Megan Gates

Washington, D.C., United States

Senior Editor at Security Management (US)

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Online Posts About U.S. Judges Take Increasingly Violent Turn

1 month ago | asisonline.org | Megan Gates

Hate Amplified: Online Posts About U.S. Judges Take Increasingly Violent Turn Online rhetoric about judges in the United States is becoming increasingly violent and justices are expressing concerns about their personal safety. A study from the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism (GPAHE) published earlier this month found a 327 percent increase in violent threats and impeachment calls for judges on social media platforms 4Chan, Gab, and X.
A Look at Security Around the Secretive Election Process

1 month ago | asisonline.org | Megan Gates

Conclave: A Look at Security Around the Secretive Election Process The cardinals have gathered. The windows are closed. The doors are sealed. And a conclave in Vatican City is once again underway. The conclave is one of the most secretive processes that takes place in the world. At 4:30 p.m. local time today, 133 cardinals walked into the Sistine Chapel where they will be sequestered for the 26th time.
Cryptocurrency Investors Up Personal Security Measures After Series of Violent Kidnappings Targeting Their Peers

1 month ago | asisonline.org | Megan Gates

Cryptocurrency Investors Up Personal Security Measures After Series of Violent Kidnappings Targeting Their Peers Cryptocurrency investors are reassessing their security posture after a string of kidnappings targeting their peers over the past six months.
Joint Advisory Warns of Russian Campaign to Hack into Private Companies’ IP Cameras

1 month ago | asisonline.org | Megan Gates

Joint Advisory Warns of Russian Campaign to Hack into Private Companies’ IP Cameras More than 20 international agencies issued a joint cybersecurity advisory this week, warning of a Russian state-sponsored campaign that hacked into IP cameras of Western logistic and technology companies. The advisory links the activity to the Russian General Staff Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) 85th Main Special Service Center (85th GTsSS), military unit 26165—commonly known as APT28 and Fancy Bear.
Spotting DPRK IT Remote Workers

1 month ago | asisonline.org | Megan Gates

Recruitment Red Flags: Spotting DPRK IT Remote Workers The job market these days is competitive, but personal branding can push a profile to the top of the stack. Just ask North Korean threat actors, who have been using well-polished LinkedIn profiles to find their next well-paid position.
5 Takeaways from ASIS Europe’s Future of Travel Risk Management Workshop

2 months ago | asisonline.org | Megan Gates

5 Takeaways from ASIS Europe’s Future of Travel Risk Management Workshop 1 April 2025 Security Technology, April 2025 Security practitioners from around the world gathered in March at ASIS Europe 2025 in Dublin, Ireland, to discuss trending security topics and challenges. One of those topics was travel risk management (TRM), which has been top of mind for many security practitioners as business travel gets back to pre-COVID-19 pandemic levels.
Lessons in Emergency Management on the 30th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing

2 months ago | asisonline.org | Megan Gates

Q&A: Lessons in Emergency Management on the 30th Anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing On the morning of 19 April 1995, people were going about their business at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The major building hosted 11 U.S. federal agency offices, a credit union, and a child care center. It was a bustling center of activity in the U.S. state’s capital with approximately 600 federal and contract workers and about 250 visitors that morning.
Third-Party Involvement in Confirmed Security Breaches Doubled

2 months ago | asisonline.org | Megan Gates

Verizon 2025 DBIR: Third-Party Involvement in Confirmed Security Breaches Doubled Do you know how secure your vendors are? Are you sure? Those questions are top of mind after Verizon released its 2025 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) this week, finding that third-party involvement in breaches has doubled to 30 percent.
Where Wrongful Detention is on the Rise

2 months ago | asisonline.org | Megan Gates

Where Wrongful Detention is on the Rise 1 April 2025 Security Technology, April 2025 Fifty-four Americans were wrongfully detained or held hostage overseas in 17 countries in 2024, according to an annual report from the James Foley Foundation. “Despite some success in freeing the wrongfully detained, there was little progress in freeing American hostages,” wrote researcher Elizabeth Richards in the 2024 Hostage and Wrongful Detainee Landscape report published by the foundation.
5 Pretravel Steps for Safer Work Trips

2 months ago | asisonline.org | Megan Gates

5 Pretravel Steps for Safer Work Trips 1 April 2025 Security Technology, April 2025 Business travel is back. Nearly half of travel buyers said they expect their companies to take more business trips in 2025, according to a poll from the Global Business Travel Association (GBTA). The poll found that corporate business travel increased across all surveyed regions—Asia Pacific, Europe, Latin America, and North America—in 2024.