I would like to announce the promotion of Andrew Palladini to Assistant Vice President of Operations and Training. Andrew has been with Northeast Security for over 8 years and worked in a variety of important positions. His assignments have included working in Human Resources as a Recruiter and Basic Security Officer Course Instructor and in Operations as an Account Manager, Special Projects Coordinator, District Manager, and Manager of Operations Resources. His breadth of experience will serve him well in his new position, where he will continue to manage operations resources and oversee multiple properties, as well as oversee the development and delivery of our training programs throughout the company.

Please join me in congratulating Andrew on this well-deserved promotion.

Airport officials are warning that the government’s plan to install 500 body scanners in more than a dozen airports may lengthen security lines and congest terminals.  Security scanners designed to look through a passengers clothing to find hidden weapons can take up to five times longer to scan a passenger than a metal detector.  "Those machines have a footprint that we don't have the space for," said Tim Anderson, operations chief at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, which will get scanners this year.  Greg Soule, spokesperson for the Transportation Security Administration said the scanners should not significantly increase checkpoint lines.  Soule also said the TSA would help find the best locations for the new scanners, and added "the TSA’s top priority is enhancing security."

Source: USA Today

A new report states that businesses face an increasingly large and complex array of security issues, the worst of which may be irresponsible or malicious behavior by workers. Cyber criminals began to target employees during 2009, finding them through social networking sites to recruit them as moles. "Rather than write variants of malware, they will hire employees to pinpoint weaknesses within businesses, and use employees willing to give up vital information,” the report said, adding that this is easier than rewriting malware code as security systems become more sophisticated. "Businesses are at threat from all angles. Not only are they susceptible to external and internal scams, data losses and theft, they are at risk every time their employees use search engines, email and social networking sites at work," said Joseph Souren, vice president for CA's Internet Security Business unit.

Source: SecurityInfoWatch