Infrastructure protection consortium forms
Government unveils biometric information Web site
Seven steps to securing USB devices
New wave of shootings brings school security back to the forefront
In the span of a month, schools across the country have seen a dramatic rise in violent incidents:
* A 32-year-old dairy truck driver storms a one-room Amish school in Pennsylvania and kills five girls.
* A drifter walks into a Colorado school and fatally shoots a student before taking his own life.
* Wisconsin authorities charge three boys with plotting a bomb attack on their high school.
* A student in a rural school allegedly shoots his principal.
* A gunman bursts into a Vermont elementary school looking for his ex-girlfriend and guns down a teacher.
Is something wrong with school security? Experts say there is simply no way to guarantee that a stranger or student won't be able to injure or kill on school grounds....
Five business tips to combat information theft
ASSA ABLOY, Cisco Announce Partnership
TSA begins school transportation security program
National emergency response plan for transit launched
The American Public Transportation Association (APTA) has announced that more than 125 public transportation agencies and suppliers across the nation have agreed to participate in a new national Emergency Response and Preparedness Program....
Dallas tops list of most dangerous large cities
Five business tips to combat information theft
The common notion is that information theft is a crime committed by computer hackers who steal information via the Internet. The reality is that a lot of information is stolen from unsecured files and paperwork. The source of the crime is often corporations, small businesses and other organizations that hold sensitive data on file....
Retail industry backs Senate on Port Security Act
Businesses need emergency supply kits, FEMA says
Business owners everywhere are urged to assemble an emergency supply kit. Emergency preparedness officials with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the U.S. Small Business Administration have produced a list of items for small and large companies to consider as they plan a survival kit for disaster....
New Mexico a proving ground for border security technology
Iris, vascular recognition technology test results released
Are buildings prepared against bio-terrorism?
The anthrax-laden envelopes sent to the American Media Building and the Hart Senate Building in 2001 demonstrated that biological weapons are not only a viable means of inflicting casualties on U.S. soil but also that some groups will not hesitate to use them.
Those envelopes produced five deaths and 13 infections. How vulnerable are U.S. buildings to the bio-threat today? According to a report by Universal Detection Technology, a combination of technology and government awareness can keep the threat at bay, but building owners and managers should be aware of the potential for disaster....
Buffalo to start school year with new security chief
Biometric technology application manual now available
Center challenges security industry to defend America
The Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC), a business accelerator for Homeland and national security, has issued a call for companies with innovative technology for the first "Defend America Challenge," a competition open to companies with a product or service specializing in the Homeland or national security field. The grand prize is $25,000....
Supply chain coalition takes port security message to Congress
The state of chemical industry security five years after 9/11
The fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks has prompted the American Chemistry Council (ACC) to report on how far its member companies have come, and the additional steps necessary for enhanced security.
"Since 9/11, ACC members have taken aggressive steps toward further securing their communities, facilities and products against terrorist attacks,"" says ACC President and CEO Jack N. Gerard. ...
WISE networking event planned for ASIS
SIA voices opposition to California RFID measure
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has voiced its opposition to California State Senator Joe Simitian's bill imposing several severe measures concerning Radio Frequency Identification (RFID). The following is a letter SIA CEO Richard ...
NY Transit considered floodgates to combat underwater attacks
California passes Wi-Fi user protection bill
California's state assembly has passed a bill to require makers of wireless Internet access gear to warn consumers of the risks of using unsecured wireless connections....
Is there any defense against data breaches?
Nearly two-thirds of security executives are convinced they have no way to prevent a data breach, according to a survey of 853 U.S.-based information security professionals....
