Two renowned U.S. organisations, specialising in intelligence analysis and corporate security, are pooling their resources, as part of a new partnership designed to heighten security in corporate America.
SEC - Mercyhurst University
The Security Executive Council (SEC), the renowned research and advisory firm on corporate security risk mitigation, and the Ridge College of Intelligence Studies and Applied Sciences at Mercyhurst University, the oldest and largest intelligence studies programme of its kind in academia, have announced the expansion of an existing relationship into a more strategic partnership.
“We have already had great results placing Mercyhurst interns into client projects and piloting interns for some of the SEC’s own research projects,” said Bob Hayes, Managing Director of the SEC, adding “This is a window of opportunity to bring two great organisations together in a synergistic partnership.”
Data analysis and intelligence studies internships
The SEC will connect its broad community of corporate security leaders with Mercyhurst’s students and faculty
As per the partnership, the SEC will connect its broad community of corporate security leaders with Mercyhurst’s students and faculty, creating opportunities for data analysis and intelligence studies internships, capstone research, and other projects, jointly coordinated by the SEC and the university’s Center for Intelligence Research Analysis and Training (CIRAT).
According to the SEC, the COVID-19 pandemic has awakened many private-sector organisations to the need for corporate security intelligence analysis, cyber analysts, data science, and competitive intelligence.
Honing intelligence, information and applied science students
The Ridge College, named after the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge, helps meet that need by developing intelligence, information management, and applied science practitioners for the 21st-century work environment.
The SEC brings to the partnership its unique security-specific research and Collective Knowledge, its subject matter experts – all former security executives – who will help manage and coordinate projects, and its reach to a dedicated community of security leaders and vetted service and product providers.
Supporting student internships and project opportunities
“The SEC has provided so many internship and project opportunities that have allowed our students to gain real-world applied experience that we wouldn’t have otherwise been exposed to,” said Brian Fuller, Director of Operations for Ridge College.
Brian Fuller adds, “We look forward to the further growth of this partnership and to increasing its value for both the SEC and their clients, and Mercyhurst University and our students.”
- Network / IP
- Electronic security systems
- Office security systems
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- Security policy
- Security devices
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- Internet of Things (IoT)
- Corporate Security
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- Artificial intelligence (AI)
- COVID-19
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