"I don't want security on our campus! I don't want the students to feel like they are living in some sort of prison; the campus should be free and have a culture of openness." As security consultants, we hear a version of this line time and again. Many people believe that security is synonymous with restriction, constrained liberty, and a kind of cold war police-state where students or workers scurry past menacing guards to get into work or school where they attempt to carve out a little place of happiness in a prison yard type environment. Life shouldn't be like that - nor should security make the good guys feel closed-in, restricted, deprived of liberty or in any way penalized for the crimes of an outside world. Benjamin Franklin once said, "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Security and freedom are not mutually exclusive! They are synonyms not antonyms. If you think increased security equals less freedom - or sigh, "well we need more security these days, but it's at a heavy cost..." then you will find yourself openly embracing security but privately resenting it Continue ReadingThe post Security and Freedom appeared first on Chameleon Associates.
