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New Store Occupancy Management System Launched by Prosegur USA
Prosegur USA, a global security leader, announced the launch of a new automated system for managing store occupancy during COVID-19. Comprising of an Axis IP camera, custom Prosegur software and a monitor installed at the store entrance, the system dubbed Mobile Entry Manager keeps track of the number of people in the store at any time, and displays a message at the entrance whether customers can enter or whether they should wait in line. Read More Here
 

eBay Former Global Security Teams Cyberstalking Case Continues
Seventh Former eBay Employee Charged in Aggressive Cyberstalking Campaign
Boston: A seventh former employee of eBay, Inc. has been charged with participating in a cyberstalking campaign targeting a Natick, Mass. couple who published a newsletter that eBay executives viewed as critical of the company.

Philip Cooke, 55, of San Jose, Calif., a former police captain in Santa Clara, Calif., and a supervisor of security operations at eBay’s European and Asian offices, was charged by Information with conspiracy to commit cyberstalking and conspiracy to tamper with witnesses. Cooke will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date.

According to charging documents, Cooke conspired with six other former eBay employees: David Harville, 48, of New York City; James Baugh, 45, of San Jose, Calif.; Stephanie Popp, 32, of San Jose, Calif.; Stephanie Stockwell, 26, of Redwood City, Calif.; Veronica Zea, 26, of San Jose, Calif.; and Brian Gilbert, 51, of San Jose, Calif.

The charges of conspiracy to commit cyberstalking and conspiracy to tamper with witnesses each carry a sentence of up to five years in prison, three years of supervised release, a fine of up to $250,000 and restitution. Read the full case.


In Case You Missed It... Here's the Daily's full coverage on the case:

June 15: Former Senior Director of Safety & Security & Other Global Security Team Members Arrested, Facing 5 Yrs Prison & 3 Yrs Supervised Release & $250,000 Fine

June 15 Special Report: "Emotionally & Psychologically Terrorizing Middle-Aged Couple"

June 16: What They're All Saying - The Story Behind the Story - eBay's Former CEO Directed His Rage?

June 17: EBay's Former PR Chief Is 'Executive 2' in Cyberstalking Indictment

June 18: 'Having a Prosperous LP Career Without Compromising Ethical & Moral Standards'
- Op/Ed article by John Velke, SVP of Risk Management & Loss Prevention, Total Wine & More

June 22: ● eBay's Former CEO Denies Any Link to Cyberstalking
● eBay's Two Efforts - Separate & Independent - Asset Protection & Global Security
● eBay corporate statement provided to the Daily
 

Crime Wave Grips New York

NYC Shootings Increased 130% in June compared to LY - Burglaries Up 118%
Gun violence in New York City "spiked significantly" during the month of June compared to the same time last year, according to the NYPD's monthly crime briefing. "Between June 1 and June 30, there was a 130% increase in the number of shooting incidents across the city," reads the report.

There were a total of 205 shooting incidents in June — up from 89 last year — spread across all five boroughs, according to the NYPD. The violence continued into the July 4th holiday weekend as the NYPD reported 44 shooting incidents, CBS New York reports.

In addition to shootings last month, murders, burglaries and auto thefts also rose with the start of summer. Burglaries increased most significantly, from 817 to 1,783, an 118% uptick.

"The sharp increase in shootings and violence in New York puts innocent people at risk and tears at the fabric of life in our city," said NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, in the briefing.

Shea said the NYPD has been challenged by "deep budget cuts" and changes to the criminal justice system brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and the city council reached an agreement on June 30 to reallocate $1 billion of the NYPD budget, leaving the department with $88.1 billion, CBS New York reports.

As a result, the department's July police class was canceled, overtime was curtailed, and school safety, crossing guards and homeless outreach were all shifted out of the NYPD's purview. The reallocated funds will go towards youth and community services, according to the mayor. cbsnews.com

De Blasio says he won’t fire NYPD Commissioner Shea despite calls for removal
Mayor Bill de Blasio said Tuesday he won’t fire NYPD Police Commissioner Dermot Shea — despite a city councilman’s calls for the top cop’s ouster amid a weekend pierced by gunfire. nypost.com

America's Former Top Cop Says NYC Has a 'Crime Virus'
Ex-NYPD Commissioner Bratton: New York ‘a mess and going to get a lot worse’
Former Police Commissioner Bill Bratton slammed city and state leaders Monday for abandoning cops and helping create a “crime virus” to go along with the coronavirus in claiming innocent victims.

“The city is a mess and it’s going to get a lot worse unfortunately,” Bratton said during a WABC-77 radio interview. Bratton surmised that the morale of New York’s Finest is at an all-time low after “getting attacked from all sides” and “being defunded and demeaned.”

Even more troubling, he said, citizens who would normally cooperate with police to ferret out crime are not doing so because they “feel intimidated” by their neighbors who are protesting police brutality in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of cops in Minneapolis.

“It’s a second storm,” Bratton said. “There’s the coronavirus that’s taking a lot of lives on the one hand and now the crime virus that will take a lot of lives on the other.” nypost.com

D&D Daily Recognizes Bill Bratton
America's Former Top Cop & 'Founding Father' of Public Law Enforcement's ORC Efforts
From his support and funding of the nation's largest ORC association and conference in Los Angeles, to his current efforts in authorizing the formation of New York City's first Metro ORC effort, learn about Commissioner Bratton's commitment to public-private crime-fighting partnerships nationwide. Read our feature story here.

See pictures of retail LP teams with Bratton at our 'Live in NYC' 2016 event, where the Commissioner addressed a crowd of senior LP leaders and solution providers on the topic above.

In Case You Missed It: Hundreds of July 4th Weekend Shootings Across the U.S. 233 Shootings, 70 Killed, 276 Injured in 30 Cities Studied See the full list compiled by The Daily here.

COVID Update

US: Over 3.1M Cases - 134K Dead - 1.3M Recovered
Worldwide: Over 12M Cases - 548K Dead - 6.9M Recovered

Fallen Officers From the COVID-19 Pandemic: 51 | NYPD Deaths: 45
Private Industry Security Guard Deaths: 150+

U.S. reports record single-day spike of 60,000 new coronavirus cases
The country reported 60,021 newly confirmed cases over the previous 24 hours as outbreaks continue to expand across a number of states, mostly across the American South and West.

Arizona, California, Florida and Texas have accounted for nearly half of all new cases in the U.S. in recent days.

The record spike comes after daily new cases fell below 50,000 over the past few days, though some public health officials warned there could be a backlog of reporting due to the July Fourth holiday weekend. The U.S. has reported about 51,383 new cases on average over the past seven days, a record high seven-day average, up nearly 24.5% compared with a week ago, according to an analysis of data collected by Johns Hopkins. cnbc.com

Shoppers across the country are retreating again as coronavirus cases surge

Retail traffic fairing better in states with mask requirements

Retail traffic in the U.S. was down the most so far in 2020, on a year-over-year basis, during the week ended April 18, according to data from the retail consultancy ShopperTrak, part of part of Sensormatic Solutions. It fell 82.6%.

From then until the past 14 days, there were slight improvements. Those declines shrank each week, according to ShopperTrak. The decline had eased to being down just 34% from the year prior, for the week ended June 20.

But over the past two weeks, retail traffic declines have accelerated once more, as Covid-19 cases surge nationwide, with hot spots in states including Florida and Texas. Customers are retreating for a second time.

The week ended June 27 traffic in the U.S. was down 35.7%, according to ShopperTrak. Last week it was down 39.5% compared with the prior year.

But not all states are looking the same - largely driven by the safety precautions that are being taken in each of those states. Of the 38 states with traffic falling again, only eight of those are requiring masks statewide. Of the 13 on the rise, 11 require the general public to wear masks. cnbc.com

FMI Report: Safety Is Key Motivation For Online Grocery Shopping Surge
Online grocery shopping has doubled its share of food retail spending during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to findings from FMI – the Food Industry Association and The Hartman Group. During the first two months of the pandemic, about 20% of all Americans tried online grocery shopping for the first time.

“From an experiential standpoint, there’s been some mixed emotions about it. But clearly, the motivations for shopping online are really important here,” said Laurie Demeritt, CEO of Hartman, in a follow-up webinar about the recent report, 2020 U.S. Grocery Shopper Trends. “In the past, pre-pandemic, people would typically go online because they thought it would help save time or save money. And that’s still important. But clearly, the issue and the motivating factor right now is safety.” theshelbyreport.com

Texas shatters daily record with over 10,000 new coronavirus cases

New Jersey will require face masks to be worn outdoors: Gov. Phil Murphy

No COVID-19 resurgence in New York yet, officials say, but 'if you were at a protest, go get a test, please'

Poll: Many U.S. adults plan to spend less after the pandemic than before
 

SDM's 2020 Top Systems Integrators Report: Strength in Numbers
Security integrators ranked on the 25th Annual 2020 Top Systems Integrators Report collectively grew 23 percent in 2019 over the previous year, but the unpredictability of what lies ahead looms.

Last year was a year of revenue growth for many security integrators ranked on the 2020 Top Systems Integrators Report. For some, it was their best year of revenue growth in company history, and for others, the market was flat yet steady. Collectively, the nation’s largest security integrators grew their 2019 North American systems integration revenue by 23 percent over 2018. This is particularly solid evidence of a great year in the security industry as the year before was also a year of growth: those ranked on the Top Systems Integrators Report last year, saw a growth rate of 14 percent over their 2017 systems integration revenue.

One area in particular that many of this year’s Top Systems Integrators noted growth in was hosted and managed services. In fact, with so many security integrators focusing on growing their RMR through these types of services, SDM ranked the top 25 Top Systems Integrators by their reported Recurring Monthly Revenue or RMR for 2019. Top Systems Integrators saw RMR growth with $789.49 million in 2019 collectively, compared with $727.97 in 2018. sdmmag.com

Big Four Heading for Audit Shakeup in U.K.
The U.K. is moving closer to a far-reaching shakeup of the Big Four accounting firms that would separate their audit and consulting businesses after a series of high-profile audit failures.

The Big Four sign off on the accounts of more than 95% of the U.K.’s 350 largest listed companies. They have been under scrutiny since the collapse of government contractor Carillion, which had been audited by KPMG for 19 years.

The U.K.'s accounting watchdog has asked the firms to submit a plan by Oct. 23 for separating their audit and consulting businesses.

The principles aim to, among other things, ensure that audit practice governance protects auditors from being exposed to “influences from the rest of the firm that could divert their focus away from audit quality.” cfo.com

Updated seasonal hurricane forecast calls for 20 named storms
According to the team, nearly all seasonal forecasts for the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season have been well above normal. Current and long-term conditions across the Atlantic continue to favor a 2020 season that is well above average. securitymagazine.com

Another Coronavirus Victim
Storied apparel brand Brooks Brothers files for bankruptcy as it seeks a buyer and closes dozens of stores

Ascena Prepares Bankruptcy to Cut Debt, To Close at Least 1,200 Stores

United warns 36,000 employees of potential job cuts as pandemic roils travel demand

Levi's to cut 700 office jobs due to coronavirus-related slump

Walgreens to Open Doctors’ Offices at Its U.S. Stores

 

McKinsey & Company
A dual cybersecurity mindset for the next normal
As companies extend commitments to remote workforces, cybersecurity teams need to address new risks while helping create business value in the next normal.

As the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the world, most organizations made a quick transition to a remote workforce and a more intense focus on serving customers through digital channels. This created a rapid surge in demand for digital capabilities, products, and services. Cybersecurity teams, for their part, were largely successful in taking on a dual mission of supporting business continuity and protecting the enterprise and its customers.

The digital response to the COVID-19 crisis has also created new security vulnerabilities. Attackers seek to exploit the gaps opened when telecommuting employees use insecure devices and networks. Threat actors also use known attack techniques to exploit people’s COVID-19-related fears. For example, Google tallied more than 18 million malware and phishing emails related to the novel coronavirus on its service each day in April. It also reported identifying more than a dozen government-backed groups using COVID-19 themes for these attempts.1 1. Threat Analysis Group, “Findings on COVID-19 and online security threats,” blog entry by Shane Huntley, Google, April 22, 2020, blog.google.

Chief information-security officers (CISOs) and cybersecurity teams will need to approach the next horizon of business with a dual mindset. They must first address the new risks arising from the shift to a remote digital working environment, securing the required technology. They will also need to anticipate the next normal—how their workforce, customers, supply chain, channel partners, and sector peers will work together—so that they may appropriately engage and embed security by design. The new context of changing customer and employee behavior and a constantly shifting threat landscape must also be considered.

Addressing risks and fortifying gains - Assessing and knocking down hot spots - Fixing and mopping up operations - Fortifying security gains - Anticipating the next normal - Secure the workforce in new ways of working - Secure the customer journey through the shift to digital business - Rethink supply chain and third-party risk - Sustain increased sector collaboration - Cybersecurity road map for the next normal  mckinsey.com

California Consumer Privacy Act
It's Official: CCPA Enforcement Officially Began on July 1
Enforcement of the California Consumer Privacy Act officially began on July 1 despite the lack of a final, codified version of the regulation. The law applies to organizations - regardless of location - that have access to Californian's personal data.

Regulatory experts advise that organizations should prepare to comply with a draft resolution presented by California Attorney General Xavier Becerra's office to the state's Office of Administrative Law for final approval on June 1.

Technically, CCPA is not enforceable until the OAL completes its review and returns the resolution to the attorney general's office. Nevertheless, in a June 30 statement, Becerra announced the attorney general's office would begin enforcing the measure July 1.

CCPA was officially signed into law on June 28, 2018 and went into effect Jan. 1, 2020. But the state said it would not prosecute any companies that failed to comply for the first six months the law was in effect. Meanwhile, several possible changes to the law are still being vetted by the OAL.

Shannon Yavorsky, a privacy and data security partner at Orrick, says it's unclear if the state can legally attempt to enforce regulations that are not reflected in a final, codified law. Regardless, her firm is advising clients to behave as if the law will immediately be enforced. bankinfosecurity.com

How to Achieve CCPA Compliance (If Your Company Hasn't Already)

Your Brand May Be Compliant, But Are Your Tech Partners?

Bills Call for State, White House Cybersecurity Coordinators
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced an amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act that would provide funding for a cybersecurity coordinator in every state. Under the amendment, the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency, a unit of the Department of Homeland Security, would appoint the state cybersecurity coordinators, who would help respond to the increasing number of cyberthreats targeting local entities, such as municipalities and school districts.

Meanwhile in the House, the bipartisan National Cyber Director Act, introduced June 25, calls for restoring the cybersecurity director position within the White House, which was eliminated by the Trump administration. Similar legislation introduced earlier failed to advance. The Cyberspace Solarium Commission recommended the creation of a national cyber director in its March report. Under the legislation, the director would coordinate cyber strategy and policy and act as the president's principal adviser on cybersecurity. bankinfosecurity.com

The U.S. government is 'looking at' banning TikTok due to national security concerns

5G Was Going to Unite the World—Instead It’s Tearing Us Apart
Divisions over technical standards and the role of China’s Huawei are jeopardizing the rollout of superfast connections