Digital Executive Protection: Monitoring Executive Threats Online
Digital executive protection focuses on monitoring online threats to executives beyond traditional physical security. By analyzing social media, forums, and dark web activity, investigators track behavior patterns, assess risk, and identify threat actors. This ongoing digital surveillance helps organizations detect escalation early, guide security decisions, and support legal or law enforcement action, ensuring continuous protection even after physical security measures are reduced.
A.I. Is on Its Way to Upending Cybersecurity
Advances in A.I. from companies like Anthropic and OpenAI are rapidly transforming cybersecurity, enabling hackers to identify and exploit vulnerabilities faster than ever. While A.I. accelerates attacks, it also strengthens defenses by helping experts detect flaws. As threats grow more sophisticated, organizations must adopt A.I.-driven security tools or risk falling behind in an increasingly high-stakes cyber landscape.
Costco shifting from self-checkout to scan-and-go, shoppers report
Costco is scaling back or modifying self-checkout in some stores to improve efficiency and reduce theft. Changes vary by location, including removing lanes, limiting access, or adding employee-assisted scanning. The company is also testing app-based “scan-as-you-shop” options. Similar to moves by Walmart and Target, the shift reflects a broader focus on loss prevention and smoother checkout experiences.
Cyber-enabled cargo theft is rising. Here’s what the industry is learning
National Motor Freight Traffic Association highlighted the growing role of cyber-enabled cargo theft at its Spring Meeting, urging companies to involve cybersecurity teams in theft investigations. Industry leaders emphasized increased collaboration and transparency. The group also introduced a new Threat Report Portal, enabling anonymous sharing of cyberattack data to help carriers, shippers, and brokers strengthen defenses and respond more effectively to emerging threats.
When Cyber Threats Turn Physical: A New Reality For Executive Risk
A Security Executive Council report highlights a sharp rise in threats targeting executives, with 424 incidents globally and growing links between cyber and physical attacks. While most incidents involve physical harm, cyber-driven risks like impersonation are increasing. As threats expand beyond CEOs to other leaders, organizations are urged to adopt integrated digital executive protection strategies to address evolving, multidimensional risks.
Relationships in LP
David George
Executive Editor | TalkLPnews
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There’s a moment that happens in this profession that no one really prepares you for.
It’s not the promotion. It’s not the first big case. It’s not even the first time you walk into a difficult store situation. It’s the moment your job ends.
Sometimes it’s expected. Sometimes it’s not. Sometimes it’s handled well. Sometimes it isn’t. But almost always, something else happens that leaves a mark far deeper than the job loss itself.
The silence.
The Moment Everything Gets Quiet
You’ve spent years building relationships with peers, store teams, solutions providers, and with leaders. These are people you’ve traveled with, solved problems with, and shared wins with.
People who said things like: “Call me anytime.” “We’re like family.” “I’ve got your back.” Then one day… you’re no longer in the role.
And the phone doesn’t ring.
The Reality We Don’t Talk About
In LP, we pride ourselves on relationships.
We say it all the time: “This is a relationship business.” But here’s the uncomfortable question:
Are they relationships… or are they roles? Because when the title goes away, many of those “relationships” quietly disappear with it.
Not out of malice and not out of bad intent. But out of something more revealing: They were tied to proximity. To convenience. To a shared business purpose.
Not to you.
M&S makes heartfelt plea for government to address retail crime
Retailer pleas to the UK government tend to fall into several categories these days — from bring back tax-free shopping for tourists to changing the business rates system. And another that's become more of an issue is retail crime.
Policing the grocery store checkout won’t fix Canada’s food retail crisis
Militarized surveillance systems are becoming the new normal in many Canadian grocery stores, marking a disturbing symptom of an already fraught food retail system.
These three clothing retailers might be ahead of their rivals in the AI race
As the retail industry figures out how to put artificial intelligence to use, clothing chains like Abercrombie & Fitch, Gap and TJX could be further along than their rivals in adopting the technology, UBS analysts said Monday.
Join us for the Retail Crime Legal Briefing Q&A Southeast: From Incident to Accountability: Navigating Retail Crime in the Southeast, where we’ll get into the challenges retailers are facing and the legal strategies that matter most right now.
Featuring insights from attorney Charles Bowling, Esq., and Ops Lead Counsel Simon Isham from ALTO, this session will explore the topic from multiple angles to give you a well rounded perspective.
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Waffle House not liable for worker stabbing customer in face, 11th Circuit says
In Florida, an employer’s “premises liability” for an employee’s act of violence turns on whether the act in question is “reasonably foreseeable,” the 11th Circuit explained in its decision. The customer in Byndom had no proof upon which a reasonable jury could conclude that Waffle House could have foreseen the stabbing, the 11th Circuit said.
Cal/OSHA’s Proposed “Walkaround Rule” Welcomes Unions into Private California Workplaces: Key Takeaways for California Employers
The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (“Cal/OSHA”) issued a Notice of Proposed Rule Making in February 2026 to implement a new “Walkaround Rule,” allowing employee representatives to join Cal/OSHA inspections.
Calera Police: Retail theft suspects flee with kids in car, leave 2 children at Walmart Easter Sunday
A man and a woman are in custody after a police chase with children in the car Easter Sunday. According to Calera Police, officers were notified of a reported retail theft at 2:20 p.m. at the Calera Walmart. Authorities say after responding, the suspects fled on Highway 31 and then took Highway 87 back to I-65 SB.
The Supply Chain Investigator is responsible for ensuring that supply chain related operations across stores and merchandise distribution channels comply with company policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements. This role focuses on identifying, investigating, and mitigating risks related to inventory loss, fraud, process breakdowns, and operational inefficiencies throughout the Family Dollar merchandise supply chain network.
As a District Asset Protection Manager, you will develop, teach, and lead the implementation of the company’s asset protection, shortage control and safety programs for all stores in your district. You will train, mentor, and collaborate with store management and shortage control associates to ensure the effective execution and proper implementation of company policies, while driving improvements in inventory management and loss prevention.
Could this ‘beware of the dog’ sign for store owners help tackle shoplifting and retail crime?
That’s the thinking behind a new initiative from York-based signage business owner Scott Robinson, who is offering convenience store operators a free way to test the idea in their own shops.
Robinson, who founded Vantage Signs & Graphics at the age of 17 and has since worked with major brands including Costcutter, Burberry and McLaren, says the concept was born out of growing concern around shoplifting – and the cost of tackling it.
From Arrest to Accountability: Closing the Retail Crime Gap
Retail crime doesn’t end with an arrest—and neither does the response. ALTO is expanding efforts nationwide to bridge the gap between incidents and legal outcomes, helping reduce repeat offenses. By partnering with businesses, law enforcement, and prosecutors, the organization supports cases from investigation through resolution, delivering tailored strategies that strengthen store safety, protect employees and customers, and promote safer communities overall.
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