Organizations are often too busy looking at the details of a security rollout to consider the big picture, according to a panel of experts that convened in Toronto last month. The panel, which was conducted in front of an audience of security and IT professionals, agreed what could help bring that picture into sharper focus is accountability.

Security professionals are finding it’s becoming increasingly important to earn a designation or two to help them make the resume cut, get promoted or get a salary increase.

The vice-president of operations at the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority (CATSA) wants to make the job of an airport security screener more attractive as a profession.

Responding to industry demand for a college program that would train security supervisors, Kitchener, Ont.-based Conestoga College has launched an Advanced Security Studies post-grad diploma aimed at graduates of the Law And Security Administration program and those coming out of university programs.