Cryptography Requirements for Wireless Security
by Roy Pereira
Imagine the confusion if military personnel in the field used wireless devices to update headquarters on an urgent situation, but headquarters ignored...
Electronic Passports
by Michael Fickes
The Department of State plans to begin issuing electronic passports as early as February in a pilot program that will include diplomatic and official...
The Headless Department
by Paul Rothman
What first seemed to be a slam dunk for President Bush and the Department of Homeland Security has turned into scandal and questions surrounding the nomination...
TERROR ON THE INTERNET
By Jacqueline Emigh
What's the real relationship between terrorism and the Internet? Are terrorists actually planting computer viruses, damaging corporate Web sites, and...
Automated Eye in the Sky
by Michael Fickes
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) may help solve the intractable problems connected with securing the southern border of the United States. At 2,062 miles...
DHS Launches Ready Business
Oct 1, 2004
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has launched Ready Business, an extension of DHS' successful Ready Web site, which has helped millions of individuals...
FIGHTING TERROR WITH TECHNOLOGY
BY MICHAEL FICKES
The security technology industry is transforming itself to fight the war on terror. Just three years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, conventional...
Protecting Against Airborne Chemicals
DEAN PHILPOT
Several months after Sept. 11, the chief engineer of a 40-story office building realized he had a problem. The building had been designed with the outside...
9/11 Commission Offers Roadmap To Protection
PAUL ROTHMAN
High technology and a reorganization of the nation's intelligence gathering efforts are the best tools to prevent future terrorist attacks, according...
A MATTER OF NATIONAL SECURITY: Managing Vulnerability To Network Attacks
ABE KLEINFELD
In a world of worms, viruses and the threat of cyber-terrorism, government departments and agencies are increasingly under the public microscope to ensure...
Vaccines In Reserve
PAUL ROTHMAN
America's ability to respond to a biological threat was tested when terrorists sent deadly anthrax spores through the U.S. mail. The attack which occurred...
Seas Of TRANQUILITY
BY MICHAEL FICKES
The world has taken a series of bold steps in an historic bid to lock terrorists and other criminals out of the international maritime industry. The United...
Automated Eyes
Michael Fickes
ObjectVideo, Reston, Va., has developed a technology capable of doing what people can't: analyzing video scenes from hundreds of cameras for hours on...
ON THE LOOKOUT FOR DATA ON CYBER-ATTACKS
BY JACQUELINE EMIGH
Businesses might be grumbling, either softly or loudly, but they are starting to step in line with Homeland security. Initiatives now being implemented...
PREPARING BETTER FOR THE WORST
BY MICHAEL FICKES
Last year, President Bush directed the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to improve the effectiveness of emergency response providers by standardizing...
Threat Levels and Beyond
Michael Fickes
What do changes in the color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System really mean? What should government agencies and people in general do when an alert...
WAR OF THE WORDS
Compiled by Paul Rothman
JOHN KERRY ON THE RECORD When it comes to protecting America from terrorism, the Bush Administration is big on bluster and short on action. The administration...
TECHNOLOGY ON THE LINE
By Paul Rothman
Victor Manuel Grande avoided the border crossing in Douglas, Ariz., and instead went three miles down the road to try and enter the United States from...
Ready For Ricin
Paul Rothman
Security officials at the U.S. Capitol became well prepared for chemical and biological attacks through the mail after the 2001 anthrax scare. So when...
Citizens Against Terrorism
Michael Fickes
Last month, the Washoe County Sheriff's Office in Reno, Nev., received a call from a concerned citizen. She had discovered Arabic notes written in the...
What's Behind the Slow Flow of Federal Homeland Security Dollars to Local Jurisdictions?
By Beth Wade
Delays and uncertainty mark much of the Homeland Security funding process. Last year, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) introduced new distribution rules that were designed to streamline the process, yet the changes resulted in a patchwork of application procedures that differ from state to state. Facing substantial learning curves and working through them on a learn-as-you-go basis, state and local governments are caught in a time warp: They are resolving disbursement issues for fiscal...
Trusting Companies With Government Secrets
by MICHAEL FICKES
With thousands of companies competing for federal contracts related to security, how does the federal government determine whether or not it should trust a particular security supplier? To get a closer look at how government secures its purchasing procedures, Government Security recently spoke with David A. Drabkin, deputy associate administrator for acquisition policy with the General Services Administration (GSA). The conversation also included Larry Allen, executive vice president of the Coal...
DHS Prepares To Implement US-VISIT
Nov 1, 2003
The Department of Homeland Security is prepared to implement US-VISIT, a method of tracking and processing foreign visitors to the U.S., which should...
Maritime Security Regulations Released
Nov 1, 2003
The Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security have published their final maritime security requirements to replace temporary rules issued in...
Knowledge is Security
Thomas Wheatley
The National Center for Crisis and Continuity Coordination (NC4) focuses on bridging the public-private sector gaps in two areas. First, by focusing on...
