by William Cahalin | May 7, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Food Industry Technology, Food Security, Food Technology, Operations Security, Perimeter Security, Personnel Security, Terrorism
Bob Norton’s latest article in Food Safety Magazine: Food defense planning often concentrates solely on protecting food products from intentional contamination. In the evolving world of adversary and defender, however, it is also necessary to consider the...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 23, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Personnel Security, Public Health, Weather Emergencies
Had worked for Iowa dairy for four years: Cristhian Rivera, accused of murdering college student Mollie Tibbetts in Iowa last month, worked for a farm owned by the family of Craig Lang, former president of the Iowa Farm Bureau and a former GOP primary candidate for...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 7, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Personnel Security, Public Health, Uncategorized, Water Safety
The food and water challenges posed by megacities: This century will be defined by two trends: how we manage climate change and how we manage the rise of megacities. Over the next 20 years, the global urban population will grow from 3.5 to 5 billion people. The strain...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 22, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Op Sec, Perimeter Security, Personnel Security, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
Bob Norton writing in Refrigerated & Frozen Foods: Food corporations with refrigeration plants that utilize ammonia as the coolant could be targeted by individuals seeking to cause mass casualties. A well-placed vehicle-borne IED (VBIED) has been proven to be a...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Jun 28, 2017 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Security, Personnel Security, Threat Intelligence
Shipping giant Maersk among those affected: Shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk, which handles one out of seven containers shipped globally, said on Tuesday that this week’s cyber attack had caused outages at its computer systems across the world. Organizations...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Apr 24, 2017 | Bobs Blog, Personnel Security
Senior citizen sells fake food-safety certifications: A 71-year-old man is facing 18 months in federal prison for taking bribes in exchange for giving false food safety training certificates to foodservice workers from 2008 to 2015. The scheme allowed foodservice...
