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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: 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

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Covia Labs, David Kahn, CEO

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: RedSeal Networks, Allan Thompson, Executive VP Global Sales and Business Development

RedSeal Networks is both a Sponsor of the 2012 Awards Program and recipient of a Winner’s trophy in the IT Security Category of “Best Continuous Monitoring Solution”. According to Allan Thompson,...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Steven Ringelberg, COO, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Drew Morin, Chief Technology Officer, TeleCommunication Systems

TeleCommunication Systems (TCS), which entered its “Commercial Mobile Alerts System” in the 2012 Awards Program, was named a Finalist in the “Best Mass Notification Systems” category. Drew Morin, who...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Brivo, Inc, John Szczygiel, Executive VP Sales and Marketing

John Szczygiel describes Brivo, Winner of the 2012 Award for “Best Integrated System for HSPD-12/FIPS 201 Compliance” for the second year in a row, as a cloud company that provides hosted subscriber...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Jody Mack, Director Business Development, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Jody Mack provides a thumbnail description of Vanguard Integrity Professionals, a Sponsor of the 2012 GSN Awards Program as well as a Winner in the 2012 IT security category of “Best Intrusion...

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Ken Ammon, Chief Strategist, Xceedium Corporation

Xceedium Corporation garnered its second GSN awards trophy for the entry of its Xsuite solution in the “Best Privileged Access Management” category of the 2012 Awards Program. Ken Ammon, Chief...

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...

News

Travelers satisfied with CBP entry process, says survey

Wed, 2013-04-10 08:02 AM

Global Entry kiosk

Travelers coming into the U.S. are satisfied with the entry processes put in place by Customs and Border Protection, according to a joint survey released by the agency. CPB, working collaboratively...

Knife fight in Washington continues

Wed, 2013-04-10 07:29 AM

The controversial decision by the TSA to allow small-bladed knives back inside commercial passenger aircraft remains at a low boil in Washington, as members of congress continue to criticize the...

Jane Holl Lute leaving DHS

Tue, 2013-04-09 05:04 PM

Jane Holl Lute

DHS’s second-in-command-- deputy secretary Jane Holl Lute -- will leave the agency sometime this week. Lute, who was confirmed by the Senate on April 3, 2009 as undersecretary at DHS, will...

NOAA storm watches/warnings policy broadened

Mon, 2013-04-08 01:33 PM

Hurricane Sandy

Government storm forecasters will continue to provide watches and warnings on hurricanes even after the storms may morph into a non-tropical system, much like Hurricane Sandy did as it devastated the...

House Homeland Committee leader questions administration border security claims

Mon, 2013-04-08 10:20 AM

Sonoran Desert

Reports of missed Border Patrol apprehensions in Arizona because of possible gaps in security prompted the leader of the House Homeland Security Committee to formally ask DHS to explain its recent...

Missile defense systems ready for deployment to protect U.S. bases

Mon, 2013-04-08 09:37 AM

THAAD system

U.S. military personnel preparing for the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Air Defense (THAAD) system on the Pacific island of Guam are ready for the mission of possibly shooting down North...

ODNI issues new security clearance guidelines

Mon, 2013-04-08 09:03 AM

James Clapper

Under new security clearance guidelines issued by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), victims of sexual assault don’t have to disclose theit mental health counseling treatment...

Last highly-enriched uranium removed from Czech Republic

Mon, 2013-04-08 08:10 AM

Czech HEU
shipment

The last 150 pounds of potentially-dangerous highly-enriched uranium has been removed from the Czech Republic, marking a nuclear non-proliferation milestone, said the United States’ National Nuclear...

TSA officially thanks off-duty police officer for helping TSO

Mon, 2013-04-08 07:55 AM

Honolulu International

The TSA, on April 5, officially thanked an off-duty California policeman for fending off an assault of a Transportation Security Officer by a homeless woman at the Honolulu International Airport.

Five, including former African naval commander, arrested in drugs-for-missiles plot

Mon, 2013-04-08 07:36 AM

Na Tchuto

Five men, including the former chief of the navy of the small African nation of Guinea Bissau, were brought to the U.S. on April 5 to face narco-terror charges for trying to import cocaine aimed at...

HSI opens two new offices in critical areas of Africa

Fri, 2013-04-05 08:39 AM

HSI photo of
African office

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Office of International Affairs (OIA) expanded its footprint Africa by opening offices in Nairobi, Kenya and Dakar, Senegal. OIA, said ICE on April 2, now has...

Sandia developing quick detector for botulinum, ricin, other bio threats

Fri, 2013-04-05 07:39 AM

Sandia's SpinDx

Sandia National Laboratories researchers are developing a medical instrument that will be able to quickly detect a number of biological threat agents, including anthrax, ricin, botulinum, shiga and...

Company News

Novetta Solutions, LLC acquires White Cliffs Consulting

Novetta -- a high-end, mission critical technology solutions provider to the Intelligence, Department of Defense, and Homeland Security Communities and other organizations working with massive quantities of data -- has acquired White Cliffs Consulting (WCC).

Following the acquisition, WCC will be known as White Cliffs Consulting, a Novetta Solutions Company, and will continue to be led by Diane Batchik and John Skordas, said Novetta. Terms of the transaction were not released by the company.

Pender named executive assistant director of FBI information and technology branch

Jerome Pender was named executive assistant director of the FBI’s Information and Technology Branch by FBI director Robert Mueller on Aug. 22.

Pender most recently served as deputy assistant director of the Criminal Justice Information Services Division.

“Under Jerry’s leadership and expertise, the Information and Technology Branch will continue to advance the technology solutions that will enable us to become a more effective and efficient FBI,” said Mueller.

Former Washington State homeland security, CBRNE advisor joins government consultancy

A former adjutant general for Washington state who also oversaw the state’s national guard and chaired the National Guard Bureau Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) council, has joined the government consultancy Gordon Thomas Honeywell Governmental Affairs (GTH-GA).

Retired Maj. Gen. Tim Lowenberg will join the GTH-GA effective August 22, 2012, said the company, where he will provide government consulting services to selected clients across GTH-GA's four primary business groups: federal, multi-state, Washington state and international.

DMI wins State Dept. IT management, security contract

Bethesda, MD-based IT solutions and business strategy consulting firm Digital Management, Inc., (DMI) was awarded a contract to provide and manage IT service desk and domestic desktop support to the U.S. Department of State (DOS).

DOS Bureau of Information Resource Management provides the information technology and services the Department needs to successfully carry out its foreign policy mission.

Mobile app allows first responders to communicate without LMR coverage

Raytheon Company said it has developed a mobile application for PCs, tablets and smart phones that allows first responders to interact and communicate without the use of land mobile radios (LMRs).

As a part of Raytheon's Interoperability Communications Suite, the new mobile application allows authorized personnel to use tablets and smartphones as "virtual radios."

Raytheon is demonstrating the new application at the Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) annual conference and exposition from Aug. 20 - 22 in Minneapolis. MN.

DHS teams with Girl Scouts on Cyber awareness campaign

The Department of Homeland Security has partnered with the Girl Scouts of the USA in its “Stop.Think.Connect.” campaign to help raise awareness among more than 3.2 million youth across the country about the importance of Cyber security and online safety.

Accenture qualifies for FBI IT contract

Accenture’s federal services division was one of four contractors approved to provide technical support and consulting services for Microsoft products under a $34 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract at the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

The IDIQ has a one-year base contracting period with four, one-year extension options, said the company.

Astrix Technology Group awarded DHS BioWatch lab staffing contract

Astrix Technology Group announced on August 10 that it has been awarded the laboratory staffing contract to support the DHS office of health affairs (OHA) BioWatch program.

The award is a five-year contract consisting of a base period and four option years with the total amount of the award exceeding $75 million.

Commentary and Opinions

Why can’t they plug the (Wiki)Leaks?

"National security of the United States has been put at risk. The lives of people who work for the American people have been put at risk. The American people themselves have been put at risk by these actions that I believe are arrogant, misguided and ultimately not helpful in any way,” said U.S Attorney General Eric Holder, while announcing that “significant” actions related to the criminal investigation of WikiLeaks had been authorized.

Best practices for controlling contractors and privileged users who access your critical IT infrastructure

Government agencies are more dependent than ever on computer systems to carry out their missions. From providing citizens access to public information over the Web to processing and accounting for trillions of dollars in spending, computer systems permeate virtually every aspect of government work.

Using forensics tools to achieve total security intelligence

In today’s connected world, government agencies face network attacks on a daily basis – from government-sanctioned espionage to serious international cyber thieves trying to gather intelligence, to amateur hackers playing around on their computers and trying to break in for ‘sport.’ Whatever the source, government networks are under attack and there have been numerous reports of data breaches of government systems, leaving officials scrambling to figure out how they got in, how long they accessed the network and what they were able to view or take during the breach.

Cyber Self-Defense

Recently, I was asked the most interesting questions I have been asked for over a decade. The complex question came in two parts. One, is the right to bear ‘cyber arms’ covered under the Second Amendment; and two, if an individual or an organization has the right to cyber self defense, also known as the right to return cyber fire.

Chemical weapons pose a grave threat

By Jerome Hauer

President Obama should be commended for making nuclear nonproliferation a priority of his administration. At the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC, in April, the president was right to urge global cooperation on isolating non-secure nuclear materials that could be used to make a weapon.

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Recent Videos

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.

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 to his Advisory Board, which included Jason P. Ahern and many other former high-ranking officials in CBP, DEA, ICE and other government agencies. Mackler also announces that the first annual U.S.- Canada Cross Border Conference will take place in Detroit, MI on September 12-13, to help advance the Beyond Border agreement signed by U.S.

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Covia Labs, David Kahn, CEO

Covia Labs received the award for “Best Interoperable First Responder Communications” in the 2012 Awards Program for its “Alert & Respond” software platform and application that provides voice/data interoperability across a variety of platforms ranging from smart phones to police and fire department radios, embedded devices and drones. The top two markets for the company, according to CEO David Kahn, are the military and public safety.

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: RedSeal Networks, Allan Thompson, Executive VP Global Sales and Business Development

RedSeal Networks is both a Sponsor of the 2012 Awards Program and recipient of a Winner’s trophy in the IT Security Category of “Best Continuous Monitoring Solution”.

GSN 2012 Award Winners/Finalists/Sponsors: Steven Ringelberg, COO, Vanguard Integrity Professionals

Vanguard Security Professionals has been a multiple Winner and Finalist in previous GSN Awards Programs and was named Winner in the 2012 category of “Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Solution” and Finalist in the 2012 categories of “Best Identity Management Platform” and “Best Compliance/Vulnerability Assessment Solution.” Steven Ringelberg argues that new language is being used to describe the threat-scape, but many threats are the same as they have been for years.

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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