HIPAA Regulations and Investigation Discoveries
A colleague sent me a link to a DHHS website that had me thinking about private health information and investigations. It outlines a brief description of how an individual’s private health imformation and the entities that possess this data may provide confidential and HIPAA regulated records to law enforcement. While law enforcement may access these records [...]
Federal Workplace Violence Prevention Programs
One of the largest employers in the country is the United States Federal Government. With about 4.5 million employees, the chance for workplace violence occurring in the federal workplace is a statistical certainty. This high risk confronts law enforcement and security related positions but also all public facing workers who work with contentious claims around [...]
Warning Signs in Targets’ Behavior for Threat Assessments
“Do you think he will go postal?” This is the usual, automatic focus of anyone who has ever encountered the threat of violence in the workplace. With national news repeating tragedies in our schools and workplaces, managers and directors have implemented processes and procedures to ascertain the likelihood and severity of any identified risk. If [...]
How to Create Workplace Security Metrics That Matter
As a marketer, I study and provide data on the effectiveness of marketing and sales initiatives. What’s productive, what isn’t? What generates desired results, what doesn’t? What do we keep doing, expand or discard? The same holds true for security professionals and anyone concerned about the safety of fellow employees. It’s important to create metrics [...]
6 Tips for Effective Duress Alarms
Duress alarms, also known as panic alarms, panic buttons or emergency alerts, are simply a means of communicating the need for support in an emergency situation. They are different from mass notification emergency messages in that they are meant for many people to contact a few support or security personnel, rather than contacting numerous people. [...]
Common Questions About ePanic Button
I really enjoy talking with everyone who contacts us about our PC-based panic button system – IT and security professionals, front desk receptionists and administrative assistants, human resource managers, school administrators, business executives, government employees, non-profit and faith-based professionals. Our initial conversation focuses on what you’re looking for and really need, and if ePanic Button [...]