Infrastructure protection

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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U.K. grants DP World approval to proceed with major port gateway
Dubai-based DPW, the world’s third largest container-port opreator, to build London Gateway — a major addition to U.K. critical infrastructure
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