Your internal security standards should go beyond your own borders to cover third-party vendor- partners. Data breaches are nothing new. More than 5 billion records were exposed in 2018 alone and third parties were often found to be at fault. The potential cost of a data breach is enormous; even after the breach is cleaned […]
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Does your business need security awareness training? Yes, it does.
Employees are the weakest link. Policies and firewalls are not enough to secure your data, staff must be regularly trained. Your organization might have the most robust security program in the world. You may have stringent policies, and the latest and greatest security software tools. You might think your data is safe, but if your […]
Validating Cyber Risks in the Cannabis Industry
With information gathered from assets in the underground (involved with the dark web) and conversations with federal authorities, investigations disclosed that, while there is no specific group actively targeting the cannabis industry, there are hackers focusing on three areas within the Seed to Sale lifecycle: research and extraction; growing; and consumption and retail operations. Investigations […]
Holiday Security for Dispensaries
Since the cannabis holiday season operates differently from the rest of the year, you need to understand exactly how your current programs handle security and safety. After you understand your current programs, you need to plan what would be an efficient way to manage these programs when there are a lot more people in your […]
Combining Effective Security and Business Operations for Success
By Steve Birkmeier There’s no denying the tremendous evolution we’ve seen in the cannabis market over the last few years, and all signs point toward this expansion continuing from here. Spending on legal cannabis worldwide is expected to reach $57 billion by 2027, with North America’s spending projected to rise from $9.2 billion in 2017 […]
Pharmaceutical industry lessons for cannabis
When it comes to developing and implementing an appropriately comprehensive security plan, the pharmaceutical industry knows what it is doing. You might say that this is not their first rodeo. That is not, however, the case with many cannabis businesses newly charged with mapping out security for the purposes of licensing and daily operations. The […]
Why Security Matters
By Rebecca Cicarelli and Matt Gifford The demands of managing a cannabis business are endless. So much so, that attending to the minutia of security planning and implementation can seem like a chore. Is it really worth it? In short; yes—it is! We can attest that, when it comes to optimizing security, very few successful growers […]
The 1-2-3 of Surviving an Armed Robbery
Lately, there has been a surge of criminal activity in the Cannabis Industry. Unfortunately, most of the surge has been in the form of cash and cannabis robberies or late night dispensary and grow location break-ins. Some have been violent, like the tragic death and shooting of several security personnel in multiple states. “Officer, we’ve […]
If knowledge is Power, then access control is King
By Tony Gallo To be exact, having real and immediate data of who opened that door is king. Any meaningful investigation will begin with a list of probable “persons of interest”. Imagine after a breech in your security resulting in a mysterious disappearance of an asset having the information available as to who, when […]
The 5 Steps to Drafting a Winning Cannabusiness Plan
By Darren Weiss An extremely important component of establishing any business is the creation of a compelling and robust business plan. This is no less true in the cannabis industry. In fact, many states require such a plan as a condition precedent to obtaining a license or permit. Of course, potential investors and financial […]
