I have received a great deal of feedback from readers regarding my thoughts on pretexting. Additionally, I have also heard from many members of the investigative community, most of whom are outraged by the position (or lack there of) taken by ASIS International. One such individual is Ms. Kitty Hailey, CLI, a long-time friend and [...]

According to the Associated Press, “work has resumed at a western Kentucky plastics plant where an employee shot five people dead and killed himself early Wednesday morning. Police say 25-year-old Wesley N. Higdon fatally shot his supervisor and four others early Wednesday and then turned the gun on himself. Another person was wounded in the [...]

A couple of posts ago I wrote about TJX Companies (the operator of TJ Maxx, Marshalls, and a number of other retail chains) and its decision to fire an employee for allegedly disclosing confidential information. Nick Benson, an employee at the TJ Maxx outlet in Lawrence, Kansas, had complained to management that coworkers could access [...]

Several weeks ago I took ASIS International and Jack Lichtenstein (Director, Government Affairs and Public Policy) to task regarding the society’s decision to define pretexting as “the use of false, fraudulent, or fictitious information in order to gather personal information during investigations (emphasis added).” I pointed out that using a plausible but false assertion to conceal [...]

Last month the giant retailer, TJX Companies (operator of TJ Maxx and Marshalls among others) fired an employee for allegedly disclosing confidential information regarding what he considered lax security procedures. According to widely published reports, Nick Benson, an employee at the TJ Maxx outlet in Lawrence, Kansas, had complained to management that coworkers could access [...]

Last night several of us from BCI attended the 2008 CSIA Apex Awards. There were over six hundred people in attendance and although we didn’t come home with any hardware it was still a great night. We did get some good exposure though as both Gene and Steve presented awards.
After seeing how many great technology [...]

It seems every so often the software industry has to re-invent itself. One of its latest incarnations is software as a service. Proponents (including myself), believe SaaS will change the way the world buys and uses software. In principle, the idea permits thin-client desktops and reduces the need for expensive tech-support by largely eliminating the [...]