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  • Smith & Wesson gets further into security

    With the acquisition of Universal Safety Response, a systems integrator and manufacturer of perimeter protection solutions, the venerable gun manufacturer is turning itself into a security solutions integrator

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  • BPSI shows new mobile trailer CBRN detection unit

    Mobile Sentry One is a trailer-mounted system that incorporates chemical and radiological (optional biological detection is available) sensor technology with proprietary firmware and software to detect and identify an airborne toxic attack within seconds

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  • Universal Safety Response wins 2009 business awards

    USR was acquired by Smith & Wesson for $26.2 million in cash and 9.7 million shares; Inc. 5,000 names USR as one of fastest-growing private companies in America

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  • Viz Lab, Defentech show perimeter security system

    Defentect’s gamma radiation detection technology is used in a perimeter security system that can detect radiological materials

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  • Gallagher PowerFence system secures Ports of Auckland

    A key factor in the decision to install a PowerFence system was that it is an intelligent system; it consists of independent fence zones which can be uniquely identified to accurately detect attack attempts to facilitate a fast appropriate response

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  • Perimeter security market: Big and growing

    The perimeter security market is growing, and that growth offers many opportunities for niche security vendors as well as integrators;

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  • Intellio makes its products more affordable

    Intellio, a player in the global market for on-board intelligent solutions in surveillance cameras; company reshuffles its product portfolio, with changes primarily affecting products that fall into the Building and Perimeter Protection segment as these solutions have been the highest in demand

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  • U.K. approves Honeywell analytics product

    U.K. Home Office Scientific Development Branch (HOSDB) approves Honeywell’s new Active Alert v4.7 video analytics solution as an Imagery Library for Intelligent Detection Systems, or i-LIDS; product is now approved for government use in applications for perimeter detection and protection across critical infrastructure facilities

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  • Cost versus safety debated at Albany, N.Y. chemical plant location

    Greenpeace backs federal proposal for tougher chemical plant safety rules, but an Albany firm — and the chemical industry more generally — fear expense

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  • The company: Nucleix fighting biological identity theft

    Its assay technology is in advanced stages of development. Several patents have already been granted; CEO Elon Ganor made his name mainly at VocalTec, a company that pioneered telephony over Internet

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  • Über-hacker Albert "Segvec" Gonzalez's plea scuttled by indictment

    Gonzalez’s attorney was close to taking responsibility for his crimes and agreeing to a sentence of about twenty years when hew was indicted on new counts on Monday

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  • National nuclear medicine shortage could have a Wisconsin solution

    Scientists believe they can generate the neutrons necessary to create Mo-99, an essential nuclear medicine tool, without using a nuclear reactor to do so; there is almost no long-lived nuclear waste, no risk of an explosive accident, and it is about 20 times less expensive to produce than more traditional methods

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  • SnatchLatch releases affordable trailer door security

    SnatchLatch HT provides bolt seal security on a broad range of heavy trucking trailers, containers, dry vans, and reefers

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  • L-1 receives $9.6 million in new orders for HIIDE and PIER

    The last twelve months have been good to L-1; in October 2008 L-1 won a contract potentially worth $250 million from the State of New York for more than 75 facilities for fingerprinting, background checks, and other data required for applications to certain jobs and state licenses; it has won several other contracts since

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  • U.S. government eyes University of Maine's bridge technology

    Researchers at the University of Maine developed a “bridge-in-a-backpack” technology — so called because of its light weight and the portability of its components; the bridge uses carbon-fiber tubes that are inflated, shaped into arches, and infused with resin before being moved into place

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More headlines

  • Iran may go after US defense firms with cyber attacks, warn Pentagon, Homeland Security
  • DHS scraps $10B small business IT and software contract
  • S. Korea says DeepSeek transferred data to Chinese company without consent
  • Researchers warn about ‘Goffee’ spilling onto Russian flash drives
  • Hackers using AI-produced audio to impersonate tax preparers, IRS
  • Surveillance tech advances by Biden could aid in Trump’s promised crackdown on immigration
  • Recently-patched Firefox bug exploited against Tor browser users
  • 42.5% of Fraud Attempts Are Now AI-Driven: Financial Institutions Rushing to Strengthen Cyber Defenses
  • Homeland Security Blocked 500-Plus Ransomware Attacks Since 2021
  • 'Dark tourism' is attracting visitors to war zones and sites of atrocities in Israel and Ukraine. Why?
  • Nuclear reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
  • Kansas getting $500K in law enforcement grants
  • Bill widens Sacramento police, sheriff’s contract security opportunities
  • DHS awards $97 million in port security grants
  • DHS awarding $1.3 billion in 2012 preparedness grants
  • Cellphone firms share location data with law enforcement, not users
  • Residents of Murrieta, California, will have to subscribe for emergency services
  • Ohio’s Homeland Security funding drops sharply
  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
  • Homeland security gets involved with Indiana water conservation
  • LAPD embraces “predictive policing”
  • New GPS rival is hack-proof
  • German internal security service head quits over botched investigation
  • Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll
  • U.S. Coast Guard creates “protest-free zone” in Alaska oil drilling zone
  • Congress passes measure to enhance Israel security ties
  • Wickr enables encrypted, self-destructing iPhone messages
  • NASA explains Why clocks got an extra second on 30 June
  • Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
  • First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster met with protests
  • Israeli security fence architect: Why the barrier had to be built
  • DHS allocates nearly $10 million to Jewish nonprofits
  • Turkey deploys troops, tanks to Syrian border
  • Israel fears terror attacks on Syrian border
  • Ontario’s emergency response protocols under review after Elliot Lake disaster
  • Colorado wildfires to raise insurance rates in future years
  • Colorado fires threaten IT businesses
  • Improve your disaster recovery preparedness for hurricane season
  • London 2012 business continuity plans must include protecting information from new risks

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  • Need for National Information Clearinghouse for Cybercrime Data, Categorization of Cybercrimes: Report

    There is an acute need for the U.S. to address its lack of overall governance and coordination of cybercrime statistics. A new report recommends that relevant federal agencies create or designate a national information clearinghouse to draw information from multiple sources of cybercrime data and establish connections to assist in criminal investigations.

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  • Trying to “Bring Back” Manufacturing Jobs Is a Fool’s Errand

    Advocates of recent populist policies like to focus on the supposed demise of manufacturing that occurred after the 1970s, but that focus is misleading. The populists’ bleak economic narrative ignores the truth that the service sector has always been a major driver of America’s success, for decades, even more so than manufacturing. Trying to “bring back” manufacturing jobs, through harmful tariffs or other industrial policies, is destined to end badly for Americans. It makes about as much sense as trying to “bring back” all those farm jobs we had before the 1870s.

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  • The Potential Impact of Seabed Mining on Critical Mineral Supply Chains and Global Geopolitics

    The potential emergence of a seabed mining industry has important ramifications for the diversification of critical mineral supply chains, revenues for developing nations with substantial terrestrial mining sectors, and global geopolitics.

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  • Are We Ready for a ‘DeepSeek for Bioweapons’?

    Anthropic’s Claude 4 is a warning sign: AI that can help build bioweapons is coming, and could be widely available soon. Steven Adler writes that we need to be prepared for the consequences: “like a freely downloadable ‘DeepSeek for bioweapons,’ available across the internet, loadable to the computer of any amateur scientist who wishes to cause mass harm. With Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 having finally triggered this level of safety risk, the clock is now ticking.”

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