The FBI dealt with more background checks than ever since the week following the Sandy Hook school shooting
- By Matt Holden
- Dec 01, 2014
The Pope’s visit to the city will be the largest event in its modern history.
- By Matt Holden
- Nov 18, 2014
Steep fines are being issued and some are having their votes invalidated.
- By Ginger Hill
- Nov 04, 2014
The European Network and Information Security Agency coordinated an exercise based in Athens.
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 31, 2014
The hackers are thought to be working for the Russian government.
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 29, 2014
Responding to recent fatal shooting at Canadian Parliament building, security measures are stepping up in America.
- By Ginger Hill
- Oct 29, 2014
Passengers were stranded for more than an hour after their plane landed.
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 27, 2014
Tim Cook said the talks were ‘very open’
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 24, 2014
It is unclear as to whether there are others in the area.
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 22, 2014
The President says the issue has a low margin for error in his statement regarding the disease.
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 16, 2014
The hackers are targeting the Ukrainian government, a European government agency, two European companies and a United States scholar.
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 14, 2014
The court ordered Google to remove results of a man’s unflattering past.
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 10, 2014
Social media giant feels First Amendment right has been violated.
- By Ginger Hill
- Oct 09, 2014
An unidentified man was able to get access to a secure area backstage at an appearance by the president
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 06, 2014
Joseph Clancy has admitted that they “know they’ve got to clean up their act”
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 02, 2014
The man was a security contractor with three prior convictions for assault and battery.
- By Matt Holden
- Oct 01, 2014
Trying to navigate through the numerous security regulations that are in place for government agencies and facilities can be a daunting challenge, even to the most seasoned security professionals.
- By Dennis Raefield
- Oct 01, 2014
California’s historic State Capitol building, completed in Sacramento in 1874, has seen its share of serious security episodes during its colorful existence. In 1927, a lobbyist shot and murdered a secretary on the fourth floor.
Savannah, Georgia is a study in contrast. As the state’s oldest city, it was founded long before the American Revolution. Yet, beneath its cobblestoned streets lies 38 miles of fiber optic cable, evidence of a metro-region firmly rooted in modernity.
- By John Merlino
- Oct 01, 2014
Many people envision law enforcement agencies around the country as resembling mythical portrayals on TV and in movies, with leading-edge technology that can track every suspect’s move across the grid.
- By Dave Denson
- Oct 01, 2014
Director Pierson brings up some new concerns about the Secret Service.
- By Matt Holden
- Sep 30, 2014
A military vet who served three tours in Iraq jumped the White House fence and entered the front door
- By Matt Holden
- Sep 22, 2014
The attack on the Westgate shopping mall has led to boosted business in the private security industry.
- By Matt Holden
- Sep 19, 2014
After three years of development, system allows agents to search photographs to identify criminals.
- By Ginger Hill
- Sep 15, 2014
This in response to police department's "Stop and Frisk" policies being challenged by civil rights groups in court.
- By Ginger Hill
- Sep 05, 2014
Some of the most satisfying applications of sophisticated security technologies have little to do with security. Today, biometric identity management plays a critical role in delivering necessary vaccines to children in the developing world.
- By Bill Spence
- Sep 01, 2014
Larry Seltzer says that public security cameras could have helped the police gather information
- By Matt Holden
- Aug 21, 2014
Two artists say they made the flags themselves
- By Matt Holden
- Aug 13, 2014
In wake of recent bombings, activist group feels need to hack.
- By Ginger Hill
- Aug 05, 2014
Security clearance is given to thousands of people who owe the IRS money.
- By Matt Holden
- Jul 31, 2014
Here is a list to help develop an all-star team of employees that will protect your information.
- By Matt Holden
- Jul 28, 2014
Typewriter sales in German economy boom as tool to thwart cyber spying.
- By Ginger Hill
- Jul 25, 2014
"I think the first step to fix it is to give our CBP guys the authority to immediately repatriate them back to their countries," said Salmon, chairman of the U.S. House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere and a member of the working group that U.S. House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, assembled to address the crisis.
Next Generation Identification (NGI) and DeepFace battle it out to prove who is the best at biometrics...so far, social media is winning.
- By Ginger Hill
- Jul 08, 2014
Intelligence officials concerned about new al-Qaida effort to create a bomb that would go through airport security undetected.
What it all boils down to is internal vs. external cyber communications.
- By Ginger Hill
- Jun 18, 2014
GovSec – the Government Security Conference and Expo, which featured TREXPO, the Law Enforcement Expo, and was held in conjunction with CPM East – saw its conference grow by 20 percent and total attendance reach more than 3,600 in 2014.
Hackers targeting golfers at conferences, US government sectors along with American, European and Japanese satellite, aerospace and communication companies.
- By Ginger Hill
- Jun 11, 2014
Wheat farmer pulls pipe bomb from bag, illustrating that government building security measures are failing. (Video Included)
- By Ginger Hill
- May 27, 2014
Too soon to determine if directives are the real reason for sources to clam up.
All of the deaths except for one was caused by handguns, rifles and shotguns; does America have a gun problem?
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- May 23, 2014
U.S. government has everything under control in case of real-life, large-scale operations, emergencies and catastrophes.
- By Ginger Hill
- May 20, 2014
Gallagher Security, a global leader in the design and manufacture of innovative access control, intruder alarm and perimeter security systems, highlight its latest FIPS 201-2 compliant solution at GovSec 2014.
The staff at Security Products and Security Today wish all the winners a huge congratulations.
By 2015 Next Generation Identification (NGI) will have millions of stored facial images.
- By Ginger Hill
- Apr 15, 2014
Port Fourchon plays a strategic role in supplying the United States with nearly 18 percent of its oil supply, servicing over 90 percent of the Gulf of Mexico’s deep-water exploration and production.
- By Courtney Dillon Pedersen
- Apr 01, 2014
More than likely, you have witnessed an RFP that includes dated product specifications and, in some cases, multiple product specifications that are more “wish-list” than reality.
- By John Merlino
- Apr 01, 2014
Nearly everyone is familiar with the standard manned guard booth in which a person sits and allows drivers in and out of a facility; however, border stations, government buildings, military bases and other locales where there can be a “very unwanted guest” all use much highertech security booths.
One might think that a military base is among the most secure places in the country. Unfortunately, though, the sprawling nature of military bases makes them difficult to secure effectively, which leaves these sites vulnerable to a wide range of threats.
- By Dave Tynan
- Apr 01, 2014
Further integration with new facilities confirms trusted relationships.
Homeland Security Presidential Directive 12 (HSPD-12) called for the mandatory implementation of a government-wide standard for secure and reliable forms of identification for federal employees and contractors.
- By Ginger Hill
- Mar 05, 2014
“We cannot look back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the fact of real threats to our security and our economy,” said Obama.
- By Ginger Hill
- Feb 12, 2014
Should the Obama administration kill an American citizen who is a member of al-Qaeda and is actively planning attacks against Americans overseas or legally build a case against him?
- By Ginger Hill
- Feb 11, 2014
Security at the Statue of Liberty has never been taken for granted; it just hasn’t been a top priority of the government. That is not the case with the U.S. Park Police. They have used, to the best of their ability, security equipment that was appropriated but lacked the highest technology.
- By Jamie Friedlander, Ralph C. Jensen
- Feb 01, 2014
A comprehensive overview of this year's GovSec West 2013 Conference and Expo provided by the staff at Security Products magazine.
- By Security Products Staff
- Dec 26, 2013
Samsung IP cameras ensure a safer and more secure Silver Bells Parade for the people of Michigan.
The vote that would allow Deer Trail, Colo. residents to gun down drones for money is postponed.
- By Ginger Hill
- Dec 10, 2013
People from all over the world gathered in Dallas, Texas to remember a former US President who's life was prematurely ended.
- By Ralph C. Jensen
- Nov 22, 2013
Dr. Tania Glenn discussed the aftereffects of terrorism and how companies can rebuild resilience and a positive attitude in their workforce.
- By Jamie Friedlander
- Nov 21, 2013
Anxiously awaiting for what tomorrow brings at the Gaylord Texan in Grapevine, Texas.
- By Ginger Hill
- Nov 18, 2013