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Americans opened their wallets with unquestioning generosity after the terrorist attacks last year. But in a kind of aftershock, some organizations that took in the money were accused of mismanaging [...]

Focuses on how some professional athletes are cashing in on their fame and their names and becoming adept in the world of business. Isiah Thomas, who decided to get started in business ventures while he was still playing basketball; Average annual salaries for professional football and baseball players; Renaldo Turnbull of the New Orleans Saints, who is working toward an M.B.A. degree; More.

The article profiles The Forbes Four Hundred qualifier and Greenville, South Carolina-based businessman John D. Hollingsworth. His business includes 70 percent of the U.S. market for metallic card clothing. Besides his company, his other passion is land, which he began buying even before he had disposable cash.

More than 180 security professionals have earned the Physical Security Professional (PSP) designation since its establishment by ASIS International last year Beginning with this issue, this column will profile a [...]

ASIS International is holding a Security Management Conference in Madrid, Spain, February 22-25 at the North Convention Centre--Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I. The conference, which is cosponsored by the International [...]

U.S. companies lost up to $59 billion in proprietary information and intellectual property according to survey results released by ASIS International, through its Council on Safeguarding Proprietary Information. ASIS was [...]

The article discusses trends in the media industry. The future looks brightest for publishing and broadcast media that reach target audiences for advertisers more efficiently than broad-based media like newspapers and network TV can; and to media that can get the reader or viewer to pay a major part of the freight. The new winners will be radio stations, specialized cable networks, tightly targeted magazines, new kinds of in-store advertising and even the old-fashioned weekly newspapers. Rather than appealing to huge, broad audiences, these appeal to specialized audiences--what advertisers want in these days of fragmented markets. Some are services that require the readers and viewers to bear a substantial part of the cost, thus assuring advertisers that the customers really want them.

The article offers information on The Forbes Four Hundred list of richest people in the U.S. for 1989. First on the list is John Kluge, whose assets reached $5.2 billion. Kluge was second in the 1988 list. Most of the increase comes from his cellular phone business. Second in the list is Sam Walton, who has shares in Wal-Mart stores. Sumner Redstone is third in the list. He is a movie theater operator who bought Viacom, a television and cable television company. INSET: New among The Forbes Four Hundred.

Jerry Jones, PCI, was born and raised in Spokane, Washington. After high school he went into the U.S. Navy and served two tours in Vietnam. It was there that his [...]

John Hunepohl, PSP, has worked in the field of security his entire professional life. After traveling the world as the child of an army family, Hunepohl served a four-year enlistment [...]

Geoff Hughes, PCI, who is the founder and CEO of JELL, a risk management consultancy, originally wanted to be a sailor. He graduated from King Edward VII College in London, [...]

Charles N. Baines, PSP, earned his Physical Security Professional (PSP) designation so that he could train his compatriots in the U.S. Army. He notes, 'There are subjects covered in the [...]

Patricia Lloyd, CPP, understands the workings of the federal government. The Denver resident has worked for the General Services Administration (GSA), Federal Protective Service (FPS), the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), [...]

Michael F. Mullarkey, CPP, PSP, knew from a young age that law enforcement was his chosen career. Born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, he became a policeman there in [...]

Senior Backgrounds Investigator for Visa International, Mark Zilembo, PCI, welcomed last year's introduction of ASIS International's Professional Certified Investigator (PCI) designation. 'I noticed immediately that the designation would be good [...]

ASIS International has published its 2004 ASIS Security Industry Buyers Guide (SIBG). More than 700 new companies were added to this edition, which has 1,100 product categories, 2,500 company listings, [...]

ASIS International is partnering with STAM Multimedia Inc. to offer Web-based training courses on security technology that allows students to learn at their own pace, anywhere, at any time. Currently, [...]

Caption: ASIS Issues New Guidelines At the National Press Club in November, ASIS International announced the release of two new draft guidelines: Threat Advisory System Response (TASR) and Chief Security [...]

ASIS International begins the new year with a major legislative victory under its belt. Late in 2003, as this January issue was going to press, the Congress passed and the [...]

In an effort to obtain reliable statistical information about the size and scope of the securiW industry, ASIS International and the ASIS Foundation, Inc., have given Eastern Kentucky University's (EKU's) [...]

ASIS representatives were invited to attend the Joint Security Training Consortium (JSTC) conference held at the Airlie House in Warrenton, Virginia. The JSTC, with $22 million in funding, is an [...]