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On February 18, 2001, FBI special agents arrested Robert Philip Hanssen as he was dropping off classified documents at a park near his home in Vienna, Virginia. The documents were intended for the SVR, Russia’s equivalent of the CIA. Hanssen, a special agent of the FBI himself, had been spying for the Soviet Union and, later, for Russia for over two decades by the time of his arrest. His betrayal inflicted significant damage on the security of the United States.

Most hospitals overlook signage in their security strategy—but poor wayfinding can quietly erode patient safety, regulatory compliance, and emergency readiness. This white paper outlines how to turn signage into a high-impact, low-cost security tool.

“Today’s health care risk environment is more similar to the FBI or CIA than one might expect,” writes Ken Senser, Corporate Security Advisors’ Chief Strategy Officer and a former CIA officer detailed to the FBI’s security division. This article draws on Ken's 40 year experience, and launches a four-part series offering practical strategies drawn from decades of national security and private-sector experience.