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Combating cybercrime in the hospitality business

by Multi Briefs in Hotel Development, Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted May 18, 2016

Technology has changed our lives for the better, but like every other development it has its downside. Data breaches have become common news, and the latest victim is the hospitality industry. The 2016 Trustwave Global Security Report has found the hospitality industry to be the second-most vulnerable to security breaches behind the retail industry. The ...

Where Liability Falls When Guest Safety is Compromised

by Lodging Magazine in Lodging, Risk Management, Safety & Security. Posted April 14, 2016

by: Casey Gale It almost sounds like the beginning of a low-budget horror movie. According to his claims, in 2008 Michael David Barrett gained access to a back-of-the-house phone in the Nashville Marriott at Vanderbilt University to learn sportscaster Erin Andrews’s room number. Without using Andrews’s name, he requested to be placed in the neighboring ...

Hospitality & Gaming Risk Management

by Anderson Kill in Legal, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology. Posted April 11, 2016

Cyber Risk Management In the realm of hospitality and gaming risk management, “securing data against unauthorized and unintentional disclosure continues to be elusive” and consistently presents itself as a problem. It is important to emphasize the need for a “strategy that includes careful contracting, quality insurance coverage, and cyber security due diligence” to fight against ...

Personal Protective Measures for Today’s Global Citizens

by iJET International in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted April 8, 2016

Personal protective tips are a necessity for business travelers. From the Post Vietnam War era of kidnapping and ransom scenarios throughout South America to terror attacks against western cultures in Europe and the US, the number and types of threats faced by travelers continues to increase. Unfortunately, what we have yet to see is same ...

Cyber and Privacy Risk Advisory

by Willis in Risk Management, Technology. Posted November 3, 2015

Hospitality Industry Spotlight by Gamelah Palagonia Senior Vice President, Finex Hoteliers have long been major hacking targets – a trend that is likely to continue given the volume of credit and debit card transactions the industry processes. While all business should assess and implement comprehensive privacy and data security policies to ensure adequate protection of ...

Corporate Travel Focus 2014 – Data Security, Travel Risk Management and Mobile Tech

by tnooz in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Technology, Travel. Posted August 6, 2015

Travel data security, risk management while traveling to emerging countries and demand for additional mobile technology will be the focus for corporates next year, says corporate travel management company HRG. Travel Data Security The UK-based TMC recommends corporates have a global data consolidation strategy in order to mitigate risks associated with data protection and privacy. ...

Competition & Markets Authority Recommendations for Online Reviews

by John Crosetto in Risk Management. Posted July 18, 2015

The Competition & Markets Authority (CMA), which investigates business practices and enforces anti-competition and consumer protection legislation in the UK, just released a report and call for information that signals more scrutiny for online reviews and endorsements. Though the report does not identify companies or sites that will be the subject of investigation, it expresses a ...

Risk Management vs. Big Brother

by Craig Banikowski in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted June 4, 2015

Craig Banikowski takes a look at the fine line between risk management and an overbearing and potentially privacy invading way of managing traveling employees. Read below for a look at useful tips to maintain safety from a close but reasonable distance. As travel professionals working in the aftermath of 9/11, the 2004 Madrid train bombings, ...

A Guide to Cyber Coverage

by Anjali Das in Insurance & Loss Prevention, Risk Management, Technology. Posted November 6, 2014

This article was first published in the ABA Coverage Journal July-August 2014, Vol. 24, No. 4. Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few years (without a wireless connection), you are likely familiar with the countless news stories that unfold every day reporting seemingly fantastic tales of cyber espionage, hacker attacks, ...

Grooming, Recruiting and Taking the Bait: The Road to Radicalization, Part II

by Steve Cocco in Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted November 4, 2014

Second of a Fictional Series (Click here for Part I) The TGV or Train a Grande Vitesse, the ultra-high speed star of France’s national railroad system, SCNF, had pulled into berth 17 at the Marseille-Saint Charles station, simmering down after its nearly four hour trek from Paris. Out of an economy class car steps Mahibah, a 24-year ...