NEWS & ANALYSIS

Security Consultant Perspective

Jul 12, 2012 -Paul Schneider, principal at the Chertoff Group, is interviewed.

Morning Security Brief: License Plate Readers, Hospital Network Security, Drug Detection Dogs, and More

Jul 12, 2012 -The DEA changes license plate data retention policy after reporter asks questions about license plate readers. A survey examines how hospitals are securing their networks. The Nevada Highway Patrol is questioning the efficacy of drug sniffing dogs. And more.

Solving the Interoperability Riddle

Jul 10, 2012 -Has a Silicon Valley start-up cost-efficiently solved the seemingly intractable problem of achieving interoperability for first responders?

Morning Security Brief: BioWatch Problems, Court Rules in IRA Interviews Case, UK CCTV Numbers, and More

Jul 09, 2012 -An L.A. Times feature explains why BioWatch is “the biodefender that cries wolf.” A U.S. court says police investigations take precedence over academic research. UK CCTV estimate released. And more.

DHS Doesn't Know Why CIKR Stakeholders Don't Participate in Voluntary Security Assessments

Jul 06, 2012 -Congress's watchdog reports that DHS does not track why some infrastructure asset owners and operators decline its free and voluntary site security surveys and vulnerability assessments, thereby losing an opportunity to increase participation in these security services.

Lawmakers and Stakeholders Fed Up with TWIC Costs and Delays

Jun 29, 2012 -The joint TSA-Coast Guard effort to biometrically verify the identities of maritime and port workers has seriously tried the patience of lawmakers and the program's stakeholders.

Lawmakers Call for Caribbean Counternarcotics Strategy

Jun 25, 2012 -Homeland security lawmakers want more U.S. attention brought to security vulnerabilities in the Caribbean.

Safecast Uses Kickstarter to Fund Citizens' Geiger Counter

Jun 19, 2012 -A campaign to increase public radiation data raises more than $100,000 in two weeks.

Canada Announces Creation of FEMA/DHS Hybrid Agency

Jun 18, 2012 -Deputy Director General Mark Williamson provided more information about the program in an interview Thursday morning.

Think Tank Perspective: Interview with Philip Mudd

Jun 18, 2012 -An interview with Philip Mudd of the New America Foundation.
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