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GSN 2011 Awards Dinner Winners and Sponsors: Bill Conner, President and CEO, Entrust, Inc:
Entrust, Inc is an identity-based security company that focuses on government and enterprises, according to Bill Conner. The company had a big night at GSN’s 2011 Awards Program, being named Winner...
GSN 2011 Awards Dinner Winners and Sponsors: Cosmo Perrone, Principle, Cosmo Perrone & Associates and former Security Director, Port of Long Beach, CA:
The Port of Long Beach, CA, was named Winner of GSN’s 2011 award for “Most Notable Maritime/Port Security Program”. Cosmo Perrone, Director of Security for the Port from 2006 to 2011, tells GSN about...
GSN Awards Dinner Winners and Sponsors Interviews: Scott Paul, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Sarix Line, Pelco by Schneider Electric:
Scott Paul describes Pelco by Schneider Electric – 2011 winner in “Best Network IP Cameras” -- as a leading provider of video surveillance equipment sold around the world. Products range from analog...
GSN 2011 Awards Dinner Winners and Sponsors Interviews: Bill Eckerd, Director of Sales for Strategic Account Group, Verint Video Solutions
Verint Video Solutions was a 2011 Winner of “Best Intelligent Video Surveillance Solution” for its Nextiva Physical Security Information Management System (PSIM). According to Bill Eckerd, the PSIM...

News

TSA expects heaviest Super Bowl traveler volume on Feb. 6
Fri, 2012-02-03 08:55 AM

Indianapolis International
The Transportation Security Administration is set to deal with tens of thousands more passengers travelling through Indianapolis International Airport before and after Super Bowl XLVI with additional...
DHS and ICE busy before Super Bowl securing stadium and IP rights
Fri, 2012-02-03 08:15 AM

Napolitano at Super Bowl XLVI
As their boss touted this year’s Super Bowl as one of the most secure in history, U.S. customs agents were busy extending protections beyond the physical venue and into intellectual property on the...
CBP designates first native American tribe’s Enhanced Tribal Card as acceptable travel document
Thu, 2012-02-02 08:36 AM

Kootenai lands
On Jan. 31, the Idaho Kootenai tribe’s identification document officially became a valid form of identification to enter the U.S. The tribe, whose lands straddle the U.S./Canadian border in Idaho,...
Privacy group calls for moratorium on facial recognition technology
Thu, 2012-02-02 08:09 AM
A privacy rights group told the Federal Trade Commission that the FTC should suspend facial recognition technology’s deployment by commercial users until privacy and other safeguard standards are...
DHS outlines plans to reform visa processes to keep highly-skilled immigrant workers
Wed, 2012-02-01 08:11 AM

U.S. visa
In the coming months, the Department of Homeland Security hopes to reform some administrative practices to ease the visa process for highly-skilled immigrants who want to enter, or remain in, the U.S...
Senators again ask DHS for response on Cook County, IL, immigration ordinance
Tue, 2012-01-31 08:59 AM

Cook County courthouse
A group of U.S. Senators asked DHS to reconcile its approach to immigration enforcement in light of Cook County, Illinois’ refusal to enforce federal detention requests there.
DHS revs up information sharing and international efforts
Mon, 2012-01-30 03:43 PM

Secretary Napolitano
The Department of Homeland Security has focused not only on domestic security in the last year, but also on becoming an international force in securing trade, and it will push those efforts forward...
Russian citizens can travel to Guam without a visa, says CBP
Fri, 2012-01-27 09:11 AM

Guam
Russian citizens can travel to the island of Guam without a visa, said U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Jan. 26. CBP said the new visa rules are the results of a November decision by DHS...
State Department designates Uzbek men as recruiters and organizers for terror groups
Fri, 2012-01-27 08:28 AM

IMU emblem
The U.S. Department of State classified three Uzbek men as global terrorists on Jan. 26, saying they are recruiters, fighters and media men for two terror organizations in that central Asian country.
Hi-Tech debuts its SeeDOT truck identification system
Thu, 2012-01-26 04:52 PM

SeeDOT truck
identification system
Hi-Tech Solutions Ltd. (HTS), a developer and provider of optical character recognition (OCR) computer and vision systems, announced on Jan. 25 its SeeDOT suite for enhanced accuracy in truck...
Homegrown extremist pleads guilty to attack plot on armed forces recruiting center
Thu, 2012-01-26 04:06 PM

Antonio Martinez
A Baltimore man pleaded guilty to charges of trying to bomb a military recruiting center in a failed plot aimed at killing U.S. service members in late 2010. Antonio Martinez, who also goes by the...
GSA’s first Cloud-based physical access system implemented at federal building in Des Moines, Iowa
Thu, 2012-01-26 03:57 PM

Neal Smith
Federal Building
in Des Moines, IA
BridgePoint Systems, a provider of smart card readers and enrollment software for Physical Access Control Systems (PACs), announced on Jan. 24 that the Neal Smith Federal Building in Des Moines, IA,...

Company News

New judicial center in Denver to install AMAG Technology's Symmetry system

The Ralph Carr Judicial Center in Denver, CO, which is on track for completion in the Spring of 2013, has selected AMAG Technology’s Symmetry Homeland V7 Security Management System.

NNSA’s Sandia Site manager to retire

The National Nuclear Security Administration said Sandia Site Office Manager Patty Wagner will retire on Feb. 3 after 31 years of federal service.

As Sandia Site Office manager, NNSA said Wagner was responsible for overseeing the $2.5 billion contract for Sandia National Laboratories and ensuring the safe and secure operations of the laboratories.

Applied DNA Sciences helps convict major European drug ring

Applied DNA Sciences, Inc. (APDN), a provider of DNA-based security, announced on Jan. 13 that its SigNature DNA anti-crime technology has played a key role in the dismantling of a major drug ring in the United Kingdom, where 11 drug cartel members were sentenced to a total of 31 years in prison.

A massive police operation, conducted over a period of three years, resulted in seizures totaling more than $400,000 worth of cocaine, heroin and cannabis, along with the equivaqlent of nearly $75,000 in cash.

Kantech releases EntraPass v5.01 security software

Kantech, part of Tyco Security Products, announced on Jan. 12 the release of EntraPass v5.01 security software, which has been designed to help customers keep up with their changing access control security needs whether they are managing one building or multiple sites from a network.

Alarm Lock’s Trilogy PL3000 satisfies Block Island ferries

Alarm Lock’s keypad-less standalone access control lock, the Trilogy PL3000, is a big hit on the Block Island ferries. The Block Island Ferry/ Interstate Navigation Company has operated year-round ferry service to Block Island for more than 75 years. After numerous attempts to increase security measures with competitive locks that failed in less than a year, former Block Island Police Chief William McCombe, who is currently director of security for Interstate Navigation, has found exactly what he was seeking. 

AMAG Technology names Chris Earleywine as vice president of sales

AMAG Technology, a provider of converged access control, IP video and intrusion management, announced on Jan. 9 the appointment of Chris Earleywine as its new vice president of sales.

In his new role, Earleywine will manage AMAG’s team of regional sales managers and sales engineers and implement sales strategies to promote company growth, assist customers and uphold AMAG’s philosophy of exceptional customer service, says a company news release. Earleywine reports to Matt Barnette, senior vice president of sales and marketing.

Codebench releases provisioning SDK for physical access control systems

Codebench, Inc., a provider of TWIC / HSPD-12 / FIPS-201 authentication and physical access control middleware, announced on Jan. 2 that it has released a new SDK called IDSync, the first solution of its kind to provide a standardized Web services interface for automated provisioning and de-provisioning of users and credentials into virtually any supported physical access control system (PACS).

ADT vet, Paul Brisgone, named to Viscount Systems’ board of directors

Viscount Systems Inc., of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, a supplier of security systems and software, announced on December 22 that Paul Brisgone has been named to the company’s board of directors.  

Commentary and Opinions

The state of intelligence reform 10 years after 9/11

By Robert Mueller, III

[Editor’s note: Robert Mueller, III, the Directopr of the FBI, delivered the following congressional testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in Washington, DC, on October 6, 2011.]

Good morning, Chairman Rogers, Ranking Member Ruppersberger, and members of the committee. Thank you for the opportunity to appear before the committee today to discuss the threats facing our nation and the efforts of the FBI to protect the United States over the past 10 years.

9/11, A Decade Later -- Connecting the ‘big data’ dots: A decade of lessons learned

In recognition of the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, many take a look back at how a revitalized concern for national security spurred numerous initiatives to improve the nation’s defense system. A decade of technological innovation and policy evolution later, the U.S. has made great strides in securing U.S. borders. In retrospect, many of these changes are byproducts of lessons learned from the official 9/11 investigation.

9/11, A Decade Later -- Do the new technologies actually improve our security?

Whenever I tell people what I do for a living, they invariably say something like, “Oh 9/11, what a tragedy, but it must have been great for your business. Is that why you went into it?” Then, I will always have to explain that I was already in the electronic security industry, and that there’s no clear correlation between those tragic events and providing physical security to buildings and the people who inhabit them.

9/11, A Decade Later -- Neuroscience and neurotechnology in national security, intelligence and defense: An imperative from 9/11

Fortiter in re, suaviter in modo -- Be resolute in action, and gentle in manner

Since the events of 9/11, there have been increasing calls from the public -- as well as incentives from certain sectors of the government -- for science to “do something” to better define, predict, and in this way perhaps prevent terrorism and other violent social behavior.

Harmonizing standards within the security industry

Traditionally, the Security Industry Association has been a standards developing body, but we recognize that we are not alone in this effort and many other organizations are doing good work on their own standards.

However, the only thing worse than having no standards at all is have three standards for the same thing! To that end, SIA has produced a White Paper that describes an approach to harmonizing technical and operational standards among cooperating standards organizations, consortia and forums within the electronic physical security industry.

 

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GSN 2011 Awards Dinner and Sponsor Interviews: Jeff Horne, Practice Manager, Malware Solutions, Accuvant Inc

Jeff Horne explains that Denver, CO-based Accuvant , Inc has two different businesses – the Value Added Reseller (VAR) side, in which it is one of the largest resellers in the country, and the Accuvant Lab side, which provides research in IT Security and on risk and compliance management, vulnerability analysis and malware solutions. It does technical due diligence with the hardware and software it grabs from the VAR side of the business, evaluating products and incorporating them into new solutions, acting as a product agnostic, objective advisor.

ASIS 2011: Al Shipp, President and CEO, 3VR Video

The 3VR Video Platform, says Al Shipp, takes standard video surveillance and extracts video information that is useful and actionable. In managing incoming video streams, 3VR can build metatags and put the useful information on a database that is searchable. This reduces the time to find what you are looking for down to minutes, rather than hours or days. “Anything you can search you can put an alert on,” says Shipp. Traditionally, if something bad happens, you used video surveillance to figure out what it was.

ASIS 2011: Robert H. Scott III, Security Solutions Industry Manager, Intergraph Corporation

Intergraph, short for “interactive graphics”, is a software company that uses graphics to help its clients visualize complex information, according to Bob Scott. The company’s Security Solutions unit develops software tools for the government to make maps; provides mapping for transportation applications; designs and maintains facilities for utilities and communications; and is the world’s largest provider of public safety systems.

ASIS 2011: Brad Conway, Chairman and CEO, and Guy Couture, Technical Manager, Autoclear

Chairman and CEO Brad Conway explains that Autoclear is basically an anti-terrorist, anti-perpetrator company which is in the business of detecting contraband, explosives, weapons, metal, narcotics, chemical and nuclear substances through its broad lines of X-ray scanners, metal detectors and trace detection products. Key markets for the company are military/force protection, embassies and government buildings, airports and seaports, nuclear and oil facilities, customs, police bomb squads and other law enforcement applications. Mr.

ASIS 2011: Barry Willingham, President, Smith & Wesson Security Solutions

Smith & Wesson, an American tradition in the firearms business for 160 years, recently moved into the perimeter protection business following its purchase of Universal Safety Response, creating Smith & Wesson Security Solutions.

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White Papers

ADT
Government facility visitor management solutions from ADT

This white paper highlights a successful pilot HSPD-12 compliant visitor management project undertaken by a U.S. federal government agency, which successfully meets the objectives of Federal Identity, Credential, andAccess Management (FICAM) Road map use case 4.9 for how agencies should perform credentialing and validation of visitors to federal facilities.

 

To download this white paper click here

Vector Firm
Are Trade Shows Still Relevant?

 

There was a time when a trade show budget was never questioned. If your company had a product to launch,training to conduct, leads to generate or branding to imprint, the industry’s major trade show was the place to do it.

 

Millions of dollars every year were spent by manufacturers and service providers and no one ever blinked (the accounting department always blinked but were afraid to say anything) – these shows were untouchable.

 

To follow the trends and see how the landscape is changing for Trade Shows please download this White Paper. This paper was written by Chris Peterson.

 

Chris Peterson is Co-Founder and Principal Owner of Vector Firm, a management consulting and training firm focused on the sales and business development operations of companies within the security industry. Through consulting and training engagements, Vector Firm creates intelligent strategies, repeatable processes and effective tools that enable its clients’ sales teams to focus on one thing – execution. In every solution, Vector follows its philosophy that sales is a science and that success is a result of a sales team’s daily action being tied to a strategic plan.

Upcoming Events

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SANS Monterey 2012 Jan 30 - Feb 4
2012 Adobe Government Assembly Feb 8
SANS Phoenix 2012 Feb 13 - 18
SANS Secure India 2012 Feb 20 - 25
The Airport Law Enforcement Symposium Feb 23-24, 2012 Feb 23 - 24
Physical Security: Introductory Applications and Technology Feb 27 - Mar 1
Conducting Corporate Investigations Feb 27 - 28
ISC CHINA 2012 (International Security Conference & Exposition CHINA) Feb 27 - 29
RSA Conference 2012 Feb 27 - Mar 2
SAP Public Sector Partner Exchange Feb 28 - 28
SANS Secure Singapore 2012 Mar 5 - 17
SANS Germany 2012 Mar 5 - 10
Homeland Security Finance Forum 2012 Mar 6 - 6
Basic Hands-On CAMEO Training Mar 12 - 14
ASIS Assets Protection Course: Principles of Security (APC I) Mar 12 - 15
SANS Mobile Device Security Summit 2012 Mar 12 - 15
Aviation Week's Innovation Challenge Showcase Mar 13 - 14
Symantec Government Technology Summit Mar 20 - 20
STI at SANS 2012 Mar 23 - 30
SANS 2012 Mar 23 - 30
The 9th Two Day Conference On Indian Medical Devices & Plastics Disposables Industry 2012 Mar 23 - 24
SANS Northern Virginia 2012 Apr 15 - 20
Active Shooter Apr 18 - 19
SANS AppSec 2012 Apr 24 - May 2
SANS Cyber Guardian 2012 Apr 30 - May 7
Telework Exchange Spring 2012 Town Hall Meeting May 2 - 2
5th Sample Prep - Sample Preparation for Virus, Toxin, & Pathogen Detection & Identification May 3 - 4
SANS Security West 2012 May 10 - 18
SANS Toronto 2012 May 14 - 19
Counter Terror Expo US May 16 - 17
CEIC 2012 (Computer and Enterprise Investigations Conference) May 21 - 24
SANS Rocky Mountain 2012 Jun 4 - 9
Data Center Brainstorm 2012 Jun 19 - 19
SANS Forensics and Incident Response Summit 2012 Jun 21 - 27
Vanguard Security & Compliance 2012 Jun 25 - 28
SANS Canberra 2012 Jul 2 - 10

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