International Foundation for Protection Officers

Demisto announces latest release of its Security Operations Platform

CUPERTINO, Calif. — Feb. 27, 2018 — Demisto, an innovator in Security Automation and Orchestration technology, has launched the latest release of its Security Operations Platform, enabling customers to best leverage the incident metrics in Demisto through customizable dashboards and reports, enhance modularity and reusability of playbooks to accelerate workflow development, and improve machine learning suggestions to build [...]

By |2018-02-28T17:45:46-05:00February 28th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Demisto announces latest release of its Security Operations Platform

6 steps schools can immediately take to protect against active shooters

People gather for a memorial at Parkridge Church in Coral Springs, Fla. on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, one day after the deadly shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla.Photo credit: (Carolyn Cole/Los Angeles Times/TNS) BY CAROLINE RAMSEY-HAMILTON ON FEB 15, 2018, SecurityInfoWatch.com As an active shooter expert, the last thing I expected [...]

By |2018-02-24T13:33:00-05:00February 24th, 2018|News|Comments Off on 6 steps schools can immediately take to protect against active shooters

18 European protection officers pass CPO exam

Here's an email from Joop Verdonk, CPP, Managing Director of the European Security Academy: Dear CPO Fellows, On February 20th 2018, eighteen candidates of AVANS University of Applied Sciences at Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands sat the CPO exam. They all passed in a successful way. Their names are: Karel Baruel CPO Mitchell van den Bogaard CPO Lex Brink CPO Rick [...]

By |2018-02-23T08:30:15-05:00February 23rd, 2018|News|Comments Off on 18 European protection officers pass CPO exam

Security officer stops mass shooting at California high school

By AWR Hawkins, Breitbart.com The  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirms that a security guard at Whittier, California’s El Camino High School thwarted a mass shooting on Friday. CBS News reports the resource officer overheard a student talking about attacking the school just two days after 17 were shot and killed in Florida’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. February [...]

By |2018-02-22T19:14:32-05:00February 22nd, 2018|News|Comments Off on Security officer stops mass shooting at California high school

Congrats to the latest IFPO graduates!

Here are the IFPO's latest graduates. Best of luck in your careers!   Brenda Sutherland, CPO, Calgary, AB, Canada Kenneth Gordon Mitton, CPO, Sarnia, ON, Canada Brian Topor, CPO, Cleveland, OH, USA   Find out how YOU can become a Certified Protection Officer with the IFPO! The International Foundation for Protection Officers (IFPO) is dedicated to [...]

By |2018-02-16T12:48:07-05:00February 16th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats to the latest IFPO graduates!

The case for armed security on all school campuses in the U.S.

Following the high school massacre in Florida, the mainstream media succumbed to the typical knee-jerk caterwauling for gun control; when, in actuality, what is needed are armed security forces inside every school in America to keep kids safe. Yes, it's come to that. "PolitiDiva™" @realPolitiDiva, co-host of YourVoice™ America, politics writer for #LanternsBuzz, tweeted recently: I was [...]

By |2018-02-16T12:16:22-05:00February 16th, 2018|News|Comments Off on The case for armed security on all school campuses in the U.S.

Violent crime dropped in first half of 2017, FBI says

Security News Wire, Securitymagazine.com Violent crime in the United https://www.securitymagazine.comStates declined slightly during the first half of 2017, even as the number of murders increased over the same period, according to FBI statistics. The FBI released preliminary statistics for the first six months of 2017, which showed that crimes including rape, robbery and aggravated assault [...]

By |2018-02-09T13:18:50-05:00February 9th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Violent crime dropped in first half of 2017, FBI says

Congrats to the latest IFPO graduates!

Here are the IFPO's latest graduates. Best of luck in your careers!   Lutful Mazed, CPO, Calgary, AB, Canada Christopher Davis, CPO, Edinburgh, IN, USA Deonte Elcock, CPO, Detroit, MI, USA Zachary Wright, CPO, Columbus, OH, USA Don Penhailegon, CPO, Sarnia, ON, Canada Samantha Quiser, CPO, Columbus, OH, USA   Find out how YOU can [...]

By |2018-02-09T11:22:34-05:00February 9th, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats to the latest IFPO graduates!

Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport has homeless epidemic

KELLY YAMANOUCHI ON FEB 5, 2018 SOURCE: MCCLATCHY, SecurityInfoWatch.com Feb. 02--Atlanta airport officials like to boast that Hartsfield-Jackson International is the world's busiest and most efficient airport, with a terminal that always looks "opening day fresh." But over the past few months, the airport's domestic terminal has become more known for being filled with homeless people [...]

By |2018-02-05T20:11:10-05:00February 5th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport has homeless epidemic

Congrats to the latest IFPO graduates!

  Here are the IFPO's latest graduates. Best of luck in your careers!   Eldis J. Vazquez, CSSM, Lacey, WA, USA Kyle T. Thorstenson, CPO, Lancaster, CA, USA Michael Hopkins, CPO, Calgary, AB, Canada Shaun Flood, CPO, Des Moines, IA, USA   Find out how YOU can become a Certified Protection Officer with the IFPO! [...]

By |2018-02-02T16:49:38-05:00February 2nd, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Congrats to the latest IFPO graduates!

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