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Security for
organizations performing biomedical research with animals is no longer just
gates, guards and guns.
Improving
your organization's biosecurity practices, protecting intellectual
property, reducing social media and other internet threats such as hacking,
preparing for severe legal challenges to all aspects of animal research at
the local, state and federal level, even understanding the issues posed by
animal rights shareholder initiatives are now all part of your security
portfolio.
And because of
the broadness of the threats, security can no longer belong solely to the
organization's security department, but is now everyone's concern.
In life
sciences research, biosecurity typically refers to practices designed to
decrease the likelihood that biological research will be misused for
malicious purposes. Biosecurity is a central concern of this workshop;
we are also covering the larger family of important risks and threats
listed below.
We will use
case studies and peer discussion to give you specific action-oriented steps
for your organization:
- Personnel
reliability and physical security, including managing employee screening
programs and security clearances; providing lab security and code of
conduct training; and implementing best biosecurity practices
- The
significant expansion of animal law in the US and abroad which
indicates that 'animal rights' is now firmly on the agenda for serious
consideration across the US -legislators at all levels and courts at
all levels are in the crosshairs
- AR
groups continue to become shareholders of publicly held companies and
now demand that their voices and their petitions be heard at annual
meetings or included in proxy statements
- Research
organizations have found their databases and websites compromised,
hacked or hijacked. Individual researchers have also been subjected to
on-line targeting ranging from the benign to the very scary. And
students have been viciously targeted for their choice of majors and
research topics, and grad students have been threatened.
WHO
should attend: Security Personnel,
Human Resources, Public Relations, Government Relations, PIs, Program
Directors, Managers and Animal Care Staff Leaders
To view FULL-day agenda click here!
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