Bush Signs $33 Billion Budget
President Bush has signed a bill giving the Department of Homeland Security about $33 billion for the budget year that began Oct. 1, The Associated Press...
DHS Calls For More Biometrics
Atop Department of Homeland Security official has challenged the biometrics industry to devise more ways to extend its technologies to protect the United...
Airports May Switch Screeners
With a deadline looming, the government has yet to come up with guidelines for commercial airports that want to replace federal baggage and passenger...
SECURITY HOT SPOT: Control Rooms
BY JAMES GOMPERS
The security control room, or Security Operations Center, is often seen as the of an integrated security management system. Senior management likes to...
A New Level in Building Integration
by MICHAEL FICKES
Over the next year or two, a new Internet capability called Web services will transform the way security directors use technology to provide and manage...
ID AND THE NEED TO KNOW
by JACQUELINE EMIGH
Identifying employees and company visitors is not what it used to be. Waves of corporate financial scams, federal regulatory changes and international...
Standing Up To Abuse
By Randy Southerland
The DeSoto Juvenile Detention facility near Arcadia, Fla. a campus of 14 buildings was originally constructed for the U.S. Air Force. It has served as...
A Beacon of Security in New York Harbor
Hailed once again as a beacon of hope, the Statue of Liberty welcomed back huddled masses of tourists in early August for the first time since it was...
System for Today and Tomorrow
Some airports are not waiting for federal government guidelines on biometrics. Instead, they are upgrading security systems to include the flexibility...
City-Wide CCTV Coming to Chicago
The city of Chicago plans to deploy more than 2,000 surveillance cameras in public places that would be tied into sophisticated software to spot emergencies...
eVALUATING Biometrics
BY RAM SATHAPPAN
Larry Barfield recently found himself charged with the task of evaluating fingerprint-based biometric security for the U.S. Marine Corps. As a project...
Mark of Verity
ID card upgrade boosts professionalism at Indiana DNR The Indiana Department of Natural Resources (DNR) Law Enforcement Division, headquartered in Indianapolis,...
Bush Gets First-Hand Look at Italian Security
President George W. Bush, along with Secretary of State Colin Powell, National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice and other top administration officials,...
Frances, Charley Teach Us Lessons in Continuity
LARRY ANDERSON, Editor
The remnants of Hurricane Frances did very little damage in Atlanta, where our editorial office is located. By the time the once-mighty storm made it...
FIRST-CLASS SECURITY
BY RANDY SOUTHERLAND
Richard Duncan noses the black Ford security car out onto the runway of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Looking carefully both ways,...
Galveston Port Turns to Networked Video
The Port of Galveston in Texas plans to enhance the security of its container facilities, passenger terminals and perimeter with a networked video system...
Clinton Library To Put Fire Protection On The Books
When the nation's newest and most technologically sophisticated presidential center and library opens in November, it will include an integrated, state-of-the-art...
FROM GREEN TO SEEING RED
BY DONALD SCHMIDT
It seems to happen every few months: Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge elevates the threat level to in response to terrorist activities either at...
Event Planning
By ROB SHUSTER
Planning security for a special event requires a tailored approach that balances effective, non-excessive, security measures against a realistic assessment...
G8 Summit Touts High Security
Representatives of the world's eight richest countries the United States, Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Italy, Canada and Russia, known as the Group...
SECURING PUBLIC VENUES
BY MICHAEL FICKES
At the end of this month, Democrats will convene at the FleetCenter in Boston and nominate Senator John Kerry in the first national political convention...
SECURITY SYSTEM MAINTENANCE: Strategies for Choosing a Plan
By ANDREW N. ONDICH
Investing in security technology, like many things, has become a more complex business decision. Longer life-expectancy means users are more likely to...
SECURITY HOT SPOT: LOADING DOCKS
By JAMES GOMPERS
The loading dock that place for unglamorous shipping and receiving is often overlooked or downplayed in the larger security picture. Nearly every loading...
HOMELAND SECURITY ALL-STARS 2004
By PAUL ROTHMAN
They may not be playing at Houston's Minute Maid Park this July, but America's 2004 Homeland Security All-Stars will be taking the field for high stakes...
Terrorist Alerts: How To Respond
By Sal Lifrieri
Remember when building security meant doing what the tenant asked for? Recent events have caused building security to take a more pro-active approach....
