Multiple intelligence agencies: a blessing or a recipe for failure? Part...
The US, the most powerful country on earth, has an intelligence community comprising 17 major intelligence agencies: CIA (Central Intelligence Agency), FBI (Federal Bureau...
Fast Draw – ISIS
What do the astonishing, shameful security gaffs in the White House and in the protection of President Obama have in common with the "war"...
Wearable translation technology
Responding to disasters around the world requires communicating in foreign languages, the US Army’s Science, Technology and Experimentation division has teamed up with government...
Meet the Muslim leader helping Obama fight ISIL
The White House is taking a closer look at the role of religion in its campaign against violent extremism in the Middle East. In a speech...
California governor vetoes drone surveillance bill
California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed a bill requiring law enforcement officials to secure warrants from a judge prior to using drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)...
Northrop Grumman develops innovative marine unmanned system
Northrop Grumman advances unmanned aerial systems capabilities for maritime missions.
Northrop Grumman Corp. is developing new, advanced unmanned systems to support the Department of Defense’s...
Advanced tech saves
US military taps advanced technology to save lives.
The U.S. Southern Command’s Science, Technology and Experimentation division showed off GeoSHAPE. This tool would have been...
White House summit to assess domestic terrorism in October
The White House is planning a summit in October to consider domestic extremism. The planned summit will include Muslim faith-based organizations, mental health providers,...
MS-ISAC: Cybersecurity Collaboration is Needed Now More than Ever
As cyber leaders from across federal, state, local and tribal governments prepare to gather for another annual meeting, the future of government cybersecurity in...
Attaining Perfect Intelligence – part 3
Part 3 - Intelligence assessment officers
Intelligence operations generate a great deal of data from human sources and technological means. In this day and age,...
Attaining Perfect Intelligence – part 2
Part II – The intelligence working plan: the beating heart of the intelligence organization
In order to implement the plan ordered by the political leadership...
Attaining Perfect Intelligence – part 1
Part I - Mistaken intelligence assessment
In the course of his interview to "60 Minutes" on CBS, President Barack Obama reiterated the NSA (National Security...
iHLS TV – Going global, Amazon’s drone store, new grenade launcher,...
In this weekly report (30 September 2014):
iHLS TV is going global to over 40 million viewers through the Shalom Show
Amazon to launch drone store
New...
Civic Apps: Can They Help Fight Crime?
In 2013, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled the police department’s latest application programming interface called ClearMap, used to handle anything from wanted lists and...
FAA approves UAV use for movie making
The FAA has granted six aerial photo and video operators' permission to use small unmanned aircraft (UAVs) for filming on closed sets through a process the...
Foiling the next mega terrorist attack: technologies convergence in law enforcement...
Can you stop someone from planting a powerful charge at a crowded baseball stadium? Yes, but how? Application is more complex organization-wise, and sometimes...
Blackout? UUV and UAS robots can help
Big disasters almost always result in big power failures. Not only do they take down home appliances, they also wreak havoc with key infrastructure...
Fighting Ebola using Big Data
Current Centers of Disease Control estimates suggest that more than 1.4 million people could be infected with Ebola by January 2015. To limit Ebola’s...
US government launches cyber guerrilla campaign against ISIS
The US government is beginning a campaign to "win the war of ideas by ridiculing the militants with a mixture of blunt language and...
Better regional coordination for port security
Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, first responders and emergency teams soon found out that they were ill-equipped to coordinate with one another. That realization...
Fast Draw – Abu Mazen’s UN speech
The speech Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) delivered before the UN was a godsend to anyone in Israel with eyes to see. All those bleeding...
Gun silencers in the U.S – a terror threat
Gun silencers could become more widespread in Florida under new legislation to allow the devices on hunters' weapons on public land. Experts say that...
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Can AI Spot a Threat Before It Happens?
Modern cybersecurity systems face a scale problem. Networks generate enormous amounts of traffic, and malicious activity may be hidden among millions of ordinary interactions....
