Tim Koerner has one of those security credentials that will instantly cause everyone in the room to perk up their ears when they it: He worked for the U.S. Secret Service.

The state of national threats in Canada should be up for public debate, according to Wesley Wark, professor at the Munk Centre for International Studies at the University of Toronto.

It is not new to hear that the City of Toronto has been identified as a possible target for criminal or terrorist activity. What is new is the recent change in the corporate response to these threats.

The Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) is responsible for overseeing the airport’s Pass/Permit Control Office (PPCO), which administers restricted area identification cards, access control cards and permits for each of the approximately 33,000 employees at the airport ”“ from airline employees to shopkeepers to food vendors to contractors. There’s a lot of turnaround at the airport, and the PPCO serves an average of 175 clients per day ”“ which works out to more than 45,000 employees and contractors per year ”“ for a variety of pass/permit requests.

Using the latest technology, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario is able to detect patterns in incident activity and predict issues with annual events ”“ even identify associations between known individuals and potential incident involvements.

Its Legislative Security Service is responsible for safety and security on the legislative grounds, responding to 2,300 incidents every year from presidential visits to protests and demonstrations. To track, analyze and report on security incidents, it was using PPM 2000’s Incident Reporting & Investigation Management software.