FORTIFYING AGAINST TERROR
By PAUL ROTHMAN
Suppliers of bomb-detection, x-ray and other airport security equipment are bracing for a wave of requests for the technology from the Federal Aviation...
Oklahoma City PD upgrades to Group 4 Securitas AMAG system
The Oklahoma City Police Department has upgraded its access control system using the AMAG 425 system from Group 4 Securitas Technology Corp., Torrance,...
MAIL ADVISORY
What to do if you receive a suspicious package Handle with care Don't shake or bump Isolate and look for indicators Don't open, smell or taste Treat it...
Battling back with PKI
By Jacqueline Emigh
As the threat of terrorist attacks continues, government agencies and the airlines are looking to public key infrastructure (PKI) security as a possible...
PKI vs. PGP, Bin Laden's weapon of choice
Jacqueline Emigh
PKI isn't the only cryptography protocol to be getting attention these days. The competing technology of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is also grabbing headlines,...
WHAT WENT WRONG?
By BILLIE H. VINCENT
The world watched in horror as a masterfully planned and executed terrorist attack was carried out against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. An...
From CCTV to escalators, McCarran Airport's system is no-compromise security
By RAY BERNARD
Clark County's McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas was the seventh busiest airport in North America and the 12th busiest in the world in 2000....
Communicating the value of technology at Cleveland Transit
By RANDY SOUTHERLAND
When Bernard Buckner arrived at the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (GCRTA) early last year to take on the job of security systems manager,...
The electrical infrastructure, and Kansas City's risk
By RANDY SOUTHERLAND
When it comes to threats to the nation's electrical infrastructure, the enemy may not necessarily be at the gates, but in front of a computer keyboard...
SECURITY ON THE MARK
By RANDY SOUTHERLAND
Get set for the biggest Olympic security effort in history. Officials for the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City will combine experience and technology...
TRAFFIC CONTROL
By MICHAEL FICKES
The county positions traffic surveillance cameras at signalized intersections, at highway interchanges, and along the highway, focusing on sites where...
BEYOND SAFETY
By RAY BERNARD
More than a million commuters travel in and out of New York City every weekday. More than 275,000 of them ride the 340 rail cars of the Port Authority...
VIRTURAL SECURITY
By CAREY ADAMS
A recent report by a task force assigned to review the tragedy at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., suggests that law enforcement should have...
Helping to improve criminal recordkeeping
The U.S. Justice Department has set aside $44 million in direct awards and technical assistance to help states improve the quality and accessibility of...
DISARMING A NUCLEAR MENACE
By JEANNE BONNER
Larry Satkowiak can sympathize with most security directors he, too, is concerned about access control, asset management and audit trails. Satkowiak's...
How Uncle Sam blocks workplace investigations
Larry Anderson www.securitysolutions.com
Government regulations can sometimes be stifling to business, and often a seemingly well-meaning law can have negative consequences that defy logic. Such...
States looking to invest in security technology
Larry Anderson www.securitysolutions.com
Security equipment is taking center stage in the public arena these days, evidenced strongly by a flurry of activity at various state legislatures. During...
Keeping tabs on the watchers: Device keeps jailers honest
CAREY ADAMS
Feeling a little lazy, a guard working at a local jail decides to skip one of his required twice-hourly cellblock checks during the early morning hours....
Rapid results
CAROL CAREY
CCTV cameras succeed quickly to deter graffiti on San Francisco's transit trains.It has been said that San Francisco is the most political city in the...
No escape from Cell Block One
DON GARBERA
Prisons in Connecticut use modern equipment to ensure maximum security.Northern Correctional Institution is a level 5 maximum security prison - the highest...
Creating a model for emergency preparedness
JAMES STEVENS
Recent natural disasters and acts of terrorism have focused the nation's attention on emergency preparedness. Severe weather, riots and bombings can challenge...
CATs at the airport
CAREY ADAMS
As the government and businesses unite to promote aviation security, the FAA is lending support to companies willing to develop technologies to protect...
Preventing Terrorism in the drug wars
CAROL CAREY
In the tropical paradise of Key West, Fla., 90 miles from Cuba, surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico, stands the Joint Interagency Task...
Kevin McCoy's mission in Germany includes protection of soldiers on leave
JEANNE BONNER
If you look at one of the hotels at the Armed Forces Recreation Center (AFRC) in Garmisch, Germany, it looks like any other German hotel in town. It is...
Big returns for IRS via surveillance upgrade
ACCESS CONTROL & SECURITY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION STAFF
Most of us only think about the Internal Revenue Service around April 15. And once we toss those completed tax returns into a mailbox, they're out of...
