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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...

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: 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...

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

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

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: John D. Clark, Sr, President/CEO, The Whitestone Group

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...

IACP Conference, 2012: Kim Webley and Shannon Turner, FileOnQ

Kim Webley, founder of FileOnQ, says the company serves law enforcement by focusing on property and evidence management from the crime scene to the courtroom. He indicates that the company was...

ASIS 2012: Steve Moore, Marketing Director, Garrett Metal Detectors

Garrett Metal Detectors started in the hobby business in 1964, according to Steve Moore, but has been in security for 30 years and is now a major national and international supplier of walk-through...

ASIS 2012: Adam Hall, Ameristar Security Products

Ameristar Security Products produces perimeter protection fencing systems, along with a line of vehicular barriers that includes bollards, wedges and crash beams, according to Adam Hall. The recent...

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...

News

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...

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...

Border Patrol catches up with dangerous smuggler in San Diego

Mon, 2013-04-22 01:29 PM

Martel
Valencia-Cortez

The same week Boston was struggling with capturing an elusive terror suspect, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a dangerous alien smuggler that has menaced the San Diego area for months. In the...

Illinois man arrested for trying to aid Syrian terror group

Mon, 2013-04-22 01:06 PM

Jabhat al Nusrah
flag

Federal agents arrested an Aurora, IL, man on April 19 for trying to board a plane in Chicago and travel to Syria to help Jabhat al Nusrah, a jihadist military group there. The arrest of 18-year-old...

Congress looking for answers in Boston bombing

Mon, 2013-04-22 07:54 AM

Tsanaev capture
MA State Police photo

After initial heartfelt congratulations to federal, state and local law enforcement following the massive manhunt and subsequent apprehension of the second suspect in the Boston Marathon bombing,...

Senators’ 844 page immigration reform bill would fund additional DHS border security

Wed, 2013-04-17 11:02 AM

U.S./Mexico border

The “Gang of Eight” U.S. senators who had been working on sweeping immigration reform bill filed their sprawling legislation on April 17. The legislation, which contains a raft of immigration reform...

Hearing on immigration overhaul bill delayed, another announced

Tue, 2013-04-16 08:46 AM

Border fence

The Senate Judiciary Committee has delayed a hearing on hotly-anticipated comprehensive immigration reform legislation until April 19, and scheduled another for the week of April 22.

10-finger prints require 35 seconds vs. 15 seconds for two-finger prints, says DHS

Mon, 2013-04-15 05:05 PM

The office that once was known as US-VISIT (for United States Visitor and Immigrant Status indicator Technology), and is now called the Office of Biometric Identity Management, or OBIM, estimates...

ISC West 2013: Zebra eyes possible need for millions of ID cards for immigrants

Fri, 2013-04-12 02:59 PM

Zebra Technologies'
Ram Ramaprasad

As he ponders the possibility of “comprehensive immigration reform,” which could provide a new legal status for approximately 12 million currently-undocumented aliens, Ram Ramaprasad, the director of...

ICE arrests Nigerian imposter with bogus U.S. passport in Maryland

Fri, 2013-04-12 08:49 AM

Not knowing his mother’s maiden name and a non-existent tattoo were the first tips that the man trying to pass through customs at Baltimore Washington International Airport on April 5 with a U.S....

ISC West 2013: Quantum Secure launches SAFE CIV for short-term visitors to federal sites and networks

Thu, 2013-04-11 02:32 PM

SAFE CIV
Credential

The requirement that federal employees and federal contractors trying to gain access to federal buildings and computer networks possess Personal Identification Verification (PIV) compliant smart...

Company News

Cincinnati, Chicago and Milwaukee open Global Entry enrollment centers

The Port of Cincinnati is the home of the latest Global Entry enrollment center opened by Customs and Border Protection, but two others in Chicago and Milwaukee have also begun operating.

The newest facility, housed at CBP Port of Cincinnati’s Olympic Blvd. building in Erlanger, KY, opened on Feb. 26, said CBP. Cincinnati is located on the north bank of the Ohio River at the Ohio–Kentucky border, near Indiana.

Houston opens Global Entry enrollment center in city hall

Because of the city’s strong ties to international trade and commerce, the City of Houston opened a satellite enrollment center for Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry program in its city hall building.

DMI wins ICE operations and maintenance contract

Bethesda, MD-based IT solutions and business strategy consulting firm DMI won a two-year task order to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) Support for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) legacy Alien Criminal Response Information Management (ACRIMe) System.

HID Global names Bridget Burke as vice president and chief information officer

HID Global, a supplier of secure identity solutions, announced on Jan. 22 that Bridget Burke has joined the company as vice president and chief information officer (CIO), with a goal of enhancing overall information capabilities.

Burke is responsible for HID Global’s business applications, data networking and infrastructure and customer information programs. She will also serve as chief security officer (CSO) responsible for overseeing the company’s security policy compliance.

Diebold appoints Henry Wallace as its new chairman of the board

Diebold, Incorporated announced on Jan. 21 that the company's board of directors has elected Henry D.G. Wallace as chairman of the board. Wallace has been a member of the Diebold board since 2003. He replaces John Lauer, 73, whom the board will not be nominating for re-election to the board at the company's annual meeting of shareholders in April in accordance with the company's retirement policy.

Will-Burt Company acquires security filing cabinet and access control lines from Diebold

The Will-Burt Company, a manufacturer of telescoping mast and tower elevation solutions for surveillance, communication antenna and scene lighting systems based in Orrville, OH, has acquired two security solution business lines from Diebold, Incorporated.

Included in the transaction are Diebold’s GSA-approved security filing cabinet and vault door business and its LINX Security Solutions business.

AMAG Technology appoints Rebecca Law its vice president of sales

AMAG Technology, a supplier of access control, IP video and intrusion detection (IDS) solutions, has named Rebecca Law as its new vice president of sales.

Law will manage AMAG’s team of regional sales managers and sales engineers in North America in an effort to grow AMAG’s business, support customers with excellence and espouse AMAG’s “Exceptional Customer Service” philosophy. She reports to Matt Barnette, executive vice president of sales and marketing.

Matica Group names Shane Cunningham its global marketing director

Matica System, a company that designs, manufactures and distributes card personalization and mailing systems and ID card printers, announced on Jan. 10 the addition to its corporate management team of Shane Cunningham as the group’s new director of global marketing.

Commentary and Opinions

The ‘Total Cost of Ownership’ concept in entrance control

Many security equipment projects go out to bid in order to help ensure fair pricing for security equipment buyers. Sometimes an RFP/RFQ is generated to solicit bids or quotes on a project. These RFPs and RFQs may come from a professional security consulting engineer or simply from an end-user looking to get the best bang for his buck.

The human factor of technology acquisition

While travelling through TSA lines at an airport, I often wonder how to make the process more efficient. TSA obviously has thought about this, too. Online pre-screening for frequent travelers and advanced imaging technology have been added to their repertoire to ease the screening process. Both advances are technological and both aim to increase efficiency and decrease human contact. Technology and humans cannot be on divergent paths in the homeland security and law enforcement arenas. They must work together.

Doors-only: A dangerous container security concept, yet still the policy

In 2007, I said the following when referring to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) policy on container security: “Perhaps, the dumbest policy, model, or standard of all is the sealed-door standard.”

Five years later, despite technological advances and use by the private sector and military, CBP is still focused on container “doors” as a security measure. CBP has still not developed an alternative.

How can agencies quickly and cost-effectively achieve CJIS compliance?

In 1992, the FBI established its Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) division. It is the largest division of the FBI and it provides state, local, and federal law enforcement and criminal justice agencies with access to centralized information, such as fingerprint identification records, criminal histories and sex offender registrations. Due to the extreme sensitivity of this information, the agency has mandated enhanced security measures to protect access to it.

The future of identity and access management: How to make VanRoekel’s idea of ‘doing more with less’ a reality

President Obama’s proposed budget highlights the critical role that IT plays in making government work better for citizens and business. The budget encourages the wider use of technology to enhance efficiencies in delivering needed services, while cutting the IT budget over several years.

U.S. Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel titled his accompanying IT budget priorities, Doing More with Less. In this era of fiscal austerity, key strategic activities are essential to achieving this vision:

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Recent Access Control Videos

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.

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 services in the physical access control domain. The company’s “CloudPass” product has been established as a government community cloud, specifically for federal government agencies that want to take their physical access control and PAC into a cloud configuration. Brivo also offers a cloud transition service to clients that have on-premise servers and want to make the transition.

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 Detection/Prevention Solution” and 2012 Finalist in the categories of “Best ID Management Platform” and “Best Compliance/Vulnerability Assessment Solution”, not to mention a multiple Winner and Finalist in prior GSN Awards Programs.

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 Strategist for the company, describes how privileged access management has become increasingly important as physical and logical access have merged, and the government, through HSPD-12, has required that the PIV smart card, historically used for physical access now must be used for logical access as well.

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/Force Protection Service.” The Whitestone Group’s A-list of clients includes NASA, DoD, USDA, VA, DHS, Social Security Administration, U.S. Coast Guard, Army, Air Force and the Department of Interior, which has just approved a new 5-year facility security contract for the Hoover Dam.

White Papers

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

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.

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Upcoming Events

Event Details	Dates of Event
SANS Austin 2013	May 19 - 24
DoD VA Healthcare Training Forum	May 20 - 23
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
Cyber Defense and Network Security Summit	Jun 24 - 26
Vanguard Security & Compliance 2013	Jun 24 - 27
SANS Canberra 2013	Jul 1 - 13
Border Management & Technologies Summit	Jul 2 - 5
SANS Rocky Mountain 2013	Jul 15 - 20
SANS Mumbai 2013	Jul 22 - 27
SANS San Francisco 2013	Jul 29 - Aug 3
SANS Boston 2013	Aug 5 - 10
Cyber Security for Government	Aug 12 - 14
SANS Thailand 2013	Aug 19 - 31
SANS Virginia Beach 2013	Aug 19 - 30
Maritime Security 2013 West	Aug 19 - 21
930gov: Strategic Buying at Year-End Showcase	Aug 21 - 21

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