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FLIR

Andy Teich, President of FLIR’s Commercial Systems Division, describes two new products. The FLIR Thermal Fence ties FLIR cameras together into a network that includes a network console and an analytics algorithm with many capabilities. The Guardsman is a handheld thermal imager designed for guard safety. Teich also explains that the company’s high-volume business in the auto market lowers costs on all FLIR Thermal Imaging products.

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News

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 awards 'total maintenance contract' in Hammond, LA, to Siemens
Wed, 2010-07-28 12:34 PM
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is planning to award a sole source contract to Siemens Building Technologies, Inc., of Buffalo Grove, IL, to update, repair and maintain the HVAC control system and...
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...
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...
HHS unveils draft plan to implement national health security strategy
Mon, 2010-07-26 09:52 AM
Nicole Lurie
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued its first-ever “Biennial Implementation Plan” to implement the National Health Security Strategy the department unveiled last year, which...
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...
Obama administration freezes all of Anwar al-Awlaki’s assets in U.S.
Fri, 2010-07-23 10:56 AM
Anwar al-Awlaki
Born in Las Cruces, New Mexico, 39 years ago, a citizen of both the United States and Yemen, an outspoken advocate of Islamic jihad and a mentor to the would-be “Christmas Day bomber,” Anwar al-...
Service-disabled veteran-owned company lands security guard contract in Africa
Tue, 2010-07-20 10:40 AM
Jerry Torres
The U.S. Department of State has awarded a $3.8 million contract for guard services at the American Embassy in Bujumbura, the capital of Burundi, a landlocked country in eastern Africa, to a joint...
DHS to issue EAGLE II solicitation for IT support on about Oct. 1
Tue, 2010-07-20 09:01 AM
DHS is getting ready to issue its formal solicitation for the second wave of contracts under its Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions II, or EAGLE II, program under which it will...
ASIS opens its Career Center to members and non-members through end of 2010
Mon, 2010-07-19 02:14 PM
ASIS International, a leading organization for security professionals, has opened the ASIS Career Center to help all security executives – including many former ASIS members – find employment in this...
Rep. Jackson Lee wants to strengthen the Federal Air Marshal Service
Mon, 2010-07-19 09:29 AM
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
A bill has been introduced in the House to increase the number of federal air marshals by 1,750 positions, train new recruits in criminal investigative techniques and establish an ombudsman...
Rangel’s proposed two-year ‘national service’ obligation would include ‘homeland security’ work
Mon, 2010-07-19 08:50 AM
Rep. Charles Rangel
Rep. Charles Rangel, the longtime New York City Democrat, has introduced legislation that during wartime would require all citizens and permanent residents of the U.S., aged 18 to 42, both male 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.

Under the cover of bright sunlight

Editor's Note: When GSN learned that the alleged Russian spy ring in the United States was using deception techniques such as "steganography," we decided to turn to a true expert in steganography for a description of this little-understood field.

 

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.

Company News

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.

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.

Evolis celebrates its 10th anniversary with its new Pebble Black Edition

Celebrating its 10th anniversary, Evolis, a European supplier of solutions for plastic card personalization, has unveiled a new edition of its single-sided color printer, the Pebble Black Edition.

The Pebble Black edition, available in a basic version, is a limited edition that is shipped with eMedia-Cards CS, an advanced badge design software, as well as consumables (cards and ribbon), ready to personalize 200 cards.

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. 

Toshiba Imaging’s IK-HD1 HD cameras selected to capture feature film background plates

Toshiba Imaging Systems Division, a supplier of high definition (HD) camera technology for broadcast, scientific, industry and defense applications, has announced the recent use of the tiny, IK-HD1 high definition cameras as part of a camera rig that captures background plates for feature films. Experts at 24frame.com, a Southern California-based company that specializes in HD projection car process playback, selected Toshiba Imaging’s high def cameras to capture day/night moving plates to be used for feature film projection playback. &

Feeling Software releases Omnipresence 3D Pro Design

Feeling Software Inc., of Montreal, Canada, has announced the latest product in its Omnipresence 3D suite of advanced physical security applications. Designed for architecture & engineering (A&E) firms, security integrators and security directors, Pro Design provides a never-before-seen approach to surveillance planning using 3D floor plans and maps.

 

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Genetec, Inc

Jimmy Palatsoukas, Senior Product Manager, indicates that Genetec’s mission is to bring multiple security and safety systems within a single software solution. The latest version of the company’s “Security Center” includes video, access control and license plate recognition into one unified platform. The benefits of this seamless integration, he says, are to lower training costs and provide better information to the operator making important decisions.

Protech Technologies Incorporated

Larry Thomas, VP of Sales and Marketing, explains that Protech manufactures outdoor intrusion sensors for the government and military markets which keep false alarms low and detection sensitivity high. The company’s new wireless sensor uses a mesh network that can transmit a signal for 2500 feet to a wireless gateway. Thomas sees the future as heading toward wireless communications and IP, where sensors can be inputted into the network.

T3 Motion

Gary Joubert, VP of Sales and Marketing, reports that T3 provides electric vehicles for law enforcement that are used in almost every police department in the U.S., as well as in government agencies around the world. Other markets for the made-in-the-USA T3 series include the military, general transport and the private security business. Recent improvements have been well received, and business is great!

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A Holistic Approach to Cybersecurity Using Dynamic Traffic Intelligence
Thu, 06/10/2010 - 1:00pm

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Five Ways to Maximize Perimeter Security
Wed, 06/09/2010 - 11:00am

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An Effective Approach to Continuous Monitoring Requirements under FISMA
Tue, 04/27/2010 (All day)

Recently, the OMB established a task force to develop new metrics to measure the performance of information security at Federal Agencies. Among other things, the new metrics...

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