Trend: Growing debate over safety of nuclear power plants

Worries about the rising price of oil and the degradation of the environment by fossil fuels have led to renewed interest in nuclear power plants; worries about terrorism, however, cut in the other

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Legislation to review foreign ownership of critical infrastructure introduced in New York

Bipartisan legislation proposed to review thoroughly requests by foreign entities who want to control parts of New York’s critical infrastructure

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DHS turns back on U.K. company to secure its buildings

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Outsourcing software development to China

There is a growing trend to outsource software development to China because of the advantages that country offered relative to its main rival, India; but there is a national security aspect to all of this

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Public-private coalition to coordinate security spending at Houston port

An innovative public-private coordination effort of security measures at and around the Port of Houston

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They try harder

Jay Leno said that they found a man in a cave in China whose handwriting was so small, he could put half a chapter of the New Testament on one strand of human hair; but this was only his hobby: His vocation was to write the fine print on rent-a-car contracts; well, Avis Europe hires a U.K. business continuity company to beef up disaster recovery systems in Avis’s Frankfurt, Germany, data center, so all these rent-a-car contracts could survive a disaster

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Bantu contributes to erosion of inter-service communication barriers

Making the uniformed services talk to each other is no mean feat, but Bantu is trying, offering a secure platform which allows military personnel instantly to locate and communicate across disparate military networks, locations, and computing platforms — and, yes, regardless of service affiliation

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