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Prolonged, wide-area electrical power failure

Emergency Planning

lifts [elevators] blocked: people possibly trapped in them trains stranded: people possibly stranded in them traffic control inoperable: possibility of accidents and queues at road junctions critical facilities (hospitals, police stations, etc.)

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Transportation Worker Identity Credential: Reviving the Qualified Technology List With Simple Self-Certification Approval Process

Security Industry Association

The Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) is a biometric-enabled smart card identity credential that is issued to maritime workers to enable unescorted access into secure areas of maritime facilities and vessels regulated by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Coast Guard. With approximately 2.2

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How Transportation is Vital in Emergency Management and Business Continuity

CCEM Strategies

Transportation plays a key and invaluable role for company operations and is a vital element of emergency management. The consequences suffered when transportation services and infrastructure are impacted by a disaster are far reaching. It provides the service that links companies to their suppliers, customers and employees.

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Following Recent Incidents, U.S. House of Representatives Examines Counterdrone Protections

Security Industry Association

10, 2024, the House Homeland Security Committee held a joint hearing by the Subcommittee on Counterterrorism, Law Enforcement, and Intelligence and Subcommittee on Transportation and Maritime Security entitled Safeguarding the Homeland from Unmanned Aerial Systems. Witnesses also addressed privacy concerns in the hearing.

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The real burden of risk

Emergency Planning

When I travel from north London to my university I use public transport, which is of variable reliability. Clearly, such a plan would be immediately invalidated by disruption to normal transportation schedules. I then have to cross a busy four-lane arterial road. I would have to resort to awareness and common sense.

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SIA New Member Profile: Zeptive

Security Industry Association

At GE, we focused on developing threat detection systems for the Transportation Security Administration, and over the years, we gained extensive experience in building and commercializing advanced threat detection technologies, including ion mobility spectrometry, mass spectrometry and Raman spectroscopy, for heavily regulated security markets.

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Double trouble: When climate change and cyber crime collide

everbridge

Additionally, the vulnerability of critical infrastructure like power grids, communication networks, and transportation systems during times of crisis makes them prime targets for state-sponsored cyberattacks. Those who forget history….

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