Several security managers told us that, in addition to reading current professional literature, their involvement with professional organizations was a valuable means of learning about the latest monitoring tools and research efforts.
Learning about the latest monitoring tools by being in contact with professional organizations is a stratagem used by several security managers.
As for Prudie's thoughts, she is sick of the subject, and to distract herself from the pharmacological drama going on she is entertained by imagining the drug being given to Dr. Judah Folkman's mice.