Bernard J. (Ben) Scaglione, is an experienced healthcare security professional with over 39 years of security experience, 35 years within the healthcare environment. He has obtained his master’s degree from Rutgers University School of Criminal Justice and is a certified security practitioner. He is a Certified Protection Professional, Certified Healthcare Safety Professional, and Certified Healthcare Protection Administrator. He is an accomplished Green Belt and Incident Command Exercise Designer.

During his career Ben has served as a security director for some of the most prestigious healthcare institutions within the New York City area. He started his security career in 1981 as a security supervisor at Seton Hall University. From there he landed at Mikasa China providing security for their US east coast distribution center. He left Mikasa to work for a short time in the contract security world as a field supervisor at Winfield Security Corporation. Ben started his healthcare security career in 1985 as investigator, then supervisor at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City. Leaving Beth Israel in 1988, he became the Director of Safety, Security and Risk Management at St. Mary’s Hospital in New Jersey. When St. Mary’s closed in 1989, Ben became Director of Hospital Police at Bellevue Medical Center in New York. In 1994, he left Bellevue to become the Director of Safety and Security at Mountainside Hospital, then moving to Morristown Memorial Hospital in 1996 when the two hospitals merged. In 1996 he left Morristown and spent the next 14 years as the Director of Security at the Weill-Cornell campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital. Leaving Presbyterian in 2011, Ben ventured into the contract guard business again working as the healthcare subject matter expert for G4S Secure Solutions. Providing training and sales assistance to the sales staff nationwide. In 2016, Ben left G4S and worked as the director of healthcare services at Lowers and Associates where he provide risk assessment services to key healthcare clients. Ben how works designing security systems and conducting risk assessments in the healthcare security for Ross & Baruzzini.

During his healthcare security career Ben has served in multiple capacities for International Association for Healthcare Security and Safety (IAHSS). Over a ten year period, serving on several councils, committees, and the IAHSS Board of Directors. He served as Chairman for the ASIS International Healthcare Council and was President of the New York City Metropolitan Healthcare Safety and Security Directors Association.

Throughout his career Ben has been an outspoken advocate for security, healthcare security and healthcare in general. Demonstrating his passion through writing, speaking and teaching. Utilizing his writing talents for Security Magazine writing a monthly column on ID and Access Control. Ben is a frequent contributor to the Journal of Healthcare Protection Management writing along with his friend and colleague Tony Luizzo. Together they have written over 34 articles for the Journal.

Ben has presented in front of many organizations over the past 25 years. Speaking on topics related to healthcare security, security technology, healthcare reform, workplace violence, active shooter and the future path of healthcare and healthcare security. He has served as an adjunct faculty member at Pratt Institute, teaching engineers and architects on security technology and installation. He taught at Interboro Institute teaching courses on security management and retail security. Worked as an adjunct professor at New Jersey City University teaching security management and technology, and while working at Bellevue Hospital taught ethics and basic security practices at the John Jay College Peace Officer Academy.

Recently, Ben published his first book on healthcare security titled, “Security Management for Healthcare: Proactive Event Prevention and Effective Resolution” documenting his years of healthcare security experience into written pages.

Ben continues today to be an advocate for healthcare security presenting at various venues on healthcare security, active shooter and workplace violence prevention, and talking about the future of healthcare and healthcare security continuing his quest to advance the field of hospital security and the healthcare security industry as a whole.