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Morpho Detection, Inc

Garrick Bell, Eastern Regional Sales Director, explains that with the company’s ITMCS technology, Morpho’s products can identify small amounts of explosives and narcotics. New products at ISC West include the handheld Hard Mobile Trace Unit and the Itemiser DX desktop detector, which can get an accurate analysis of substances within 5 seconds. Customers include government, law enforcement, first responders and a growing commercial business.

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Border Patrol seeks unusual ‘strategic consulting’ advice
Wed, 2010-07-28 01:44 PM
It looks as though the Border Patrol is seeking assistance from outside consultants to help it pick the brains of its own senior leaders, develop its overall strategy, design “effective automated...
CBP to install modular building at Predator ops center in Arizona
Wed, 2010-07-28 11:44 AM
Predator B
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has awarded a contract worth nearly $150,000 to Modular Genius, Inc., of Bel Air, MD, to deliver, install and hook up a triple-wide modular building at the unmanned...
DHS boasts about its aviation security efforts…and more
Wed, 2010-07-28 10:58 AM
DHS marked the sixth anniversary of the issuance of the 9/11 Commission Report by patting itself on the back for the progress it says it has made in a wide range of counterterrorism arenas, but most...
Commerce Dept. launches major inquiry into cyber challenges to the Internet economy
Wed, 2010-07-28 10:24 AM
The U.S. Commerce Department’s Internet Policy Task Force has launched a sweeping inquiry into the nexus between “cybersecurity challenges in the commercial sector and innovation in the Internet...
GAO says Coast Guard should have more fully disclosed its concerns during contract deliberations
Wed, 2010-07-28 09:11 AM
AMEC at work
The Government Accountability Office has sustained a contract award protest lodged by AMEC Earth & Environmental, Inc., a huge design-build construction company headquartered in London, that felt...
State grant funds can be used to maintain previously purchased homeland security equipment
Tue, 2010-07-27 11:06 AM
Rep. Mary Jo Kilroy
The House Committee on Homeland Security has approved legislation that would enable state, local and tribal governments to use a portion of their homeland security grant monies to maintain their...
Uncle Sam might attend your overseas signing ceremony
Tue, 2010-07-27 09:23 AM
Signing ceremony in China
U.S. security companies supplying goods and services to foreign government customers can seek the support of the U.S. Government by inviting one or more senior federal officials to attend a formal...
The U.S. Coast Guard and the challenges ahead
Mon, 2010-07-26 05:01 PM
For over two centuries, the U.S. Coast Guard has safeguarded our nation’s maritime interests at home, in the ports, at sea, and around the globe, and looks to have more responsibilities today than at...
Accelerated computing with GPUs
Mon, 2010-07-26 04:25 PM
When the U. S. Government needs help from the military, the armed forces must be fully trained and prepared for anything that might happen. One way to accomplish this is for the military to use...
ICE wants to test its employees and job applicants
Sun, 2010-07-25 04:49 PM
Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) is looking for a contractor that can administer medical, psychological, fitness and drug testing to prospective and current employees of ICE and the...
Small business with prestigious ‘family connection’ lands major GSA contract
Sun, 2010-07-25 12:29 PM
The Veterans Corp of America, a service-disabled, veteran-owned small business which is led by two grandsons of deceased Vietnam War-era Army General Earle Wheeler, the longest serving Chairman of...
CBP to purchase training goggles that simulate alcohol and drug impairment
Sun, 2010-07-25 11:17 AM
Fatal Vision goggles
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol plans to purchase 260 pairs of Fatal Vision simulator goggles which vividly demonstrate the concept of impairment and the dangers of alcohol and other drug misuse and...

Commentary and Opinions

Best practices for controlling contractors and privileged users who access your critical IT infrastructure

Government agencies are more dependent than ever on computer systems to carry out their missions. From providing citizens access to public information over the Web to processing and accounting for trillions of dollars in spending, computer systems permeate virtually every aspect of government work.

Using forensics tools to achieve total security intelligence

In today’s connected world, government agencies face network attacks on a daily basis – from government-sanctioned espionage to serious international cyber thieves trying to gather intelligence, to amateur hackers playing around on their computers and trying to break in for ‘sport.’  Whatever the source, government networks are under attack and there have been numerous reports of data breaches of government systems, leaving officials scrambling to figure out how they got in, how long they accessed the network and what they were able to view or take during the breach.

Cyber Self-Defense

Recently, I was asked the most interesting questions I have been asked for over a decade.  The complex question came in two parts. One, is the right to bear ‘cyber arms’ covered under the Second Amendment; and two, if an individual or an organization has the right to cyber self defense, also known as the right to return cyber fire.  

Chemical weapons pose a grave threat

By Jerome Hauer

President Obama should be commended for making nuclear nonproliferation a priority of his administration. At the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC, in April, the president was right to urge global cooperation on isolating non-secure nuclear materials that could be used to make a weapon.

Rep. Ted Poe concerned with Mexican military choppers over Texas

[Editor’s note: Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX) made these remarks on the House floor on May 18, 2010.]

Mr. Speaker, U.S. Border Patrol agents have spotted yet another Mexican military helicopter incursion into Texas. That makes three times these helicopters have crossed the border into America this year, that we know of. On Saturday [May 15, 2010], another Mexican military helicopter was in Texas, hovering near the Roma-Miguel Aleman International Bridge. Two other times this year, Mexican helicopters were photographed in Starr and Zapata Counties in Texas.

Company News

National Cyber Security Alliance launches Web portal for 2010 National Cyber Security Awareness Month

The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), based in Washington, DC, a public-private partnership focused on educating a digital citizenry to stay safe and secure online, launched its National Cyber Security Awareness Month Web portal with information on events, activities, promotions and educational materials to be used in preparation for the online safety month, which will be held in October.  

Raytheon awarded $23 million to provide mission support for RAID system

Raytheon, based in Waltham, MA, has been awarded a $23 million U.S. Army contract extension to provide mission support and system sustainment for the Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) systems that protect U.S. and coalition forces deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.

OSI Systems receives $18 million order for cargo and people screening systems

OSI Systems, Inc., based in Hawthorne, CA is a vertically-integrated provider of specialized electronic products for critical applications in the security and healthcare sectors. It has announced that its security division, Rapiscan Systems, has received an $18 million order to provide Eagle cargo and vehicle inspection systems and its Secure 1000 advanced people screening systems to support an unnamed U.S. Government agency.

Universal Detection Technology fulfills first GSA contract to U.S. Air Force

Universal Detection Technology, based in Beverly Hills, CA, a developer of early-warning monitoring technologies to protect people from bioterrorism and other infectious health threats, and a provider of counter-terrorism consulting and training services, has announced that it has fulfilled its first GSA Schedule Contract purchase order to the U.S. Air Force for its radiation detection equipment.

AppTek announces release of Chinese language for its hybrid machine translation system

Applications Technology, Inc., or AppTek, a supplier of human language technology (HLT), has announced the release of Chinese for its hybrid machine translation (HMT) system.

SEM’s hard drive shredder ideal for office use

The new Model 0300 Jackhammer hard drive shredder from Security Engineered Machinery (SEM) has a small footprint and is easy to use. Only 37 inches high, 45 inches wide and 21 inches deep, it destroys hard drives, other electronic devices (such as cell phones, BlackBerrys, PDAs, etc.), optical media (CDs and DVDs), and computer backup tapes.

Its specially designed saw tooth, hooked cutters can handle 125 to 500 drives per hour (depending on type), reducing them to random 1½-inch shreds.

Safe Banking Systems and Centrifuge Systems partner to combat money laundering, terrorism and fraud

Safe Banking Systems Software, LLC (SBS), a provider of anti-money laundering and compliance solutions, and Centrifuge Systems, Inc., of McLean, VA, a provider of advanced link analysis software, have joined forces to provide government agencies, banks, financial services firms and other organizations with the ability to combat financial crime by detecting entities in corporate databases that pose risk.

Advanced airborne video solution successfully demonstrated, says Hughes

Hughes Network Systems, LLC, of Germantown, MD, a provider of broadband satellite networks and services, announced on July 26 it has completed a successful demonstration of its advanced airborne video solution to a key government agency, confirming full D-1 video resolution at air-to-ground user data rates of over 2 Mbps. 

 

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Xtralis Americas

Ian Ehrenberg, VP and General Manager, indicates that Xtralis has a 25-year history of providing advanced detection technologies for intrusion detection, perimeter protection and CCTV. Applications include the Department of State and Consulates around the world, plus the Vancouver Olympics, where Xtralis provided the primary infrared protection device. The company is introducing its Vesda Echo Detector at the ISC West show.

AMAG Technologies

Matt Barnette, VP Sales and Marketing, points out that AMAG started out as an access control provider, but is now a full-service security products provider. New technologies being introduced include a new generation video enclosure which is IT sensory, the Hawkeye mobile, handheld device, which checks ID cards out in the field and can allow guards to look at videos while walking, and the new IDS product with 4-line keyboard display.

Lenel Systems International, Inc.

Josh Phillips, Director of Marketing, describes the business of Lenel as providing integrated security technologies, bringing the best of breed software applications and multiple technologies into a single platform. Government markets include military and civilian buyers and the DoD, which use the OnGuard system, whose 2010 integrated access control, ID management and video surveillance system offers enhanced video surveillance.

Everfocus

Everfocus is primarily involved in CCTV, according to Al Schwartz, product manager, but the company has evolved along with technology. Everfocus sells traditional analog cameras and digital video recorders for mobile customers and interior applications, but the company also offers a line of IP products where the technology is appropriate. Schwartz considers the new HD CCTV product to be exciting because it can re-use existing co-axial cables back to the DVR.

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