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....
Flow chart explains supply chain steps and security procedures
NASCO launches online career center
The National Association of Security Companies (NASCO), which represents contract-security firms with members employing more than 400,000 security officers, has launched its interactive job board, the NASCO Contract Security Career Center, at careercenter.nasco.org/search.cfm....
Tight security produces seven flight security incidents in one day
Amid new anxiety about air travel and tough new regulations covering what passengers may bring on planes, seven U.S. flights were involved in security incidents on Friday of last week. In one case, a stick of dynamite was found to have been aboard a flight.
The rash of events, safety consultants and others say, reflect heightened emotions and appropriately tightened security in the wake of an alleged plot to blow up trans-Atlantic airliners thwarted this month by British authorities.
Check out continuing coverage of the alleged terrorist plot against the airlines at the Web site for our sister magazine, GOVERNMENT SECURITY, at www.govtsecurity.com...
10 tips to protect yourself at Wi-Fi hotspots
Disaster response plans increasing, but are they being maintained?
Five years after the Sept. 11 attacks and one year after Hurricane Katrina, most companies have some form of disaster response plan in place; however, one out of four professionals responsible for corporate disaster preparedness efforts report that they have never conducted a disaster response exercise.
The finding is part of a survey commissioned by the National Emergency Response and Rescue Training Center (NERRTC), a division of The Texas A&M University System's Texas Engineering Extension Service, that aimed to uncover trends in disaster preparation efforts at large companies across six key industries -- chemical, commercial real estate, energy, entertainment, health care and transportation....
Securitas chairman to be honored at ASIS
The National Association of Security Companies (NASCO) will present the 2006 Colonel Edgar B. Watson Award to Don Walker, chairman of Securitas Security Services, USA. The honor will be bestowed at NASCO's annual private security breakfast, to be held during the ASIS International Annual Seminar and Exhibits....
Shooting victims sue security company
All-in-one information security challenges
Coalition takes ID privacy, standards issues to legislators
Detection of explosives residue shuts down airport
A West Virginia airport terminal was evacuated last week after two bottles of liquid found in a woman's carry-on luggage twice tested positive for explosives residue, a Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman said.
While chemical tests later turned up no explosives in the bottles, the airport was shut down for nearly 10 hours.
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(For Breaking News and continuing coverage of the London plot, visit govtsecurity.com/news/AirlinePlot or www.securitysolutions.com/news/TSARulesSpeedSecurity...
Expert: Some college campuses have false sense of security
Thefts point to potential airport security vulnerability
A recent theft of guns from checked baggage at O'Hare International Airport points to a serious weakness in aviation security that will be difficult to pinpoint because thousands of employees ranging from pilots to airline caterers carry clearances allowing them to walk onto airplanes.
The guns stolen from the bags -- all involving passengers departing O'Hare on United Airlines -- probably are being taken out of the airport and sold or used in crimes, federal and local authorities said in response to a Chicago Tribune report on the disappearing weapons....
Nine business traveler tips to prepare a laptop for airport security
New restrictions actually speeding airport security
The Transportation Security Administration banned all liquids and gels from being taken into airliner cabins on Thursday, in response to a foiled terrorist plot in London (see Breaking News from our sister magazine, GOVERNMENT SECURITY -- govtsecurity.com/news/AirlinePlot/). Surprisingly, after the first days, the new rules may have actually sped up the passenger screening process....
Stone's 9/11 movie focuses on first responders
In Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center," on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, a Port Authority cop named Will Jimeno is doing his everyday job, shooing away prostitutes and panhandlers from the bus terminal, when he hears a loud rumble overhead. The camera pans, not up at the sky, but down the street, to reveal the shadow of a low-flying plane climbing the face of a building. Stone never shows the planes crashing into the Twin Towers. He's letting us know, right from the start, that we will see history unfold as it happened on the ground, from the perspectives of ordinary men and women.
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Alarm industry backs coalition
Foreboding barricades give way to aesthetic designs
Chemical industry focuses on cyber-security
In a worst-case scenario, porous cyber-security at a chemical company could potentially result in safety risks to plant employees and local communities; not to mention business interruption, lost capital, physical attack, identity theft for the purpose of acquiring chemicals, and access to systems to cause plant disruptions, according to a position paper issued by the Chemical Information Technology Council Executive Board.
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Government offers workplace security posters
