Role-Based Computer Access
Trey Guerin and Richard Lord
Those responsible for IT security in the government need to be aware of who is accessing their systems, from where, for how long, and for what purpose....
V.I.P.'s No Longer
Paul Rothman
On July 24, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg passed through a metal detector in front of the City Hall building for the first time. Before that day, Bloomberg,...
Uncle Sam Wants Private Guards
Michael Fickes
For the first time in 20 years, the U.S. Army is asking private security firms to provide new security services for domestic military facilities. Issued...
Cyber-Vigilance
Michael Hrabick
As threats continue against the U.S. government's electronic infrastructure, cyber-security deserves considerable vigilance. The sensitive nature of information...
The Cost Of Water-Tight Security
Michael Fickes
Last year, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) announced a five-year, $132-million security plan designed to protect the region's water...
An Overlooked Vulnerability?
American manufacturing facilities that produce and store toxic chemicals for various industrial uses are potential terrorist targets, according to Guardsmark...
Meeting Of The Minds
Jacqueline Emigh
To bolster physical security while boosting government efficiency, U.S. federal agencies are starting to use a newly revamped smart card architecture...
Talk Amongst Yourselves
Michael Fickes
When police arrive at the scene of an accident or crime, they talk to each other over the radio. But they can't communicate with anyone else. Typically,...
Study Finds Gaps In Chemical Terrorism Preparedness
Despite Homeland security warnings that a terrorist chemical attack in the U.S. is a real possibility, state public health laboratories are unprepared...
Cameras Help Foil Terrorists
Unrest in Saudi Arabia, culminating most recently in several mid-May suicide bombing attacks on foreign housing compounds in Riyadh, has spurred a search...
CCTV Puts Crime On The Run In Newburgh, N.Y.
Not too long ago the streets outside the Lander Street Apartments in Newburgh, N.Y., were infested with crime. Today, a CCTV surveillance system has made...
Ashcroft: Technology Helping In Anti-Terrorism Effort
Saying it is more urgent than ever for the country to continue its aggressive efforts at disabling terrorists, U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft reiterated...
Centralized Surveillance On Minneapolis' Perimeter
By KATE HENRY
Minneapolis' Transportation and Parking Services is a municipal operation that encompasses 22 structured parking garages and nine surface lots with about...
Security On The Move
By CORRINA STELLITANO
Every weekday, more than 14 million Americans board public transportation vehicles. According to the American Public Transportation Association (APTA),...
Hocus Focus
By MICHAEL FICKES
One day last April, a car screeched to a stop near a fire station in downtown Palm Springs, Calif. The woman driving the car shouted for help. Her boyfriend,...
SIA Gets Behind Security Spending Legislation Measures
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has called on Congress to pass the Jobs and Growth Tax Reconciliation Act of 2003 to help strengthen America's...
Seaport Security Funding May Be Redirected
A $58 million program approved almost a year ago to strengthen security at the nation's three largest seaports has been delayed as officials consider...
Grants To Target Wastewater Treatment Plants
The U.S. House passed a bill last week authorizing $200 million in grants for wastewater treatment plants to improve security against terrorist attacks....
Surveillance By The Sea
Florida's Port Canaveral, the second busiest cruise port in the world, has selected an automated video surveillance system from Guardian Solutions, Bradenton,...
Water Authority Connects With Digital Video
The South Central Connecticut Regional Water Authority in New Haven supplies water to approximately 400,000 residents in 12 cities and towns in and around...
Robots on Patrol
BY TOM PATRICK McAULIFFE
CCTV-equippped robots are poised to augment human security forces...and they never complain or take breaks....
Backyard Threats
Paul Rothman
While North Korea and other nuclear-capable countries represent a possible threat from abroad, security measures taken at commercial nuclear facilities...
Digital Networks Tie Together National and Local Security
Michael Fickes
Digital technology has begun to tie together national and local public safety and security systems, as two recent government security projects illustrate....
IT Security: A Plan Of Action
By PETER CASSIDY
Managers in government agencies must realize that computer security cannot be left to providence. In fact, since Sept. 11, obligations to secure computing...
Government and Private Security: Will they ever form a partnership?
By ROGER B. HUTCHINS, CPP
The lasting effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks have unified security professionals from government and private industry. Even so, some would argue that a true partnership does not yet exist....
