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Stay safe. WHEN THE TJX COMPANIES The TJX Companies, Incorporated (NYSE:TJX), is the largest international apparel and home fashions off-price department store chain, based in Framingham, Massachusetts, in the United States. , OWNER OF THE T.J. MAXX T.J. Maxx is a chain of American department stores owned by TJX Companies. It is the largest off-price apparel retailer in the United States offering brand name clothing, footwear, bedding, furniture, jewelry, beauty products, and housewares. AND MARSHALLSdiscount stores, recently announced "an unauthorized intrusion intoits computer systems," thousands of holders of credit and debitcards were affected. Without a doubt, at businesses and banks across the nation thatmorning, executives consulted their own cyber security specialists aboutprotection of computer networks and customers' security. In today's global economy, security is more complex and verydifferent from what it used to be. No longer defined by police and fire,security reaches further, requires more skills, and involves moreoccupations. The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)A research agency of the U.S. Department of Labor; it compiles statistics on hours of work, average hourly earnings, employment and unemployment, consumer prices and many other variables. (BLS See Bureau of Labor Statistics. ) says, for example,"The information security field is expected to generate manyopportunities over the next decade as firms across all industries [andgovernment] place a high priority on safeguarding their data andsystems." The BLS forecasts employment of systems administratorswill grow at a rate approaching 30 percent a year. And cyber security isbut one area in this rapidly changing and expanding field of careeropportunities. An overview would show that on the same day the TJX Companiesdisclosed its security breach, U.S. border patrol, Immigration andNaturalization Service Noun 1. Immigration and Naturalization Service - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United StatesINS , and U.S. Customs personnel were screening,searching and investigating tens of thousands of travelers along withtheir suitcases, backpacks, and laptop computers at the nearly 200airports, ship terminals, and border crossings where people and goodsenter the United States. Security today encompasses many different occupations. Among theskills government and business seek are fluency in foreign languages,abilities in data and information analysis, and, of course, command ofinformation technology. The world has changed for Americans since 9/11. We understand thatsimply reacting to a danger, whether it be a devastating dev��as��tate?tr.v. dev��as��tat��ed, dev��as��tat��ing, dev��as��tates1. To lay waste; destroy.2. To overwhelm; confound; stun: was devastated by the rude remark. hurricane, apandemic pandemic/pan��dem��ic/ (pan-dem��ik)1. a widespread epidemic of a disease.2. widely epidemic.pan��dem��icadj.Epidemic over a wide geographic area.n. , or an act of terrorism, is inadequate. If we didn't knowit before, we have learned that security is a global issue. Security--and security occupations--requires men and women trainedto anticipate and prepare for a wide range of threats and dangers. Thisis a vitally important field. For career and technical education today's security issuesshould cause us to improve and diversify our programs. We should beinforming young people and adult learners about the new opportunitiesfor careers in security. It is our responsibility to help meet oureconomy and nation's needs for well-trained security personnel. Robert Scarborough ACTE ACTE Association for Career and Technical Education (formerly American Vocational Association)ACTE Association of Corporate Travel ExecutivesACTE Approvals Committee for Terminal EquipmentACTE Anodal Closure Tetanus President