Security Management back issues from May 2006:
Porn, toys, and homeland security.(Editor's Note)(Editorial)
May 01, 2006; ... A 53-year-old man was arrested earlier this year in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on charges of possession of child pornography. The arrest was part of a U.S. Homeland Security Department initiative called Operation Predator. That's a laudable program, but you may be asking yourself what homeland ...
Schooled in deception.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2006; ... The resignation of David Edmondson, chief executive officer of RadioShack, for falsifying his educational record is a good example of why such records should be publicly available. New federal regulations require the consent of the supposed degree holder before verification. This protects ...
Prepare for the unexpected.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
May 01, 2006; ... Every security professional likes to believe he or she has a solid plan in place for all emergency situations. I'm one of them. As the physical security officer at Joint Interagency Task Force South (JIATFS), Key West, Florida, and the lead for the Hurricane Stay Behind Team, hurricane ...
Do al Qaeda tapes augur attacks? Although there have been dozens of warning tapes since 9-11, there's no clear correlation between a tape and a strike.(Intelligence)
May 01, 2006; ... WHEN OSAMA BIN LADEN and Ayman al-Zawahiri threatened the West in January--with al-Zawahiri vowing that the next attacks would be in the United States--the Western world again held its collective breath, as it has after each al Qaeda audio or video threat has been publicized. But are these ...
U.S. private security service demand.(Security Market Trends)(Table)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... <Pre> U.S. Private Security Service Demand (in millions of dollars) 2000 2005 2010 2015 (actual) (actual) (projected) (projected) Guarding $10,740 $13,750 $17,000 $20,800 Alarm Monitoring ...
Is counterterrorism working?(Intelligence)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... Few people probably believe that counterterrorism efforts are a waste of time. But the authors of a report issued by one of the Department of Homeland Security's Centers for Excellence may be among those few. In a paper called The Effectiveness of Counter-Terrorism Strategies, academics ...
CCTV at another junction.(Intelligence)(closed circuit television)
May 01, 2006; ... FEW PLACES IN PUBLIC LIFE are out of the eye of video cameras, subway and passenger train cars being one of the last refuges for the surveillance-shy. That may be changing, as rail security professionals consider expanding the use of cameras from stations and tunnels to the passenger cars ...
Mapping the blackboard jungle.(crisis management in schools through technology and intelligence)
May 01, 2006; ... WHEN POLICE AND SWAT teams respond to a school shooting or other crisis situation, there invariably ensues confusion as they try to envision the layout of the school and deploy personnel. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] To address the problem, some proactive schools and police ...
37.(emergency supplies for the aftermath of a terrorist attack)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... Percentage of Latinos in Los Angeles who have gathered emergency supplies for the aftermath of a terrorist attack, according to the RAND Corporation, UCLA's David Geffen School of Medicine, and the Los ...
The National Electric Manufacturing Association.(new standard for annunciators)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... The National Electric Manufacturing Association has released a standard that aims to make fire panels, or annunciators, more useful by making real-time information clearer and more quickly available. In part, it standardizes ...
The North American Electric Reliability Council.(launch of Influenza Pandemic Planning, Preparation, and Response Reference Guide)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... The North American Electric Reliability Council has released an Influenza Pandemic Planning, Preparation, and Response Reference Guide for the electricity sector. The guide helps owners and operators in the ...
Are companies valuing intellectual assets?(reporting the value of intellectual property, regulation)
May 01, 2006; ... UNDER SARBANES-OXLEY (SOX), public companies must disclose to the Securities and Exchange Commission matters that may materially affect financial performance. One such matter might be the lapse of a trademark or copy-right into the public domain. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Global anticounterfeiting plan.(World Health Organization's plans to prevent counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... Some crimes, like the counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals, are difficult for a country to fight alone. The World Health Organization (WHO) is urging countries to unite against this growing problem, which not only hurts corporations and raises drug prices but also injures or kills the ...
Keeping track of firefighters: to better track its units, the FDNY is going from sticky notes to computers.(New York Fire Department)
May 01, 2006; ... WHEN THE TWIN TOWERS FELL after the 9-11 attacks, many firefighters lost their lives because there was no way to electronically pinpoint their locations or to tell them that the buildings were about to collapse. Since then, the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) has been seeking ...
Annual worldwide terrorism by region.(Homeland Security)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... <Pre> Annual Worldwide Terrorism by Region Incidents Fatalities2003 2004 2005 2003 2004 2005 Africa29 36 42109390187 East & Central Asia...
Defending the homeland: a military priority?(Homeland Security)
May 01, 2006; ... THE U.S. MILITARY should take a more active role in protecting the homeland, says a new report by the Center for American Progress, Restoring American Military Power. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The Department of Defense over the next four years must begin a fundamental ...
DHS grant process reviewed.(Department of Homeland Security)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... The recently revised risk- and needs-based grant allocation process for the Department of Homeland Security needs oversight to ensure its effectiveness, according to a new report by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) entitled FY2006 Homeland Security Grant Distribution Methods: ...
Database drills public health.(Homeland Security)
May 01, 2006; ... STATE AND LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH departments interested in enhancing their preparedness for public health emergencies, such as might be precipitated by a terrorist attack or natural disaster, have a new tool available to them. The Public Health Preparedness Database, developed by the RAND ...
Port security fix proposed.(Homeland Security)(American Association of Port Authorities)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... Approximately 95 percent of U.S. trade enters or leaves through the nation's 361 seaports. Despite renewed attention on ports, security efforts continue to fall short of stated government goals. For example, while Customs and Border Protection had hoped to validate security procedures of ...
Extinguishing fire safety problems: a monitoring device ensures that equipment will be ready in an emergency while simultaneously cutting down on maintenance and inspections.(SMART SOLUTIONS TO SECURITY PROBLEMS)
May 01, 2006; ... LAST SEPTEMBER, Halloween preparations at Mountain View Middle School in Goffstown, New Hampshire, could have taken a frightful turn when a scarecrow was leaned up against a wall, blocking a fire extinguisher. Had a fire broken out when the extinguisher was hidden and inaccessible, the ...
Better service through surveys: security should conduct a survey to see whether employees are dissatisfied with security's services and, if so, why.(Managing)
May 01, 2006; ... SECURITY DEPARTMENTS are in a difficult position when it comes to internal "customer" relations. Since it is the department's responsibility to enforce sometimes-unpopular policies and to conduct investigations into wrongdoing, security staff may find that they are viewed with distrust or ...
When cybercriminals turn pro.(Technofile)
May 01, 2006; ... IN ANY OTHER BUSINESS, they'd be model employees. They regularly work 12-hour days, they don't require health or retirement plans, nor do they grumble about the management. And they work well together to achieve their goals. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Unfortunately, ...
Misconfigured domain name servers common--and dangerous.(Behind the Numbers)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... Misconfigured Domain Name Servers Common--and Dangerous Three-quarters of domain name servers are misconfigured, allowing hackers to attack other networks by ...
Land of phishing.(QUICK BYTES)
May 01, 2006 ... Land of phishing. Where did the majority of last year's phishing attacks originate? The U.S. and China were nearly neck-and-neck for the dubious glory of this position, at 29.68 and 25.37 percent respectively. Data on the origin of phishing attacks and crimeware are updated regularly ...
Capitalist crooks.(Security researchers in 2005 AD)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... Capitalist crooks. Security researchers see 2005 as the year in which cyberattackers turned from braggarts to capitalists, with "the vast majority of threats ... inspired by financial gain, rather than notoriety." That change led to reliance on new techniques, such as targeting a specific ...
WAN worries.(QUICK BYTES)(Department of Homeland Security)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... WAN worries. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) lacks the automated network security tools that would help identify the cause of messages received from automated security devices, says a report by the DHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG). That's no small problem: the report ...
Exterminating online pests.(Technofile)(computer threats)
May 01, 2006; ... THREATS TO YOUR COMPUTER can range from gnatlike annoyances such as pop-up ads to the pointed hooks of pernicious phishers. PC Pest Patrol: Protect Your Computers from Malicious Internet Invaders, a new book from Preston Gralla, shows how to trap these invaders in a protective web that ...
42.(NUMBERS)
May 01, 2006 ... Percent of new cyberthreats detected last year that were Trojan horse programs, ...
Worth a look: traveling with encryption.(Technofile)
May 01, 2006; ... TRAVELERS LOOKING TO take sensitive documents with them on the road can burn that data to a CD while simultaneously encrypting it using a new product from Ricoh called EncryptEase. Then, they can decrypt those documents using any computer that has an attached CD writer, add to or alter the ...
A site to see.(Technofile)(internet security)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... AS THE NUMBER OF Internet-based threats grows, it becomes more and more difficult to assign a single name to malicious code. Spyware, malware, crimeware--what word can be used to describe a whole galaxy of threats? A new Web site established by experts at several top universities and ...
Doing business in Asia.(International Trends)
May 01, 2006; ... A series of devastating explosions ripped through the tropical paradise of Bali late last year, leaving more than two dozen people dead and more than 100 injured, most of them foreign tourists. At least three bombs went off in the incident, all in crowded markets and near sites where ...
Why the weak links?(Port Security)(safety and security measures)
May 01, 2006; ... UPGRADING THE SECURITY OF COMMERCIAL SHIPMENTS imported into the United States by enhancing the security practices of the whole supply chain involved is the goal of the U.S. Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) program. As a part of that program, the Bureau of Customs and ...
Challenges and trends: Security Management gathered five leading security professionals together earlier this year to discuss challenges and trends in the industry. Their responses illuminate the difficult task faced by security professionals adapting to a rapidly changing environment.(Special Feature)(Discussion)
May 01, 2006; ... SM: Thank you all for joining us for the Security Management Executive Roundtable. Let's talk first about challenges facing you as a security professional. What's the biggest challenge you face, and in that context, you may also want to talk about the challenges facing your company and its ...
Seminar preview and advance registration: only a security event this dynamic can lead an industry this powerful.
May 01, 2006 ... Security solutions converge at ASIS 2006--Four full days of ideas, innovations, and inspiration. ASIS INTERNATIONAL 2006 52nd Annual Seminar and Exhibits SEPTEMBER 25-28, 2006 * SAN DIEGO, CA www.asisonline.org/asis2006 Your business ...
Strategies for cutting turnover.(Management)
May 01, 2006; ... DURING THE INITIAL STAGES of its involvement in World War II, the United States faced the daunting challenge of placing millions of former civilians into military positions that fit their abilities and temperament. The U.S. Army turned to industrial/organizational psychologists (IOPs), who ...
Employee monitoring.(cases of child pornography)
May 01, 2006; ... EMPLOYEE MONITORING. The New Jersey Superior Court has ruled that a company may be held liable if it fails to investigate suspicions that an employee may be accessing child pornography from a company computer. In these cases, the employer has a duty to investigate these activities and then ...
Cargo security.(regulatory issues of cargo transportation)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... CARGO SECURITY. The Coast Guard has issued an interim rule defining new items as dangerous cargo that requires the vessel owner to transmit notice of arrival before it docks. The new substances added to the definition are ammonium nitrate, in bulk; ammonium-nitrate-based ...
Patriot Act.(interpretation of Patriot Act )
May 01, 2006; ... PATRIOT ACT. The Patriot Act reauthorization bill was signed into law (P.L. 109-177) by President Bush one day before 16 key provisions were set to expire. The new law makes permanent 14 of the 16 provisions of the original Patriot Act, which was passed by Congress several months after the ...
Identity theft.(legislative bills to investigate identity theft)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... IDENTITY THEFT. A bill (H.R. 4244) introduced by Rep. Darlene Hooley (D-OR) would establish grants for regional task forces designed to investigate and prosecute identity theft and other economic crimes. The task forces would comprise federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. ...
Border security.(U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... BORDER SECURITY. A bill (H.R. 4238) introduced by Rep. Michael McCaul (RTX) would build on the President's border security initiative by requiring aliens to post bond to be released from mandatory detention centers and by using more federal facilities as detention centers. The ...
Florida.(bans leaving firearms in parked cars)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... FIREARMS. A bill (H.B. 129) introduced by Florida lawmakers would make it a felony to ...
Washington.(law against employment discrimination based on sexual orientation)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... DISCRIMINATION. A new law (formerly H.B. 2661) prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation. Under the new law, an employer may not refuse to hire someone or make any hiring inquiry into a person's sexual orientation. A company also may not discharge someone or discriminate in ...
Current legal highlights.(Legal Reports)(Table)
May 01, 2006; ... <Pre> Current Legal Highlights SOURCE OF LAW BILL/CASE VENUE STATUS Federal Legislation Privacy H.R. 4662 House Energy In Committee and Commerce Identity Theft* H.R. 4244 House ...
Negligent supervision.(cases of employee sexual assault)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... Negligent supervision. The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled that the owners of a Safeway grocery store are not liable for the repeated sexual assault of Jane Doe, a store employee. Doe, who is mildly mentally retarded, was sexually assaulted by Emilio Ronquillo-Nino, the employee of a ...
Discrimination.(cases of employment discrimination)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... Discrimination. A federal appeals court has cleared the way for several Hispanic employees to sue their employer for discrimination based on an English-only policy. The City of Altus, Oklahoma, issued a policy requiring employees to speak English in all work-related communications. The ...
Privacy.(cases of data privacy)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... Privacy. Choicepoint, a data broker, has reached an agreement with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to pay $10 million to the Commission and an additional $5 million to consumers in a data privacy case. Choicepoint was accused of selling the personal information of 163,000 people to an ...
Aggression in Organizations: Violence, Abuse, and Harassment at Work and in Schools.(Book review)
May 01, 2006; ... ****# Aggression in Organizations: Violence, Abuse, and Harassment at Work and in Schools. Edited by Robert Geffner, Mark Braverman, Joseph Galasso, and Janessa Marsh; published by the Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press, 800/429-6784 (phone), www.haworthpress.com (Web); 247 pages; ...
Contemporary Security Management, 2d ed.(Book review)
May 01, 2006; ... ****# Contemporary Security Management, Second Edition. By John J. Fay, CPP; published by Elsevier Butterworth-Heinemann; available from ASIS International, Item #1665, 703/519-6200 (phone), www.asisonline.org (Web); 544 pages; $60 (ASIS members), $66 (nonmembers). All too often ...
The Counterterrorism Handbook: Tactics, Procedures, and Techniques, 3rd ed.(Book review)
May 01, 2006; ... **### The Counterterrorism Handbook: Tactics, Procedures, and Techniques, Third Edition. By Frank Bolz, Jr., Kenneth J. Dudonis, and David P. Schulz; published by Taylor & Francis, 800/354-1420 (phone), www.taylorandfrancis.com (Web); 401 pages; $89.95. Sometimes a misleading ...
Mailroom Safety News Archives.(Sound recording review)
May 01, 2006; ... ****# Mailroom Safety News Archives. Published by Marlowe Productions, 410/377-4530 (phone), www.mailroomsafety.bigstep.com (Web); CD-ROM; $29.50. Now that the anthrax panic is a few years removed, the importance of good mailroom practices to overall security likely has receded ...
Physical and Technical Security: An Introduction.(Book review)
May 01, 2006; ... ***## Physical and Technical Security: An Introduction. By Robert Gruber; published by Thomson Delmar Learning, 800/347-7707 (phone), www.Delmarlearning.com (Web); 352 pages; $63.95. First impressions, the saying goes, are lasting impressions. But not always, Physical and ...
The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage.(Book review)
May 01, 2006; ... ***** The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage. By Yossi Sheffi; published by MIT Press, 800/405-1619 (phone), www.mitpress.mit.edu (Web); 368 pages; $29.95. With so many types of potential business disruptions and their attendant ...
Super Bowl XL.(BUSINESS NEWS)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006; ... As part of the tight security measures in place at Super Bowl XL, new sensor-fusion technology was used to identify and immediately communicate the appearance of suspected hazardous materials to all networked security personnel. Members of the Michigan National Guard carried small ...
ASIS events.(American Safety Insurance Holdings, Ltd)(Chart)(Brief article)(Calendar)
May 01, 2006 ... <Pre> MAY 8-10 Managing Your Physical Security Program, Atlanta, GA 15-18 Assets Protection Course II, St. Pete Beach, FL 22-23 The Asian Century for Business: A Security Challenge, Washington,...
Industry events.(security services)(Calendar)
May 01, 2006 ... <Pre> MAY 1-6 DallasCon Information Security Training and Conference, Dallas,TX; 775/278-8911; Web: www.dallascon.com. 8-11 IFSEC, Birmingham, England; 44 (0) 20 7921 8074; Web:www.ifsec.co.uk 10-13 PSA[R] Training, Exhibits, and Conference; St. Charles, IL; ...
Anonymizer and Sandisk.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
May 01, 2006 ... Anonymizer and Sandisk are partnering to provide identity protection for Web browsing ...
Approva and Deloitte & Touche LLP USA.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
May 01, 2006 ... Approva and Deloitte & Touche LLP USA have formed a nonexclusive ...
Astaro Corporation and Utimaco Safeware AG.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
May 01, 2006 ... The Astaro Corporation and Utimaco Safeware AG are entering a technology collaboration to ...
Avery Dennison.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
May 01, 2006 ... Avery Dennison Worldwide Office Products Group and Jolly Technologies have formed ...
Canon.(Canon U.S.A. Inc. contracts with Dotworkz and its service companu USrelay)(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... Canon cameras are providing video for Dotworkz and its service company USrelay to display on the Web so that surfers and ...
DICE Corporation and U.S. Acoustics Technologies.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
May 01, 2006 ... DICE Corporation and U.S. Acoustics Technologies partnered to provide a ...
DVTel Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
May 01, 2006 ... DVTel Inc. is including network switches and design services from ...
Fischer International.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
May 01, 2006 ... Fischer International has been chosen by Roundy's ...
GeoSentry, Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
May 01, 2006 ... GeoSentry, Inc., has been selected by Raytheon Company to ...
IMIogic.(Civil Air Portal uses IM Manager to secure communications )(Brief article)
May 01, 2006 ... IMIogic has announced that the Civil Air Patrol is using its IM Manager to secure ...