June 1, 2006
Articles
Out in the Cold?
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM, BY PAUL ROTHMAN
The cities of New York and Washington will get less money in this year's allocation of Homeland security grants, drawing criticism from politicians in...
Embassy Staff Still Vulnerable
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Paul Rothman
U.S. government officials working overseas remain at risk from terrorist threats, according to a recent article by Jim Kouri, CPP, vice-president of the...
A Fake ID and a Mission
Aug 1, 2006 12:00 PM
A man using a fake identification card was able to enter the Homeland Security Department headquarters in Washington, he says, even though the United...
Interactive Training
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Erin Semple
A realistic simulation-based emergency response training system uses advanced Webcast technology to train the first responder and first receiver communities,...
Simple Seismic
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Millions of dollars are spent every year on cutting-edge technology for the security industry. While it is common to keep this technology safe from human...
Gradual Acceptance
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM, BY ERIN SEMPLE
People appear to be willing to share a significant amount of personal information with organizations to prove or verify their identity; however, their...
A Little Too Futuristic?
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The Department of Homeland Security's Emerging Applications and Technology Subcommittee says that using RFID in human applications appears to offer little...
Risk Analysis and the Security Survey
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Risk Analysis and the Security Survey explains the basic principles of risk analysis. The book addresses cost and benefit analysis, crime prediction and...
NCR's Rapid Response
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Michael Fickes
The 9/11 Commission Report points out that the attack on the Pentagon “would be remembered as a singular challenge and an extraordinary national story” had it happened on any other day. But the catastrophe at the World Trade Center in New York upstaged reports of the Pentagon tragedy and stories of the professional response by numerous agencies from jurisdictions across...
Drive-By Surveillance
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Erin Semple
South Sioux City, Neb., is a technology hub in the Midwest United States. Wanting to provide local police and the 911 emergency center with remote monitoring of public and school district video cameras, the city looked to the ...
Opportunity at the Borders
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Paul Rothman
A man intending to cross the border between Mexico and the United States approaches from the south. The terrain is rugged and as he crosses over the last...
Products
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Access control terminal The MorphoAccess Series 100 is based on fingerprint recognition. This series includes an identification mode only, one with HID...
Federal Agencies
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Procurement Division has selected Paragon Systems Inc., Washington, D.C.,...
Local
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
The Houston-Galveston Area Council has awarded a contract to Communications-Applied Technology, Reston, Va., for the Incident Commanders' Radio Interface...
Announcements
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
Pitney Bowes Inc., Stamford, Conn., has announced that its mail screening system has received the Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technology designation from...
Notable & Quotable
Jun 1, 2006 12:00 PM
We are being whacked with a two-by-four and we do not hear a peep out of Secretary Chertoff. Senator Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., in a statement at a news...
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