February 1, 2007
Articles
Brittle, Not Prepared
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, LARRY ANDERSON, EDITOR
The United States has become a brittle superpower, says Stephen Flynn, author of the new book The Edge of Disaster. He means brittle in the sense of not...
Systems Design To Guard Against Terror
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Paul Rothman
When creating systems to protect people and places against terrorist attacks, government officials should take into account that terrorists actively seek...
Bridging Legacy Systems
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Consuelo Bangs
Agencies issuing PIV cards will quickly face a challenge: Their current physical access control system (PACS) is unable to correctly read and validate...
Situational Awareness
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Ashley Roe
On a typical fire emergency call, as many as 18 firefighters from the North Aurora Fire Department near Chicago might be dispatched to a scene. As the...
The Gold Standard
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Encompassing 109,000 acres in four Kentucky counties, Fort Knox is the home of the Army Armor Center and the U.S. Army Recruiting Command., Fort Knox...
Emergency Communications: Taking Command
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Carol Carey
The inability of first responders to communicate during an emergency is a scary proposition. Concern over communication among public safety agencies and...
More Money, Stronger Technology
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Michael Fickes
The Bush administration's budget request for fiscal year 2008, which begins October 1, 2007, appears to shift the administration's approach to securing...
In the Glow of Protection
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Sean A. Ahrens, CPP, CSC
Some crime is opportunistic, involving no premeditation. Other crime is professional, involving a criminal choosing a target with a thought-out process...
Purchasing Made Easy
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Andrew Mohr, Esq.
In the last issue, we described shortcuts designed to lighten the load of a procurement official in the event of an emergency (See Government Security,...
Products
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM
Fire alarm monitoring system The system is designed for facilities containing a number of the supplier's fire alarm control panels. It allows users to...
Notable & Quotable
Feb 1, 2007 12:00 PM
For all of us in this room, there is no higher responsibility than to protect the people of this country from danger. Five years have come and gone since...
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