Author: James Fraser

 

New England Security EXPO – May 9, 2024 – Boxborough MA

https://www.asis-boston.org/expo/index.php

April 4, 2024 – 1 Day Training Course – AVADE: Self-Defense Tactics & Techniques – Woburn MA – – ASIS Boston Chapter for details

https://www.asis-boston.org/events/2024-apr4.php

Chapter Activity 1/10/24 “Digital Vulnerability Intelligence for Security Teams”

Rachel Kronenfield, Director of Services at Hetherington Group, presented on Digital Vulnerability Intelligence for Security Teams: What personally identifying information (PII) is exposed online and where, how it can be used nefariously, and what can be done about it.

Chapter Activity 12/6/23 “Distributed Acoustic Sensing”

Our speaker via Microsoft Teams was Dane Langen at Luna.  Mr. Langen supports many different client types focused mainly on public and private sector critical infrastructure across the US, and he will discuss the principals of distributed acoustic sensing as it relates to security with a technology review, security platformRead More

FCC, FEMA to Test Emergency Notifications

After 2:00 PM ET on Wednesday October 4th, There will be testing of IPAWS (the integrated public alerting and warning system) including the Emergency Alerting System (EAS) for all participating radio and television broadcasters, and also the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) which will be pushed out to cellular telephones throughoutRead More

ASIS Boston CPP / PSP / PCI Review Courses October 23-26, 2023

Find the details here!

Certification Scholarships-ASIS Foundation

Congratulations to recipients of 2023 scholarships! Look for the 2024 application period if you missed this cycle. More than 25 Certification scholarships will be awarded. Each scholarship includes an online review course (or PCI review set) PLUS the certification exam fees for your choice of the CPP, PCI, PSP, orRead More

Chapter Activity 3/14/23 Crisis Alert System

MS Teams Virtual March 14, 2023 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST Our presenter was Ryan Baswell from Centegix presenting on their crisis alerting systems and devices, and the process of combining various inputs to notification and action outputs using their platform.

Chapter Activity 1/26/23 CISA IVP (Infrastructure Visualization Platform)

MS Teams Virtual January 26, 2023 from 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST Our presenters were from DHS CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) and gave an overview of the program and its uses, with specifics for Maine. Jason Climer, PSA for NH and IVP Coordinator in New England, and ThomasRead More

Chapter Activity 12/20/22 Active Assailant Incidents

MS Teams Virtual December 20, 2022 from 12:00 – 1:30 PM EST Greg Roy from Rings of Protection, Inc. presented some critical information on Active Assailant Trends, Response Training and Best Practices, and Traditional versus Options Based Physical Security Practices. Greg stayed on to answer questions and discuss issues withRead More