Chuck Randolph

Article - Ontic

This article was originally featured in Security Magazine Imagine a scenario many security practitioners are familiar with: A bizarre post on an obscure social media account surfaces. It could be construed as a threat against a company executive. But it’s unclear. To further complicate the situation, a different executive at the organization ... Read More

Ensuring the safety of people and organizations is dynamic, asymmetric, and complex. A sense of permacrisis has driven a need for those tasked with managing risks to constantly perceive imperatives amongst the unyielding view of threat, risk, and problematic issues. Ontic championed the cause of Protective Intelligence and its concepts ... Read More

This article was originally featured in Security Management. The phrase “Mission first, people always” is a common mantra in the military, and it is often borrowed in leadership studies. It’s a vision of success that invests in the success of those around you, a sense of shared mission (the why), ... Read More

This article was originally featured on Security Today Building out cross-functional collaboration between cyber and physical security teams will create a more unified approach, where a common language is established to better understand each department’s key priorities and processes. Doing so ensures there is collective monitoring of identified risk groups ... Read More

This article was originally featured on Dark Reading During the global war on terror, a group of commissioned and noncommissioned officers in the United States military participated in a unique training event. Soldiers of various ranks, all with different specialties, assembled in a remote location where they were stripped of ... Read More

This article was originally featured in Total Security Advisor Keeping employees healthy and safe and property secure is crucial, especially in light of the current geopolitical landscape, ongoing issues stemming from the most recent pandemic, and the tragic events in Highland Park, Uvalde, Buffalo, Tulsa, and many more cities. In ... Read More

Legal and compliance teams engage with nearly every aspect of the organization, from labor law to contracts, to cybersecurity. The role they play to reduce workplace violence and other security risks often go unnoticed and are seldom discussed. It’s worth having those discussions, because legal and compliance teams often set ... Read More

A common sentiment amongst risk professionals is that employees and institutions would be safer if their groups carried closer working relationships with other departments. Recent data suggests that this belief is widespread across organizations, not just those in physical security.  Executives in cybersecurity, IT, human resources, physical security, and legal ... Read More

This article was originally featured on Corporate Compliance Insights Since the Cold War, military conflicts have usually been regional disputes, often involving smaller nations. And when global “great powers” were engaged in conflicts, they were usually asymmetrical in nature and involved adversaries who weren’t peer nation-states. Perspective: Read the U.N.’s ... Read More

Security and risk teams continue to be stretched thin, tasked with managing multiple priorities of work within an uncertain environment fueled by the ongoing effects of issues such as COVID-19, civil unrest and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. They are asked to stay on top of the ancillary effects of all ... Read More