ASIAL Security Insider – Details, episodes & analysis

In a world where the threat environment is volatile, and tensions are high, security teams are under more pressure than ever—facing verbal aggression, physical incidents, and the constant need to stay vigilant. But mental strain doesn’t always announce itself until performance drops, conflict escalates, or someone quietly burns out.

In this, the second part of our exploration of mental health in security, we continue our discussion with Simon Brown-Greaves about how security companies can protect the mental health of their staff without sacrificing operational capability. In the last episode, we covered the biggest mental-health stressors impacting security professionals right now, as well as early indicators of burnout, cumulative stress injury, and trauma exposure.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• A practical post-incident support approach (what to do—and what to avoid)
• Training priorities for guards, supervisors, and leadership
• How to build a culture where support is used early, not after crisis

If you lead security teams—or you work the front line—this conversation will give you practical steps you can apply immediately.

Subscribe for more conversations on security leadership, operational capability, and resilience in high-risk environments.

In a world where the threat environment is volatile and tensions are high, security teams are absorbing more pressure than ever—verbal aggression, physical incidents, and the constant need to stay vigilant. But mental strain doesn’t always announce itself until performance drops, conflict escalates, or someone quietly burns out.

In this episode, we speak with Simon Brown-Greaves about how security companies can protect the mental health of their staff without sacrificing operational capability. We cover the warning signs leaders often miss, what to do after critical incidents, how rosters and fatigue drive psychological risk, and what a real mental-health framework looks like on the ground—not just in policy documents.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The biggest mental-health stressors impacting security professionals right now
• Early indicators of burnout, cumulative stress injury, and trauma exposure
• A practical post-incident support approach (what to do—and what to avoid)

If you lead security teams—or you work the front line—this conversation will give you practical steps you can apply immediately.

Subscribe for more conversations on security leadership, operational capability, and resilience in high-risk environments. visit www.asial.com.au

In this episode of the Security Insider podcast, we’re tackling a topic that sits right at the heart of every security, event, and facility manager’s responsibility—keeping crowds safe.

In 2021, the Astroworld Festival ended in tragedy when ten lives were lost in a crowd surge that investigators later concluded could have been prevented. Out of that heartbreak, the Pink Bows Foundation was created by the family of Madison Dubiski, one of the victims, to ensure no family has to endure that kind of loss again.

At the centre of their work is the Showstop® Procedure. This proven system empowers event organisers and security teams to act decisively and stop a performance if there’s a credible threat to life safety. It’s already been used successfully around the world, preventing injuries and saving lives.

Our guest for this episode is Steve Allen, the developer of the Showstop® Procedure and a leading voice in global crowd safety. Steve has decades of experience working with major artists, festivals, and venues, and he’s now working with the Pink Bows Foundation to make Showstop® training a global standard.

We’ll be talking about the lessons learned from past tragedies, what the Showstop® Procedure looks like in practice, and most importantly, what you—as security professionals and event managers—can take away to make your venues and events safer.”

In this episode of the ASIAL Security Insider podcast, we speak with Nick Kaldas, Former Deputy Commissioner, NSW Police, and current Chair, Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicide, about his involvement with the Australian Security Medals Foundation.

What are the Australian Security Medals? What do these awards mean for the security industry and how can you get involved?

For more information on the Australian Security Medals visit asmf.net or go to www.asial.com.au

In this episode of the ASIAL Security Insider podcast, we speak with Dr. Gavriel Schneider, CEO at Risk 2 Solution Group, founder of Presilience & Program Director at ACU (Australian Catholic University). We speak with Gav about the current Vaccine rollout and how it can be used as a case study for security managers in the area of crisis communications and human based risk and decision making.

Dr. Gavriel (Gav) Schneider F.ISRM. RPP is CEO at Risk 2 Solution Group, founder of Presilience and a Program Director at ACU. He is also the Aus/NZ chapter chair and member of the Global Advisory Committee at Institute of Strategic Risk Management (ISRM).

Unless otherwise expressly stated, the views and opinions expressed during this podcast represent the opinions of the relevant guest and do not represent the views or opinions of ASIAL or its members, advertisers or contributors.

In this episode of the ASIAL Security Insider podcast, we speak with David Cameron, Chief Security Officer for International SOS. David provides insights into a recent survey conducted amongst security managers from some of the largest organisations around Australia, specifically to identify what lessons and opportunities have come from managing security during a global pandemic.

This podcast is a brief insight into the issues David will be presenting at this year's Security Exhibition Conference talking place from November 17th to 19th at Darling Harbour in Sydney, Australia.

In this episode of the ASIAL Security Insider Podcast, we speak with Professor Martin Gill about what security might look like in a post COVID world. Professor Martin Gill (m.gill@perpetuityresearch.com) is a criminologist who has published extensively on security issues and pioneered the Outstanding Security Performance Awards (the OSPAs: www.theospas.com) and the Tackling Economic Crime Awards (the TECAs: www.thetecas.com). From his research work in prisons interviewing robbers, burglars, fraudsters and murderers, amongst others, he learnt that being prolific and successful at committing crime without being caught was dependent on security not being effective. This finding and the need to respond to it has driven his professional career.

You can hear Martin presenting at this year's Security Conference taking place from the 21st to the 23rd of July at the Security Expo in Sydney.

In this episode of the ASIAL Security Insider Podcast, we look at what it takes to build a career in the security industry. From direct entry as a security officer, to working as a technician, coming into the industry from a police or military background or studying security at university, we look at the various avenues to senior security roles.

In this episode of the ASIAL Security Insider podcast, we speak with Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of South Australia about changes to the laws around the use of surveillance devices for licensed investigators. What are the changes, who do they effect and how do these laws help investigators?

In this episode of the ASIAL Security Insider podcast series, we speak with Chris Delaney, Industrial Relations Advisor at ASIAL about ASIAL's new Code of Practice for Sub-Contracting. Who does it affect, what does it cover and what does it mean for the security industry?