INFORMATION

Site Map - Surveillance

IP Standards on the Way

- A leading team of IP video manufacturers are putting together a committee to generate interoperability standards.

China's Surveillance State from the Olympic Games and Onward

- In preparation for the Olympic Games, the Chinese government has installed 300,000 surveillance cameras to monitor the activities of activists, journalists, and visitors for now and into the future.

Fusion Centers and Civil Rights

- A legal battle over public access to data collected by fusion centers could affect the government's information-gathering methods.

CCTV: Panacea or Problem

- CCTV is potentially the most valuable security resource as well as the most misused and wasteful. An expert explains the paradox of CCTV. (Online exclusive)

The Importance of Being Modest Regarding Public CCTV Systems

- Advocates of public CCTV systems should steer away from misleading arguments that such technology reduces crime and rather tout its ability to solve crime.

Homeland Security: Lost in Space?

- The Department of Homeland Security will likely face opposition in the courts if it goes ahead with its plans to redirect its spy satellites on domestic targets, says the Congressional Research Service.

Satellite Surveilance

- Do military-owned U.S. spy satellites used domestically violate the Posse Comitatus Act and the Fourth Amendment? The Congressional Research Service examines the legal issues.

Digital Video Vulnerabilities

- Companies that implement networked video must recognize the exposures that are created and implement the appropriate measures to protect the data from hackers.

Police Surveillance Widens in D.C.

- The District of Columbia is set to give police access to a fully integrated network of 5,000 CCTV cameras.

The Visible Employee: Using Workplace Monitoring and Surveillance to Protect Information Assets

- How companies can strike a balance between protecting themselves against insider threats and respecting employees' privacy.

Paper: Barred Domestic Spying Activity Resurrected at Different Agency

- The National Security Agency has duplicated the domestic data mining work of a Pentagon program defunded by Congress three years ago amid concerns over legality and privacy.

New Video Standard Offers Promise

- A new video compression tool offers an easier way to analyze surveillance feeds.

Privacy on the Line: The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption

- This updated and expanded 2007 edition provides an incredibly comprehensive insight into the world of encryption and wiretaps, its political machinations, legal aspects, technologies, vulnerabilities, costs, limitations, and near-ubiquity.