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GSN 2011 Awards Dinner and Sponsor Interviews: John Clark, President and CEO, The Whitestone Group

It's been a banner year for the Whitestone Group, according to John Clark, CEO of the facility security, asset/force protection and investigations firm. On July 1, the FAA signed a national...

ISC West 2011: Joe McDonald, Board of Directors Member, ASIS

Joe McDonald, Board Member of the 37,000-member ASIS organization says the focus of ASIS is to increase the effectiveness and productivity of its members. ASIS educational programs include its Annual...

News

Study shows terror 'hot spots' geographically in the U.S.

Thu, 2012-02-02 09:51 AM

U.S. hot spot map

A study by university researchers on terror attacks in the U.S. between 1970 and 2008 found some areas in the U.S. have remained hot spots for the activity.

SIA’s Securing New Ground Annual Report now available

Thu, 2012-01-19 11:06 AM

The Security Industry Association (SIA) announced on Jan. 19 that the Securing New Ground Annual Report is now available through the SIA online bookstore.

U.S. Border Patrol welcomes milestone national academy class

Thu, 2012-01-19 10:53 AM

Border Patrol Academy

The Border Patrol convened the 1,000th session of the Border Patrol Academy in New Mexico on Jan. 17. The new class of 48 men and women from around the nation will receive training at the Border...

S&T advisory panel seeks members, especially in explosives detection and bio defense

Thu, 2012-01-12 10:22 AM

Tara O'Toole,
DHS Under Secretary

The Science and Technology Directorate at DHS is looking for new members for its science and technology advisory committee, particularly members who could bring expertise in explosives detection and...

Direct Al Qaeda influence on Western attacks overrated, says NYPD intel director

Fri, 2012-01-06 08:09 AM

Mitchell Silber

Al Qaeda’s influence on terror plots and attacks in the West isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, said Mitchell Silber, director of intelligence analysis at the New York Police Department, and it’s...

Government Technology & Services Coalition forms strategic alliance with Chertoff Group

Thu, 2012-01-05 02:25 PM

Chad Sweet, co-founder,
The Chertoff Group

The Government Technology & Services Coalition, an organization for small and mid-sized companies in homeland and national security, announced on Jan. 5 a new strategic alliance with The Chertoff...

Homeland security as an integrative field: Implications for academia

Tue, 2012-01-03 12:57 PM

With the emergence of homeland security (HS) as a field of public policy in the immediate post-9/11 period, there arose a commensurate need to educate HS professionals. In trying to design programs...

DHS adds ‘If you see something, say something’ partnerships

Thu, 2011-12-29 10:59 AM

DHS has partnered with the National Hockey League (NHL), the state of Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelphia in its “If you see something, say something” public awareness campaign. The NHL joins...

Nationwide cybersecurity education initiative launched

Thu, 2011-12-22 10:21 AM

The Global Institute for Cybersecurity + Research announced on December 22 the planned launch next month of the National Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Education Initiative, a nationally...

DHS funds START research on terrorist behavior

Thu, 2011-12-22 08:16 AM

University of Maryland

DHS has given a multi-million dollar grant to a university-based consortium aimed at studying violent extremist and terrorist behavior.

CBP’s work force near 60,000 in 2011

Wed, 2011-12-21 02:21 PM

Customs and Border Protection employed 59,820 people in fiscal 2011 and hired more than 20,000 Border Patrol agents. The agency outlined its hiring totals in a statement issued on Dec. 19, saying it...

TSA expects 336,000 to use its EXIS online training tool over three years

Mon, 2011-12-19 09:43 AM

TSA anticipates that 336,000 stakeholders in the transportation sector will utilize the agency’s new “Exercise Information System,” or EXIS, an online tool that will help generate security exercises...

Company News

University of Miami expands IQeye camera deployment

IQinVision, a supplier of high-performance HD megapixel IP cameras, announced on Jan 18 that the University of Miami in Florida continues to expand its IP video surveillance system by increasing the deployment of IQeye HD megapixel cameras. The University of Miami is a private university with more than 15,000 students.

Walden University offers online masters in emergency management

Minneapolis-based Walden University is offering an online emergency management degree program aimed at developing skills to handle situations from natural disasters to man-made catastrophes to terrorist acts.

Walden University said its new online M.S. in Emergency Management program helps prepare professionals with the advanced skills they need to lead emergency response efforts, improve public policy and protect communities from natural disasters and other hazardous events.

ADMS-Airbase disaster response training unveiled by ETC Simulation

Environmental Tectonics Corp.’s simulation division recently unveiled ADMS -- Airbase, the newest product in the ADMS suite of simulation training systems, which was developed to specifically address the unique challenges of military-aided emergency and disaster response professionals.

Honeywell’s Notifier debuts demo site for its emergency communications systems

NOTIFIER by Honeywell announced on Dec. 5 the launch of a micro-site to educate users on effective deployments of integrated fire alarm and emergency communications systems through virtual demonstrations of emergency scenarios.

New video wall controllers from Trenton

Matrox Graphics Inc. and Trenton Systems announced on August 15 three new Trenton video wall controllers, tested and validated for use with Matrox Mura MPX display wall controller boards.

Xe Services names Jill Pettibone as chief administration officer

USTC Holdings, LLC, the investor consortium that acquired Xe Services, LLC, including its main holding, U.S. Training Center, Inc. (USTC), in December 2010, announced on August 18 that Jill Pettibone has been named the company’s chief administration officer.

GAO dismisses protest lodged against FEMA by training firm Business Management Associates

Business Management Associates (BMA), of Alexandria, VA, was not happy when it lost a bid to provide support to FEMA in developing hazard mitigation training programs, but the Government Accountability Office has denied the protest that BMA subsequently lodged against FEMA.

INSA announces the first INSA American Security Challenge in capital region

The Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) announced on August 2 that it will partner with the American Security Challenge (ASC) to conduct the first-ever INSA American Security Challenge for the national capital region.

The mission of the INSA American Security Challenge (IASC) is to connect growing and innovative security, intelligence and technology focused companies (known as “Challengers”) directly with government agencies and/or government contractors, system integrators and potential investors (known as “Pilot Award Partners”).

Commentary and Opinions

Cyber threats for the European Union: Not if, but when

By John Cosgrove and Adam Bulava

Mission: Enhance E.U. cyber security

Earlier this summer, a group of European ministers, senior officials from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and other influential European leaders assembled in Brussels for a cyber exercise demonstration. The demonstration was requested by the European Security Round Table (ESRT) as part of that organization’s conference called Shared Threats -- Shared Solutions: Toward a European Cyber Policy.

Security basics for federal video conferencing

High-definition video conferencing gives federal agencies tools for cost savings and increased productivity through secure teleworking and collaborative work environments. Federal executives, then, must understand the security issues of HD video conferencing -- on-premise or in the cloud.

In video conferencing, agencies are concerned with secure data storage, controlling and handling classified information to protect it from falling into the wrong hands.

Ten Commandments for effective security training

A year of historic breaches from RSA, Epsilon and Lockheed Martin to the Sony PlayStation Network, demonstrates how ineffective the best security technologies can be when people are involved.

Many attackers today leverage the human factor, bypassing most security controls and using techniques such as social engineering to get the information they want, simply by luring users to open an email, click on a link or download an attachment.

9/11, A Decade Later -- Managing fear

9/11 unleashed ripples of uncertainty and fear of further attacks in the following months. While this was expected, given the enormity of the event, did the federal and state response fuel the terror of terrorism?

I would argue that it did, and that effective risk communication strategies are still lacking 10 years later. Furthermore, failure to implement a comprehensive risk communication strategy that covers natural and man-made disasters will continue to undermine preparedness, response and recovery efforts.

Intelligence agencies can boost information-sharing security, expediency, productivity and cost-efficiency

Consider the statistics: There were 20 government system breaches by May 3, 2011, according to idtheftcenter.org. 80 percent of experience is never captured or reused, said clarabridge.com. 42 percent of professionals use inaccurate information, according to Accenture. And an IDC study in kmworld.com observed that 25 percent of our work already exists.

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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.

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2012 Adobe Government Assembly	Feb 8
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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
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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
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Telework Exchange Spring 2012 Town Hall Meeting	May 2 - 2
5th Sample Prep - Sample Preparation for Virus, Toxin, & Pathogen Detection & Identification	May 3 - 4
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SANS Toronto 2012	May 14 - 19
Counter Terror Expo US	May 16 - 17
CEIC 2012 (Computer and Enterprise Investigations Conference)	May 21 - 24
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Data Center Brainstorm 2012	Jun 19 - 19
SANS Forensics and Incident Response Summit 2012	Jun 21 - 27
Vanguard Security & Compliance 2012	Jun 25 - 28
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