SECURING the flow of oil from offshore platforms, land-based drilling rigs and pumping stations across miles of pipeline and infrastructure is a top priority for the government and the petroleum industry.
- By Brooks McChesney
- Jan 24, 2007
PROVIDING adequate airport security has become an ongoing debate of national importance after being plunged into a post-9/11 world. Who can forget the eerie sight of an empty sky during the immediate days following the infamous attack in the nation's history.
- By Jeff Brummet
- Jan 23, 2007
THE Transportation Security Administration is doing a good job protecting air travelers. Likewise, airport security managers are working hard to keep the public safe and to speed us through the facilities. Until recently, getting through airport security was technologically simple -- bags were run through an X-ray scanner while walking through a conventional metal detector.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- Jan 03, 2007
SEPTEMBER 2006 marked the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center, sparking widespread debate on whether the United States is any safer today than it was on that fateful day in 2001. Since 9/11, much has been done to promote greater vigilance of both foreign and homegrown terrorist activities. But until another successful or unsuccessful terrorist attack, the nation may never know the complete answer.
- By Mike Hammons
- Jan 02, 2007
NOWADAYS, it takes much more to have a safe flight, and airports are strengthening security to ensure passengers do travel safely.
- By Courtney Dillon Pederson
- Jan 01, 2007
SECURITY, a once seemingly mundane staple of American life, has seen a drastic reconstruction in recent years. In part, protecting utility infrastructures has sped to the forefront of the debate. Water, and its infrastructure for delivery, has been no exception.
- By Brent Dirks
- Jan 01, 2007
THE fluctuating state of global migration, combined with international terrorism threats, make ID verification increasingly important at border crossings. According to Customs and Border Protection, in 2005, the United States had an average of 1.2 million visitors per day at the 314 land, air and seaports last year.
- By Alain Jutant
- Dec 01, 2006
AFTER returning from a business trip earlier this week, I undertook the all too familiar task of sorting through mail, newspapers and magazines that had accumulated during my absence.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- Dec 01, 2006
JUST as physicians recommend that their patients obtain treatment early before a condition worsens, Intermountain Healthcare (IHC) also is addressing the issue of security before problems occur.
- By Sharon Steinhoff-Smith
- Dec 01, 2006
THE security of critical infrastructure and facilities is vital in today's world. With recent advances in technology, there are more choices on how to protect facilities from crime, terrorism, sabotage and intruders.
FEDERAL judges and court officials are scratching their heads over the increasing array of wireless communication devices, personal digital assistants, mobile phones, BlackBerrys and wireless laptop computers.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- Nov 03, 2006
FOR the past 15 years, the global terrorist threat has manifested itself through many different targets and methods.
- By Hugh Greville
- Nov 01, 2006
FORGED passports may be a cliché in movies, but making sure passports are authentic and presented by the real owner is serious business. Homeland security, the safety of air travel and, ultimately, lives are at stake.
- By Jeffrey Ross
- Nov 01, 2006
THE arrest of 24 British suspects in the plot to blowup commercial airlines using liquid explosives made chaos of air travel and raised concerns about airport security worldwide.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- Oct 01, 2006
WHEN managing security risks for a critical infrastructure organization, there is no room for error. The Patriot Act defines critical infrastructure as "the systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any combination of those matters."
- By Mariann McDonagh
- Oct 01, 2006
WITH ports commonly perceived as a vulnerable area when it comes to national security, a discussion about emerging technologies that can help secure cargo -- and ports themselves -- cannot be more timely.
- By Leslie Thomas
- Sep 03, 2006
IN the five years since 19 Islamic terrorists commandeered four commercial passenger airliners and murdered more than 3,000 innocent men, women and children, much progress has been made to protect our national infrastructure.
- By Col. Timothy D. Ringgold
- Sep 03, 2006
BILLIONS of goods flow through worldwide ports, but can the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) protect international maritime trade?
- By Rob Schorr
- Sep 01, 2006
THE shelves in the Wi-Fi network candy store are filling up with the newest products fresh from the factory.
- By Gary Bradt
- Sep 01, 2006
NOW approaching the fifth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the need for constant vigilance at the nation's airports is as important today as in those first harrowing days of the aftermath.
- By Del V. Salvi
- Sep 01, 2006