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ASIS 2011: Jim Viscardi, VP Trace Detection and Millimeter Wave Sales, Smiths Detection

Jim Viscardi reports that Smiths Detection is a world leader in the manufacturing of detection and imaging products that detect chemical weapons, toxic industrial materials, biological warfare agents...

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,...

ASIS 2011: Chris Peterson, Founder and Owner, Vector Firm

According to veteran technology sales executive Chris Peterson, Vector Firm is a management consulting business which specializes in the sales and business development departments of security...

ASIS 2011: Mark Desmarais, Clear View Systems Product Manager, Raytheon Corporation

Mark Desmarais discusses Raytheon’s new “Security and Transportation Systems” business, recently created in a restructuring instituted by Raytheon’s Network Centric Systems president, Dan Crowley....

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...

Senators say Iran trade sanctions working to reduce terror and nuclear activities

Thu, 2012-02-02 07:42 AM

Sens. Lieberman (I-CT), Collins (R-ME)

The leaders of the Senate Homeland Security Committee welcomed news from the GAO that trade sanctions against Iran seem to be working to limit that country’s ability to support nuclear and terror...

Building in Midwest installs BPSI’s air monitoring technology

Wed, 2012-02-01 03:06 PM

BPSI's Alpha
Sentry One

Building Protection Systems, Inc. (BPSI), of San Francisco, CA, announced on Feb. 1 that another building owner has chosen BPSI’s next generation Alpha Sentry One toxin detection system to protect...

Gun smuggler linked to Zapata murder sentenced

Wed, 2012-02-01 09:51 AM

Century Arms WASR-10 rifle

The man who oversaw the purchase and smuggling of the semi-automatic rifle that killed ICE HSI agent Jaime Zapata a year ago was sentenced to almost 10 years in prison on Jan. 30 in Houston, TX, on...

Intelligence community leader says Iran more emboldened on U.S. attacks

Tue, 2012-01-31 02:11 PM

James Clapper

The Iranian plot uncovered last year to assassinate the Saudi Arabian ambassador in the U.S. could show an increased willingness by Iran to attack the U.S. homeland in response to perceived...

USDA scientists find more effective commercial vaccine against leptospirosis

Tue, 2012-01-31 07:45 AM

Agricultural scientists have found a more effective vaccine for a disease that can jump from cattle to humans. Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture said the new vaccine is more effective...

NRC watching Illinois reactor after automatic shut down

Tue, 2012-01-31 07:25 AM

Byron Station

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is keeping an eye on the Byron Station nuclear power plant in northern Illinois after it lost power and vented steam to cool equipment on Jan. 30. The NRC said...

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...

Congress passes Gabby Giffords’ bill to crack down on drug smugglers’ ultralight aircraft

Mon, 2012-01-30 08:17 AM

Ultralight aircraft

In her final legislative act before retiring from Congress to recover from an assassination attempt that nearly claimed her life, Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) had introduced a bill that would crack...

Imposter vehicle loaded with marijuana stopped in El Centro

Fri, 2012-01-27 11:09 AM

Imposter truck

Border Patrol agents from the El Centro Sector broke up a drug smuggling operation in California on Jan. 25 that used a truck disguised as a utility company vehicle to carry the cargo.

AIT machines to be deployed at dozens more airports soon, says TSA

Fri, 2012-01-27 07:50 AM

Millimeter wave scanner

A good portion of the 775 Advanced Imaging Technology millimeter wave scanners recently procured by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are making their way into airports nationwide. The...

Company News

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.

Herrera selected as acting deputy manager at Y-12 Site Office

Robert “Dino” Herrera was named acting deputy manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Y-12 Site Office.

He replaces Dan Hoag who was named acting YSO manager. His assignment to YSO was effective Jan. 4, 2012.

The Y-12 site, in Oak Ridge, TN, primarily supports national defense needs by watching over the nuclear weapon stockpile, assists in nuclear non-proliferation efforts, and provides expertise to other federal agencies. The facility also provides secure storage for nuclear material from the U.S. and other governments.

TSA to award maintenance contract for Itemisers to Morpho Detection

TSA is planning to award a sole source contract to Morpho Detection, Inc., of Wilmington, MA, to provide maintenance services and supplies for more than 2,000 of its Itemiser DX electronic trace detectors (ETDs), which have been deployed at airports across the U.S.

Morpho Detection said last June that TSA had ordered more than 2,800 Itemiser DX units with a total contract value of more than $83 million.

View Systems installs additional checkpoint gear in Philadelphia’s schools

View Systems, Inc., a security solutions provider, announced on Dec. 28 the installation of four more View Scans in the Philadelphia, PA, school system. The company has recently delivered the systems to the Western High School in Philadelphia. These systems were purchased by Security Data Technology, a security dealer in Pennsylvania.

In a previous product sales update, View Systems reported that it had delivered 50 units of a 60 unit View Scan order from the Detroit, MI, public school system.

AS&E wins $8.8 million award in Middle East for advanced cargo inspection systems

American Science and Engineering, a supplier of X-ray detection solutions, announced on December 19 that it has received an $8.8 million order for a combination of cargo and vehicle screening systems to secure critical infrastructure in the Middle East.

American Science and Engineering, Inc. lands follow-on order for two ZBV systems for an African Country

American Science and Engineering, Inc. (“AS&E”), a supplier of X-ray detection technology, announced on December 15 the receipt of an order for two additional Z Backscatter Vans (ZBV) for use by an unidentified African country for law enforcement applications.

With this order, the law enforcement agencies within the country will have a total of nine ZBV systems for their security operations.

Asian customer places $12.3 million order for underwater surveillance gear

An unnamed Asian company placed a $12.3 million order with Israeli DSIT Solutions Ltd’s sonar and diver detection systems for use on offshore oil platforms and other seagoing petroleum systems.

AS&E sells four Z Backscatter Vans to an African nation

American Science and Engineering, Inc. (“AS&E”), a supplier of X-ray detection technology, announced on Nov. 21 its receipt of an order for four Z Backscatter Vans (ZBV) from an African country for law enforcement applications. This customer, which AS&E did not identify, currently has two ZBV systems in operation, which were purchased last September.

Commentary and Opinions

National security and the counterfeit economy

Counterfeiting has become a problem too big and too serious to ignore. Its impact is now felt directly throughout the world economy -- even in the United States military supply chain where we now know that “military capable” technologies have been counterfeited. Counterfeiting was easier to overlook, despite the enormous economic and security implications, when it was seen as a luxury problem, an affliction affecting the manufacturers of designer handbags and outfits. Luxury or not, it is clear that it is a problem that we cannot ignore.

Disaster Preparedness 2011: The “layered” cake -- Preparing for port and cargo disasters

Port security seems to be the forgotten child when it comes to preparing for disasters, at least in the public eye. Potential threats to aviation and mass transit generate many more conversations, and for good reason, but the risks posed to ports, primarily from cargo, cannot be ignored.

A cargo container looks innocuous, just a square, metal box loaded with goods…right? This impression could not be further from the truth.

HHS readiness to respond to a biological or other emergency

By Nicole Lurie, MD

[Editor’s note: Nicole Lurie, M.D., M.S.P.H., Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, U.S. Public Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), delivered on Oct. 18, 2011 the following testimony to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, entitled, “Safeguarding our Nation: HHS Readiness to Respond to a Biological or Other Emergency.”]

Ten years after 9/11 and the anthrax attacks

[Editor’s note: Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer Alexander G. Garza, MD, MPH, of the Department of Homeland Security, testified before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, on Oct. 18, 2011, and submitted the following statement, entitled, “Ten Years After 9/11 and the Anthrax Attacks: Protecting Against Biological Threats?”]

By Alexander G. Garza, MD

9/11, A Decade Later -- The Homeland Security & Defense Business Council’s 9-10-11 Project

During the past year, the Homeland Security & Defense Business Council has issued a series of monthly papers encapsulating the major topics that have shaped our nation’s approach to homeland security. Thirteen monographs have highlighted industry and government’s joint effort to confront the challenges, and develop solutions to successfully focus on the historic mission to create a more prepared, responsive, resilient, safer and secure homeland.

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Recent CBRNE & Detection Videos

FPED VIII, 2011: Dennis Cunningham, Auto Clear

Dennis Cunningham explains that Auto Clear manufactures three types of products: X-ray scanners, trace explosion and narcotic detection systems, and a full line of metal detection products. Markets served include police, bomb squads, military installations, border crossings, transportation, government buildings, airports, seaports and correctional facilities. Cunningham demonstrates the company’s Model BZ 8880M x-ray scanner, which specializes in contraband placed in a bag to be hidden.

FPED VIII: Joseph Reiss, VP Marketing, American Science and Engineering (AS&E)

AS&E is a pioneering manufacturer of X-ray detection systems for force protection, homeland security and customs and border applications, says Joe Reiss. Its Gemini™ baggage scanning system uses two complementary types of X-ray – conventional transmission X-ray and Z Backscatter™ imaging technology developed by AS&E that can see concealed organic and metallic threat items such as handguns or plastic explosives.

FPED VIII, 2011: Peter Kant, Executive Vice President, Rapiscan Systems, an OSI Company

Rapiscan is the Unites States’ largest provider of non-intrusive inspection equipment, according to Peter Kant. Its technologies are used in airport checkpoints and baggage inspections, military checkpoints and IED detection, inspections of cargo, vehicles and people in border protection, and in special events such as the Olympics and protection of prisons, court houses and other infrastructure. Rapiscan’s products use all non-intrusive technologies, ranging from X-ray, dual energy X-ray and high energy X-ray to gamma ray, trace, back scatter and metal detection.

FPED VIII, 2011: Ed Dottery, Founder and President, Alakai Defense Systems, Inc.

Ed Dottery says that the principal threat to soldiers overseas is explosives and handmade explosives that Alakai wants to detect “before they blow up our guys”. Dougherty started in the army at age 18, graduating to infantry commander and then special forces commander. He also has a background in laser physics. The primary business of Alakai, he says, is “stand-off” electro-optic sensors, which Alakai’s staff of PHD chemists, physicists and engineers, working with universities, develop for detecting explosives from 30, 40 and 100 meters.

ISC West 2011: Steve Hill, Global Communications Leader, Morpho Detection and Kevin Heffernan, Morpho Detection

Morpho Detection, formerly GE Homeland protection, is the detection and identification arm of Safran group’s Morpho security business, according to Steve Hill.

White Papers

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

Event Details	Dates of Event
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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