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U.K. government issues telecom, mail security guidance
From the most sophitcated wireless communication to the old-fashioned, humble mail: Organizations are vulnerable to disruption and mischief, and the U.K. government wants to help
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CommerceGuard Installs Container Security Network in Northern California
State of the art container security system to help better protect cargo, homeland at Port of Oakland
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Network security to move toward "complete packet inspection"
The new approach will embed security in a pervasive manner throughout the entire network to provide the situational awareness necessary to respond instantly to threats or problems and contain the damage before it spreads into the entire network
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Elephant trap for truck-bombs
A truck bomb killed 241 soliders in Beirut in 1983, and they continue to reap their grim harvest in Iraq and Afghanistan; a designer suggests an elephant-trap design as proetction
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DHS searches for safer bridges
DHS, Army Corps of Engineers look for ways to make bridges more terror-resistant; advances in steel and reinforced concrete to be explored
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New safety rule changes landscape for chemical industry -- and others
DHS’s new Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards are broadly applicable to American industry
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Magal in $8 million contract to provide perimeter protection
Magal’s Perimitrax buried cable intrusion detection system will be deployed around several public facilities in an unnamed country in west Asia
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Making disaster preparedness more effective
Emergency and preparedness experts emphasize that a key to effective response is avoiding duplication of efforts among different agencies and levels of government
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Attacks on Mexico's oil, natural gas infrastructure increase
Mexico has a 30,000-mile network of energy pipelines; the network is exceedingly vulnerable to attacks; a shadowy terrorist group takes advantage, injuring the country’s economy
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Growing worries, debates about likelihhod, effects of strategic cyber attack
The spring cyber attacks on Estonia offer an illustration of what strategic cyber warfare may look like; experts debate capabilities, motives for such an attack
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Natural gas pipelines sabotaged by terrorists in Mexico
Leftist terrorists escalate their bombing campaign against Mexican gas and oil infrastructure
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Vuance in $13.8m agreement to secure European airport
Israeli company to build perimeter security and border control systems at a European international airport
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IT security group concerned over VoIP safety
Leading member of Jericho Forum criticizes the security of VoIP technology after researchers reveal that it was possible to eavesdrop on VoIP conversations
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NIST offers power grid calibration service
Terms like “phasor and “sinor” are not taken from a Star Trek episode: NIST offers a phasor-based service to help US. grid operators better calibrate surges
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Encryption specialist Voltage Security reports good results
The growing popularity of one of the company’s products — Voltage Security Network — proves the viability of security-as-a-service business model
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The long view
Startup Aims to Transform the Power Grid with Superconducting Transmission Lines
VEIR, founded by alumnus Tim Heidel, has developed technology that can move more power over long distances, with the same footprint as traditional lines.
Texas Flooding Brings New Urgency to Houston Home Buyout Program
The San Jacinto River is a national hotspot for ‘managed retreat,’ but recent floods show how far local officials still have to go.