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For decades, organizations viewed physical security and cybersecurity as two distinct disciplines. Physical security protected people, facilities, assets, and operations, while cybersecurity safeguarded networks, systems, and information. That distinction is rapidly disappearing. Today's threat actors do not think in terms of "physical" or "cyber." They pursue objectives. If compromising an email account helps facilitate a physical attack, they will do it. If gaining physical

In Gallup's 2024 Global Safety Survey, only 73% of adults worldwide reported feeling safe walking alone at night in the city or area where they live, meaning more than one in four people still experience a sense of insecurity in their everyday environment. Yet the defining urban security challenge of the coming decade may not be crime alone. As cities evolve into increasingly interconnected megacities, the greater risk may lie in the disruption of the systems that millions de

For decades, nations protected sovereignty through geography, military capability, economic strength, and control over critical infrastructure. Today, another strategic terrain has emerged quietly but decisively — data. Data now powers governments, financial systems, healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, energy networks, supply chains, and increasingly, Artificial Intelligence itself. As a result, the question is no longer only “Is the data secure?” but rather “Who

Last week, I wrote about “Space, Satellites, and Security” and how modern organizations have quietly become dependent on systems operating far beyond Earth’s atmosphere. This article continues that discussion—but brings the focus back to the ground realities businesses face every day. Because the real issue is no longer just satellite dependency. The larger concern is infrastructure fragility. Many organizations are far more exposed than they realize. Today, disruption to cr