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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 from the U.S.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). More than twenty authors are represented in this timely book, edited by Alessandra Jerolleman and William L. He has since served in over thirty nations worldwide as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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Plan Your Ransomware Attack Response Now

BryghtPath

A transportation authority. A food processing chain. A fuel pipeline system. A police department. These are some of the larger targets hit with ransomware attacks in the U.S. so far in 2021.

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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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Detecting and Confronting Procurement Fraud

Risk Management Monitor

For example, in 2018, a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) procurement official was indicted for receiving over $300,000 in illegal bribes and gratuities from a construction company that performed work for MBTA. Fraudsters see an opportunity to profit from weaknesses and begin exploiting them. What Can Be Done?

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The Long Tail of Cyber Incidents – A Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles Council) Case Study

Plan B Consulting

Municipal and Public Services Energy management and public transport systems remained operational but were affected, requiring manual monitoring. In local authorities, transparency is extremely important. A second report that was lost examined spending on community planning and engagement.

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2022 SIA Women in Biometrics Awards Profile: Gena Alexa

Security Industry Association

Following 9/11, she became a lead software developer of enrollment systems that collected biometric and biographic data, performed identity proofing and issued a credential (RFID or smart card), including solutions for US-VISIT, the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) and TSA Registered Traveler. “I

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