Praetorian Guard

Clem Hall, one of UW-Whitewater residence halls, should receive a C rating for adherence to universal design standards. A person using a wheelchair could not enter the building because all entrances either have stairs outside the building before the door or open to a stairwell. Someone with a visual impairment could at least get inside the building. The lock system has an auditory and visual cue to let users know if unlocking was successful. Additionally, most signs have both braille and raised…

Are you familiar with that little button on the outlets in your bathroom or kitchen? Has it ever popped out on you when you had a blow dryer plugged in along it a curling iron and maybe one of two more electrical items plugged in? Did you know what to do? Have you ever dropped something into water while it was plugged into an outlet in your kitchen and it again popped the little button out? If so, then the GFCI was doing what it is supposed to do. A GFCI or ground fault circuit interrupt is…

Criminals are always planning new ways to break into homes. You can stay one step ahead of criminals with a CCTV camera. When you have a surveillance camera installed, you can feel safe knowing your family and your belongings are protected from intruders. The Front Door You should keep a camera aimed at your front door. More than one third of criminals enter your home through the front door. You can make sure criminal do not knock down your camera by installing your camera above the ground…

IT Division The IT division will focus on servicing the building and all the technical devices within the firm. The IT Division will ideally be ran by the Chief Security Officer, who is also responsible for providing security for the facility. Within the IT department, it should have at least 5 associates and one manager. Primarily this team will make sure all connections are secure, be responsible for any upkeep needed on servers or database, and assist clients with any IT issues…

As established in our first discussion post, my field placement with Community Shares is a macro focus placement and individuals or clients are not served at the agency location; thereby diminishing concerns of safety. With that said, as part of my experience with the field placement, I will travel with my supervisor to agencies that Community Shares supports and will have direct contact with various population groups in various types of settings. When I encounter off site visits my risk and…

As winter closes in, the nights are getting longer and as a result, families are coming home to darkened yards. While the days may be getting shorter, there is no need to come home to a dark and unwelcomeing house. Professionally installed perimeter lighting offers a solution to stumbling around in the dark while helping to keep your family safe. When considering which type of residential lighting you should use around your home, the first thing you need to keep in mind is the location of the…

This is a job announcement for the following position....Security Officers are an integral part of our team! The Security Officer provides a safe and secure environment for all patients, associates, and visitors; protects Medical Center buildings, assets and property. Our Security Officers will exemplify our standards of service excellence, including a commitment to consistently demonstrate "Always Behaviors" of caring for each other, caring compassionately for our patients and their families…

An organizational security program is created by an organization to maintain a certain security level. It is designed and used to organize, monitor, and control the security measures in place. These security measures protect the organizations assets from loss or harm (Kovacich & Halibozek, 2003). The legal environment of an organization consist of laws, regulations and policies. To insure the proper protection of information, organizational policies must comply with the laws, regulations and…

I was twelve. My family and I had planned to go to Vietnam in the summer. To see my friends and family, my grandpa who barely remembers me, and my aunts and uncles that make fun of how tan I am. I still loved them though. I couldn’t wait to come back. It’s been so long since I’ve seen them, and they’ve probably been missing me. It was a week before our trip. My whole family packing up. Dad getting the flight details situated. Mom packing up gifts for the family overseas. The last day of…

The Department of Homeland Security is to blame for mass increased security measures as Marcus and others set out to ensure privacy and civil rights through altering the majority of the city’s technologies’ information by setting up an underground Internet called the Xnet. The story of Little Brother by Cory Doctorow follows Marcus, also known as W1n5t0n, his fellow Xnetters experiencing a major culture shock after a terrorist attack on the San Francisco Bay area revealing many similarities to…