Wildfires have become an increasingly devastating problem as our environment continues to change. Utilities are taking action to protect the lives and property of their customers along with critical grid assets.

It’s a fact. Owners, construction managers (CMs), and general contractors (GC) cannot be everywhere at once. With traditional means of managing projects, unseen problems build early and often.

The Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705 establishes the policy and requirements for constructing secure facilities; these guidelines are used to protect our nation’s most valuable assets. Knowledge of these guidelines and how to apply them is key to combating the risks to the assets you are charged with protecting.

These are anxious times for those responsible for the physical security of people, systems, and facilities. Workplace violence, active shooters at schools or places of worship, insider threat, theft, ransomware, and cyber-attacks dominate today’s headlines. The various impacts of risk to an organization, including the well-being of its people, frequently result in loss of business and profit:

Since our founding, Anser Advisory employees have served mission-critical teams and complex programs across the Federal Government. On a daily basis, our embedded consultants work closely with our clients to determine gaps and identify potential solutions. Markon team members have had success in recommending a multitude of innovative ideas, ranging from enterprise-wide strategies to...

When developing a master plan, security managers should consider strategic objectives that have proved to be effective in the past: