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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

Public petition seeking White House review of TSA body scans nearing its goal

Thu, 2012-07-26 09:11 AM

A petition that would spur a White House review of TSA’s use of airport body scanners is nearing its signature goal. The petition, posted by private citizens on the White House’s “We the People”...

Rep. King and Napolitano spar on Eldin visa

Wed, 2012-07-25 01:54 PM

Hani Nour Eldin

The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security and the DHS secretary are at odds over a visa granted to an Egyptian diplomat for a visit to Washington last June.

Border Patrol works with NY Naval Militia on Lake Champlain

Tue, 2012-07-24 11:16 AM

Patrol Boat 230

The Border Patrol is again getting help from state authorities in inspecting pleasure boats on New York’s Lake Champlain on busy summer weekends. Lake Champlain straddles the New York, Vermont and...

TSA expands expedited screening program to flight attendants

Tue, 2012-07-24 07:32 AM

U.S.-based airline flight attendants will get the same expedited screening that pilots do at airport security checkpoints as TSA expands its "Known Crewmember" (KCM) program in the next few months....

DHS offers investigative support in movie theater rampage

Fri, 2012-07-20 09:08 AM

Aurora, CO theater

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano offered the agency’s services as the investigation unfolds into a shooting rampage by a gunman in the early hours of July 20 that claimed at...

Thompson moves to close ‘loophole’ in flight school security

Fri, 2012-07-20 07:01 AM

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)

The ranking member of the House Homeland Security Committee introduced legislation on July 19 aimed at closing “a glaring security loophole” in TSA’s vetting of flight school applicants. The move...

FBI’s next-gen criminal ID technology, including facial recognition, on track

Thu, 2012-07-19 09:00 AM

Pender testifies

The FBI’s next-generation of identification technology is 60 percent deployed and will be completed by 2014, said Jerome Pender, deputy assistant director the agency’s Criminal Justice Information...

GAO study finds big holes in TSA’s vetting of foreign flight school applicants

Thu, 2012-07-19 07:35 AM

The Transportation Security Administration is working to close significant holes in its security and immigration checks of foreign flight school applicants, said a study released on July 18 by the...

XTec and GSA sign 10-year PACS contract

Wed, 2012-07-18 11:59 AM

XTec's AuthentX PACS

XTec Inc. has announced that GSA Region 1 signed a 10-year licensing and maintenance contract for enterprise support of XTec’s cloud-based physical access control solution. The agreement continues...

U.S. and Malaysia to share terror and crime information

Wed, 2012-07-18 08:32 AM

Hishammuddin Hussein

U.S. and Malaysian officials agreed on July 17 to assist each other in fighting transnational terrorism and crime. U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder and Malaysian Minister for Home Affairs Datuk Seri...

H-1B applications sign of economic recovery, or a shift from other temporary visas

Mon, 2012-07-16 10:51 AM

The 10 weeks it took U.S. employers to reach the cap on applications for temporary work visas for specialized foreign employees could be a sign the U.S. economy is picking up, said two researchers...

GAO report says lack of consensus on security clearances for civilian federal workers is costly

Fri, 2012-07-13 08:07 AM

DNI James Clapper

There are no agreed-upon standards for security clearance requirements for federal civilian employees, which may be why there has been a significant expansion in the number of government jobs that...

Company News

PIVCheck software integrated with RS2 Technologies access control software

Codebench, Inc. has integrated its PIVCheck software with RS2 Technologies LLC’s Access It! access control software LLC to offer a fully compliant FIPS-201 physical security access control solution.

Codebench’s PIVCheck software suite, an end-to-end card validation, authentication and registration solution for HSPD-12 compliance, now seamlessly integrates with RS2’s

flagship Access It! access control software and the company’s full line of access control hardware, said Codebench.

Canadian firm launches fingerprint reader for Apple mobile devices

S.I.C. Biometrics, a Montreal, Canada-based company, has announced at the international Biometric Consortium Conference in Tampa, FL, the launch of the first fingerprint reader that runs on the Apple mobile devices.

The Fingerprint Mobile Identification Device for Apple mobile devices called iFMID permits users to identify people from an iPhone or iPod touch through an app and a remote matching server.

The iFMID solution has been delivered for government projects in the U.S., according to a press release issued by S.I.C. on September 28.

ActivIdentity joins TSCP to pursue secure information sharing

ActivIdentity Corp., a supplier of strong authentication and credential management, has announced it has joined the Transglobal Secure Collaboration Program (TSCP) in the silver membership category for a second year.

As a member, ActivIdentity recognizes the role TSCP plays in developing and deploying secure information sharing solutions in highly sensitive environments and commits to contributing to the integration and adoption of TSCP standards.

Gallagher Security expands its presence in Asian market

Gallagher Security is augmenting its presence in the Asian security market with the expansion of its locally-based business development team and cadre of senior executives.

The security business unit of Gallagher Group is an established provider of proven security, access control and perimeter security systems with a global distribution network.

ePortation Inc. appoints military veteran, Andre McCoy, as chief operating officer

ePortation Inc., a provider of real-time information logistics and mobile technology, has appointed Andre McCoy as its chief operating officer.

In this position, McCoy will be responsible for managing the company’s day-to-day operations, including business development and marketing.

Before joining ePortation, McCoy served the United States on two overseas tours, Operation Iraqi Freedom (2008-2009) and Operation Enduring Freedom (2009-2010).

Jim Williams named senior vice present at Daon

Jim Williams, a 30-year veteran with the federal government has been named senior vice president of global professional services at Daon, a provider of identity assurance software and services.

Williams will also serve on the boards of directors for Reston, VA.-based Daon and Daon Trusted Identity Services, a joint venture with the American Association of Airport Executives. His appointment was effective September 1.

Bob Chauvin named president of SimplexGrinnell

Robert “Bob” Chauvin, with three decades of experience in the fire and life-safety industry, has been named president of SimplexGrinnell, a Tyco International company.

Chauvin’s appointment takes effect on October 1, according to a company press release issued on September 14. He will succeed Jim Spicer, who is retiring after serving as SimplexGrinnell president for the past three years and as a key company executive since 1990.

Gemalto launches new multi-application reader for contactless and contact versatility

Gemalto, a digital security provider, has announced the launch of its PROX DU smart card reader for physical and logical access control. The dual-interface reader makes it convenient to securely access a host of applications using both contactless and contact technologies, with one single device.

The PROX DU is fully plug-n-play on Windows OS in both contactless and contact modes, a feature unique to the Gemalto solution, the company says in a press release it issued on September 8.

Commentary and Opinions

Identity management: The cornerstone of security

By Todd Musselman and Al Kinney

The value of a robust identity management system has long been recognized; however, the actual development and implementation of an effective identity management system have proven to be more difficult tasks. This challenge has grown more complex as various solutions have emerged and matured, and has become more urgent as threats continue to grow in sophistication.

Embassy security: Pro-active solutions in a changing world

The time has come to re-think embassy security. The Department of State recently called for a “more serious and sustained commitment from Congress” to address security deficiencies at high-risk posts around the world, in the wake of last year's attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, which resulted in the death of four people, including U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens.

A patient identity solution that addresses a multi-billion dollar problem in healthcare

The cost of healthcare in the U.S. continues to soar year after year. The problem is not a result of idleness or the lack of technology, but of not addressing the core problem of patient identity.

Accept no substitutes: Why the real cloud matters for your security enterprise

Like every new technology marching its way through the hype cycle, cloud computing has fallen prey to unscrupulous marketers. Their basic crime is to borrow the language, but not the substance, of technological innovation, and mis-apply it to their own products in a cynical bid to fool the public.

Human trafficking: Using analytics to address a faceless crime

During my entire 23-year career as a police officer, I never dealt specifically with an individual who admitted they were a victim of human trafficking.

That doesn’t mean that human trafficking isn’t a problem, or that it doesn’t happen in the United States every day. On the contrary, the 2011 U.S. Department of State Trafficking in Persons Report estimates that 17,500 individuals are trafficked into the U.S. each year.

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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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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
Cyber Security Brainstorm	Jul 24 - 24
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
SANS Melbourne 2013	Sep 2 - 7
SANS Capital City 2013	Sep 3 - 8
US/Canada Border Conference	Sep 12 - 13
Network Security 2013	Sep 14 - 23
Cyber Intelligence Europe	Sep 17 - 19
EnergySec 9th Annual Security Summit	Sep 17 - 19
iFSO International Facility Security Officer Conference	Sep 17 - 19
International Facility Security Officer Conference	Sep 17 - 19
DefendUSA	Sep 19 - 20
ASIS Foundation Golf Tournament	Sep 23 - 23
NCT: CBRNe Asia, 24-27 September 2013, Kuala Lumpur	Sep 24 - 27
ASIS Foundation Night at ASIS 2013	Sep 26 - 26
SANS Bangalore 2013	Oct 14 - 26
SOS SANS October Singapore 2013	Oct 21 - Nov 2

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