Security Professionals Australasia (“SPA”) invites ASIS International members to their annual seminar and function on 5 November 2015 in Canberra.

If your passion or role involves disaster recovery this recently published book by John Perdikaris may be for you. Entitled Physical Security and Environmental Protection this comprehensive guide to managing disaster recovery processes employs crucial strategies aimed at disaster prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery.

It is reported that high performers have high emotional intelligence. More organisations are now looking into emotional intelligence assessment in recruitment of staff.

The Australian Federal Government has published a booklet that outlines how to make a business more resilient by understanding how a business operates, identifying and evaluating risks, and developing emergency and continuity plans.

The Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has released its first Threat Report. All ACSC partner agencies have contributed to provide information tailored for Australian organisations about the threats their networks face from cyber espionage, cyber attacks and cybercrime. It also contains mitigation and remediation information to assist organisations to prevent, and respond to, the threat.

Bullying behaviour is a workplace hazard that has attracted increasing attention over recent years. Security leaders managing a workplace or conducting a comprehensive risk assessment must address the risk of bullying incidents.

Wilson Security has been engaged by Victoria Police to protect key police sites including crime command and the police academy. This is another example of collaborative arrangements between the private and public sector based to enhance public safety.

The Victorian Ombudsman recently reported that Victoria’s prison system is failing to make Victoria a safer place as about one in two prisoners return to jail within two years of release. From a cost perspective that equates to around a $1B annual cost to the Victorian community as the average cost for each prisoner is around $100,000.