Security Management back issues from January 2007:
New year brings new Congress, new content.(Editor's Note)
Jan 01, 2007; ... In November, voters sent the message that they wanted changes in Washington, D.C. As a result, when the 110th Congress convenes this month, there will be new Democratic leadership controlling the House and Senate. While it's too early to tell exactly how that will affect security ...
CCTV ordinances on the rise: the legislative trend toward requiring more businesses to use CCTV surveillance has not been well thought out.(Intelligence)(Closed circuit television)
Jan 01, 2007; ... IF LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS in Chicago and Milwaukee go through, bars and nightclubs in those cities will be required to post surveillance cameras on their premises. Last year, following a shooting at a mall, Baltimore County required all shopping centers to install CCTV. Also last year, ...
Home is where the crime is.(Intelligence)
Jan 01, 2007; ... RESIDENTIAL construction site theft thrives because builders don't spend the money to fight it. They have little financial incentive to do so, since the losses don't really hit the bottom line. Particularly when theft involves small equipment, tools, and minor appliances, single-family ...
Training in vain?(Intelligence)(terrorism prevention training for railroad workers)
Jan 01, 2007; ... IF YOU BELIEVE transit and rail industry leaders and government officials, they have provided copious security training of various forms to employees. Transit and rail unions, by contrast, say that hardly any of their members have received such training. These clashing views were aired at ...
United States equipment sales.(Security Market Trends)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2007 ... <Pre> United States Equipment Sales (in billions of dollars) 2000 2005 2010 2015(actual) (actual) (projected) (projected) Mechanical Locks $3.6 $4.1 $4.8 $5.5 Electrical ...
Video surveillance market growth.(Security Market Trends)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2007 ... <Pre> Video Surveillance Market Growth (ranked by importance in 2009) Importance 2004/2009 Growth High Res Cameras35% Color Cameras5% Digital Video Cameras5% Video Storage Systems 61% Network Video Systems 96% Dome ...
Of the tens of thousands of screening-encounter referrals it received from frontline-screening agencies between December 2003 and January 2006, the Terrorist Screening Center has determined that about half involved misidentified persons who had names identical or similar to someone whose name was on the terrorist watch list.(Did You Know That?)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2007 ... OF THE TENS OF THOUSANDS of screening-encounter referrals it received from frontline-screening agencies between December 2003 and January 2006, the Terrorist Screening Center has determined that about half involved ...
The national clearing house (known as NCHA), an association of financial institutions that is the largest settler of clearinghouse checks in the United States, is now offering a registry of check security features, which is designed to combat check fraud.(Did You Know That?)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2007 ... THE NATIONAL CLEARING HOUSE (known as NCHA), an association of financial institutions that is the largest settler of clearinghouse checks in the United States, is now offering a registry of check security features, which is designed to combat check ...
In search of: unbiased investigation.(Intelligence)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2007; ... When the Washington, D.C.-area snipers were still at large, investigators told the public that the assailant was probably driving a white box truck or van. All over the region, police and drivers cast a wary eye at these vehicles, while the snipers' actual vehicle, a dark blue Chevrolet ...
Hearts, minds, and homegrown terror: federal authorities have been forging ties with U.S. Muslim communities to counter the idea that the war agaist terrorism is a war against Islam.(Homeland Security)
Jan 01, 2007; ... LAST YEAR'S FOILED PLOT to blow up transatlantic flights between Great Britain and the United States renewed the public's fear of terrorist attacks and, for some, frustration over increased airport security measures. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] What received less ...
Prisons: fostering extremism?(Homeland Security)
Jan 01, 2007; ... HISTORY HAS SHOWN the potential of prisons to serve as incubators for extremist leaders, from Adolf Hitler--who wrote Mein Kampf while in prison--to Abu Musab A1-Zarqawi--whose radicalism hardened during a six-month prison term in the 1990s. In addition, it is common for charismatic ...
State perspective--Arizona: interview with Frank Navarette.(Homeland Security)(Interview)
Jan 01, 2007; ... Frank Navarette's introduction to the security field was 18 years in the Phoenix Police Department, but perhaps as much as anything, it was his international experience in the telecommunications field that made him the favored pick to lead the Arizona Office of Homeland Security when it ...
Worldwide terrorism by target.(Homeland Security)(Statistical table)
Jan 01, 2007; ... <Pre> Worldwide Terrorism by Target Incidents Full Year January-October 2005 2005 2006 Business 237221172 Educational Institutions ...
A healthy way to protect patient data: a healthcare organization found that it needed a way to control the use of removable media to ensure that patient data remains protected.(SMART SOLUTIONS TO SECURITY PROBLEMS)
Jan 01, 2007; ... LIKE ALL HOSPITALS and medical facilities, Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation (BMHCC) must comply with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), which requires medical services providers to provide security measures for all stored patient health information ....
The price of oil: unrest in Nigeria has forced corporate security for companies operating there to focus additional resources on personnel protection and awareness training.(International)
Jan 01, 2007; ... AN EXPERIENCED oil hand can earn $1,500 per day working in the Niger Delta. But there's a reason companies are paying such high wages to those willing to come to Nigeria, the world's eighth-largest oil exporter. During one three-week stretch in August of last year, 19 foreigners were ...
Security saves time.(International)
Jan 01, 2007; ... THE AUTHORS OF Doing Business 2007: How to Reform waded into their research more than two years ago expecting to find that stepped-up security measures would have slowed the pace of global trade. Instead, they found that the time it took to turn around imports and exports worldwide was ...
John Deere plows ahead with security.(International)
Jan 01, 2007; ... FOLLOWING IN the footsteps of other multinationals, such as Procter & Gamble, GE, and ADM, agriculture equipment giant John Deere is setting up an international security network to standardize the way it protects global operations as it continues an aggressive worldwide expansion plan. A ...
The ABCs of USB.(Technofile)(USB flash drives are dangerous)
Jan 01, 2007; ... YOU MAY THINK OF USB flash drives as little more than trade-show giveaways that can be used to ferry files and folders from a company laptop to a home computer. In reality, USB drives have evolved into something much more useful--and potentially dangerous. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Convergence: smart cards versus biometrics.(Technofile)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2007; ... COMPANIES ARE TYING together physical and IT (or logical) access control systems, but not all such systems are equally popular. Forty-nine percent of 89 companies in a wide range of industries surveyed by EQUS Group Inc., a San Jose, California-based research firm, have plans to implement ...
Painful disclosures.(Technofile)
Jan 01, 2007; ... THE AVERAGE stock prices of six companies that had disclosed an information security breach between February 2005 and June 2006 fell by five percent within a month of the disclosure and remained as much as 8.5 percent below predisclosure levels for nearly a year. That damage compounds any ...
A site to see.(Technofile)
Jan 01, 2007; ... HAK.5 CALLS ITSELF "a television show for geeks, hackers, and do-it-yourselfers" that is distributed online in short YouTube segments. "Episodes" include demonstrations of hacking software (such as Windows password-cracking software) and interviews with hackers who come in to demonstrate ...
Worth a look.(Technofile)
Jan 01, 2007; ... USB DRIVES have been born again, thanks to a new technology platform called U3, created by storage-product makers SanDisk and M-Systems (which have recently merged). U3 technology allows next-generation flash drives to be used to run software such as Web browsers, e-mail ...
A security gap for sensitive data.(Behind the Numbers)(Statistical table)
Jan 01, 2007 ... <Pre> A Security Gap for Sensitive Data Package Service 20% Courier 20% Security Courier Service 40% Online50% In transmitting sensitive data to off-site archives, fully 20% ...
Gimme shelter: when is sheltering-in-place preferable to evacuation, and how should you go about it?
Jan 01, 2007; ... In 2005, as Hurricane Rita was bearing down on Houston, few people were taking any chances. The recent experience of what Katrina had done to New Orleans was fresh in their minds. As a result, hundreds of thousands of families hastily packed and left home, heeding the city's order to ...
A man with a plan: 2007 ASIS International president Steve Chupa, CPP, has been at the forefront of a project aimed at helping the Society and the profession assess and adapt to new global business challenges.(Special Feature)(ASIS International)
Jan 01, 2007; ... At an ASIS International Board of Directors meeting several years ago, Steve D. Chupa, CPP, posed a question to his fellow members: "If we look at security going out seven to ten years, will ASIS be meeting the challenges created by changes in the security industry, or are we in an ...
Keys to encryption: encryption technology was once so complicated and expensive to implement that no one used it. That's changing. These examples illustrate how it can be done.(Data Protection)
Jan 01, 2007; ... Halfway through a meeting led by one hospital's IT security team, the doctors finally got a break to stretch their legs and get coffee. While they were gone, some of the security team went around the room and picked up a few of the PDAs that had been left behind. When the doctors came ...
Five not-so-easy pieces.(Access Control)(Bordes Group of Orlando)
Jan 01, 2007; ... ACCESS CONTROL IS IMPORTANT for any business, but it is especially critical for government contractors that supply sensitive goods or services because the government requires that they have a robust, multilayered security system. Security Management talked with a contractor about how, to ...
State legislature wrap-up.(Legal Report)
Jan 01, 2007; ... State legislatures around the country have enacted dozens of security-related laws during the past year. Some provisions reflect a state's need to respond to local incidents, as when a crime occurs and the state passes laws to prevent future attacks, such as by requiring background ...
Current legal highlights.(Legal Report)(Table)
Jan 01, 2007; ... <Pre> Current Legal Highlights SOURCE OF LAWBILL/CASE VENUESTATUS Regulatory Issues Border Security Western DHS EnactedHemisphereTravelInitiative Terrorism...
9/11 and the Future of Transportation Security.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2007; ... ****# 9/11 and the Future of Transportation Security. By R. William Johnstone; published by Praeger Security International, www.praeger.com/PSI (Web); 218 pages; $49.95. Why did 9-11 occur? To name just three reasons, all pertaining to the aviation industry: lots of agencies ...
Imperial Grunts: The American Military On the Ground.(Book review)
Jan 01, 2007; ... ***## Imperial Grunts: The American Military On the Ground. By Robert D. Kaplan; published by Random House, www.random-house.com (Web); 448 pages; $27.95. Most books on homeland security focus on policy, procedure, or technology. The real key is the people who fight for our ...
Intelligence Support Systems: Technologies for Lawful Intercepts.
Jan 01, 2007; ... ****# Intelligence Support Systems: Technologies for Lawful Intercepts. By Paul Hoffmann and Kornel Terplan; published by Auerbach Publications, www.crcpress.com (Web); 463 pages; $90. Wiretapping is hot. It's one of the key tools in the war on terror, and like most of those ...
Introduction to Private Investigation: Essential Knowledge and Procedures for the Private Investigator, Second Edition.
Jan 01, 2007; ... ***## Introduction to private Investigation: Essential Knowledge and Procedures for the Private Investigator, Second Edition. By Joseph A. Travers; published by Charles C. Thomas; available from ASIS International, Item #1642, 703/519-6200 (phone), www.asisonline.org (Web); 290 pages; $42 ...
Why?(book by Charles Tilly)
Jan 01, 2007; ... ****# Why? By Charles Tilly; published by Princeton University Press, pup.princeton.edu (Web); 202 pages; $24.95. From the ancient philosophers to today's bloggers, men and women have asked, "Why?" This book asks that same momentous question, but not toward the end of ...
Citywide Mobile Wireless Network.(BUSINESS NEWS)(Brief article)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Police, firefighters, transportation workers, and other emergency and nonemergency personnel in New York City will soon be using the Citywide Mobile Wireless Network (CMWN) for immediate communication of voice, video, and data throughout the city. Designed to address the ...
Cablecom.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Cablecom chose IP speed domes from ACTi ...
Brivo Systems.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Brivo Systems announced that 3H Technology is using Brivo's ...
Catcher Holdings, Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Catcher Holdings, Inc., has received orders for its CATCHER wireless computer and communications ...
Emerson Network Power.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Emerson Network Power is collaborating with Fluent Inc. to optimize ...
UniSource Energy.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... UniSource Energy has selected the Fischer Identity Suite from ...
Omnicast has been chosen to secure the campus at the University of Guelph.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Omnicast from Genetec has been chosen to ...
A SecureLink System from id-Confirm, Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... A SecureLink System from id-Confirm, Inc., is being used ...
IPVS Training.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... IPVS Training is the new U.S. authorized training ...
MobileRobots Inc. and Oceaneering Space Systems are partnering to offer the Terabot Arm on the MobileRobots Seekur indoor-outdoor programmable robotic platform.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... MobileRobots Inc. and Oceaneering Space Systems are partnering to offer the Terabot Arm on the MobileRobots Seekur indoor-outdoor ...
North American Video.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... North American Video has completed the video ...
Pelican Products cases.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Pelican Products cases have been chosen to house the Portable Joint ...
S2 Security Corporation and EasyLobby, Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... S2 Security Corporation and EasyLobby, Inc., have partnered ...
SafeData, LLC.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... SafeData, LLC, has been selected by FGX International to ...
Toshiba Surveillance & IP Video Products Group has formed a strategic alliance with Cernium Corporation.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Toshiba Surveillance & IP Video Products Group has formed a strategic alliance with Cernium Corporation to ...
Vanguard Security.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Vanguard Security has secured contracts from Miami Dade College, ...
The Alabama State Port Authority has awarded a contract to Adesta, LLC, to enhance security at the Port of Mobile.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... The Alabama State Port Authority has awarded a contract to Adesta, LLC, to enhance security at the Port of ...
American Science and Engineering, Inc., has been selected by the Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... American Science and Engineering, Inc., has been selected by the Department of Homeland Security's Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to ...
The Cornwall Group, Inc., has won a six-month contract extension from the Miami Dade County General Services Administration for guard and metal-detection services.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... The Cornwall Group, Inc., doing business as Vanguard Security, has won a six-month contract ...
Global Options Group's James Lee Witt Associates.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Global Options Group's James Lee Witt Associates was awarded a contract to provide ...
Lenel Systems International.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Lenel Systems International is included on the U.S. General Services ...
Port of Texas City.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... The Port of Texas City has deployed Object Video VEWR on more than 40 ...
Paragon Systems.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Paragon Systems has been awarded contract extensions with the U.S. Army Corps ...
Sense Holdings, Inc.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Sense Holdings, Inc., has received multiple orders from the ...
Business Controls, Inc.(MARKETING AGREEMENTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Business Controls, Inc., has launched the Referral and ...
Genetec has established four new partnerships with U.S. manufacturer's representatives.(MARKETING AGREEMENTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Genetec has established four new partnerships with U.S. manufacturer's representatives: Central AEG in Michigan; KBR Marketing in Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, West Virginia, ...
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has signed a licensing agreement with Planning Systems Incorporated.(MARKETING AGREEMENTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory has signed a licensing agreement ...
Perimeter Internetworking.(MARKETING AGREEMENTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Perimeter Internetworking will provide its managed security services ...
TOA Electronics, Inc.(MARKETING AGREEMENTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... TOA Electronics, Inc., has appointed KAM Sales to represent its Security Products ...
Westinghouse Digital Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with ASI Corporation.(MARKETING AGREEMENTS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... Westinghouse Digital Electronics has signed a distribution agreement with ASI ...
American Sentry Guard has earned a spot in the Inc. 500.(AWARDS AND CERTIFICATIONS)
Jan 01, 2007 ... American Sentry Guard has earned a spot in the Inc. 500, a list of the nation's ...