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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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Cumbersome federal acquisition rules an obstacle to IT flexibility
Cumbersome acquisition rules designed for building weapons systems and computing platforms are hampering adoption of rapidly evolving information technology networks
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Messaging- and storage compliance technologies on the rise
More and more organizations deploy solutions which govern what employees can or cannot put into e-mails, instant messages, Web postings, and offline documents; trend moving beyond tightly regulated industries such as health care and financial services
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Corpus Christi's port replaces private security guards
Texas port had an idea: Save money by hiring contract security guards; trouble is, guards showed up drunk, slept on the job, and more; port now rethinks policy
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The long view
Accelerating Clean Energy Geothermal Development on Public Lands
Geothermal energy is one of our greatest untapped clean energy resources on public lands. Replenished by heat sources deep in the Earth, geothermal energy generates electricity with minimal carbon emissions. Interior Department announces new leases and pioneering project approval, and proposes simplified permitting.
Efforts to Build Wildfire Resilience Are Heating Up
Stanford’s campus has become a living lab for testing innovative fire management techniques, from AI-powered environmental sensors to a firebreak-creating “BurnBot.”
Reducing Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise in Virginia
As the climate changes and sea levels rise, there is concern that sinking coastlines could exacerbate risks to infrastructure, as well as human and environmental health in coastal communities. The Virginia Coastal Plain is one of the fastest-sinking regions on the East Coast.
Climate Change Threatens Bridges, Roads: Research Helps Engineers Adapt Infrastructure
Across America, infrastructure built to handle peak stormwater flows from streams and rivers have been engineered under the assumption that rainfall averages stay constant over time. As extreme weather events become more frequent, these systems could be in trouble.