LOSS PREVENTION Articles
Investigative Tactics and Strategies
Field techniques and tests for detecting internal retail theft, including double buys, combination buys, and refund buys
Social Engineering: The Basics
What is social engineering? What are the most common and current tactics? A guide on how to stop social engineering.
Supply Chain Security Threats: 5 Game-Changing Forces
Supply chain security is being remade by black swan events, economic blahs, and more. What can a CSO do to keep goods and information flowing?
DHS: Counterfeit Goods Still Rampant in U.S.
Phony products seizures fell slightly, but counterfeiting continues to be big business.
Checklist: 11 Security Tips for Black Friday, Cyber Monday
This holiday shopping season, IT and physical security practitioners have the tough task of protecting customer data and preventing shoplifting. Here are 11 tips to bring sanity to the process.
4 Cheap Options to Monitor Networks for Evidence
Investigations manager Brandon Gregg explains how to collect evidence for network investigations on the cheap without damaging the mission at hand.
Report: Retail Shrink, Theft Up in 2009
Recession woes lead more to stealing, and increased stock loss globally, according to the latest Global Retail Theft Barometer from the Centre for Retail Research
Counterfeit Money: Still Going Strong
Counterfeit money printing activity continues in several global hot-spots. Chad Wasilenkoff, CEO of banknote-maker Fortress paper, talks about where and how counterfeiters are still successfully plying their trade.
Organized Crime and Retail Theft: Facts and Myths
Small, loosely connected gangs illustrate the challenge of stopping organized retail theft
Special Report: Security Versus the Mob
An in-depth look at the battle against organized crime in the physical and digital worlds, from retail theft to identity theft.
