Public Facility Security
No Room For Error
By Stephanie Silk
Theodore Kaczynski. Eric Robert Rudolph. Ramzi Yousef. These notorious criminals are locked up at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colo., and were among...
One Unread Message
By Stephanie Silk
In a world of evolving technology at every corner, it's no wonder that questions arise as to how these technologies can improve not only convenience but...
Walk, Screen and Detect
By Stephanie Silk
In October 2007, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it would award $52.3 million in contracts to deploy security technology...
New Level of Control
Jan 1, 2008
Beaumont, Calif., city officials are no longer looking over their shoulders. Keeping track of people is second nature to police officers, so when the...
Eyes All Around
By Terry Denison and Tony Sivore
On completion of a multi-million dollar sports complex, the Town of Parker, Colo., needed to do something to ensure that the recreation center offered...
A Canopy of Connectivity
By Ashley Roe
At the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), one of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DoE) 10 national laboratories, 4,200 staff members conduct...
Securing So Cal
By Stephanie Silk
As current events repeatedly highlight laptop loss and theft such as the 2006 theft of laptops containing the Social Security numbers of millions of U.S....
PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: A Shared Responsibility
Dec 1, 2007
One of the key issues confronting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DoD), state, local and tribal governments and...
A Crash Synopsis
By David Dickinson
In 1985, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DOS) published the original vehicle test barrier methods SD-STD-02.01 to assess...
MARITIME SECURITY: Protecting Naval Vessels
Oct 1, 2007
The U.S. Navy protects its ships using what looks like a series of tennis nets sitting on cylindrical-shaped floats that fasten together to form a floating...
Total Visibility
By Ashley Roe
A network security company is helping users to map and identify assets on their networks in a way that is analogous to how sonar enables oceanographers...
Automating Cooperation
By Michael Fickes
When Hurricane Katrina knocked out electrical power across the Gulf region, telecommunications companies used gas generators to power telephone switches...
Under Close Watch
Aug 1, 2007
In 2004, after observing a closed-circuit television (CCTV) surveillance project in the city of Westminster in London and a small citizen-led video surveillance...
Building Security With Community Relations
By Bill Farrar
In March 2007, America's Most Wanted featured a story about the murder of a 44-year-old businessman and former military officer in San Diego. The suspect,...
Station Integration
Jun 1, 2007
With Homeland security a more pressing concern than ever, police departments across the country are examining their own internal security systems to be...
Locked But Is It Secure?
By Sean A. Ahrens, CPP, CSC
The most commonly used and least expensive method to control access to any facility's building perimeter and interior space is by use of mechanical locks...
SIA Gears Up For Government Summit
May 17, 2007
This year's Security Industry Association (SIA) Government Summit, which takes place on June 11-13 at the Hilton Embassy Row hotel in Washington, D.C., is designed to keep participants up-to-date on policies driving federal procurement decisions and to create a strong, unified industry voice on Capitol Hill. At the Summit, industry leaders and government end-users will hear from the nation's leading policy experts on issues impacting the GSA Schedules Program, TWIC implementation, "earmarking" federal funds for physical security projects, and the SAFETY Act designation process. ...
Accessible Video
Dec 1, 2006
San Diego County's juvenile detention center, like many across the country, is co-located with the sheriff's department and the probation center. Like...
DHS cautions NFL on stadium bomb threats
Oct 19, 2006
A threat of radiological bomb attacks at seven professional football stadiums was posted this week on an Internet site, but domestic security officials said this week that they had no reason to place credibility in it....
Securing Those At Risk
Oct 1, 2006
Providing safe and secure housing for 2,000 minors detained at three juvenile halls is of major importance to the employees of the Los Angeles County...
Faux Fido
By Ashley Roe
As 500,000 people shuffled in and out of the National Mall gates in Washington, D.C., on July 4, National Park Police officers were testing a new method of screening for explosives — one that doesn't bark....
Accessing Convenience
Aug 1, 2006
The Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority (GEFA), which assists local governments, state agencies and non-profit organizations with waste removal...
Barracks Lockdown
Aug 1, 2006
Fort Lewis Army base, near Seattle, has been a busy place in recent years. It is one of the last stopovers for American troops on their way to Iraq, and,...
Embassy Staff Still Vulnerable
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...
Raytheon tests border security system
Apr 20, 2006
A high-tech system to guard the southern U.S. border, known as Project Athena, has been successfully tested by Raytheon Co....
