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ISC West Conference 2013: Peter Boriskin, ASSA ABLOY

Peter Boriskin, Director of Product Management for ASSA ABLOY'S Commerical Electronic Access Control Products, indicates that he would like to describe the features and benefits of the SARGENT SE...

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...

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...

IACP Conference, 2012: Kris Pearson, Director of Sales, VIEVU, Inc

Kris Pearson describes VIEVU as the world leader in body-worn video technology, with 23,000 customers worldwide. One of the reasons that police officers are now wearing surveillance devices, he...

IACP Conference, 2012: Eric Ivers, “The Robot Guy”, RoboteX, Inc

Eric Ivers gives a demonstration of the RoboteX robot and indicates that they are sold mainly to law enforcement agencies, the military, SWAT teams, Army rangers and the company is presently...

IACP Conference, 2012: Rob Wolf, VP Public Safety and Emergency Response, NC4

Rob Wolf tells GSN that NC4 products focus on situational awareness, and the company is at the IACP show to demonstrate its new NC4 SAFECOP product for state and local law enforcement. NC4 SAFECOP...

ASIS 2012: Dr Bob Banerjee, Senior Director, Consultants and A&E Firms, Security Group, Nice

ASIS 2012: John de Terlizzi, Marketing Director, American K-9 Interediction

Categories: Military/Force Protection, Border Security, Infrastructure Protection, Access Control, CBRNE/Detection, Perimeter Protection, Education/Training, Security ServicesJohn Terlizzi explains...

ASIS 2012: Paul Retzbach, Global Leader Market Solutions, Government Sector, Stanley Security Solutions and W.R. (Bill) Dempsey, Sargent and Greenleaf

Paul Retzbach provides a description of the broad array of security products offered to the government market by Stanley Security Solutions in the company’s convergence, access control technologies...

2012 ISC West Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Joe McDonald, Board of Directors Member, ASIS International

Joe McDonald states that ASIS International, which has deep roots in federal government and law enforcement, has had a banner year in which membership increased from 37,000 to 38,000, with...

GSN 2011 Awards Dinner and Sponsor Interviews: John Clark, President and CEO, The Whitestone Group

It's been a banner year for the Whitestone Group, according to John Clark, CEO of the facility security, asset/force protection and investigations firm. On July 1, the FAA signed a national...

ASIS 2011: Chris Peterson, Founder and Owner, Vector Firm

According to veteran technology sales executive Chris Peterson, Vector Firm is a management consulting business which specializes in the sales and business development departments of security...

ASIS 2011: Mark Desmarais, Clear View Systems Product Manager, Raytheon Corporation

Mark Desmarais discusses Raytheon’s new “Security and Transportation Systems” business, recently created in a restructuring instituted by Raytheon’s Network Centric Systems president, Dan Crowley....

ASIS 2011, Mark S. Wilson, VP Marketing, Infinova Corporation

Mark Wilson explains that Infinova positions itself as “The Integrators’ Manufacturer” because the company sells exclusively to the Integrator channel, offering complete technical solutions that...

News

An Akita named Spartacus helps Newtown’s kids to open up

Fri, 2013-05-10 12:07 PM

Spartacus Chooch
and Brad Cole

We’ve all seen the photos and television images of the huge, cuddly “comfort dogs” that have played a key role in soothing the minds of the surviving victims -- and their families -- of recent...

First Coast Security lands $36.5 million contract to guard five sites in DC

Wed, 2013-05-08 06:06 PM

The Federal Protective Service, a component of DHS, has awarded a contract worth $36.5 million to First Coast Security Solutions, Inc., of Jacksonville, FL, to provide armed security guards at five...

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...

FEMA will try using binding arbitration to resolve disputes by applicants for disaster assistance

Wed, 2013-04-24 03:08 PM

In accordance with the Sandy Recovery and Improvement Act, which was signed into law by President Obama last January, FEMA is planning to set up a pilot program to organize approximately 50 to 75...

Budget cuts threaten intelligence gathering, says Clapper

Fri, 2013-04-12 08:04 AM

Director James Clapper

The federal sequestration budget cuts threaten to return U.S. intelligence gathering capabilities back to pre-9/11 days if implemented wholesale, with furloughs and force reductions, U.S. spymaster...

Security Industry Association and ASIS International to ink collaboration MOU at ISC West

Mon, 2013-04-08 01:53 PM

Senior leadership of ASIS International (ASIS) and the Security Industry Association (SIA) will formally announce the signing of a collaboration and information sharing Memorandum of Understanding (...

Elite Protective Services, Inc. to guard 11 government locations in Maryland

Thu, 2013-04-04 04:20 PM

A government site on
East West Hwy in Bethesda, MD

The Federal Protective Service, a unit within DHS, has awarded a contract worth almost $62 million to Elite Protective Services, Inc., of Wheaton, MD, to provide armed protective security services at...

CBP wants a vendor to extract and decontaminate drugs smuggled inside hazmat trucks

Thu, 2013-03-21 05:26 PM

Is this Hazmat truck
smuggling narcotics?

CBP is so intent on finding narcotics being smuggled inside vehicles heading north from the U.S.-Mexico border through the state of Texas that it wants to hire a vendor to extract narcotics and other...

Tri-Ed technology roadshows continue across America

Tue, 2013-03-19 03:58 PM

Tri-Ed, an independent security distributor, is continuing its comprehensive technology roadshow training program throughout 2013. Dealers and integrators can mark their calendars for these free one-...

Commerce Dept. plans three trade missions to South and Central America in next six months

Mon, 2013-03-11 01:32 PM

Bogota, Colombia

The U.S. Commerce Department is organizing three separate trade-related missions to three different destinations in South and Central America that could provide business opportunities for the U.S....

Dr. Daniel Gerstein talks with GSN about S&T’s latest research projects

Mon, 2013-03-04 04:36 PM

As the deputy under secretary for science and technology at DHS, Dr. Daniel Gerstein is like a kid in a candy store. He is directly involved in more fascinating and vital R&D projects -- there...

Urban technology lab in NYC cuts ribbon at new headquarters

Fri, 2013-03-01 01:20 PM

Cutting ribbon at NUSTL
were (l to r) Gerstein
Daddario, Kilduff & Hutter

The organization now known as the National Urban Security Technology Laboratory occupied grim and old-fashioned space on the fifth floor of an office building in the SoHo neighborhood of Manhattan...

Company News

Universal Protection Service buys Sky Security Services to expand to Hawaii and Nevada

Universal Protection Service, a division of Universal Services of America, announced on May 16 that it has acquired Sky Security Services and expanded its nationwide presence to include both Hawaii and Nevada.

Since 1992, Sky Security Services has been providing security services to condominiums, gated communities, apartments, hotels and resorts nationwide.

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.

Booz Allen wins two DHS support services contracts

Booz Allen Hamilton announced on Feb. 28 that it was awarded two separate five-year contracts under the DHS Technical, Acquisition and Business Support Services (TABSS) $11 billion multiple-award contract vehicle.

The wins, awarded on November 30, 2012 and February 15, 2013, are to support DHS and its components with program management, engineering, technology, business and financial management, and audit support services.

ARES Security, a risk management company, names Ben Eazzetta its new president

ARES Security Corp., an enterprise security risk management solutions company, has announced that it has named Ben Eazzetta as its president.

Dennis Raefield joins Secure Strategy Group’s advisory board

The Secure Strategy Group, based in New York City, has announced that Dennis Raefield has joined its advisory board.

Raefield has had a long and distinguished career in the security industry. He was president of Honeywell Access Systems, a division of Honeywell International, which manufactures enterprise level access control systems for Fortune 100 clients.

Universal Protection Service acquires the security officer services division of T&M Protection Resources, LLC

Universal Protection Service, a division of Universal Services of America and a large provider of security services in the U.S., announced on Jan. 2 that it has acquired the security officer services division of T&M Protection Resources, LLC (T&M).

Suspect Detection Systems joins with SDB Partners to sell Cogito Technology in U.S

Suspect Detection Systems Inc., a developer of counter-terror and crime prevention technology, announced on Dec. 18 that it has entered into a strategic alliance with Washington, DC-based SDB Partners to market and distribute the company's proven terror and crime prevention technology to law enforcement agencies in the U.S.

G4S Government Solutions names Hafner and Bradley to senior positions

Steve Hafner has been named Chief Operating Officer of DOE Operations for G4S Government Solutions, Inc. (G4S GS) and Dave Bradley has been promoted to SVP and Executive General Manager. The team will specifically help bridge new practices and protocols in the company's DOE/NNSA operations.

Commentary and Opinions

Beyond the bars: Envisioning a new ecosystem of virtual incarceration

By Michael Gelles , Alan Holden and Kara Shuler

At this moment, 1 out of every 100 adult Americans is behind bars. That’s 2.3 million convicted offenders, more than 60 percent of whom were sentenced for non-violent offenses.

Proposed EU privacy rules could limit innovation and cost businesses

In January, the European Commission proposed a comprehensive reform of the EU’s 1995 Data Protection Directive to strengthen consumer privacy laws and harmonize privacy regulations and enforcement across EU member states. While the EU proposal has many useful recommendations, it falls short in a number of areas. Specifically, it adds new regulations that will negatively impact the Internet economy, limits the potential for future innovation and imposes excessive burdens on organizations.

Intelligence platform integration with the FBI eGuardian system

A widely held belief in the law enforcement community is that the more information sharing that takes place among different agencies, the better opportunities law enforcement officials have to connect the dots on possible criminal activity. Tips and leads, or Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) from citizens, can help piece together what otherwise might remain silos of pertinent clues or data -- never a connection to be made.

Why contract manufacturing in the U.S. makes sense for security companies

Every business day, companies fight to keep manufacturing in the U.S., and with good reason. Companies want to keep highly-skilled, well-paying jobs here. They want to keep profits and taxes in the U.S. But, foremost, when one looks at the total cost of manufacturing, domestic manufacturing truly is the most cost-effective option.

Companies witness this every day and it’s starting to become apparent as more customers are re-sourcing product from Mexico, Eastern Europe and the Far East back to the U.S. So, why is the U.S. becoming the next low-cost region for manufacturing?

National security and the counterfeit economy

Counterfeiting has become a problem too big and too serious to ignore. Its impact is now felt directly throughout the world economy -- even in the United States military supply chain where we now know that “military capable” technologies have been counterfeited. Counterfeiting was easier to overlook, despite the enormous economic and security implications, when it was seen as a luxury problem, an affliction affecting the manufacturers of designer handbags and outfits. Luxury or not, it is clear that it is a problem that we cannot ignore.

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IACP Conference, 2012: Eric Ivers, “The Robot Guy”, RoboteX, Inc

Eric Ivers gives a demonstration of the RoboteX robot and indicates that they are sold mainly to law enforcement agencies, the military, SWAT teams, Army rangers and the company is presently developing a new market with special ops. He estimates that the RoboteX models are the best priced robots on the market, with a service contract that enables the buyer to have a robot that works all the time.

IACP Conference, 2012: Rob Wolf, VP Public Safety and Emergency Response, NC4

Rob Wolf tells GSN that NC4 products focus on situational awareness, and the company is at the IACP show to demonstrate its new NC4 SAFECOP product for state and local law enforcement. NC4 SAFECOP was developed in collaboration with the Tampa, FL police department and is a new crime fighting solution that changes the way officers police the streets by bringing them blogging capabilities which, combined with other police feeds and CAD data, display a graphic representation of crime almost immediately following an incident.

ASIS 2012: Dr Bob Banerjee, Senior Director, Consultants and A&E Firms, Security Group, Nice

Dr. Banerjee points out that the typical command and control center of an airport, seaport, mass transit hub, utility or city center is a place with input from a number of different silos. The silos must be joined together, he says, so that management can first achieve situational awareness, then move on to situation management and situation reconstruction. That is what Physical Security Information (PSIM) is all about, he says, and it is what Nice’s Situator software offers to security personnel. It’s the ability to pull the silos together and know what to do next.

ASIS 2012: John de Terlizzi, Marketing Director, American K-9 Interediction

Categories: Military/Force Protection, Border Security, Infrastructure Protection, Access Control, CBRNE/Detection, Perimeter Protection, Education/Training, Security Services

ASIS 2012: Paul Retzbach, Global Leader Market Solutions, Government Sector, Stanley Security Solutions and W.R. (Bill) Dempsey, Sargent and Greenleaf

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