SECURE PASSAGE

BY CAROL CAREY

The breathtakingly beautiful journey across the Niagara River between the United States and Ontario, Canada, has been made significantly more secure by...

Verifying Frequent Visitors

BY MICHAEL FICKES

The suicide bombing attack on the U.S. Army dining facility in Mosul, Iraq, last December highlighted the need for secure access control for civilian...

HIGH-TECH VISION

BY MICHAEL FICKES

Can technology monitor security at a bustling seaport more effectively than people? Can hardware and software search out security threats at an airport...

Looking For Trouble

BY MICHAEL FICKES

Security professionals fear the limitations of metal-detecting security portals used to screen passengers at airports and visitors to public and private...

Second to NONE Security

By Carol Carey

BORDERING THE DELAWARE RIVER, the sprawling Port of Philadelphia extends more than 300 miles up the city's coastline, including a network of terminals...

Government's Emergency Phone Number

by Michael Fickes

At 6:14 a.m. on July 16, the National Response Center (NRC), a small federal agency, received an emergency call: A tugboat guiding a barge up the St....

Transportation Surveillance Goes Digital

by Michael Fickes

While preparing for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, the Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) used its traffic surveillance system to provide...

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...

FOOD SHIPMENT SECURITY: When Lemons Go Bad

PAUL ROTHMAN

Avessel holding five full shipping containers of fresh lemons was held off the coast of New York in early August. Officials had received what turned out...

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...

THE JUNCTURE OF DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY

BY MICHAEL FICKES

Officials often talk about infrastructure security as if it is all one thing, but it's not. The United States contains more than 5,000 public airports,...

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...

Anti-Terrorism Contractors Get Liability Relief

Michael Fickes

Part of the Homeland Security Act has altered the nation's tort laws with the intent of stimulating development of anti-terrorism products and services....

PORT OF CORPUS CHRISTI TURNS TO TECHNOLOGY

Randy Southerland

Terrorism seemed like a remote threat at the sixth largest seaport in the U.S., the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas, where cargo is loaded and offloaded...

Rail Security On a Fast Track

Paul Rothman

As soon as the horrible aftermath of the Madrid rail bombings that claimed nearly 200 lives became public knowledge, the United States government was...

SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY ALONG THE BORDERS

Randy Southerland

At last October's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit conference in Bangkok, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell tried to open a metal container...

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...

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...

A Sea Of IDs

Jacqueline Emigh

On Sept. 11 and the days following the attack, maritime workers from outside the U.S. were either denied shore leave or forbidden to board their ships...

A Critical Responsibility

May 1, 2003

Protecting critical infrastructures and key assets in the U.S. involves a multitude of physical protection challenges due to the complex nature of the...

Eyes On The Bridges

May 1, 2003

New York City's Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority (TBTA) has tightened security in and around New York City with the help of video surveillance systems....

Border Security Starts With Cargo

Paul Rothman

A recent development in cargo security along U.S. borders is the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, or the C-TPAT, a program to track shipments...

Biometrics At The Border

Paul Rothman

Our nation's borders could be its most visible security risk. The United States has more than 7,500 miles of borders. Each year, more than 500 million...

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