Workplace Violence for Executives: Tackling Your Organization’s Biggest Challenge
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss a major workplace violence incident and lessons learned.
- Consider critical elements important to establishing a workplace violence program.
- Explore communication strategies used to train organizations on indicators of workplace violence.
- Identify other considerations related to privacy, legal, and COVID-19 implications.
Credits:
Participants completing this course may be eligible to receive Continuing Professional Education credit or CPEs toward ASIS re-certification.
The most challenging threat vectors for security and risk management executives are those posed by employees. Workplace violence presents a great risk to organizations because it is hard to detect and almost impossible to prevent. This webinar will provide a short review of two case studies, lessons learned and challenges that exist today for workplace violence programs.

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J.T. Mendoza is a corporate security executive, currently serving as the head of global insider risk management for an international organization of over 100,000 employees in more than 40 countries. He is a decorated combat veteran with more than 22 years of combined, distinguished military and public service positions of progressive responsibility. During his career, Mendoza has conducted and overseen international security programs, felony-level criminal investigations, and sensitive clandestine programs within the U.S. federal law enforcement and intelligence community. Prior to his current role, he served as Deputy Director of the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) Insider Threat Hub. In this role, he was responsible for strategy, outreach and integration efforts in the USAF’s effort to detect, identify and mitigate insider threats to national security and AF personnel, missions, information and facilities. Before joining the USAF, Mendoza served as a senior leader within the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Counterespionage Division. |