Backyard Threats
Paul Rothman
While North Korea and other nuclear-capable countries represent a possible threat from abroad, security measures taken at commercial nuclear facilities...
Digital Networks Tie Together National and Local Security
Michael Fickes
Digital technology has begun to tie together national and local public safety and security systems, as two recent government security projects illustrate....
Opportunity Knocks
May 1, 2003
In the late 1960s, Jay Smart began fire testing an acoustically rated folding partition. He was almost obsessed with the idea of engineering a sliding...
The Password is Biometrics
By JACQUELINE EMIGH
Fingerprint verification allows Los Angeles facility to do away with multiple log-ins....
How Can We Protect Our Critical Infrastructure From Cyber-Attack?
By PAUL ROTHMAN
Computer networks everywhere were under attack. The Sapphire (or Slammer) Worm was spreading throughout the Internet like wildfire, doubling in size every...
Roadblocks To Disaster
By CORRINA STELLITANO
Stopping weapons disguised as vehicles requires varied approaches -- and available technology stands ready to do the job....
Twelve Steps To Assessing Vulnerability
Feb 1, 2003
Tom Allen, vice president of security systems for Johnson Controls Inc., Controls Group, Milwaukee, manages a subsidiary focused on large design-build...
TECHNOLOGY EXPOSING TROUBLE
By Michael Fickes
Suppose a man hid a gun made of composite plastic in his suit coat and walked through a security portal at the front door of a courthouse. Today, the...
Meeting Security Needs Of Leased Public Buildings
Paul Rothman
Securing a government building can become more complicated if someone else owns the building, and a government agency is leasing the space. Our biggest...
SMARTER VIDEO SYSTEMS
by MICHAEL FICKES
In the 1995 attack on the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Timothy McVeigh parked a truck in front of the building and walked away. After the explosion,...
U.S. Congress Pioneers Audio Search Technology
Jacqueline Emigh
The U.S. House of Representatives is one of the earliest adopters of emerging technology aimed at searching through reams of audio and video with instantaneous...
On Duty In Lakewood, Colo.
Michael Fickes
The Lakewood, Colo., Police Department uses private security officers to protect the integrity of crime scenes and to guard prisoners during hospital...
Photo ID and Beyond: Washington State’s Department of Social and Human Services is taking steps to avert attack
by JACQUELINE EMIGH
SETTING PRIORITIES to Protect the Nation's Infrastructure
by PAUL ROTHMAN
