Protecting meetings in post-Sept. 11 world
The following excerpt examining meeting and trade event security is from our sister publication, Association Meetings: "One of the first things you have...
IT market growing faster than actual spending, IDC reports
The worldwide market for IT security and business continuity products and services is growing twice as fast as IT spending in general. By 2006, Framingham,...
Investigation uncovers holes in Detroit water department
Serious security gaps in Metro Detroit's drinking water system need immediate fixes, city and suburban leaders told The Detroit News. The newspaper's...
Biometrics considered for airline boarding passes
Real-time biometrics may be embedded into airline boarding passes, according to Safe-Travel LLC, Farmington Hills, Mich., which has patented its Secure...
States receiving more funds, equipment for terrorism preparedness
The state of Tennessee has received more than $6 million to enhance its ability to respond to acts of terrorism involving biological and chemical threats,...
Inside the national Homeland Security strategy
President Bush has unveiled the first National Strategy for Homeland Security, a 90-page guide to mobilizing and organizing the nation to secure the U.S....
House passes Homeland Security Act
More than 100 different government organizations will unify their security functions to form the Department of Homeland Security, according to a bill...
Senate considers arming retired cops
The Senate Judiciary heard testimony last week regarding the Law Enforcement Officers' Safety Act of 2002, which would allow off-duty and retired law...
Airport technology deployment hitting snag, WSJ reports
Bureaucratic delays and disagreements among agencies have made it hard to get decisions to deploy new technologies or to speed the flow of funds for new...
Inside the National Strategy for Homeland Security
President Bush last week unveiled the first National Strategy for Homeland Security, a 90-page guide to mobilizing and organizing the nation to secure...
Pop Quiz answers
Here are the answers to the July Pop Quiz on the back page of Access Control & Security Systems 1. D 2. False 3. C 4. False 5. biometric hand geometry...
President seeks Cabinet-level department by year-end
PAUL ROTHMAN
In creating a Department of Homeland Security, President Bush advocates a cohesive, Cabinet-level conglomerate that would be answerable to Congress. As...
On duty in Lakewood, Colo.: A public-private policing partnership
MICHAEL FICKES
The Lakewood, Colo., Police Department uses private security officers to protect the integrity of crime scenes and to guard prisoners during hospital...
Infrastructure on alert: Assessing security needs of dams and transmission systems
MICHAEL FICKES
In August of 2001, just weeks before Sept. 11, Sandia National Laboratories of Albuquerque, N.M., announced the completion of two risk assessment methodologies...
A computer system to warn U.S. cities of atmospheric releases
MICHAEL FICKES
This fall, Ronda Mosley-Rovi plans to detonate a simulated chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon in Seattle. As director for environmental programs...
Biometric standards pave the way for greater implementation
JENNIFER PERO
As interest in biometrics grows, industry standards and related activities are emerging from the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST)...
Congress pioneers audio search technology
JACQUELINE EMIGH
The U.S. House of Representatives is one of the earliest adopters of emerging technology aimed at searching through reams of audio and video with instantaneous...
Security checks are in the mail
JACQUELINE EMIGH
In the war against terrorism, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is working with industry partners on initiatives for both anthrax detection and trackable...
Biometrics at the border
PAUL ROTHMAN
Our nation’s borders could be its most visible security risk. The United States has more than 7,500 miles of borders. Each year, more than 500 million...
Meeting security needs of leased public buildings
PAUL ROTHMAN
Securing a government building can become more complicated if someone else owns the building, and a government agency is leasing the space. “Our biggest...
Tools exist — from biometrics to smart cards — that can verify a citizen’s identity, but at what cost?
JENNIFER PERO
Immigration officials and law enforcement agents arrested 24 people and seized fake documents and counterfeiting equipment near the Adams-Morgan neighborhood...
A Smarter Image: New digital systems can see all, but they dont tell all
MICHAEL FICKES
Smart CCTV...
Know your enemy: It's the first step in mounting an effective defense
STEPHEN ZIMMERMAN
The five categories of aggressors...
Expo gives small business a piece of Homeland security pie
Nearly 50 companies showcased new product ideas, technology and research at the Small Business Homeland Security Expo last week on Capitol Hill. Co-sponsored...
Magaw resigns as head of TSA
John W. Magaw, the acting Under Secretary of Transportation for Security and head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) since Jan. 28, has...
