Protecting critical substations is an expensive and difficult proposition given locations and topography, and the answer may lie in a Design Basis Threat approach.
Recent history has given rise to an almost feverish obsession with regard to thinking about “grid security” and large-scale national or regional cascading events.
According to the Association of Workers’ Compensation Boards of Canada, there were more than 4,000 reported incidents of workplace violence against Canadian nurses between 2008 and 2013, and still, sources in the industry believe that these types of incidents are woefully underreported.
U.S. Ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman and Marc Garneau, Canada’s Minister of Transport, announced the completion of a two-year collaboration between U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) and air carriers to update the screening process at Toronto Pearson International Airport for passengers headed to the United States.
Stanley Security Canada announced the strategic acquisition of Quebec-based Le Groupe Intégral to expand and complement Stanley’s Microtec division, including its product and service offerings, capabilities and presence in the residential and small commercial business market.
Canada’s border agency ended its reality TV program Border Security: Canada’s Front Line after Daniel Therrien, the federal privacy commissioner, found that the agency violated rights of a construction worker filmed during a raid in Vancouver in 2013 by not gaining “valid consent” to film the incident around his arrest.
In a survey by GfK research, almost three in 10 Canadian consumers (27 percent) report that they are “always concerned” about their safety and security.