The McHenry County Sheriff office recommends a few crime-prevention tips for residents as they enjoy the holiday season. Sheriff Keith Nygren reminds residents to practice safety around their homes, while shopping and traveling. Nygren issued a press release on Thursday listing safety precautions residents should abide by this time of year. Residential Safety Tips: Don’t [...]
By Michael Hess, CBS Money Watch (MoneyWatch) Kevin Mitnick was once the “most wanted” computer hacker in the world. After being nabbed by the FBI and doing his time, Mitnick became one of the good guys, helping businesses understand and address information security weaknesses and threats. Mitnick, now a leading consultant and speaker on [...]
The holidays are quickly approaching, stirring excitement and anticipation for the upcoming activities, meals and decorations. As we prepare for all the festivities, pet owners must consider holiday pet safety. A pet well-being and safety can be compromised with holiday changes such as festive plants, lighting, and more. So how exactly can a pet owner [...]
By Matthew Harwood, Security Management. When Dan Jenkins, CPP, talks about copper thefts, his descriptions conjure up the Old Testament story of how a plague of locusts descended on Egyptian fields. Only in this case, it is hordes of thieves who descend on [...]
December was just a few hours old when a residential fire in Santa Rosa County extinguished the first light on the “Keep Your Holidays Bright” fire safety tree. The owner of a home in the 4800 block of Covenant Circle in Pace reported smoke at 4:15 a.m. Thursday, according to Santa Rosa County public information [...]
From Security Magazine morning breif. Stand-alone stores have higher shrink rates than stores located in strip malls. Loss prevention budgets have slightly increased. And criminal background checks are becoming a primary countermeasure in retail security. In a column for Loss Prevention, Richard C. Hollinger, administrator of the 2010 National Retail Security Survey discusses the survey’s [...]
