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U.K. in ambitious road surveillance scheme
All roads may lead to Rome, but all surveillance roads surely lead to England, as government launches nationwide road surveillance program
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U.K. government, service providers discuss data retention strictures
U.K. pushed hard to increase amount of time phone companies should retain phone call information, but providers complain that more attention should be paid to the costs they must shoulder as a result
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Johns Hopkins home to fifth Homeland Security Center of Excellence
Last month Johns Hopkins joined other academic centers to harness its considerable intellectual firepower on behalf of the nation’s security
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RuggedCom shows ROS v. 3, addressing critical infrastructure needs
In the 1960s, Rober McNamara’s Whiz Kids used to ask: How Much Security Is Enough? When it comes to network security, especially networks which govern the country’s critical infrastructure, there is no such thing as enough security, and the ruggedized switches from RuggedCom would help in this regard
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Israel shuts down chlorine storage near Ashkelon owing to terrorism threat
In the United States it has taken years to begin introducing meaningful security measures at chemical plants; in Israel it has taken no more than half a dozen inaccurate Kassam rockets to be fired from the Gaza Strip for chlorine storage facility to be shut down
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Congressional report cites 33 promises DHS failed to keep
Minority staff of House Homeland Security Committee lists 33 specific promises and pledges DHS made since 2003 and failed to meet
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DHS pushes cities to develop regional disaster recovery plans
DHS insists that cities applying for urban security grants coordinate their disaster and recovery programs with neighboring cities so that they can present a regional disaster recovery plans in their application
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DHS invites comments on SAFECOM
DHS invites public comments on program to coordinate public safety communications and interoperability
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More U.S. cities buy JMAR's BioSentry water-monitoring system
Safety of water supply does not rank high in cities’ security planning; this is a mistake, and more and more cities are sharing this conclusion
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Georgia buys traffic video detection system from Iteris
Careful monitoring of traffic helps daily commuters, and is essential in the event of disaster
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Bill regulating chemical plants security to be formally introduced
Long-awaited bill to standardize security measure in chemical facilities to be introduced; government given right to close down non-complying plants
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Advanced Nanotech funds controlled-chirality growth of carbon nanotubes
You may not have lost any sleep over the effects of chirality in producing carbon nanotubes, but it is an important issue; now a leading financier of nanotechnology research is funding research into how to solve the problem
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DHS a year late on critical infrastructure site list
Robert Stephan, the new DHS point man on preparing the list of U.S. critical terror-target sites, said he had “a sinking feeling” when he realized how thoroughly his predecessor had botched the job; many on the Hill share his feeling
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Canada installs first port radiation detection devices
Canada begins to beef up radiation detection in the country’s seaports, but the U.S.— and Canadian security experts argue that these are only first steps
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The long view
A Preview of What’s to Come: Climate Change Helped Intensify Hurricane Ida
Hurricane Ida started as a disturbance in the Atlantic Ocean quickly grew to what could be the worst hurricane to hit Louisiana since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. While scientists are uncertain whether climate change will increase the frequency of hurricanes, one thing is clear: Climate change is here, and it’s making these storms stronger and more destructive.
Threat of Catastrophic Supervolcano Eruptions Ever-Present
Supervolcanoes remain active and hazardous for thousands of years after a super-eruption, prompting the need for a rethink of how these potentially catastrophic events are predicted.
Science’s Answers to Flood Disaster
On 14 July 2021, between 60 and 180 mm of rain fell in the Eifel region in just 22 hours - an amount that would otherwise have fallen in several months and which led to catastrophic flooding. The events were far more destructive than existing models had predicted.