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Effective collections security is the application of general security practices centering on concentricity, redundancy and reliability. Ultra-wealthy collectors are wise to examine the relevant work experience of prospective vendors to determine both their credentials and their ability to protect valuable items.

Protecting assets is an ever-present reality in the information age. From the courtesy checks from a credit card company to Gmail, Twitter and Facebook, there is an abundance of fertile ground for financial crime. The good news is that there are a multitude of practical tips and safeguards everyone can implement to preserve their identity and property.

Criminal justice scholars have systematically demonstrated that subjective indicators, such as collective perceptions of economic hardship, are sufficient to influence crime rates. However, research focusing on solely objective indicators, such as unemployment rates, gross product per capita and inflation levels, has shown a murkier relationship between economic conditions and crime.

An annual survey of senior executives globally finds that theft of electronic data has overtaken physical theft as the most frequently reported fraud. The survey finds fear of fraud is dissuading companies from operating in other countries.

This comprehensive report discusses organizational pandemic preparedness and response as well as business continuity management, provides background information on the H1N1 virus and human influenza pandemics, highlights the international implications of a pandemic and outlines some of the potential insurance coverage issues related to pandemics.

Nobody wants to worry about health security, but the reality is that prudent individuals who have the means and capability of risk assessment and management in other areas of their lives cannot assume that they are invincible or that either the government or the medical system will be adequate to fill in for a lack of health risk management.

Identity theft is a risk that grows and changes daily. Keeping up to date with the latest prevention methods is the surest way to protect oneself from the many forms that identity theft can take, including medical, credit and financial theft. This helpful checklist offers suggestions for minimizing the risk of identity theft as well as steps to take if such theft should occur.

An informed discussion of the issue can help a family see that between the two extremes of attitude toward kidnapping (avoiding the danger by staying at home or regarding it as an uncontrollable cost of doing business or traveling) there are a number of steps that can be taken to reduce the likelihood of a kidnapping.

While college students may act like teens, they legally are adults – a distinction parents may overlook as they send their children off to school. Parents are wise to plan for legal issues that may arise by establishing a durable power of attorney, a healthcare proxy, a will and trust instruments as well as waivers with the college to acquire access to grades and other now private information.

While it is impossible to predict the timing or consequences of an influenza pandemic, there is little doubt among world health authorities that a significant pandemic will occur. Consequently, businesses that will survive must have a plan in place to mitigate the health, social, operational and economic impacts. This guide is intended to assist businesses in either preparing or reviewing such a plan.