International Foundation for Protection Officers

Have a startup or small company? You need to look into physical security

From Protection Circle: This article is intended for non-security professionals who are looking for advice on how to get a physical security program started.   OK, you’ve gotten to the point where your organization needs to employ some physical security measures. Now, for most small companies, startups, VCs, foundations and family offices, having to deal [...]

By |2019-09-13T08:22:05-04:00September 13th, 2019|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on Have a startup or small company? You need to look into physical security

ASIS: Offices create defensive challenges for active shooter preparation

​We can now add newspapers (or office spaces in general) to the long list of places that had formerly been thought of as unthinkable for attacks, but now must be examined as possibilities in terms of active shooter incidents. It seems more clear than ever that schools, churches, sports and concert arenas -- nearly everywhere [...]

By |2019-01-21T19:05:47-05:00January 21st, 2019|News|Comments Off on ASIS: Offices create defensive challenges for active shooter preparation

Microchip implants considered for UK company employees

Jowan Österlund, founder of Biohax, holds a microchip implant (Biohax) In August, a Wisconsin company, Three Square Market, made news when 50 of its employees at its headquarters volunteered to have a chip injected into their hand. And now, it appears the practice has caught on "across the pond," as they say, according [...]

By |2018-11-13T06:25:28-05:00November 13th, 2018|News|Comments Off on Microchip implants considered for UK company employees

Security officer shoots man in chest during break-in at Fox News station

From WTOP.com: WASHINGTON — Police have charged a 38-year-old man with second-degree burglary after he broke into the Fox 5 news station Monday afternoon and was shot by a security officer. Just after 3 p.m., George Odemns approached FOX 5’s offices on Wisconsin Avenue in Northwest and attempted enter the building, according to D.C. police. [...]

By |2018-10-23T06:03:49-04:00October 23rd, 2018|News|Comments Off on Security officer shoots man in chest during break-in at Fox News station

IFPO partners with Castle Defense 360, a veteran-run active shooter training business

The IFPO is pleased to announce a partnership with Missouri-based Castle Defense 360, a certified service disabled veteran owned small business. According to Castle's website, the company provides "a wide array of training and protective services that exceed industry standards which are available to the general public, all levels of government, Law Enforcement, 1st Responders [...]

By |2018-08-31T00:45:12-04:00August 31st, 2018|About IFPO, News|Comments Off on IFPO partners with Castle Defense 360, a veteran-run active shooter training business

Report: Men have superior knowledge of rules, but women follow them better

By Jennifer Leggio for Zero Day | May 8, 2017 -- 12:30 GMT (05:30 PDT) | Topic: Security CLTRe, a Norwegian security culture research company, today released its Security Culture Report 2017, which studied more than 10,000 employees across five verticals in two countries within the Nordics to determine how risk and security is understood [...]

By |2023-12-01T10:37:21-05:00May 10th, 2017|News|Comments Off on Report: Men have superior knowledge of rules, but women follow them better

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