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Web and network firewalls remain central to network defense
Many vendors try to position their solutions as compliance-focused, but firewall-related tools may offer the best value in meeting wide-ranging compliance objectives
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TALON robots for Australian forces
Qinetiq awarded AUS$23 million to supply 2,800 TALON robots and replacement parts to support Australian defense forces deployed on operations
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House members urge TSA not to destroy Registered Traveler data
A month ago Verified Identity Pass Inc., by far the largest operator of Registered Traveler, abruptly ceased operations; TSA plans to destroy personal data from enrollees
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U.K. considers Taser's latest device
Taser’s new “eXtended Range Electronic Projectile” is, according to the company, “the most technologically advanced projectile ever deployed from a 12-gauge shotgun”; the Home Office considers equipping policemen with the device
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As the Pentagon relies more heavily on UAVs, UAV makers benefit
The Pentagon’s fiscal 2010 includes approximately $3.5 billion for unmanned aerial vehicles
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Belkin Flythru may help with airport security
Belkin’s Flythru see-through laptop bag may — just may — persuade security checkers not to ask you to pull your laptop out of the bag
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Analogic gets funding from TSA for scanner system
Analogic Corp. received funding from the TSA for an upgraded scanner system to check baggage for explosives
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Implant Sciences explosive detection tech attracts $1.2 million
Massachusetts-based Implant Science may have problems at home — the company received notice from the New York Stock Exchange of plans to delist the company’s stock from its Amex exchange owing to lack of compliance — but the company landed $1.2 million from a government agency in China for its explosive detection technology
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Judge prohibits VIP from selling customers' personal data
VIP shut down its Clear airport fast pass service on 22 June; the 260,000 customers who gave their full names, Social Security numbers, and biometric identifiers such as finger prints and iris scans to the company do not want the defunct company to sell their information a third party; a judge agrees, but the order could be withdrawn
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Ninety miss flights over airport security delays
Was it industrial action or a thorough security job? Ninety passengers who missed their flights at Dublin airport Friday want to know
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Reveal Imaging shows a new cabin baggage screening system
The company says it had identified a need for a superior screening technology to be put in place for cabin baggage
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GE offers airport detection system to the U.S. Army
The U.S. Army wants to use GE’s trace detection system; the device may be used for drug detection and explosive detection
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Airport security market growing, offering opportunities to big and small companies
The flood of government money in the wake of 9./11, aimed to bolster airport security, created a temporary over-capacity of equipment; with that over-capacity used, new technologies emerging, and more than $1 billion in stimulus package funds, the airport security market is poised for growth
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In Photo ID case, security concerns win out over religious beliefs
An employee of Sunoco refused, on religious grounds, to allow his picture for an ID; a judge rules that owing to security considerations, the company does not have to accommodate the employee
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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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The long view
Factories First: Winning the Drone War Before It Starts
Wars are won by factories before they are won on the battlefield,Martin C. Feldmann writes, noting that the United States lacks the manufacturing depth for the coming drone age. Rectifying this situation “will take far more than procurement tweaks,” Feldmann writes. “It demands a national-level, wartime-scale industrial mobilization.”
Trump Is Fast-Tracking New Coal Mines — Even When They Don’t Make Economic Sense
In Appalachian Tennessee, mines shut down and couldn’t pay their debts. Now a new one is opening under the guise of an “energy emergency.”
Smaller Nuclear Reactors Spark Renewed Interest in a Once-Shunned Energy Source
In the past two years, half the states have taken action to promote nuclear power, from creating nuclear task forces to integrating nuclear into long-term energy plans.