AMAG TechnologyAMAG S731 Common Access Card Reader
The AMAG S731 reader complies with the U.S. Government specification for secure smart cards, a.k.a., the Common Access Card (CAC), based on the ISO 7816...
AMAG TechnologyAMAG S731 Common Access Card Reader
The AMAG S731 reader complies with the U.S. Government specification for secure smart cards, a.k.a., the Common Access Card (CAC), based on the ISO 7816...
Security demands, budget constraints clash in American schools
The sputtering economy has choked off the flow of money from state coffers to thousands of school districts and higher-education institutions throughout...
2004 Security industry calendar of events
Note to our readers: If your event has not been included on this calendar, or your event is listed with incorrect information, please e-mail Paul Rothman...
2004 INDUSTRY CALENDAR
Note to our readers: If your event has not been included on this calendar, or your event is listed with incorrect information, please e-mail Paul Rothman...
TSA considers minimum cargo inspection requirements
The Transportation Security Administration is considering whether to require that a certain percentage of air cargo be inspected before it is loaded on...
Tyco to restructure, divest units
Tyco International Ltd. has announced it will eliminate 7,200 jobs, divest more than 50 business lines and sell its undersea fiber optic cable network....
DHS to allocate $2.2 billion in state grants
The Department of Homeland Security has released a total of $2.2 billion in grants to first responders. Nearly $1.7 billion of the grants will be made...
Little Rock Has Fingers On Problem
Little Rock National, the 79th largest commercial service airport in the nation, handling about 2.6 million passengers annually, has installed a security...
Security With Future Plans In Mind
Sarasota Bradenton International Airport, located in Sarasota, Fla., is a small hub air carrier and a public-use general aviation facility. Recently the...
Small, But Safe: Washington's Tri-Cities Airport has implemented both logical and physical security improvements
Kate Henry
Winging their way out of Tri-Cities Airport in Washington bound for various points around the Western United States every year are some 250,000 airplane passengers, both commercial and private. Whether they fly aboard private and corporate planes stationed in the airport’s hangars — or aboard Horizon, Delta or United Express — their travels have been made safer by recent security improvements and more that are planned....
Flight Schools: A Continuing Risk?
Beth Wade
Emerging from a public relations tailspin, America's flight schools are taking steps to shore up their security - and keep it out of the headlines...
Exposing Hostile Intent
Michael Fickes
What can we learn from Ben Gurion Airport in Israel to help push aviation security in the U.S. to the next level? No airport in the world faces terrorist...
TWIC Pilots Launched For Airport, Seaport Access Control
Jacqueline Emigh
Through a federally-led public/private partnership, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is evaluating the use of five different card technologies...
Association bundles building door locking standards
The Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA) has made its 12 different ANSI/BHMA standards related to the locking of doors available in a bundled...
Passenger Ferries Could Be Prime Terrorist Targets
Paul Rothman
Large passenger ferries, such as the ones that carry citizens between Manhattan and Staten Island, N.Y., pose the greatest risk of terrorism in maritime...
Visitors CANPASS at Vancouver International
The Canada Customs and Revenue Agency (CCRA) has officially launched CANPASS, an air program for travelers at Vancouver International Airport. CANPASS...
Mall owners look for European anti-terrorism help
Just before Christmas in 1983, a car bomb detonated outside London's Harrod's department store. Within minutes, trained department store personnel led...
TSA to go off duty in LaGuardia
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has removed all government security screeners from LaGuardia International Airport in New York from the...
Survey: Security a top priority among business execs
Nearly 88 percent of senior business executives rate security as a top or high priority for their companies, according to a recent survey sponsored by...
Capitol police to change policies after toy gun incident
After a toy gun made it through a security checkpoint last week at the U.S. Capitol, the chief of the Capitol Hill police says he will revamp screening...
Customs turns to technology for shipping containers
The U.S. customs chief Robert Bonner has unveiled a new voluntary program to increase security of transportation shipping containers, promising faster...
DHS prepares to implement US-VISIT
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is prepared to implement US-VISIT, a method of tracking and processing foreign visitors to the U.S., which should...
Security exec calls for greater employee involvement in security
To ensure business continuity in the face of a growing volume and range of threats, Ron Moritz, senior vice president and chief security strategist for...
Final maritime security regulations released
The Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security have published their final maritime security requirements to replace temporary rules issued in...
