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Intelligence
09/28/2007 - Revenue from sales of chemical and biological detectors surged past $700 million in 2006, and is projected by forecaster Frost & Sullivan to reach $952 million in 2011. Purchases by the U.S. military have driven, and are expected to continue driving, these numbers.
Intelligence: Education
09/28/2007 - All 97,000 public schools in the United States are expected to receive hazard-warning radios, free of charge, from the Department of Homeland Security.
Intelligence: Food Safety
09/28/2007 - Allegations of security concerns at a nuclear plant are debated. Plus, bad news for bullies, and a look at intentional and accidental threats to the food supply
Intelligence: Public-Private Partnerships
09/27/2007 - Demystifying terms used in the security industry.
Intelligence: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management
09/27/2007 - 80
Percentage of U.S. cities that say they have not received sufficient federal resources to achieve full communications interoperability during a crisis. That’s according to a 183-city survey on disaster preparedness conducted by the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Intelligence: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management
09/27/2007 - Thwarting spy cameras, security for competitive advantage, pandemic resources, female suicide bombers, and laptop lessons
Intelligence: Surveillance
09/27/2007 - Thwarting spy cameras, security for competitive advantage, pandemic resources, female suicide bombers, and laptop lessons
Intelligence: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management
09/26/2007 - Reactive security is so 20th century. Today’s mantra is adding to the corporate bottom line, generating return on investment, or serving as a source of competitive advantage. The problem is how to turn the jargon into reality. Rachel Briggs and Charlie Edwards, who work for the security arm of the British think tank Demos, have spent a year examining multinational companies, seeking the ones that best align security with business objectives. They’ve found six common attributes of the most successful companies.
Intelligence: Access Control
09/26/2007 - Industrial Electroic Security Market chart.
Intelligence: Contingency Planning \ Disaster Management
09/26/2007 - 14
Percentage of Arkansas trial court judges who said that their courthouses had written security policies and plans, according to a survey by the state’s Administrative Office of the Courts. Only 7 percent said they had written emergency plans for natural disasters.
Intelligence: Proprietary Information Protection
09/26/2007 - Copyright infringement on the Internet, planning for floods, space security, and stale-dated check fraud.(
Intelligence
09/25/2007 - Detonators, rocket motors, and bulk explosive powders were among at least 410 items that Sandia National Laboratories could not account for when audited by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Inspector General. Auditors found other problems with explosives handling and processing at both Sandia and Los Alamos National Laboratories, but Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory was hailed for its “robust program” for explosives handling and processing.@ Read the audit report at SM Online.
Intelligence: Risk Management
09/25/2007 - ASIS headquarters is at low to moderate risk for flooding. But the risk surges just a few blocks to the east, closer to the Potomac River. Want to assess the flood risk to your current or prospective sites? Check out the government’s Flood-Smart site (through SM Online), which also offers other flood-related resources for businesses and homes.
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