PIAVA Meeting March 19

  PIAVA is having its monthly meeting March 19, 2008.  This is our usual monthly meeting always, well most always, held on the third Wednesday.  PIAVA always has interesting speakers and attending members/guests always learn something new about the private security and investigation industry.

  This month Fairfax County, VA, Board of Supervisors Chairman, Gerald Connolly, is our speaker (See Fairfax County Government).  Mr. Connolly and his family have resided in Fairfax County, VA, since 1979.  He was first elected Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors in 2003.  He was re-elected to a second term this past November with nearly 60 percent of the countywide vote.  Previously, he served nine years as the Providence District Supervisor.  Mr. Connolly has been active in the Fairfax County community for many years and has vigorously represented Fairfax County’s citizens in addressing the many issues that impact our daily life.

Since we invited Mr. Connolly to be our speaker at our March meeting, he announced that he is running for Congress for the 11th District of Virginia.  See www.gerryconnolly.com 

Mr. Connolly will talk with PIAVA, informally, about the operation and organization of Fairfax County, VA, government.  Many of our members’ businesses are in Fairfax County, and I am sure there will be many questions about our county government. 

If anyone in the private security business is thinking about joining PIAVA and wants to attend one of our meetings, please contact me at the contact information in the upper left corner of this Blog.

Bill Lowrance

President PIAVA

Have Skype Vonnage? Security Issues

 Think about it. You have e-mail, IM, VOIP, like Skype, Vonnage.  Who is listening or monitoring your conversations? Most of us would say “No one monitors my communications because I am not saying or communicating anyone wants to know about.”

Well, some businesses or others may have communications that should remain private.  Some security experts recommend that you maintain a land line telephone for better security rather than using a VOIP like Skype, Vonnage or others.  VOIP, e-mail and IMs are subject to intercepts.  Here are two articles outlining security features and who and how can intercept your communications. 

VOIP News
Top Security Threats-2008

Bill Lowrance

President PIAVA