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Kentucky State Police Deploy Critical Communications System

July 22, 2008

Federal Signal Corporation's Safety and Security Systems Group announced recently the Kentucky State Police have deployed Federal Signal's SmartMSG critical communications system to enhance first responder interoperability.


Perimeter Intrusion Detection System Helps Foil Copper Theft

July 21, 2008

An attempt to steal valuable copper tubing from a Los Angeles-area oil refinery was thwarted when the robbers set off an alarm on a FiberPatrol perimeter intrusion detection system recently installed by Optellios Inc., in partnership with Security Services & Technologies.


Report: Only One In 28 E-Mails Are Legitimate

July 21, 2008

IT security and control firm Sophos has published its report on the latest spam trends, and revealed the top 12 spam-relaying countries for the second quarter of 2008. SophosLabs research reveals a disturbing rise in the level of e-mail spam traveling across the Internet between April-June 2008, and how some spammers are now using Facebook and mobile phones to spread their messages.


Defentect Announces Participation In Simulated Bio-Weapon, Dirty Bomb Attack Exercises

July 21, 2008

Defentect announced recently that its Defentect gamma radiation detection network will be a participating technology at the Golden Phoenix real world disaster response laboratory environment in San Diego July 21–24.


Port Of Houston Upgrades Security With Orsus Technology

July 18, 2008

Orsus has been awarded a contract for its Situator product suite with the Port of Houston Authority (PHA). The project will integrate hundreds of cameras and access points, plus other devices for the port authority's public terminals and enhance the PHA's capabilities with a more sophisticated and technologically advanced system.


Survey: More Than 34 Percent Of Organizations Report Loss Of Confidential Data In 2008

July 18, 2008

A national security and privacy survey sponsored by CA Inc. and conducted by The Strategic Counsel showed that security threats from within an organization now are a bigger problem than attacks from external sources.


‘Roaming’ Credentials Feature Federally Approved Technology

July 18, 2008

TriCipher has created the first SAFE-BioPharma "roaming" credential to be accepted by the U.S. Federal Public Key Infrastructure Policy Authority (FPKIPA), the interagency body that enforces digital certificate standards for trusted identity authentication across the federal agencies and between federal agencies and outside organizations.


Maryland Hospital Uses Secure USB Flash Drives, Software To Protect Confidential Data

July 17, 2008

SanDisk Corp. recently announced that Howard County General Hospital in Columbia, Maryland, has selected SanDisk’s Cruzer Enterprise secure USB flash drives and Central Management & Control (CMC) server software to protect highly confidential medical and organizational data.


Report: Student Safety, Security Concerns Driving Bus Telematic Industry

July 17, 2008

Increasing concerns over the safety and security of students, rising fuel prices, increasing overhead expenditures, and other operational issues have made the incorporation of school bus telematics systems indispensable. In fact, the telematics market is primed for growth between 2008 and 2014.


Survey: U.S. Organizations Lose Seven Percent Of Annual Revenue To Fraud

July 17, 2008

U.S. organizations lose an estimated seven percent of their annual revenues to fraud, according to a survey of Certified Fraud Examiners who investigated cases between January 2006 and February 2008.


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