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  • Barrier offers protection against maritime attacks

    California company develops sturdy protective barrier to protect navy ships and critical infrastructure assets such as liquid natural gas facilities, bridges, water intakes for desalinization plants, and more

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  • Shadowy Marxist groups poses threat to Mexican economy, state

    The EPR has committed at least eighty-eight kidnappings in Mexico since 1999, collecting millions of dollars in ransom; the group is now using these funds in a terror campaign aimed to undermine the Mexcian economy and state

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  • October is national cybersecurity month

    A consortium of government agencies and private industry sponsors have designated October 2007 as National Cyber Security Awareness Month

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  • Militants again threaten Nigeria's oil industry

    Niger delta militants call off four-month cease fire after one of their leaders is arrested; bombings of oil facilities and abductions of foreigner workers have cut Nigeria’s oil production by 25 percent compared to two years ago

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  • First application for a new U.S. nuclear reactor in thirty years

    NRG yesterday filed application to build two new nuclear reactors in Texas — first such application since 1979; with rising oil and gas prices, and worries about climate change, nuclear power appears attractive

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  • NRC outsources part of nuclear power plant permitting process

    The Nuclear Regulatory Commission expects a flood of applications for new nuclear power plants in the United States; to cope with the extra work, agency outsources portions of application review process

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  • Live demonstration of satellite-based intelligence surveillance

    Two companies join hands in live demonstration of satellite-based intelligence surveillance system; system sutiable for monitoring remote, difficult-to-access locations

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  • Israel's Ashdod port begins CSI operations

    DHS makes the port of Ashdod, Israel, the 54th Container Security Initiative-certified port

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  • DHS funds nuclear training

    One-third of the current U.S. nuclear workforce will reach retirement in the next ten years; DHS joins with NSF to foster the training of the next generation of nuclear workers

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  • Remote Guarding Alliance formed

    Guard services represent a $40 billion - $50 billion market worldwide; eight industry leaders join to form the Remote Guarding Alliance, aiming to establish accepted standards and promote remote guarding advantages to potential customers

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  • FBI investigates Unisys's responsibility for DHS security breaches

    Chinese cyber-attackers compromised DHS computers during the summer and fall of 2006; these computers were supposed to be secured by Unisys in 2002 $1 billion contract; FBI investigates breaches and alleged cover-up

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  • UC Berkeley to examine new methods of screening for nuclear materials

    The Academic Research Initiative, a new DHS-NSF project, give a UC Berekeley scientists $1.4 million to develop new methods for screening for nuclear materials

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  • Shut-down Japanese nuclear plant hit by fire

    In July Japan’s largest nuclear power plant was damaged, and radiation was leaked, as a result of 6.8 earthquake; yesterday, parts of the shut-down plant caught fire

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  • $600 million contract for encasing Chornobyl with new protective shelter

    Two decades after the worst nuclear accident in history, Ukraine signs a $600 million contract to encase the Chernobyl reactor’s remnants in a new protective steel tomb

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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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More headlines

  • Cyber congressman demands answers before CISA gets cut down to size
  • CISA advisory committee approves four draft reports on critical infrastructure resilience
  • DHS warns of escalating threats to US critical infrastructure in 2025 Homeland Threat Assessment
  • Potential China Threats to U.S. Port Infrastructure Security: House Homeland Security Committee
  • China has a ‘near monopoly’ on many critical minerals. JPMorgan says it could be the next battleground with the U.S.
  • Kansas would benefit by returning to Trump-era funding of election infrastructure needs
  • Cotton introduces bill to study cybersecurity risks for U.S. agriculture
  • CISA needs better collaboration with the EPA and water sector, watchdog says
  • DHS Unveils new Shields Ready campaign to promote critical infrastructure security and resilience
  • Israel and US government agencies announced the BIRD Cyber Program, an investment of roughly $4M in projects to enhance the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure
  • 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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