Facility Security
Viewpoint: Keys to designing secure facilities
By Bobby Deitch and Stephanie Vierra
A successful building site design plan requires a multi-disciplinary approach that incorporates security into the project as early as possible to design an effectively secured site....
Denver Prepares For Upcoming Democratic Convention
Federal and local authorities are girding for huge protests, mammoth traffic tie-ups and civil disturbances at the Democratic National Convention in Denver this month, fearing that the convention will become a magnet for militant protest groups....
The Plastic That Protects
As photo ID technology improves, and printers decrease in price, security-conscious end-users are finding that there are powerful reasons to choose secure...
Unexpected Crises Spark Opening Of Georgia Training Facility
The tornado that hit downtown Atlanta in March is a prime example of the unexpected crises that demand rapid, seamless and efficient communications among...
New Technology Facilitates Planning For Active Hurricane Season
Following predictions of an above average hurricane season, Applied Science Associates Inc. (ASA), Narragansett, R.I., introduced a computer modeling...
Citizen Watch
By Ashley Roe
In Laguna Beach, a seaside community of approximately 24,000 in southern California, citizens have taken charge of fire prevention and detection. The...
DIGITAL Eyes
By Ashley Roe
West Palm Beach, the oldest incorporated municipality in Florida, now has eyes watching its streets, helping police officers intercept and reduce crime...
New Level of Control
Beaumont, Calif., city officials are no longer looking over their shoulders. Keeping track of people is second nature to police officers, so when the...
No Room For Error
By Stephanie Silk
Theodore Kaczynski. Eric Robert Rudolph. Ramzi Yousef. These notorious criminals are locked up at the Supermax prison in Florence, Colo., and were among...
One Unread Message
By Stephanie Silk
In a world of evolving technology at every corner, it's no wonder that questions arise as to how these technologies can improve not only convenience but...
Walk, Screen and Detect
By Stephanie Silk
In October 2007, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced that it would award $52.3 million in contracts to deploy security technology...
A Canopy of Connectivity
By Ashley Roe
At the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), one of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DoE) 10 national laboratories, 4,200 staff members conduct...
PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE: A Shared Responsibility
One of the key issues confronting the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Department of Defense (DoD), state, local and tribal governments and...
Securing So Cal
By Stephanie Silk
As current events repeatedly highlight laptop loss and theft such as the 2006 theft of laptops containing the Social Security numbers of millions of U.S....
Eyes All Around
By Terry Denison and Tony Sivore
On completion of a multi-million dollar sports complex, the Town of Parker, Colo., needed to do something to ensure that the recreation center offered...
MARITIME SECURITY: Protecting Naval Vessels
The U.S. Navy protects its ships using what looks like a series of tennis nets sitting on cylindrical-shaped floats that fasten together to form a floating...
Total Visibility
By Ashley Roe
A network security company is helping users to map and identify assets on their networks in a way that is analogous to how sonar enables oceanographers...
A Crash Synopsis
By David Dickinson
In 1985, the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DOS) published the original vehicle test barrier methods SD-STD-02.01 to assess...
Automating Cooperation
By Michael Fickes
When Hurricane Katrina knocked out electrical power across the Gulf region, telecommunications companies used gas generators to power telephone switches...
