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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

White House says immigration proposal coming, but no timetable

Wed, 2013-01-23 08:54 AM

President Obama

The White House said comprehensive immigration reform is an issue that can bring together political parties and improve the U.S. economy, but declined to provide a specific timetable for its upcoming...

U.S. and Mexico mutually recognize their trusted trader programs

Tue, 2013-01-22 08:56 AM

CBP's Aguilar

Mexico and the U.S. agreed to recognize each other’s Authorized Economic Operator programs, which both countries say will ease cross-border trade. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexico’...

Americans taken hostage in Algerian terror attack

Thu, 2013-01-17 08:44 AM

Mohktar Belmokhtar

American citizens were taken hostage at an Algerian oilfield by what U.S. officials are calling a terrorist group, as a French offensive against Al Qaeda in the Islamic Magreb (AQIM) in neighboring...

New sweeping gun control policy proposals involved efforts from DHS, DoJ and FBI

Wed, 2013-01-16 02:44 PM

President and
counsel

President Obama, on Jan. 16, outlined some of the most sweeping gun control proposals in decades, a month after the horrific mass shooting of elementary school students and faculty in Newtown, CT.

ICE arrests more than 130 in two criminal alien operations

Tue, 2013-01-15 09:37 AM

ICE ERO

Immigration officials arrested 136 criminal aliens in two separate enforcement operations in Kentucky and Michigan in the early days of January. In a two-day operation centering around Lexington, KY...

U.S. Geological Survey to stick with Security Install Solutions, Inc.

Mon, 2013-01-14 12:19 PM

The Department of Interior’s U.S. Geological Survey is planning to award a sole source contract to Security Install Solutions, Inc., of Denver, CO, to expand the current Physical Access Control...

GSN toasts homeland award winners at festive dinner in DC

Thu, 2013-01-10 01:51 PM

The White House’s
Richard Reed,
a top honoree

White House’s Reed, a top honoree, says emergency response depends on community Richard Reed, Deputy Assistant to President Obama for Homeland Security, told hundreds of attendees at GSN’s awards...

Modernized land port opens on northern border

Thu, 2013-01-10 12:19 PM

Old Boundary, WA
POE

Boundary, Washington has a new modernized land port of entry . The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) opened the new land border port on Jan. 9 with funding from the American Recovery and...

Border strategic plan needs more work, says GAO report

Thu, 2013-01-10 09:16 AM

Tucson sector

The Border Patrol’s 2012-2016 strategic plan to secure the border with Mexico lacks specific timelines the agency needs to effectively manage its work, according to a new report from the Government...

State Dept. to register about one million U.S. travelers each year

Wed, 2013-01-09 10:41 AM

The U.S. State Department wants to continue a program known as Smart Traveler Enrollment Program, or STEP, under which it enables approximately one million U.S. citizens traveling abroad to register...

U.S./Canadian customs enforce new expedited clearance values

Wed, 2013-01-09 09:00 AM

A new common monetary value threshold for expedited customs treatments is now being assessed by the U.S. and Canadian governments, which both countries say will speed cross-border trade. The new rule...

Albanian sentenced on terror charges

Wed, 2013-01-09 08:31 AM

An Albanian man who lived in Brooklyn, NY, will spend 15 years behind bars for his support of violent jihadists in Pakistan’s tribal area and attempting to travel there to wage violent jihad. Agron...

Company News

Quantum Secure's Laurie Aaron elected to SIA’s board of directors

Quantum Secure, a provider of enterprise software to centralize physical identity and access management across disparate physical security systems, announced on Feb. 22 that Laurie Aaron, Quantum Secure's vice president of business development and marketing, has been elected to the board of directors of the Security Industry Association (SIA).

KOBIL Systems, of Germany, establishes U.S. base in San Francisco area

KOBIL Systems GmbH, a provider of IT security solutions with a focus on secure digital identities, announced on Feb. 15 that it has expanded its global operations to North America by establishing a fully-owned subsidiary, KOBIL Technologies, Inc., in the San Francisco Bay area.

Secure Worker Access Consortium selects AssureID software to authenticate identification documents

The Secure Worker Access Consortium (SWAC) announced on Feb. 14 the deployment of AssureID by AssureTec Technologies, Inc., of Manchester, NH, to instantly authenticate the identification documents SWAC applicants present when enrolling for membership at a SWAC processing center.

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.

Commentary and Opinions

OPINION / Improve security while reducing operating costs with biometric identification

User authentication is widely considered the weakest link in any security system, whether it controls access to buildings, computers or networks. Local, state and federal agencies struggle with striking a balance when providing users with identification procedures that are secure and, at the same time, convenient to use.

Unfortunately, convenience is often sacrificed to meet security needs, requiring users to constantly change lengthy and cryptic passwords or carry badges and tokens that can be lost, "borrowed" or stolen. As a result, passwords and ID tokens, which are easily hacked and often forgotten, not only provide inadequate security but are also a constant headache for users and IT staff.

Opinion / The common credentials dilemma

Government at every levelâ€”federal, state, and localâ€”is focused on effectively serving constituents while simultaneously increasing the ability to cope with evolving security issues, share critical information, and maintain a growing IT infrastructure. Issues at the forefront, such as maintaining and improving IT security and complying with federal regulations, must be addressed.

Even when administrators lock up their servers, apply patches and use group policy to lock down server and workstation security, it can still only take a few minutes for a hacker to unlock the keys to the kingdom: administrator/root accounts and passwords. Anyone with initiative can gain unrestricted access to systems without leaving a trace.

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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.

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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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