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Trend: U.S. domestic spying offers opportunities for niche players
While the debate over the NSA domestic spying rages on, niche companies emerge to offer compliance services to small telecoms and ISPs
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Northrop adapts to U.K. business climat
Northrop follows Raytheon and Lockheed Martin in creating a U.K.-based company; having lost to BAE on a big U.K. drone deal convinced the company that a U.K. presence was necessary — and it has already yielded results in law enforcement services the company provides in England and Wales
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President's budget shortchanges missile defense of airlines
The defense of commercial airlines from shoulder-mounted missiles appeared to be one of the biggest homeland security projects of the next three years, but you wouldn’t know it from Bush’s budget proposal: In fiscal 2006 the project received $108 million; in fiscal 2007, $5 million
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Homeland security company spins off commercial trace location service
Versatile Nebraska-based company developed GPS systems for homeland security but now wants to use the technology in other markets as well
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A4S shows rugged, survivable video surveillance device
It is not enough to have monitoring and surveillance devices installed in public places; to be of use, these devices and their recording must withstand the power of an explosion, and this is where A4S comes in
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GAO report slams Bush, Chertoff for Katrina lack of preparation, slow response
Michael Brown was the public face of the federal government’s failures before and during Katrina; new GAO report says President Bush and Secretary Chertoff should share more of the blame
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Trend: Remote monitoring of nuclear weapon proliferation
More nuclear reactors are being built as nations try to lessen dependence on foreign oil and comply with environmental regulations, but more nuclear reactors mean more weapon proliferation risk and need for new and more effective remote monitoring technology
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BAE in homeland security deal in India
Homeland security is a major preoccupation in India, and BAE signs large contract to update that country’s border and maritime surveillance
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The long view
Outsourcing Surveillance: A Cost-Effective Strategy to Maintain Maritime Supremacy
Persistent surveillance is one of the most valuable types of surveillance missions. But, Josh Portzer and Aaron Stein write, “Persistent surveillance is a challenging problem for two reasons: capacity and cost. In today’s budgetary climate, “simply increasing U.S. military capacity is not tenable. [But] by increasing the number of sensors globally, the Department of Defense would not only gain valuable, near-persistent surveillance data in areas of interest at (relatively) affordable prices, but also would enjoy the option of gray-zone operations given the strategic ambiguity that outsourcing provides.”
Abuse-Resistant Digital Surveillance
Digital surveillance of suspects must be silent so as not to alert them. However, systems currently in use lack stringent technical mechanisms to ensure the legality of these measures. Security protocols to make legally required monitoring of digital communications more resistant to misuse and mass surveillance.