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What's New at ASIS
2008 Annual Seminar and Exhibits
Handouts are available to those who attended sessions. Session recordings are available for purchase on DVD or online access.
ASIS Foundation Introduces three CRISP (Connecting Research in Security to Practice) Reports:
Lost Laptops = Lost Data
 Preventing Gun Violence in the Workplace Strategies to Detect and Prevent Workplace Dishonesty
The ASIS Foundation Annual Report for 2007 is now online. Click on links for more detailed information.
The ASIS Foundation has awarded the first Roy Bordes Award for Physical Security to the ASIS Hong Kong chapter. A news report was released on June 20.
Standards and Guidelines
Draft Proposed Chief Security Officer Organizational American National Standard is in ANSI Public Review August 22, 2008 through October 6, 2008. See the August 22, 2008 issue of ANSI Standards Action.
Societal Security Management System Standards
describes international standardization efforts
underway and ASIS International's part in developing the Societal Security discipline family of standards.
Membership Information
 Check the 2nd Quarter Reports to find out how many members you and your chapter have recruited to date.
Society News
Thirty ASIS members have been given the 2008 Cross Award.
The winner for the first Timothy Walsh Award has been selected. Congratulations to Marcos Veragstegui of the Venezuala/Caracas Chapter.
Certification News
ASIS certification program awarded Designation
under the SAFETY Act. First and only program of its kind to earn this recognition.ASIS proudly congratulates the thousands of professionals who have sought and attained board certification.
Resources for the Security Professional
COVER STORY:
A Burning Issue: How to Save Lives Fire has been one of history's most destructive forces. New technologies now in development offer the potential to lessen these losses by addressing such thorny problems as how to track firefighters in a burning building, how to detect fires much earlier, and how to control a raging fire's path. By Matthew Harwood 
423 pp., 2008 Hardcover
Member $80.00 Non-member $88.00 Item #: 1814 O.P. Norton Information Resources Center
The "ASIS Library" offers security resources and information for members, is accessible online 24/7, and has a professionally-staffed Reference Desk for assistance.
Guidelines and Courses
On September 13, 2007, the US Dept of Homeland Security released the National Preparedness Guidelines and Target Capabilities List. The guidelines can be downloaded here (pdf).
Important: The US Dept of Homeland Security has asked ASIS to notify its members regarding the Federal Government Guide to Pandemic Planning (pdf) for businesses and other organizations.
Do you know where you and your employer fit in U.S. plans for protecting critical infrastructures? ASIS urges members to take a free online course on the National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP). Developed by DHS and FEMA, the course is offered with options for those who want to take it for credit or review the information on an informal basis. Those completing the course for credit must take a final exam and will receive a certificate from DHS. Access the EMI Independent Study site or email Tom Marlowe.
ASIS Events
 ASIS Professional Development Programs
Webinars
Wharton/ASIS Program
  Wharton/ASIS Program for Security Executives November 3-7, 2008 and February 2-6, 2009 Philadelphia, PA Hot Topics Import Safety Action Plan Released
Critical Infrastructure
Information on School Safety
Special Reports
Other ASIS Websites  The Security Industry Buyer's Guide is the Security Professional's Source for Products and Services.
 Security Management is the award-winning publication of ASIS International.
 The POA Manual is a comprehensive resource covering all aspects of security including access control, training, employee awareness, internal and external theft and fraud, security and civil law, investigations, ethics, alcohol and drug abuse and more.
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