Infrastructure protection

India elaborates new rules for protecting critical infrastructure
India is worried about the safety if its critical infrastructure, especially the vulnerability of the infrastructure to terorist and suicide attacks; new protection rules formulated
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Security agencies raise alarm over commercial mapping
Security experts have long been uncomfortable with commercial mapping services such as Google Earth; more alrarms are raised
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Ituran to acquire Mapa Group
Location-based applications company receives approval to proceed with acquisition of tion and Control Ltd. Announces the Approval of the Israeli Commissioner for Trade for the Acquisition of Mapa Group
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OSI Geospatial in first DHS contract
A new business unit of a Canadian geospatial information specialist signs its first conterat with DHS
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Not your father's trash can
DoE releases final performance requirements for Yucca Mountain canister system
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Dealing with rising sea levels: I
Who knows better than the Dutch how to deal with the rising sea levels? One solution they contemplate: Designing amphibious cities
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Visualization of simulated attack to benefit structural engineers
Purdue University researchers develop detailed visualization application of the 9/11 attacks on the Twin Towers for the purpose of developing structures that can withstand a terrorist attack
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Autonomous see-shoot systems drawing interest
Remotely controlled weapon systems are deployed in the DMZ and around the Gaza strip; we may soon see humans taken out of the see-shoot chain, and such systems deployed around critical infrastructure facilities
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New York legislators to mandate tighter pipeline security
The plot to blow up fuel pipeline at Kennedy Airport moves legislators to contemplate stricter pipeline security
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FBI identifies one million PCs as part of botnet
Spammers and spreaders of malware hijack other people’s computers for their nefarious deeds; FBI arrests three bot herders
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Broadcom acquires GPS specialist Global Locate
Broadcom pays $146 million for GPS specialist with a technology that reduces location identification from minutes to seconds
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Small Illinois town rocked by fake weather reports
A prankster paralyzes town with phony weather reports, and officials worry terrorists may use scheme to wreak havoc
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New chemical facility safety rules kick in
An important new step toward greater chemical plant safety: DHS releases list of 300 chemicals, threshold levels, and reporting mechanism
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South Carolina man charged with threatening city water supply
A man threatened to poison the water supply of SC capital city; police take threat seriously after quantities of hydrochloric acid are found illegally buried in his back yard
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Congress wants to know whether private insurers overcharged NFIP
As the debate over extending TRIA continues, Congress continues investigation into whether private insurers overcharged flood insurance program
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