Credit the Norfolk Southern railroad for coming up with a training program to protect the security of the communities its trains pass through. When trains carrying hazardous materials derail, it’s vital for local first responders to know how to respond effectively. Thus, Norfolk Southern’s “safety train” has been traveling its routes to introduce first responders […]
Continuing its outreach to security industry partners, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) held a Strategic Industry Conversation event earlier this month “to discuss program topics that span multiple DHS Offices and Components and impact the DHS Unity of Effort initiative.” Soraya Correa, DHS Chief Procurement Officer, blogs about the the DHS/industry partnership on the […]
Something else to be concerned about in defending a security perimeter: off-the-shelf drones. As in, for example, ISIS using drones in Iraq rigged to drop small explosive charges in its defense of Mosul. They’re also using drones as artillery spotters, DefenseTech reports. “It’s a pretty thorny problem” and “we expect to see more of this” […]
Computer hacking, notes the Safe & Savy blog, has grown from “trick or treating” to a cyber crime “industry”. “There’s a whole structure there that’s needed,” F-Secure’s ‘Cyber Gandalf’ Andy Patel told ITPRO. “An individual can’t just go in and do this now’ it’s not a one man job…there are companies.” “The cyber crime ‘industry’ […]
Here’s Brian Krebs, who’s been in the throes of Internet service disruptions himself, blogging on Friday’s massive Internet service attack. “Earlier today,” Krebs writes, “cyber criminals began training their attack cannons on Dyn, an Internet infrastructure company that provides critical technology services to some of the Internet’s top destinations. The attack began creating problems for […]
If you’re tuned into the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), you probably know it has an Office of Community Partnerships that is carrying out the “Strategic Implementation Plan to Empower Local Partners to Prevent Violent Extremism in the United States”. (Wow, that’s a mouthful, both in language and, doubtless, implementation.) The plan, first issued […]
“Emphasis on hazards instead of vulnerability is a major error among scholars and practitioners,” says an amazing infographic on “Trends in Emergency Management,” posted on the EmergencyManagementDegree.org site.
Yes, it’s unthinkable. But it’s happening at an increasing rate – “it” being active shooter incidents either at businesses or K-12 schools and colleges. SecurityInfoWatch has been keeping a watchful eye on trends in school and workplace violence. Watchfulness is, after all, the linchpin of site security. So active threat training is recommended, even though […]
It used to be that you had only to be compliant and enterprising to succeed in U.S. military ranks. Now it helps to be “cool” as well. U.S. security, the DefenseTech blog explains, is based increasingly on cyber security and technology. “The military,” says writer Richard Sisk, quoting a defense panel, “should consider setting up […]
Here’s the clearest discussion we’ve seen about security threats to voting in the U.S. presidential election. Homeland Security Today reports that 21 states have contacted the Department of Homeland Security about concerns over possible cyber vulnerability their voting systems. “These challenges aren’t just in the future – they are here today,” says Homeland Security Secretary […]