John Venuti about the unique safety and security challenges his department faces in and around the Richmond, Virginia campus.
Prevention Podcast, Episode 03: First Observer Plus Program Exec Don L. Rondeau
LiveSafe sits down with Don L. Rondeau, the Program Executive for the TSA First Observer Plus antiterrorism awareness and training program. The First Observer Plus program has trained more than 1 million transportation professionals how to observe, assess and report …
Prevention Podcast, Episode 02: Georgetown University Chief of Police Jay Gruber
LiveSafe sits down with Georgetown University Chief of Police Jay Gruber to talk about the unique challenges his department faces, his views on the role of prevention on campus and how LiveSafe is improving information sharing between the community and…
Prevention Podcast, Episode 01: Kristina Anderson on The Post-Virginia Tech Prevention Movement
LiveSafe talks with Virginia Tech shooting survivor Kristina Anderson about developing a culture of prevention in schools and businesses.
Studies In Prevention: Making the Case for Prevention & the Value of One Report
The national, nonprofit Police Foundation recently announced it will begin a study of “averted acts of school violence.” Backed by funding from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services and the National Institute of Justice, the study seeks to apply the concept of “the near miss,” which is routinely used in the aviation field to improve policies and procedures. The concept is based on the assertion that for every incident that actually occurs there are many, many more that are averted but don’t make the headlines.
U.S. Secret Service Releases New Operational Guide for Preventing Targeted School Violence
In the aftermath of the Feb. 14, 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, and the May 18 shooting at Santa Fe High School in Santa Fe, Texas, the U.S. Secret Service launched an initiative to provide schools with updated research and guidance on how to prevent targeted acts of violence.
FBI Report on Preventing Targeted Violence: The Key Insights
The FBI recently published the study: Making Prevention a Reality: Identifying, Assessing, and Managing the Threat of Targeted Attacks in 2017. This report is a compilation of the findings from an FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit symposium in 2015 which brought together mental health experts, threat assessment practitioners from law enforcement and academics to discuss targeted attacks.
VenueNext Partners With LiveSafe To Bring New Mobile Safety Solution For Guests At Stadiums
LiveSafe, the world’s leading mobile safety communications platform, has partnered with VenueNext, a venue technology company transforming the way people around the world experience venues, to offer a seamless mobile safety user experience at its customer venues, beginning at Levi’s Stadium, home of the NFL’s San Francisco 49ers.