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ISC West Conference 2013: Peter Boriskin, ASSA ABLOY

Peter Boriskin, Director of Product Management for Assay Abloy’s Commecial/Electronic/Access Control Products, indicates that he would like to describe the features and benefits of the Sargent...

ISC West Conference 2013: David Murphy, Zebra Technologies

Zebra’s extensive portfolio of barcode, receipt, card, kiosk and UHF RFID printers and supplies, as well as real-time location solutions, are used by 90% of the Fortune 500 and many federal, state...

ISC West Conference 2013: Joe Troiano, EverFocus

Joe Troiano, General Manager and Senior VP of Everfocus Electronics, stresses in his opening remarks that Everfocus is a global supplier of video security surveillance equipment and is proud to...

ISC West Conference 2013: Pan Kamal, AlertEnterprise

Pan Kamal, VP of Marketing for Alert Enterprise, a security software company headquartered in Fremont, CA, explains in his opening remarks that he is going to describe Alert Enterprise’s award-...

Border Security Awards 2013: Tamir Aluma, Vidisco

Border Security Awards 2013: Ali Lebaschi, E-Seek Incorporated

Border Security Awards 2013: Patti Shaffner, Textron Defense Systems

Border Security Awards 2013: John Procacci, Business Development Manager, Integrated Microwave Technologies

John Procaccio, Business Development Manager of Integrated Microwave Technologies, reveals that the company is a designer and manufacturer of mission critical transmitters and receivers used in...

Border Security Awards 2013: Bobby Brown, VP Marketing, Telephonics Corporation

According to Bobby Brown, VP for Homeland Security, Telephonics business units include a Maritime Surveillance unit, a Communications unit and an Integrated Surveillance Group, which produces a...

Border Security Expo 2013: Paul Macker, President Eagle Eye Expositions

Paul Mackler, President of Eagle Eye Expositions, expresses great satisfaction with exhibitor turn-out and quality of the sessions in the 2013 Expo. He gives a lot of credit for the event’s success...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Dubhe Beinhorn, VP Public Sector, AtHoc, Inc

Dubhe Beinhorn describes AtHoc, Inc, winner of GSN’s 2012 award for “Best Mass Notification Solutions,” as a company that operates in one sector only: critical communications for crisis management....

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: John D. Clark, Sr, President/CEO, The Whitestone Group

John D. Clark, Sr. and the Whitestone Group, which he founded in 2000, returned to the GSN Awards Dinner in 2012 to pick up their second trophy in two years, this time for the “Best Facility Security...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Randall Foster, President/CEO, Vumii, Inc

Vumii, the Atlanta, GA manufacturer of thermal imaging and illuminated IR cameras, was awarded a Winner’s trophy for “Best Thermal/Night Vision/Infrared Cameras” at the 2012 awards dinner. Primary...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists Sponsors: Chris Runde, VP Transportation and Government Solutions, Alert Enterprise

Alert Enterprise, a multiple award winner in GSN’s 2011 Awards Program, returned in 2012 to win the categories of “Best Platform for Identity Management” and “Best Platform for Physical and Logical...

News

FLIR Systems lands $23 million order for E/O sensors on Coast Guard choppers

Fri, 2013-05-17 09:37 AM

FLIR Systems, Inc. announced on May 16 that it has received an order valued at $23 million to support the U.S. Coast Guard by providing the Electro-Optical Sensor System (ESS) configuration of FLIR’s...

TSA will reimburse supervisory security officers for up to one half of their professional liability insurance costs

Mon, 2013-05-13 10:32 PM

In a reversal of policy, all TSA Supervisory Transportation Security Officers (STSOs) are now eligible for reimbursement of up to one half of their cost to obtain professional liability...

Automated Passport Control debuts at Vancouver International Airport

Fri, 2013-05-10 06:09 PM

Automated Passport Control

CBP and Vancouver Airport Authority announced on May 8 a new program, Automated Passport Control, an expedited customs entry process that will allow eligible passengers traveling from Vancouver...

About 400,000 sign petition calling for knives to remain prohibited from aircraft cabins

Tue, 2013-05-07 09:56 AM

Lawyers for nine organizations representing 400,000 aviation professionals, passengers and law enforcement officers on May 6 filed a legal petition with TSA Administrator John Pistole and...

TSA relies on SAS software to analyze mountains of data

Mon, 2013-05-06 10:16 AM

Screen shot of Enterprise
Miner from SAS

TSA plans to award a sole source contract to Executive Information Systems (EIS), LLC, of Bethesda, MD, to help the agency continue to use the data mining and data analysis software developed by SAS...

Sen. Carper sends 9-page letter to appropriations honchos supporting higher DHS budget levels

Thu, 2013-05-02 02:51 PM

Sen. Tom Carper

The chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has written a 9-page letter to the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on homeland...

Situation management at Denver International Airport enhanced with NICE’s Situator

Tue, 2013-04-30 08:43 AM

Denver International Airport

NICE Systems announced on April 29 that NICE’s Situator, the company’s situation management solution, will be used at Denver International Airport (DIA) to enhance security and safety. Situator will...

Boarding pass scanners to be procured by TSA

Mon, 2013-04-29 03:19 PM

TSA has announced its intention to purchase an unspecified quantity of boarding pass scanners and associated support services, under “full and open competition,” in a presolicitation notice it...

2013 Homeland Security Awards program opens for entries on May 1

Thu, 2013-04-25 04:59 PM

Following up on a record number of entries and a rousing awards dinner at the Washington, DC Convention Center in 2012, Government Security News has announced that its 2013 Homeland Security Awards...

CBP extends air cargo advanced screening pilot program for another six months

Thu, 2013-04-25 12:01 PM

Data about air cargo
is transmitted electronically

CBP, which has run an air cargo advanced screening (ACAS) pilot program since last October, has decided to extend the pilot program itself through October 26, 2013, and has opened the door through...

Pilot imposter in Philadelphia incident charged with fraud

Wed, 2013-04-24 09:01 AM

Philadelphia International

A French man who used a bogus identification card to gain access to a commercial airliner sitting at a gate at Philadelphia International Airport in March has been charged with fraud. Federal...

TSA delays knife order for more input

Tue, 2013-04-23 07:15 AM

The TSA will hold off on its order to allow smaller-bladed knives and other previously-prohibited items back on board commercial aircraft pending further input from the public. The order would have...

Company News

InfoZen will continue to handle vetting for TSA’s office of intelligence and analysis

TSA is planning to extend a contract by three to six months that it currently has with InfoZen, Inc., of Rockville, MD, to continue providing operations and maintenance support for the agency’s office of intelligence and analysis.

Etter takes reins of First Air Force

Air Force Lt. Gen. William Etter took command of the Continental U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Region-First Air Force on March 7 at a ceremony at Tyndall Air Force Base in Florida.

During the ceremony, officiated by Gen. Charles Jacoby Jr., commander of NORAD and U.S. Northern Command, Etter assumed command from Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clarke III. General Clarke is moving on to become the Director of the Air National Guard in Washington D.C.

L-3’s eXaminer EDS earns new certification from TSA

L-3 Security & Detection Systems (SDS) announced on March 5 that its eXaminer 3DX and 3DX-ES explosives detection systems (EDS) have been certified by the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA). These are the first systems to pass the TSA’s rigorous new certification standard, said the company in a March 5 news release.

Tousley returns to lead DARPA’s tactical technology office

Bradford Tousley, a former Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program manager, has returned to the agency to assume leadership of its Tactical Technology Office (TTO).

From 1997 to 2006, DAPRA said Tousley served as a senior scientist and program manager, creating and managing efforts in unmanned systems, tactical missiles, radar systems, and advanced electro-optical and infrared sensor systems.

Raytheon and Air Force testing UAS/air traffic control systems

The U.S. Air Force and Raytheon said on Nov. 15 they conducted concept evaluation demonstrations that showed existing air traffic control equipment could be modified to safely track the presence of nearby unmanned aircraft.

The U.S. Government is preparing to allow unmanned aerial systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System by 2015.

Implant Sciences lands contract for new air cargo screening customer in Germany

Implant Sciences Corp., a supplier of systems and sensors for homeland security and defense markets, announced on Nov. 5 that it has won a contract for four Quantum Sniffer QS-H150 handheld explosives trace detectors to a new customer in Germany.

The sale was made through Implant Sciences' German distributor, D-TeC System Consulting GmbH, of Hamburg. The units will be used to inspect air cargo shipments.

Morpho Detection and Optosecurity partner to bring advanced capabilities to airport checkpoints

Morpho Detection, Inc., the explosives and narcotics detection business of Morpho, Safran group’s security unit, announced on Oct. 31 a partnership with Canada-based Optosecurity, Inc., a global provider of threat detection technology, to expand and upgrade checkpoint networking and X-ray detection capabilities.

Executive helicopter service gets nod at Reagan Airport

Associated Aircraft Group has been granted access into Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) by the Transportation Security Administration under the DCA Access Security Program (DASSP).

The company, which says it is the East Coast's largest executive Sikorsky S-76 helicopter services provider, will offer service flying to and from Washington D.C. from anywhere along the East Coast.

AAG is a subsidiary of Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a subsidiary of United Technologies Corp.

Commentary and Opinions

Preventing airport security from going to the birds

As I waited for a flight recently at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, I thumbed through a newspaper that had been left behind at a gate. A headline said, “Arizona 18^th in U.S. in Aircraft Bird Strikes.”

9/11, A Decade Later -- Where are we today?

By Rep. Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS)

Today, we meet to discuss this nation’s progress in bringing about safety, security and resiliency against terrorism since the attacks of 9/11.

But before we look back, I want to acknowledge and remember all the firefighters, police officers, and ordinary people who lost their lives that Tuesday morning. Remembering those who died must inspire us to make this nation better and safer.

9/11, A Decade After -- We must remain vigilant and courageous

America is immeasurably more secure today at the tenth anniversary of 9/11 because of the enormous energy, resources, leadership, planning, and blood that we have poured into our national military and domestic security efforts.

On 9/11, we lost nearly 3,000 innocent Americans, murdered while going about their daily lives. It was an attack of great cleverness, great daring, great surprise and simplicity. This was the greatest single loss of American life since the Battle of Antietam.

9/11, A Decade Later -- The Homeland Security & Defense Business Council’s 9-10-11 Project

During the past year, the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council has issued a series of monthly papers encapsulating the major topics that have shaped our nation’s approach to homeland security. Thirteen monographs have highlighted industry and government’s joint effort to confront the challenges, and develop solutions to successfully focus on the historic mission to create a more prepared, responsive, resilient, safer and secure homeland.

Three reasons not to profile

Earlier this month, responding to a question from the editor of this publication, the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Janet Napolitano, categorically rejected the use of profiling in homeland security efforts. Instead of focusing its resources on young, Muslim men, DHS paid the most attention to behavior indicating terrorist activity, such as travel patterns. The Secretary’s rejection of profiling is spot on, both as a matter of efficacy and as a matter of ethics.

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Border Security Awards 2013: Tamir Aluma, Vidisco

Vidisco received the Platinum Award in the “Best Explosives/ID/Contraband Detection” category of GSN’s 2013 Border Security Awards. The company has been focusing exclusively on portable X-ray systems since its creation, according to Tamir Aluma, and its products have been developed by military and police end users who know what is needed in the field. The company’s CCD technology is based on a high-resolution camera that captures an image from an X-ray source, and is described by Mr.

Border Security Awards 2013: Ali Lebaschi, E-Seek Incorporated

E-Seek Inc, which designs and manufactures bar code readers for verifying drivers’ licenses, was platinum winner in GSN’s 2013 Border Security Awards in the category of “Best Identification Document Verification Solution”. With barcodes now being used in drivers licenses issued by all 50 states, E-Seek produces desktop readers as well as a line of compact, portable and wireless readers that are widely used in law enforcement patrol cars, banks, casinos and hospitals. In a major announcement at the Border Security Expo, Mr.

Border Security Awards 2013: Patti Shaffner, Textron Defense Systems

Textron Defense Systems has a wide range of products for the security market, according to Patti Shaffner, including its aerial ISR system, unmanned aerial systems and iCommand, which brings them all together. But the system that won the platinum award in GSN’s 2013 Border Security Awards Program for Best Outdoor Ground Sensors was the MicroObserver® Unattended Ground Sensor System, a complete solution containing sensor node, gateway and camera repeater.

Border Security Awards 2013: John Procacci, Business Development Manager, Integrated Microwave Technologies

John Procaccio, Business Development Manager of Integrated Microwave Technologies, reveals that the company is a designer and manufacturer of mission critical transmitters and receivers used in wireless transmission of videos, and was a platinum winner of the platinum award for “Best Covert Surveillance Solution” in GSN’s 2013 Border Security Awards Program for its “DropCam” product. IMT is a prime contractor for the DHS in Tech-Ops and offers a range of products described by Mr.

Border Security Awards 2013: Bobby Brown, VP Marketing, Telephonics Corporation

According to Bobby Brown, VP for Homeland Security, Telephonics business units include a Maritime Surveillance unit, a Communications unit and an Integrated Surveillance Group, which produces a ground-based Advanced Radar System (ARSS), with 1,600 systems deployed globally. In recent years, Telephonics has collaborated with Customs and Border Protection to develop a package called the Mobile Surveillance System (MSS) that includes ground radar, pan-tilt cameras and a C2 system, with 44 systems presently in CBP’s inventory.

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Upcoming Events

Event Details	Dates of Event
Critical Security Controls International Summit 2013	Apr 26 - May 2
Secure India @Bangalore 2013	Apr 29 - May 4
Cloud Security Alliance CCSK Certification Training	May 6 - 7
SANS Security West 2013	May 9 - 19
SANS Brisbane 2013	May 13 - 18
GovSec Conference & Expo	May 14 - 15
CPM East Conference & Expo	May 14 - 15
TREXPO - The Law Enforcement Expo	May 14 - 15
SANS Austin 2013	May 19 - 24
DoD VA Healthcare Training Forum	May 20 - 23
ISSA-LA Fifth Annual Information Security Summit	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Perimeter Defense Seminar	May 21 - 21
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 22 - 22
Transport and Logistics of Hazardous Material	May 27 - 28
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 28 - 28
Border Management Southwest Summit	May 29 - 31
Cyber Security Conference & Expo	May 30 - 30
Mobile Device Security Summit 2013	May 30 - Jun 6
Security Analytics Summit 2013	May 30 - Jun 6
Cyber Security Conference & Expo	May 30 - 30
Southwest Microwave Seminar	May 30 - 30
SANS Malaysia @ MCMC 2013	Jun 3 - 8
2013 SIA Government Summit	Jun 4 - 5
Southwest Microwave Seminar	Jun 4 - 4
NCT: CBRNe Israel, 4 - 6 June 2013, Tel Aviv	Jun 4 - 6
SEL Modern Solutions Power Systems Conference	Jun 5 - 7
Mission Command	Jun 10 - 12
Cyber Securty Brainstorm	Jun 11 - 11
EDGE Summit 2013	Jun 11 - 11
IPv6 Summit 2013	Jun 14 - 16
SANSFIRE 2013	Jun 15 - 22
Oak Ridge National Laboratory's 2nd Biosurveillance Symposium	Jun 17
Biodetection Technologies 2013	Jun 18 - 19
Southwest Microwave Seminar	Jun 18 - 18

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Laser line security metal detector from Wizard

Created to make metal detection quicker, easier and more reliable, Wizard Industries has released its new Security Wizard 4, a laser...

Brijot debuts hand-held device that can ‘detect security risks without invading privacy’

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Cellular Cargo Bomb Scanner from HSS

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