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2013 ASIS Boston Chapter Leadership
David Corbin, [email protected]
Ashley Ditta, Vice [email protected]
Jim Healey, [email protected]
Alexis Rossetti, [email protected]
www.asis-boston.orgEditorial: Howard Communication AssociatesDesign: MSG Design
The Security BeaconOctober 2013 Boston Chapter of ASIS International
In this issue...
October meeting 1
Nominations due 1
A busy season 2
Fire readiness 3
Upcoming events 4
Saudi/US relations 7
Manning application 9
Background checks best practices on themenu at October lunch meeting
Order up an overview of CORI Reform and National Back-ground Checks Best Practices at the next ASIS Boston chaptermeeting on Wednesday, October 16, at noon, at the UMassClub in Boston. Join your ASIS Boston colleagues for a presen-tation by guest speaker Jeremy Pollard, of PT Research. As di-rector of Business Development for New England’s leadingprovider of pre-employment screening services, Pollard overseesprogram development for new and existing clients and works
closely with health care organizations on background screening implementationand compliance.
In his nine years with PT Research, Pollard has helped more than 500 companiesdevelop employment screening practices and policies. His areas of expertise includestate and federal compliance and due diligence in recruiting. An accomplished pub-lic speaker, he has educated numerous organizations about issues in pre-employ-ment screening, including Chambers of Commerce in Massachusetts and NewHampshire, human resource and staffing groups, physician staffing managers, com-munity service agencies, and employment networking groups.continued on page 6
Time to nominate for Manning Fund Awards &new Security Officer of the YearThe John P. Manning Leadership Fund Award was established to honor ASIS mem-ber and friend John Manning, a longtime Security Manager for EG&G, Honeywelland Bull. A dedicated security professional, John touched the lives and careers of anuntold number of security professionals.
Now is the time to think about those people and organizations that deserve recog-nition in 2013 with the ASIS Boston John P. Manning Leadership Fund Award forMentorship, Scholarship, or Charity. In addition, this year for the first time, ASISBoston will bestow the new Security Officer of the Year Award to an individual inour area who has performed an act of bravery, courage, competence, and selfless-ness. All nominations must be submitted by October 15, 2013.
John P. Manning Leadership FundSignificant funds are available for the purposes of Scholarship, Mentorship andCharitable Work. If you are an ASIS International member, you are eligible tonominate an individual or organization for recognition in any of the followingthree categories.continued on page 6
Please support our generous ASIS-Boston Chapter supporters
October 2
Chairperson’s MessageFull speed ahead for the Boston Chapter
Fall is shaping up tobe a busy season forthe Boston Chapter.We kicked off the au-tumn with a greatmeeting in Septemberand an excellent
turnout for Bonnie Michelman’s presen-tation on how Massachusetts GeneralHospital dealt with the events sur-rounding the Marathon Bombings.Her dynamic talk kept the audience en-thralled, and attendees walked awaywith a new appreciation for the uniquechallenges faced by healthcare security,particularly in crisis situations.
It was great to see a number of youngprofessionals in attendance at the Sep-tember meeting as well – an indicationthat our membership’s efforts to in-crease our ranks are paying off. As a re-minder, a young professional is not onlydefined by age (someone under age 40),but also by the level of experience in thesecurity field (less than 5 years). Youngprofessionals enjoy a discounted meet-ing registration fee of $15 at all regularchapter meetings.
Like some of you, I happened to be for-tunate enough to attend and present atthe ASIS Annual Seminar in Chicagothis year. I was quite impressed by thelarge contingent of Boston Chaptermembers at the Seminar. Several of ourmembers gave presentations at the Sem-
inar, while others represented ASISCouncils and attended national levelmeetings. It was a great chance to catchup with fellow security professionalsfrom our Chapter and around theworld. The Windy City also proved tobe a great host city with a bevy of fasci-nating tourist attractions, friendly lo-cals, and excellent food. Overall, theBoston Chapter was well represented atthe meeting and it was impressive to seeour members’ participation at all levelsof the ASIS organization.
Last, but not least, we have several im-portant items and deadlines for themonth of October that impact our en-tire membership. The first item is thenominations for John P. Manning Me-morial Fund Awards. The ManningFund provides scholarships, mentorshipawards, and donations to worthy chari-ties. We also have instituted a new Se-curity Officer of the Year Award thisyear to recognize an officer who hasgone above and beyond the call of dutyin his/her work. The deadline for boththe Manning Fund applications and theSecurity Officer of the Year nomina-tions is October 15th. Information onboth of these great programs is outlinedin this newsletter and on our Chapterwebsite. The Manning Fund and theSecurity Officer of the Year awards willbe presented at our Annual AwardsNight on November 14, 2013, atMontvale Plaza in Stoneham.
It’s also time for our Chapter electionprocess to begin with nominations fornew Chapter officers. Nominations arenow being accepted for the positions ofChairperson, Vice Chairperson, Secre-tary and Treasurer. Please send yournominations to me at [email protected] and Mike Pepe [email protected] no laterthan October 20, 2013.
I hope to see you in October at theUMass Club in Boston for our lunch-eon meeting featuring speaker JeremyPollard speaking about CORI reformand the nuances of national back-ground checks.
Sincerely yours,
David Corbin, CPPChairperson, ASIS Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital Director of Police, Security & Outside Services Bonnie Michelman waspresented with a token of appreciation by ASIS Boston Chairperson David Corbin after her talk at the September Chapter meeting.
October 3
Learn, don’t burn, with tips from NationalFire Protection Association If a fire or other emergency happened at your workplace, would you know what todo? Plan ahead with these recommendations from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA).
1. Have an office escape plan. Use office layout maps (or create them) showing all doors and windows. Discuss your plan with your entire staff.
2. Know at least two ways out of every room if possible. Test all doors and windows to make sure they open easily. Check periodically to make sure they are not blocked.
3. Have a muster site a safe distance from your building.
4. Practice your fire drill at least twice a year.
5. Practice using different ways out of your facility.
6. Close doors behind you as you leave.
7. In case of smoke alarm sounding, never go back in the office for phones, laptops, or purses until the all clear is given by the local Fire Department.
8. If escaping through smoke, get low and go under smoke as much as possible.
9. Call the Fire Department when outside. Do not assume they have been contacted.
Photo above from http://www.fireonline.com.au/home
When fire happens,PASS the fire extin-guisherDo you know when to use a fire extin-guisher and the proper way to do it?
According to the National Fire Protec-tion Association (NFPA), portable fireextinguishers can save lives and prop-erty by putting out small fires or con-taining them until the fire departmentarrives. But portable fire extinguishershave limitations. The following guide-lines can help you decide whether touse attempt to fight a fire with a fire extinguisher.
Use a fire extinguisher if:
• The fire is confined to a small area
• The fire is not growing
• The room is NOT filled with smoke
• The fire department has already beencalled
Once you have determined that it is agood idea to use a fire extinguisher, remember the acronym PASS:
• P - Pull the pin. This will release the safety locking mechanism. Always remember to make sure�the nozzle is pointed away from yourself and any other people.
• A - Aim low. Point the nozzle at the base of the fire.
• S - Squeeze the lever
• S - Sweep the nozzle from side to side.
If you are in danger from a fire, don’tattempt to use a fire extinguisher. If youare not a firefighter, your number onejob during a fire is to get out safely.
Calendar of Events October - December 2013 4
NOvember4 IAHSS BC Chapter Education SummitChild & Family Research InstituteVancouver, BC
4 - 7ASIS Assets Protection Course ™:Principles of Security (APC I)Westin Canal PlaceNew Orleans, LA
13ASIS Int’l. Webinar: Impact of ACAon the Contract Security IndustryVisit www.asisonline.org for detailsand registration.
14ASIS Boston Chapter MeetingDetails TBD
14 -15IAHSS Secured Cities ConferenceBaltimore, MD
18 - 22Resilience Management Lead Auditor CertificationHotel Petite Palace EmbassyMadrid, Spain
October13Healthcare Security Week
15 - 16Healthcare Coalition ConferenceNorthern Kentucky Convention Center, Covington, KY
16ASIS Boston Luncheon Meeting
11:30 am: Registration12:00 pm: Lunch
UMass Club, 225 Franklin Street, Boston
Speaker: Jeremy Pollard, PT Research Inc.
Register at www.asis-boston.orgSee story on page 1
ASIS Int’l. Webinar: Intimate Partner:Violence in the Workplace
Visit www.asisonline.org for detailsand registration.
21 - 22Corporate Investigations: How toConduct Proper and Effective InternalInvestigationsHilton Scottsdale Resort & VillasScottsdale, AZ
21 - 23Video Surveillance: Applications andAdvancesHilton Scottsdale Resort & VillasScottsdale, AZ
23 - 24The Investigative InterviewingMethodHilton Scottsdale Resort & VillasScottsdale, AZ
23ASIS Int’l. Webinar: Workplace Violence in HealthcareVisit www.asisonline.org for details andregistration.
24 Safe and Secure Hospital ConferenceSydney Harbour MarriottSydney, Austalia
24 - 25Cloud Computing - Security’s Transformative TechnologyHilton Scottsdale Resort & VillasScottsdale, AZ
25IAHSS Washington Chapter Security& Safety SummitSeattle Children’s HopsitalSeattle, Washington
30ASIS Int’l. Webinar: Stop Issuing Secure Credentials to Imposters!
Visit www.asisonline.org for details andregistration.
FREE! Active ShooterVideo
This video was sponsored by the hospitals in Massachusetts Preparedness Region IV andfunded from the office of theAssistant Secretary for Prepared-ness and Response as part of theHospital Preparedness Program.Access it online at http://vimeo-pro.com/lmpgeneral/armed-are-you-ready
December3 - 57th Asia-Pacific Security Forum & ExhibitionConrad Macao Cotai CentralMacau
4 ASIS Int’l. Webinar: Hiring Practicesin the Security IndustryVisit www.asis-online.org for detailsand registration.
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Manning Nominations, continued from page 1
Mentorship These funds are awarded to individuals who encourage others to further orstart a career in security through counseling, recruitment or passing on theirabilities and wisdom to others.
ScholarshipThis valuable award is available to the children, spouses, and grandchildrenof ASIS Boston members for offsetting the cost of education. Nominatorsmust be ASIS members, and nominees must be enrolled in an accredited in-stitution. ASIS Boston members may also nominate themselves.
CharityIf you know of a charitable organization doing notable work, consideringnominating it for this award. The Manning Charity Award is intended forsmaller organizations that do not get the “big press,” but who do importantwork such as providing ramps for the handicapped, or meeting the needs oflaw enforcement or public service agencies resulting from losses or naturaldisasters.
Fill out your nomination form and submit it online at the ASIS Boston website. Hard copy nomination forms may be sent to Manning Fund Com-mittee Chairman Michael J. Pepe, Security Department, AstraZeneca Phar-maceutical, 35 Gatehouse Drive, Waltham, MA 02451.
Security Officer of the Year AwardThis first-ever award from the ASIS Boston Chapter is intended to recognizethe outstanding achievement and professionalism of a security officer. Theaward recognizes an act of bravery, courage, competence and selflessness of asecurity officer who went above and beyond the call of duty to protect peo-ple and/or property. Nominees do not need to be ASIS members and may becontract or proprietary security officers employed within the Boston Chap-ter’s geographic area when the incident happened. Winner will receive arecognition plaque and monetary award at the ASIS Boston Chapter AwardsDinner in November.
For more information and nomination guidelines, please visit www.asis-boston.org/docs/security_officer_award.pdf. Email completed nominationforms to Rich Zupan.
Background Checkscontinued from page 1
Pollard holds a Bachelor’s degree fromthe University of Scranton, Pennsylva-nia, and is a member of the NationalAssociation of Professional BackgroundScreeners, the Public Record RetrieverNetwork, and Concerned CRAs, agroup that promotes the responsible useof public record information.
Cost to attend is just $30 for ASISBoston members, $15 for Young Profes-sionals. Register online on the ASISBoston website.
October 7
ASIS Book ReviewInside the Mirage:America’s FragilePartnership withSaudi Arabia
By Thomas W. LippmanReviewed by Rich Zupan
In this book, author Thomas W. Lipp-man details the fragile partnership be-tween the U.S. and Saudi Arabia startingwith the oil explorations of the 1930s.
Much of the modern state we see onTV today was built by the state-ownedSaudi oil company, Aramco, and, to alesser extent, Bechtel, their constructionagent. Whenever something new wasneeded by Aramco to keep oil flowing,the Saudi government would say, “youdo it,” and for the most part, they did.The money was flowing, too.
For example, Aramco was responsiblefor a 3,000-acre farm venture super-vised by five U.S. citizens and 800Saudis. They ran it from 1950 - 1958when it was taken over by Muhammedbin Laden, father of Osama bin Laden.
As may be expected, Aramco and later,the U.S. Air Force, had difficulty em-ploying American Jews in Saudi Arabia.Liberal members of Congress, alongwith Jewish lobbying groups, foughtthis barrier, and eventually won by thelate 1950s.
Nonetheless, cultural divides were andstill are huge. A glaring example of thisoccurred during the first Gulf War in1990 when female American soldiersstationed in Saudi Arabia were seenwith their heads uncovered and drivingmotorized vehicles. While these behav-iors are everyday happenings by U.S.standards, many Saudis were shocked.
After Sept 11, 2001, the U.S.-Saudi re-lationship took a huge beating. The factthat 15 of the 19 hijackers were Saudiand took orders from Osama bin Ladenenraged most Americans and shreddedthe protective cocoon that Americanbusiness and government diplomacyhad built around Saudi Arabia fordecades. All aspects of Saudi society, in-cluding its extremism regarding womenand Jews, a repressive political system,anti-intellectualism in its schools, andpolitical corruption, were on display.After years of looking the other way,Americans subjected Saudi Arabia tointense scrutiny and they did not likewhat they saw. Trade between the na-tions diminished at this time as manycontracts shifted from U.S. to Euro-pean businesses.
Read any good bookslately?
Write a review of a book you’veread about security or a relatedsubject and submit it to The Se-curity Beacon for an upcomingissue. Book reviews should be250-350 words in length.Questions? Email ASIS BostonCommunication Committee member Rich Zupan.
In total, Lippman does a good job oftracing the history of the delicate rela-tionship between the two nations andexpresses some hope for rebuilding thegoodwill that formerly existed betweenthem with “careful management byboth countries.”
Rich Zupan chairs ASIS Boston’sNewsletter and Awards Committee. He isa district sales manager at Identicard,Brady Corporation.
Thomas W. Lippman is an award-win-ning author and journalist who has writ-ten about Middle Eastern affairs andAmerican foreign policy for more thanthree decades, specializing in Saudi Ara-bian affairs, U.S.- Saudi relations, andrelations between the West and Islam.
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Nomination for the John P. Manning Leadership Fund Award Nomination for: ___________________________________________________________ (Choose one) • Scholarship • Mentorship • Charity Name of Person or Charity: __________________________________________________ Nominee’s Address: ________________________________________________________ Nominee’s Telephone Number (Home or School):_________________________________
1) Please explain why your nominee deserves to receive a Manning Fund Award. Additional
sheets of paper may be attached, if needed. Scholarship Please furnish nominee’s secondary school cumulative average, class rank, major, security courses taken, memberships, and community activities. Please be sure to include your relationship with the nominee (parent, spouse, or grandparent) and to which post-secondary institution he/she has been accepted. Mentorship
a) Please describe how the candidate has helped other professionals start or further their security career.
b) Explain how the nominee plans to apply the award towards the enhancement of his/her career.
Charity Please provide specifics as to why you have nominated this particular charity. Be sure to include an explanation of how the money will be used by the organization, if known. Sponsor Information (Sponsor must be an ASIS member) Name: __________________________________________________________________ ASIS Member # __________________________________________________________ Affiliation:______________________________________________________________ Address: ________________________________________________________________ Telephone Number: _______________________________________________________ Signature: _______________________________________________________________ Mail to: Security
Deadline for submission is
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