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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...
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
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...
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

Suspect Detection System's Cogito interrogation system has screened airline employees
Mon, 2012-07-16 06:10 PM

A Cogito
mobile unit
Suspect Detection Systems Inc., a developer of counter-terror and crime prevention technology, announced on July 16 that several thousand aviation employees of a major American airline have been...
Both political conventions need perimeter protection equipment
Thu, 2012-07-12 03:10 PM

Time-Warner
Cable arena
in Charlotte, NC
The U.S. Secret Service wants to hire a contractor that can provide all necessary perimeter security equipment -- including portable vehicle barriers, anti-scale fencing and crowd control barricades...
Private sector homeland security to grow at 7.7 percent annually
Mon, 2012-07-09 05:39 PM
The U.S. economic downturn has had an adverse effect on the 2009-2010 private sector homeland security (HLS) market, but despite the capital investment aversion trend, the U.S. private sector...
CBP wants to train its Border Patrol agents to testify in court
Fri, 2012-07-06 04:41 PM

Valerie Vanbrocklin
In order to ensure that its Border Patrol agents make effective witnesses when they appear in a courtroom, CBP plans to hire longtime prosecutor and training specialist Valerie Vanbrocklin to offer...
NIST licenses its patent for ‘digital timestamping’
Fri, 2012-07-06 11:33 AM

Diagram from
timestamping patent
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) plans to grant an exclusive license to a Santa Barbara, CA-based firm, RSIP, LLC, to use a NIST patent for what is called “Digital...
Cooperative agreement will promote ‘televisiting’ by children with their imprisoned parents
Tue, 2012-07-03 01:14 PM
 The National Institute of Corrections wants to find an individual or group who can examine the issue of children “televisiting” with their incarcerated parents -- who are serving time in...
FEMA plans disaster assistance industry day in DC on July 18
Thu, 2012-06-28 12:21 PM

Survivors applying for
disaster assistance
from FEMA
 FEMA is planning an Industry Day in Washington, DC, on July 18 to inform prospective contractors about opportunities that may become available to support the federal government’s Disaster...
FCC to establish ‘Do-Not-Call’ registry to protect Public Service Answering Points from ‘robocallers’
Thu, 2012-06-21 12:23 PM
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is beginning to take steps to implement a “Do-Not-Call” registry for Public Safety Answering Points (PSAPs) -- which receive and route phone calls to first...
HID Global’s Kathleen Carroll to chair SIA’s gov’t relations committee
Tue, 2012-06-19 10:16 AM

Kathleen Carroll
The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced on June 19 that Kathleen Carroll, the director of government relations for HID Global, will be the new chair of the SIA’s government relations...
Secret Service to buy two transportable X-ray systems for ‘temporary protective sites’
Tue, 2012-06-12 02:33 PM

A Ford F-350 will carry
a portable X-ray system
In order to inspect baggage accompanying the President, Vice President and other VIPs while they are temporarily visiting designated “protective sites,” the U.S. Secret Service wants to acquire two...
Secret Service buys 26 ‘RF isolation’ boxes to extract data from cell phones
Mon, 2012-06-11 12:31 PM

RF isolation box
from Ramsey Electronics
The U.S. Secret Service has awarded a $32,540 contract to Ramsey Electronics, of Victor, NY, to supply 26 shielded test enclosures which will enable Secret Service personnel to identify and collect...
ATF and U.S. Marshals Service turn to Lockheed Martin for secure IT and data solutions
Tue, 2012-06-05 11:58 AM
Lockheed Martin has been selected to prime the Enterprise Standard Architecture (ESA) IV contract supplying managed information technology services and secure technology solutions to the U.S....

Company News

More than 26,000 new citizen registrations for Nixle alerts in times of crisis

Nixle, LLC, a free provider of informational communication services between government agencies and the communities they serve, received 26,000 new citizen subscribers during two recent natural disasters -- Hurricane Irene and the massive Texas wildfires, Nixle said in a Sept. 15 news release.

In areas affected by these catastrophes, agencies using the Nixle high-performance notification system were able to provide their citizens with real-time warnings, information, and evacuation details.

Honeywell will demonstrate its ‘Connected Building’ technology at ASIS

Honeywell announced on September 14 that its presence at ASIS in Orlando will be marked by a focus on technologies that create “connected buildings” -- facilities that can streamline operations by integrating security with building control systems.

Among the highlighted technologies will be software that allows dealers and integrators to more easily fold video surveillance into building systems, a new line of network video recorders that embrace open standards and remote-monitoring services that allow facility managers to keep tabs on multiple properties.

Experian and Symantec’s two-factor credentialing achieve NIST Level 3 Assurance

Experian announced on August 31 that the two-factor credentialing solution jointly developed by Experian and Symantec to comply with electronic authentication guidelines in the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Special Publication SP 800-63-1 is the first solution to achieve Level 3 Assurance.

Bayer MaterialScience’s blast-resistant structural envelope offers new level of protection

Protecting people and other critical assets from the devastation of an explosive attack is a high priority for security and building managers – and for Bayer MaterialScience LLC.

Verizon acquires CloudSwitch to accelerate its cloud strategy

Verizon Communications Inc. announced on August 25 that it has acquired CloudSwitch, a provider of cloud software technology, in a deal that will simplify the move to the enterprise cloud and help to boost industry adoption. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Honeywell completes acquisition of EMS Technologies

Honeywell announced on August 22 that it has completed its acquisition of EMS Technologies, Inc., a provider of connectivity solutions for mobile networking, rugged mobile computers and satellite communications, for approximately $491 million.

New video wall controllers from Trenton

Matrox Graphics Inc. and Trenton Systems announced on August 15 three new Trenton video wall controllers, tested and validated for use with Matrox Mura MPX display wall controller boards.

GAO tosses out BayFirst’s protest of State Department contract to upgrade security overseas

The Government Accountability Office has thrown out a contract protest lodged by BayFirst Solutions, LLC, of Washington, DC, after BayFirst objected to the State Department’s award of an $18 million contract to a rival, Veteran’s Solutions, Inc. (VSI), of Arlington, VA, to provide support services related to the upgrade of security at U.S. Government locations overseas.

Commentary and Opinions

Solar farms: The next attack targets

Most solar farm projects are located in remote areas, where land is affordable and the sparse population provides easier acceptance, permitting and operation. Unfortunately, these remote locations are vulnerable to attacks of vandalism, theft and terrorism. Today, there is an alarming increase in the incidents of theft and damage to solar farms, which impacts the production of electric power.

Vandalism and theft

Hiring military veterans is good business

If your company’s diversity recruiting strategy fails to include military veterans, you are missing out on working with some of our country’s most outstanding men and women. Organizations that fail to recognize the extraordinary leadership qualities that veterans bring to the workplace pass up the opportunity to work with results-oriented employees that have a strong sense of accountability and responsibility.

Common Alerting Protocol is becoming more common among military agencies

In 2001, an international, independent group of more than 120 emergency managers began specifying and prototyping the “Common Alerting Protocol” or CAP, data structure based on the recommendations of a report issued by the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC).

Leveraging social networks to sound the alarm

The proliferation of social networks has revolutionized how people communicate. Today, people are connecting with voice, data and video across the world in seconds. Because millions of people currently use social networking sites, bulletin boards, video-sharing sites, podcasts and blogs, a great opportunity exists to leverage these channels for mass alerting during an emergency.

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.

 

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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

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 and mechanical solutions divisions. He then introduces W.F.

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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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