Vancouver’s 2010 Integrated Security Unit is launching the largest peacetime security operation ever undertaken in Canada as it counts down to the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games.  As Vancouver prepares to welcome the world, it is also a critical test of Canada’s best security forces and their ability to balance safety with hospitality.

Winter Olympic events and particularly Vancouver’s 2010 Winter and Paralympics are creating greater security challenges as their popularity increases, says a GardaWorld consultant and former Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent.

In early February two members of the security staff from St. Michael’s hospital in Toronto allegedly roughed up an aboriginal man and woman who had entered the hospital together to visit a relative.

Online social networking sites (OSNs), whether you love or loathe them, are here to stay. But finding an easy balance between employee autonomy and corporate security can be difficult — particularly without an understanding of how the majority of OSN users think.