INFORMATION

Site Map - Integrated Systems

Emergency Communications

- Social media creates a revolutionary tool for communicating information, gaining situational awareness, and forging networks of mutual aid during a disaster, asserts the Center for National Policy in a new report.

Worth a Look: CamCam

- A new application called CamCam, offers a good balance of quality, ease of use, and cost for someone who wants a limited home surveillance option.

House Subcommittee Explores Whether Wireless Broadband Expansion Could Affect Aviation Safety

- An up and coming broadband company is building a network that would make wireless Internet available to everyone in America. Now their plans to connect the entire country are facing criticism from aviation and GPS organizations who say expansion of wireless broadband services shouldn’t trump the importance of safety in aviation and maritime operations. But researchers say more study is needed to determine whether nationwide broadband would really affect transportation safety.

Smart Grid Security

- A new set of guidelines, from the National Institute of Standards and Technology, aims to strengthen smart grid security (.pdf).

Christie's Sold on the Art of Integration

- When the august auction house decided to upgrade its physical security system, it decided to integrate ten independent platforms into one central command station.

Security Gets SaaSy, But Has Standards

- Standards and working in the cloud are among the trends shaping security's future.

The Art of Integration

- When faced with upgrading physical security equipment for its headquarters and regional offices, Christie's auction house took the opportunity to integrate and centralize the system.

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks: Connectivity and Interoperability on the Fly

- Mobile ad hoc networks may be the solution for first responders operating in trying environments generally not conducive to connectivity or interoperability.

What Will the Blowback of Future Military Technologies be for Society?

- The current pace of technological innovation inside the U.S. military could mean a future where robotic and cyborg insects track the movement of private citizens and humans communicate telepathically, finally putting an end to the belief in real privacy, a scientist hypothesized today.

Hot Docs: Christmas Day Terrorist Attack Edition

- A quick compendium of documents and statements released on the intelligence failures leading up to the botched terrorist attack on Christmas Day as well as the corrective actions necessary to prevent similar attacks in the future.

Cross-Pollination Yields Bumper Crop of Ideas

- How cross-pollination has helped ideas grow in the field of security.

Security's Holistic Solution

- While many companies debate the merits of an integrated approach to security, convergence has been a priority for Massachusetts-based Genzyme Corporation for over a decade.

Industrial Control Systems Vulnerable to Cyberthreats, Expert Says

- The industrial control systems that run the United States' critical infrastructure, such as electrical grids and nuclear plants, are woefully vulnerable to cyberthreats, intentional and unintentional, a nuclear engineer told a Senate committee yesterday.
 

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