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Special guest Terrance Gainer, founder of Terrance W. Gainer, LLC, joins the CrimeScience podcast to talk about the election outcome response, the substantial increase in murders and non-fatal shootings, data reporting, and police departments adaptations to increase public engagement & safety. Our co-hosts also discuss the pandemic, social media censoring algorithms, consumer perception of the new normal, holiday season predictions, and much more.

Terrance W. Gainer is the founder of Terrance W. Gainer, LLC, a security and business development firm. In 2014, the United States Senate appointed Chief Gainer as the 38th United States Senate Sergeant at Arms, a culmination of 11 years of Service on Capitol Hill as Sergeant at Arms and Chief of the United States Capitol Police. Terry began his law enforcement career as a police officer in the Chicago Police Department rising through the ranks. An accomplished attorney, Terry served as chief legal officer of that department before he entered the Illinois State Government as Deputy Inspector General and Deputy Director of the Illinois State Police. He served at the U.S. Department of Transportation as Special Assistant to the Secretary before being appointed as Director of the Illinois State Police. Terry also served as Executive Assistant Chief of Police for the Metropolitan Police Department and four years later was selected to be the Chief of the U.S. Capitol Police. He then entered the private sector as a Chief Executive Officer responsible for a multimillion-dollar innovative law enforcement program supporting military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. Terry is a decorated combat veteran serving in Vietnam and retired as a Captain in the United States Navy Reserve. His degrees include a bachelor’s degree in Sociology, a Master of Science in Management, a Juris Doctor degree, and an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters.

Dual flu & COVID-19 vaccine to start trials in Hong Kong. By 2021, there will be an estimated 1 billion CCTV cameras. In this episode, Dr. Read Hayes, Tom Meehan, and Tony D’Onofrio discuss these topics and more, including IMPACT 2020, edge computing, live-streaming shopping in the U.S., Proud Boys, and Internet of Things security risks.

Nolen Scaife, Assistant Professor of the Department of Computer Science of the University of Colorado, Boulder, rejoins our podcast to discuss ransomware detectors, when organizations pay the ransom, social engineering, malware countermeasures, password management, and much more with our host, Dr. Read Hayes.

Over 40 COVID-19 vaccines in human trials.  20.5% of retailers surveyed will sit out of the markdown cycle. In this episode, our co-hosts delve into these topics and much more, including ransomware, 911 outages, eCommerce seasonal workforce, the correlation between incarceration & earnings, and customer perception of retail stores.

Brian Tuskan, Sr. Director, Chief Security Officer for Microsoft, joins us this week to discuss how the virtualization of Microsoft’s Security Operations has benefited his team and Microsoft during this pandemic, and the inspiration behind Cop to Corporate.  Our co-hosts also delve into civil unrest preparations, changes in payment trends, Amazon’s micro-fulfillment centers, Walmart’s trial drone delivery, and more.

Brian Tuskan has over 30 years of experience in law enforcement and the private security sector.  He is the Sr. Director, Chief Security Officer for Microsoft’s Global Security Operations in the Real Estate & Security Organization.  Brian’s team is responsible for the physical security of all of Microsoft’s global corporate footprint: Security Operations, Investigations, Threat Management, High-Value Assets, Intelligence, Virtual Security Operations Centers, Executive Protection, Risk & Enterprise Resiliency, Event Risk Management, & Background Screening.

As a public servant, Brian spent over 12 years in law enforcement with the City of Redmond Police (Washington) and the Honolulu Police Department.