Not Only Students Are Smart: Remote Campus Lockdown
The shooting in Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore. at the beginning of October ended with nine dead. Two more shootings about a week...
New Tech to Enable Rapid DNA Identification During Disaster
A rapid DNA identification technology developed by the US Department of Homeland (DHS) Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has recently been used to...
Prevention, Response and Recovery – Safe City Solutions
Technological solutions by themselves are useful, but their real value is found when they complement one another. A wide array of homeland security technologies...
Is Data the Best Preparation Against Natural Disasters?
Big Data and Open data and analytics have become fundamental tools in disaster preparedness, experts say. But public officials aren't using them enough.
Lucy Jones,...
New Bottle Scanning Solution for Airport Security
Los Alamos scientists have advanced a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) technology which may provide a breakthrough for screening liquids at airport security. They have...
Government opens emergency events databases
It seems this is the age of government transparency in the United States as lately more and more government authorities are opening their emergency...
Municipal emergency continuity
The issue of continuity during disasterous events is keeping authorities everywhere constantly busy, as it is unthinkable that a municipal body would stop from...
Europe to Share Ballistic Information as Part of Anti-Terror Plan
By ARIE EGOZI
Europe begins to understand that without a common effort the Islamic terror will paralyze countries in the coming years.
After the Europol said...
Creative Solution to Secure Critical Transportation Infrastructure on Emergency
Protecting critical infrastructure isn’t just about preventing malicious attacks, but also mitigating the damage of natural disasters. Transportation infrastructure such as subway tunnels are...
Boston Marathon Bomber Ordered To Pay $101 Millions To Victims
Twenty two year old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, the Boston Marathon bomber, has been ordered to pay more than $101 million in reparations to his victims....
TSA to Test New Checkpoint Detector Systems
The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has ordered advanced software and hardware for uncovering liquid explosives and other threats.
The systems, which can be retrofitted into...
Cyber Experts Should be On The Lookout
Is an extensive cyber attack expected again? The Ukrainian cyber security firm, ISSP, recently announced that it may have detected a new computer virus...
Special Bulletin – A “Missile Defense Summit” in Herzelia
A “summit” of those dealing with aerial threats, mainly ballistic missiles, is being held this morning in Beit-Haayal in Herzelia. The convention is hosted...
The rocket threat is international – India evaluates the “Iron Dome”
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Rafael is offering its "Iron Dome" rocket interceptor to the Indian army. The "Iron Dome" has achieved an amazing 90 % kill rate in...
Video Analytics in the Cyber Age
Figures released by the UN seem to speak for themselves: by 2030, over 60% of global population will reside in urban centers. This development...
How to Prepare Your Organizations for Emergencies? Drills, Drills and More...
Earthquakes, natural disasters, floods or snow storms, fires, cyber attacks, damaged databases. All these could happen to any organization, and it's no secret that...
The Unrest in Europe and Scandinavia – a promo to chaos
Israeli security experts say that the murder of the British soldier in London and the ongoing riots in Sweden are signs of a massive...
Did the DHS Waste $1 Billion on Failed Screening Program?
The U.S Government Accountability Office (GAO) said recently that DHS may have wasted $1 billion on the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Screening of Passengers...
Biodefenses for Brazil’s 2014 World Cup
According to Dialogo, the guidelines were published in recent weeks in the Official Journal of the Union. The guidelines, which will take effect in...
New water purifier for Marines and First Responders
A new, easy-to-carry water purifier that could give Marines and first-responders access to clean water wherever they go has successfully completed its first operational...
NASA, Homeland Security Test Disaster Recovery Tool
NASA and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security are collaborating on a first-of-its-kind portable radar device to detect the heartbeats and breathing patterns of...
Airport Security’s Greatest Nightmare: Chemical Terror Attacks
The greatest nightmare imaginable to airport security personnel: It's Christmas Eve. Plenty of passengers. Thousands of people crowd the L.A. Airport. An elegantly dressed...
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