Government

Corrective Action

By Felix R. Gonzalez · January 2008

Corrections security team delivers leading-edge technology

Correctional facility infrastructures are aging, inmate populations in the United States are increasing, and the cost of operating jails and prisons is growing twice as fast. Correctional facility officials know these facts all too well.


TSA Names Special Counselor

December 21, 2007

TSA recently announced the appointment of Kimberly Hubbard Walton as the assistant administrator for the Office of the Special Counselor (OSC).


Meeting the Mandates

By Carol Enman · December 2007

Department of Homeland Security’s recent regulations aim to make high-risk chemical sites terrorist-proof

The Department of Homeland Security’s publication of chemical facilities anti-terrorism (CFAT) standards has many chemical and petrochemical companies scrambling to develop security plans for their high-risk facilities. The continued post-9/11 threat of terrorism dictates urgency, and the DHS put teeth in the CFAT rules.


The CSI Influence on Video Surveillance: Meeting High-Definition Video Expectations

December 3, 2007

Expectations for video have changed significantly. Unrecognizable video images are unacceptable. High-definition megapixel, video, now a requirement for forensics, surveillance and analysis, is breaking traditional infrastructures.


Workforce Continuity: Keep Employees Safe and Productive During Disruptions

December 3, 2007

Whether a workforce disruption takes the form of a bird flu pandemic, winter storm or transit strike, your business needs to keep running even when your employees can't make it to the office.


Gemalto VP Testifies on Privacy and Security of Government IDs

November 20, 2007

Gemalto's vice president urged DHS and congress to make privacy and data security the highest priorities in ID programs.


Company Joins DOD IT Team

October 22, 2007

SI International announced recently that it is a member of the KT Consulting team that has been awarded the IT Services, Program Support Services contract with DoD and WHS.


Federal Government To Spend $345 Million On Identity, Access Management In 2008

October 19, 2007

A recent report from INPUT projects the federal market for identity and access management to grow by 6.2 percent annually through 2012.


A Monumental Task

By Bill Lozon · September 2007

Protecting America’s national treasures requires more than a velvet rope

A Monumental Task

IT seems a shame to have to start yet another article on security with the words “in the aftermath of 9/11.” However, when it comes to protecting national monuments and treasures, the fact is security has had to change significantly in the past six years as a result of heightened terrorism concerns.


Safe and Sound

By John Waldron · April 2007

As complexity of government security grows, industry needs to keep up with changes

Safe and Sound

GOVERNMENT security has been the subject of unprecedented focus since 9/11. Before the attacks, advanced physical security was considered a necessary expenditure only for military facilities and key government installations in high-target areas around the world. Before 9/11, people were comfortable with security and confident terrorism would never touch the country directly on home soil.


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