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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...

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

Experts examine how to construct cyber security policy

Thu, 2011-01-27 08:35 AM

Lt. Gen. Robert Schmidle

Defense, public policy and Department of Homeland Security experts see room for extensive public debate on how to develop a policy against cyber attacks, despite the issue’s inherent national...

Magal S3 wins a $21.4 million contract to enhance security at Port of Mombasa in Kenya

Wed, 2011-01-26 05:46 PM

Port of Mombassa

Magal Security Systems, Ltd. signed a $21.4 million dollar contract for a turnkey project for the supply and integration of the security systems for the Port of Mombasa in Kenya. This turnkey project...

Thompson heralds the end of color coded threat alerts

Wed, 2011-01-26 04:54 PM

Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS)

Color coded terrorism threat alerts are now a thing of the past, according to one congressional homeland security committee leader.The ranking minority member of the House Committee on Homeland...

Ten new video interviews with ASIS 2010 exhibitors and GSN 2010 award winners posted on GSN Web site

Tue, 2011-01-25 03:25 PM

As a number of visitors to our Web site have already noticed, Government Security News has posted a module of 10 new featured video interviews on the home page of the GSN Web site. These videos...

FBI “Tinytown” security modeling kiosk funded by DHS

Tue, 2011-01-25 01:45 PM

SSPT kiosk

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is touting a new kiosk-based planning program that lets agents train for chemical releases, suicide bombers, air and subsurface threats in a virtual, not...

Jesse Ventura names TSA and Napolitano in suit to stop screening procedures

Tue, 2011-01-25 11:33 AM

Jesse Ventura

One-time Minnesota governor, Jesse Ventura, filed suit against the Transportation Security Administration for violating his rights during airport security screenings and to stop the agency from...

Homeland security committees focus on domestic terrorism

Mon, 2011-01-24 02:31 PM

Gen. John Keane (ret.)

In the coming days, the US Senate and House of Representatives attention will turn to domestic terrorism with hearings on the shootings at Ft. Hood and on the role of radical Islam in America.

ICE rounds up criminal aliens in Michigan

Mon, 2011-01-24 09:53 AM

Grand Rapids, MI

A four-day Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Michigan netted 77 criminal aliens, contributing to an ongoing decline in criminal alien numbers, the agency said.ICE’s Enforcement and...

Homeland security agenda outlined by key Senate committee leader

Fri, 2011-01-21 11:59 AM

Sen. Jay Rockefeller (D-WV)

Cyber security, airport screening and port security are among the top legislative issues the chairman of the US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation intends to take on in the...

ICE to open I-9 compliance center in VA

Fri, 2011-01-21 09:19 AM

Crystal City, VA

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement will open a dedicated facility that will support audits of company employee identification verification forms, its director announced on Jan. 20.ICE Director...

Tyson Foods signs onto ICE IMAGE identity program

Thu, 2011-01-20 05:15 PM

Tyson World Headquarters

Tyson Foods, Inc. has become the first major food company to become a full member of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement IMAGE employee identity verification program, company and government...

Parking association offers free anti-terrorism training for parking employees

Thu, 2011-01-20 02:58 PM

Terrorists often use parked cars or trucks to carry, conceal or serve as bombs. For that reason, local government officials are turning to the new, no-cost, First Observer parking-specific training...

Company News

Water facilities use CyberLock access control products

The CyberLock family of access control products allows users to track and control access throughout a facility. The audit trail provided by the lock and key helps water utilities meet Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) security guidelines aimed at protecting watersheds and sources of drinking water.

HID Global names Rob Haslam as vice president of government ID solutions

HID Global, a supplier of secure identity solutions, announced on Msay 15 that Rob Haslam has joined the company as vice president of government ID solutions.

FST21 names Mark Ingram its director of U.S. sales

FST21 appointed Mark Ingram, an industry veteran, as its director of U.S. sales. Ingram has carved out a long and successful career in the security industry.

Most recently, he served as manager of strategic distribution Sales for Pelco by Schneider Electric. Prior to that, he was president of Visonic Americas.

InfoZen will continue to handle vetting for TSA’s office of intelligence and analysis

TSA is planning to extend a contract by three to six months that it currently has with InfoZen, Inc., of Rockville, MD, to continue providing operations and maintenance support for the agency’s office of intelligence and analysis.

New patent awarded to Cambridge Security Seals for its tote seal

Cambridge Security Seals (CSS), a provider of tamper-resistant and loss prevention seals, was awarded a patent by the U.S. Patent and Trademarks Office for the design of its “Strapless Tote Seal.”

Kaba Mas X-10 first electromechnical combination lock to meet GSA approval

After extensive General Services Administration (GSA) testing, the X-10 high-security electromechanical combination lock, developed by Kaba Mas, has been determined to meet the U.S. Government's requirements for an electromechanical combination lock designed and manufactured to protect unattended national security information (NSI).

Sentry View Systems launches SiteCOMMANDER for first responders

Sentry View Systems, Inc.has announced the launch of its SiteCOMMANDER, a flexible command and control solution with unlimited multi-server capabilities and fully mobile functionality.

FST21 unveils its new Website

FST21 has announced the launch of its newly-updated Website, which showcases the power of fusion, and the SafeRise technology FST21 brings to market.

The Website boasts a dramatic new look and full menu of company and product information, including product demo videos and slide shows.

Detailed capabilities and benefits of the SafeRise, SafeVisit and SafeMonitor product offerings are featured, as is a dedicated Dealer Log In section.

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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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

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