Dallas tops list of most dangerous large cities
Five business tips to combat information theft
The common notion is that information theft is a crime committed by computer hackers who steal information via the Internet. The reality is that a lot of information is stolen from unsecured files and paperwork. The source of the crime is often corporations, small businesses and other organizations that hold sensitive data on file....
Retail industry backs Senate on Port Security Act
Businesses need emergency supply kits, FEMA says
Business owners everywhere are urged to assemble an emergency supply kit. Emergency preparedness officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration have produced a list of items for small and large companies to consider as they plan a survival kit for disaster....
New Mexico a proving ground for border security technology
Iris, vascular recognition technology test results released
Are buildings prepared against bio-terrorism?
The anthrax-laden envelopes sent to the American Media Building and the Hart Senate Building in 2001 demonstrated that biological weapons are not only a viable means of inflicting casualties on U.S. soil but also that some groups will not hesitate to use them.
Those envelopes produced five deaths and 13 infections. How vulnerable are U.S. buildings to the bio-threat today? According to a report by Universal Detection Technology, a combination of technology and government awareness can keep the threat at bay, but building owners and managers should be aware of the potential for disaster....
Buffalo to start school year with new security chief
Biometric technology application manual now available
Center challenges security industry to defend America
The Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC), a business accelerator for Homeland and national security, has issued a call for companies with innovative technology for the first "Defend America Challenge," a competition open to companies with a product or service specializing in the Homeland or national security field. The grand prize is $25,000....
Supply chain coalition takes port security message to Congress
The state of chemical industry security five years after 9/11
The fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has prompted the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to report on how far its member companies have come, and the additional steps necessary for enhanced security.
"Since 9/11, ACC members have taken aggressive steps toward further securing their communities, facilities and products against terrorist attacks,"" says ACC President and CEO Jack N. Gerard. ...
WISE networking event planned for ASIS
SIA voices opposition to California RFID measure
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has voiced its opposition to California State Senator Joe Simitian's bill imposing several severe measures concerning Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). The following is a letter SIA CEO Richard ...
NY Transit considered floodgates to combat underwater attacks
California passes Wi-Fi user protection bill
California's state assembly has passed a bill to require makers of wireless Internet access gear to warn consumers of the risks of using unsecured wireless connections....
Is there any defense against data breaches?
Nearly two-thirds of security executives are convinced they have no way to prevent a data breach, according to a survey of 853 U.S.-based information security professionals....
Flow chart explains supply chain steps and security procedures
NASCO launches online career center
The National Association of Security Companies (NASCO), which represents contract-security firms with members employing more than 400,000 security officers, has launched its interactive job board, the NASCO Contract Security Career Center, at careercenter.nasco.org/search.cfm....
Tight security produces seven flight security incidents in one day
Amid new anxiety about air travel and tough new regulations covering what passengers may bring on planes, seven U.S. flights were involved in security incidents on Friday of last week. In one case, a stick of dynamite was found to have been aboard a flight.
The rash of events, safety consultants and others say, reflect heightened emotions and appropriately tightened security in the wake of an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners thwarted this month by British authorities.
Check out continuing coverage of the alleged terrorist plot against the airlines at the Web site for our sister magazine, GOVERNMENT SECURITY, at www.govtsecurity.com...
10 tips to protect yourself at Wi-Fi hotspots
Disaster response plans increasing, but are they being maintained?
Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks and one year after Hurricane Katrina, most companies have some form of disaster response plan in place; however, one out of four professionals responsible for corporate disaster preparedness efforts report that they have never conducted a disaster response exercise.
The finding is part of a survey commissioned by the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC), a division of The Texas A&M University System's Texas Engineering Extension Service, that aimed to uncover trends in disaster preparation efforts at large companies across six key industries -- chemical, commercial real estate, energy, entertainment, health care and transportation....
Securitas chairman to be honored at ASIS
The National Association of Security Companies (NASCO) will present the 2006 Colonel Edgar B. Watson Award to Don Walker, chairman of Securitas Security Services, USA. The honor will be bestowed at NASCO's annual private security breakfast, to be held during the ASIS International Annual Seminar and Exhibits....
Shooting victims sue security company
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