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Security Source Online (SSO) provides contemporary security information as well a directory of the individuals and organizations that have the services and technological solutions to reduce your security threats. Security Source is under the direction of experienced Board Certified Security Professionals.

Why Security Source Online:

  • Security Source Online is not merely a security provider directory.
  • SSO provides Regional, National & International access to a wide range of Security Providers.
  • SSO is managed by veteran security professionals.
  • We are here to help provide solutions to slove security problems.
  • If you are unable to find a suitable security provider, contact SSO and we will help you locate one.

The purpose of this unique website is twofold:

  • First, to provide answers to security and loss prevention questions by responding to questions directly and through our interactive blog.
  • Second, SSO provides you access to our membership of security professionals.

    The Security Source Online Blog

    August 1, 2010

    Security Source Online is Open for Business

    www.SecuritySourceOline.com (SSO) is open for business. This marketing/informational site is unique because the site is managed and overseen by seasoned security professionals, not marketeers. Security Source Online provides the vehicle for the marketing of a wide range of security services and products on one hand, and on the other hand a source for practical information aimed at the mitigation of security threats. The SSO advisory board consists of security professionals representing the breadth and width of the United States and can be found on the website.

    This website is unique because it serves two purposes. First it is a resource for security information. The site contains an ever growing number of blogs that address variety of security subject matter. SSO blogs are responsive to problems and questions posed by those seeking answers to difficult problems. No legitimate security topics are ignored. The site also provides links to a number of current security news stories. All blog postings are screened to ensure they are truly informational as opposed to being thinly veiled advertisements. The best way to advertise is to provide usable information for those looking for answers. We want visitors to the site to return again and again, not only to locate problem solvers and security equipment when needed, but to also find ideas for mitigation security threats.

    Second, as mentioned this site is intended to be a resource for those truly need professional security problem solvers. As our membership grows SecuritySourceOnline.com will become the place to go when security expertise is needed. SSO members will consist of security integrators, security consultants, forensic security experts, alarm companies, security equipment providers, contract security providers, fraud investigators and information security experts. As this site grows, you will find security expertise representatives from all over the world. SSO members represent such disciplines as hospitality security, healthcare security, retail security, information security, supply chain security and many other security disciplines.

    The Security Source Online Group had been on LinkedIn for only about a year and has more than 1300 members. Within this group there have been numerous and diverse discussions. SSO on LinkedIn is testimony to the wide range on interest in this unique approach. The Security Source Online Group on LinkedIn continues to attract a diversified group of international security expertise, as well as those seeking answers to difficult challenges, and will continue to do so. On LinkedIn about half of the members of Security Source Online Group members are security providers with the other half being security services users. One of the goals of the SSO LinkedIn group is to encourage thoughtful interaction between users and providers with a minimal amount of commercialism. SSO will provide access to regional providers as members with both a national and international presence as well as those providers who serve local markets.

    Our security provider members are encouraged to address the issues of the day by posting topical and thoughtful articles on our blog. We want visitors to SSO to consider the site to be a resource of current security management and security program development information. Those seeking security products or services will be afforded direct access to any of our members with no middle-man interference. Any member who does not maintain high ethical standards will be removed from the site immediately.

    The site also hosts a Speaker’s Bureau for those members who provide special insights within the ever-changing world of security services and security technology my making educational public presentations. The SSO Speaker’s Bureau consists of individuals who regularly making presentations of ASIS Internationals and other prestigious trade organizations. Those members of the SSO Speaker’s Bureau understand that our role is to inform as opposed to making forty five minute sale pitches.

    Finally, the Security Source Online Roundtable is comprised of individuals who hold widely recognized professional certifications in the various security discipline members. A condition of Roundtable membership is a willingness to form strategic partnerships other Security Source Online Members, in order to meet the synergistic needs of clients they serve. These partnerships will afford SSO member clients with a single point of contact as well as the capability to serve many geographic locals in a coordinated and cohesive manner.

    Those interested in becoming a member of the Security Source Online family are now able to do so at a very low annual fee. These low introductory sign up fees will be available on a very limited time basis only. Our goal is to provide an international security resource for those individuals and organizations seeking security information and providers of security related services.

    July 25, 2010

    California Lays Down the Law for Hospitals

    The State of California is now requiring that hospitals conform to minimal security standards by laying out required guidelines. This law is confined to the State of California, but it has national implications. Over time these guidelines will begin to establish a universal standard of care which will in turn affect premises liability claims. Additionally, it is just a matter of time before these standards begin to appear in Environment of Care Standards required by JCAHO.
     
    The following has been excerpted from a letter promulgated the California Department of Public Health. This excerpt lays out the esence of this code:

    AUTHORITY: Health and Safety Code Section (HSC) 1257.7

    This All Facilities Letter (AFL) is to inform you of recent changes to HSC Section 1257.7 as a result of recently chaptered legislation. The information in this AFL is a summary of a portion of Assembly Bill (AB) 1083 (Perez, Chapter 506, Statutes of 2009), relative to security and safety assessments and development of security plans.

    As amended by AB 1083, HSC Section 1257.7 adds specificity to current requirements for hospitals to assess security and safety and develop associated security plans.

    The law requires, after July 1, 2010, all licensed GACHs, APHs, and SHs to conduct, not less than annually, a security and safety assessment and, using the assessment, develop, and annually update based on the assessment, a security plan with measures to protect personnel, patients, and visitors from aggressive or violent behavior. The security and safety assessment must examine trends of aggressive or violent behavior at the facility. These hospitals must track incidents of aggressive or violent behavior as part of the quality assessment and improvement program and for the purposes of developing a security plan to deter and manage further aggressive or violent acts of a similar nature. The plan may include, but must not be limited to, security considerations relating to all of the following:

    (1) Physical layout
    (2) Staffing
    (3) Security personnel availability
    (4) Policy and training related to appropriate responses to violent acts
    (5) Efforts to cooperate with local law enforcement regarding violent acts in the facility
     
    In developing this plan, the hospital must consider guidelines or standards on violence in health care facilities issued by the department, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health Administration. As part of the security plan, a hospital must adopt security policies including, but not limited to, personnel training policies designed to protect personnel, patients, and visitors from aggressive or violent behavior. In developing the plan and the assessment, the hospital must consult with affected employees, including the recognized collective bargaining agent or agents, if any, and members of the hospital medical staff organized pursuant to Section 2282 of the Business and Professions Code. This consultation may occur through hospital committees.

    The information in this Letter is a brief summary of AB 1083. Facilities are responsible for following all applicable laws. California Department of Public Health’s failure to expressly notify facilities of legislative changes does not relieve facilities of their responsibility for following all laws and regulations and for being aware of all legislative changes. Facilities should refer to the full text of AB 1083 to ensure compliance.
     
    It is almost a certainty the these standards will be accepted by other states and will begin to melt into JCAHO Standards.

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