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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 BeaconSeptember 2013 Boston Chapter of ASIS International
In this issue...
Hungry to help 1
Chairperson’s Message 2
Disaster readiness 3
Mapping security practices 3
Upcoming events 4
Out of the dark 5
ASIS Boston and IAHSS Boston get cookingfor Greater Boston Food BankBy Shannon Mills, RSIG Security
ASIS Boston and IAHSS Boston teamed up in August to support the GreaterBoston Food Bank (GBFB) with a Volunteer Day sponsored by RSIG Security.
In an effort to support the GBFB’s mission to end hunger, ASIS and IAHSS mem-bers worked side-by-side in the GBFB warehouse inspecting, sorting and packingfood and grocery products. While it was hard work for everyone who participated,it was certainly a labor of love and everyone had a great time. Our volunteerslooked great in the custom T-shirts provided with assistance from RSIG Security.
The day started with a safety briefing for all of the volunteers, followed by a briefeducational session about GBFB’s role in fighting hunger in Massachusetts. Welearned that 1 in 9 adults and 1 in 4 children in Massachusetts don’t know wheretheir next meal is coming from – quite startling figures. Volunteers from both chap-ters then worked one morning and one afternoon shift at the GBFB warehouse.
All told, the volunteers sorted 8,706 pounds of food within the span of about 6hours. This impressive quantity of food amounts to a whopping 5,358 meals forfamilies in the Greater Boston area. The first shift volunteers helped to create 82meals per person and second shift volunteers created 125 meals per person.
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Volunteers from ASIS Boston and IAHSS Boston inspected, sorted and packed food and groceries for needy
families at the Greater Boston Food Bank in August.
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September 2
Chairperson’s MessageA summer of generosity and a focus on fall
As fall settles upon uswith the memories ofsummer still fresh inour minds, it’s onceagain time to getstarted with somegreat programming.
However, we certainly weren’t slackersthis summer when it came to givingback to our members and our community.
The Boston Chapter had a busy sum-mer that included a very successful J.P.Manning Memorial Golf Tournamentin June and an ASIS/IAHSS Day ofService at the Greater Boston FoodBank in August. Our members and ven-dor sponsors truly demonstrated theirgenerosity by donating money for theManning Scholarship Fund and by do-nating their labor to help sort and pack-age thousands of pounds of food. It was
great to see our members taking timeout of their busy schedules to representour Chapter for such worthy causes.
The fall will kick off with an excellentspeaker at our September Dinner Meet-ing on Thursday, September 19th atMontvale Plaza in Stoneham. BonnieMichelman, CPP, CHPA, Director ofPolice, Security, and Outside Services atMassachusetts General Hospital(MGH), will speak about protecting ahospital during a time of terror and un-certainty. This timely presentation willdescribe how MGH dealt with the af-termath of the Boston Marathon bomb-ings. You don’t want to miss this trulyremarkable overview!
Also, be sure to check out the newChapter website. There have been manychanges to the look and feel of the web-site, including better navigation, alarger font, and cleaner formatting. Wehave even added photos to the homepage from previous events!
I look forward to some exciting meet-ings in the coming months. As always,
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the Board and I welcome everyone tovolunteer to get more involved in theChapter. We can always use help withmany of the aspects of running ourChapter and serving our members.
To all of those who are serving as cur-rent volunteers for our Chapter, I sin-cerely thank you for the time, energy,and resources you continue to put intohelping us to make the Boston Chapterso successful.
Sincerely yours,
David Corbin, CPPChairperson, ASIS Boston
September 3
Time to consider amulti-theoretical framework in securityby Mark H. Beaudry, PhD, CPP
As we all know, secu-rity practitioners uselittle formal theory ineveryday practice andour experiences usingsecurity practicesvary by time and lo-cation. In addition,
there may be cultural and job knowl-edge considerations that affect our ex-periences with our practices as they areglobally implemented. In today’s soci-ety, there is a need to identify our every-day practices and conclude throughevidence-based research ways to meas-ure and validate the practices that workand the practices that do not work. Thisalso begs the question about what typesof knowledge and theories should we bestriving to create in security, since gen-eralized theories may not be easily an-swered.
As a profession, we need to begin thedebate about mapping these practicesand developing a recognized multi-the-oretical framework that can be utilizedglobally by security practitioners, aca-demics, and researchers. First and fore-most, the debate must includedetermining ways to recognize differentapproaches to “theory-building.” Inorder for this to be a more meaningfuldiscussion, we need to explore the pos-sibility of having different theories touse in security as well as the varied waysthey may be developed from practice.What is needed is a multi-theoreticalframework that will allow for a thor-ough understanding of how the securitypractices work, and ultimately guidefurther research of the discipline.
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Are you ready for a disaster? Find out duringNational Preparedness MonthReprinted from www.ready.gov
Businesses can do much to prepare for the impact of the many hazards they face intoday’s world including natural hazards like floods, hurricanes, tornadoes, earth-quakes and widespread serious illness such as the H1N1 flu virus pandemic.Human-caused hazards include accidents, acts of violence by people and acts of ter-rorism. Examples of technology-related hazards are the failure or malfunction ofsystems, equipment or software.
Ready Business will assist businesses in developing a preparedness program by pro-viding tools to create a plan that addresses the impact of many hazards. This web-site and its tools utilize an “all hazards approach” and follows the program elementswithin National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1600, Standard onDisaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs. NFPA 1600is an American National Standard and has been adopted by the U.S. Departmentof Homeland Security.
The five steps in developing a preparedness program are:
Program Management• Organize, develop and administer your preparedness program• Identify regulations that establish minimum requirements for your program
Planning• Gather information about hazards and assess risks• Conduct a business impact analysis (BIA)• Examine ways to prevent hazards and reduce risks
ImplementationWrite a preparedness plan addressing:• Resource management• Emergency response• Crisis communications• Business continuity• Information technology• Employee assistance• Incident management• Training
Testing and Exercises• Test and evaluate your plan• Define different types of exercises• Learn how to conduct exercises• Use exercise results to evaluate the effectiveness of the plan
Program Improvement• Identify when the preparedness program needs to be reviewed• Discover methods to evaluate the preparedness program• Utilize the review to make necessary changes and plan improvements
* Photo Credit: NASA/Goddard/MODIS Rapid Response Team
Hurricane Sandy over the Bahamas, October 25, 2012*
Calendar of Events September - November 2013 4
NOvember4 - 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 Certification
October16
ASIS Boston Luncheon MeetingUMass Club
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 detailsand registration.
September10FREE Webinar: West Texas FertilizerExplosion, Error or Terror: Implica-tions for CFATS and other federal programs. For details visitwww.asisonline.org
19ASIS Boston Dinner Meeting
Protecting a Major Hospital During aTime of Terror and Uncertainty withMGH Director of Police, Security andOutside Services Bonnie Michelman,CPP, CHPA
5-6:15 pm: Cocktail Reception
6:15 pm: Dinner
Montvale Plaza, Stoneham
Register online at www.asis-boston.org
22 - 23PCI, CPP & PSP Review Courses
McCormick PlaceChicago, IL
Approaches to Resilient Supply Chainsand Transportation Networks
McCormick PlaceChicago, IL
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Pre-Seminar ProgramsAll pre-seminar programs will be heldat McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. Visit www.asisonline.org for details.
• Banking and Financial Services
• Securing Healthcare Facilities with Future Expectations, New Programs,and Security Officer Implementation
• Security Program Design – Keys to Success
• Successful Security Consulting I
• Facility Security Design Part 3: Implementing a Functionally Integrated Security System
• The Promise of Leadership
24 - 27ASIS International 59th Annual Seminar & ExhibitsMcCormick PlaceChicago, IL
Learn from industry leaders, seasonedsecurity practitioners, and experts intheir respective fields at the year’s topmeeting for security professionals.
Visit www.asisonline.org for details.
24 - 25Cloud Computing - Security’s Transformative TechnologyHilton Scottsdale Resort & VillasScottsdale, AZ
30ASIS Int’l. Webinar: Stop Issuing Secure Credentials to Imposters!
Visit www.asisonline.org for details andregistration.
September 5
Shining a light on parking garage lighting Reprinted from Parking Garage Lighting – Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy– U.S. Department of Energy
Many municipalities have expressed an interest in using grants for upgrading mu-nicipal parking garages. There are a number of technologies that can be used inthese applications, including induction, light-emitting diode (LED), T5 fluorescentsystems and high performance T8 (HPT8) fluorescent systems.
Parking garage lighting is about more than just the technology. Consideration mustbe given to light quality, light levels, ease of maintenance, and other issues that re-late to safety and security issues affecting both the drivers and pedestrians withinthe space. While LED parking facility lighting products only emerged over the lastfive to seven years, LED technology is well established in certain niche markets andis constantly improving in its performance characteristics. Additionally, improve-ments in other technologies including linear fluorescent and induction bear consid-eration.
Each technology has different operating characteristics. Your specific location andfacility operating characteristics (such as ambient temperature, ease of mainte-nance, and security issues) will help identify which technology is right for you. Thetable below compares common high-pressure sodium (HPS) and metal halide(MH) baseline systems with alternative technologies.
Checklist for a Successful Project
Step 1: Conduct Complete Inventory Consider all opportunities and list what you want to replace, and why you want toreplace it. Is energy the only issue? Be sure to collect information on each existingfixture you wish to replace. Ramps and entrance areas may have different fixturetypes than basic parking areas to provide appropriate light levels.
Step 2: Decide Retrofit vs. NewThe decision to retrofit existing fixtures with new lamps or lamps and ballasts, orreplace the entire fixtures should be based on the existing technology, age of theequipment, and how well the existing equipment lights the space. Replacementtechnologies appropriate for parking garage lighting upgrades are often not com-patible with existing fixtures.
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Greater Boston Food Bankcontinued from page 1
All of the individuals who volunteeredwalked away with a sense of accom-plishment and a sense of pride in sup-porting such a worthy cause.
I would like to say a special thank youto all those contributed to these impres-sive results. If you missed out on theVolunteer Day, we will be selling someof the remaining Day of Service t-shirtsat our next meeting, with all proceedsgoing to the Greater Boston FoodBank. You can also visit www.gbfb.orgto learn more about how to donate. Forevery $1 raised for the GBFB, they areable to create another three meals forneedy families.
Shannon Mills is Business DevelopmentManager at RSIG Security.
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. Ques-tions? Email ASIS Boston Com-munication Committee member Rich Zupan.
September 6
Parking Garage Lighting, continued from page 5
Step 3: Consider Light Quantity and QualityWhen considering parking garages, it is common to assume one uniformlight level, night or day, is appropriate. The Illuminating Engineering Society(IES) recommends a low light level for basic parking areas and higher lightlevels for ramps and higher still for entrance areas. Additionally, since mostparking garages are lighted 24/7, ramps and entrance areas should have evenhigher light levels during daylight hours to facilitate eye adjustment fromnatural exterior light. Lighting uniformity must also be considered for safevehicle and pedestrian interaction. Too much contrast between bright anddark light areas creates safety issues. Using fixtures with appropriate distribu-tion patterns and layouts with appropriate spacing make all the difference.
Consequently, one-for-one replacement may not be an option when consid-ering appropriate light levels and uniformity. Also, consider surface colors, aslighter colors on ceilings and vertical surfaces will increase reflection, improv-ing lighting levels and uniformity. You can refer to IES resources or yourlocal lighting professional for assistance.
Step 4: Consider Controls for Transition Areas Using controls to adjust light levels for changing daylight and occupant ac-tivity will help save energy as well. Parking garages having significant rampand entrance areas require higher light levels during daylight hours as de-scribed above. Consider adding photosensors to reduce ramp and entrancelighting levels to save additional energy during nighttime hours. If consider-ing adding occupancy sensors to turn lights down or off during low activitytime periods, carefully consider whether to turn off individual fixtures or re-duce fixture output. Turning off fixtures may result in increasing shadowsand reducing safety. However, some technologies require special dimmingballasts for high/low controls scenarios. For some technologies, such as fluo-rescent, an inexpensive alternative is dual-circuiting fixtures allowing thecontrols to turn off some lamps within the fixtures which helps maintainuniform lighting while still reducing energy use.
Step 5: Investigate Utility Incentive ProgramsSome utility programs may offer incentives to help buy down the initial cost of the products in order to reduce the overall electric load. Be sure to contact your local utility before purchasing the lights, as some utilities re-quire a pre-approval. A database of incentives supported by US Departmentof Energy (DOE) can be used to help identify incentive programs availableat http://www.dsireusa.org.
Step 6: Determine SpecificationsOnce you decide how many fixtures and what technology you prefer to use,assemble your specifications. If you specify LED products, consider requiringthe products be listed on the DesignLightsTM Consortium Qualifying Prod-ucts List found at http://www.designlights.org. If you are specifying T8, besure to require High Performance T8 lamps and ballasts as listed on theConsortium for Energy Efficiency HPT8 list found at http://www.cee1.orgunder commercial lighting. These organizations review product claims to seecontinued on page 7
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Framework in Security, continued from page 3
Needing a broad approach
To obtain a recognized multi-theoretical framework, a broad approach to obtainingpractice data would be required. There are many possibilities for obtaining the datafrom the different global practices as well as reviewing the many different types ofanalytical processes available for theorizing (i.e., the act of developing differentprocesses of creating an idea or sets of ideas, from different types of experiences)from these data sets.
So, one likely problem statement is, “How do we best approach the theorizing ofour practices which vary globally?” In order to understand the best approach, weneed some further discussion on how to cultivate those practices that work, includ-ing those that may appear to be relatively rigid at times. We also need to considerhow different practices can be utilized in uncertain contexts. In addition, we needto think about utilizing varied approaches to theorizing from practice in order todevelop theory on a continuum from small to large, depending on the quantity ofpractices utilized in any research efforts. Additional questions that need to be considered are:
• Should we develop approaches that build upon and use established methods of practice since theories are often generated from practice (i.e., globally)?
• Would different perspectives on theory allow for more meaningful, yet somewhatmore flexible methods to satisfy the best practices in security?
Finally, through dialogue between practitioners, academics, and researchers, goodtheory-building can occur in degrees of formality, relevance, and generalizability.Also, we should not attempt to develop a grand unifying theory. For the purposesof this debate, the approaches to collecting data from practice involve understand-ing the many different experiences in which the practitioner is involved at that timeand location. By opening a debate on some approaches to theorizing from practice,the important principles are to maximize the number of perspectives available globally.
Mark H. Beaudry, PhD, CPP, is a longtime ASIS Boston member and a member of theASIS International Crime Prevention and Loss Prevention Council.
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Parking Garage Lightingcontinued from page 6
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Step 7: Solicit BidsAfter reviewing the inventory, selectingthe right technology for your area, iden-tifying the appropriate system layout toprovide lighting quality and quantityand completing the specifications, youcan prepare a successful request for pro-posal (RFP). Be sure to review proposedproduct specifications to confirm theymeet your needs.
Step 8: Life-Cycle Cost AnalysisOnce you have pricing from severalsources, you can assemble a complete lifecycle cost (LCC) analysis including en-ergy and energy cost reduction, simplepayback period and return on invest-ment. This will allow you to make theappropriate final decision. There are freeLCC analysis tools from various productmanufacturers and utility programs.
Step 9: Purchase and InstallRemember to clearly identify requiredspecifications and warranties in yourpurchase order or contract. Most park-ing garage lighting systems will not re-quire commissioning unless controls areinvolved. If controls are involved, besure to identify who is responsible forcommissioning before signing the pur-chase order. Lastly, remember to file forthose utility incentives within the re-quired time period after completion.
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