Security Management articles from June 2001

Security Management archives from June 2001

Lighting the Way.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Few people realize that the aurora borealis is a product of the earth's protective magnetosphere, which shields people and plants from radiation. This perimeter protection goes largely unnoticed because it is a natural part of the atmosphere....

Letters.
June 1, 2001... Standard Reply I read Norman Bates's "Who Should Chart Security's Course?" ("Viewpoint," February) and found his message to be very timely. I have followed the "standards" process closely since the early 1990s and find myself amazed at the...

Open Border, Insert Foot and Mouth.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... While media attention has focused on the outbreak of foot and mouth disease in England and other European countries, the disease has also ravaged pigs, cows, and other farm animals in most of South America, India, Taiwan, much of the Middle...

Community policing exploded in the late 1990s.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Community policing exploded in the late 1990s. According to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics, the percentage of local police officers nationwide who were designated community policing officers surged from 4 percent to 21 percent between...

In the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes in the region.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... In the aftermath of two devastating hurricanes in the region, U.S. disaster recovery assistance efforts in Latin America have made great progress, especially in Honduras and Nicaragua. according to congressional testimony presented by the...

Hackers broke into at least 155 federal computer systems at 32 agencies in 2000.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hackers broke into at least 155 federal computer systems at 32 agencies in 2000, according to a recent House Oversight and Investigations hearing. The FBI is currently investigating 102 cases of illegal computer infiltrations into government...

Supply-Chain Losses Studied.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Driver theft, errors by receiving and shipping personnel, and poor control of overseas and air freight are among the biggest threats to loss prevention in the supply chain of mass retailers, according to a recent survey conducted by the...

Security Bears Up Well.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Security thrives in good times and bad, conventional wisdom says. Proof that security can survive, even thrive, in a down economy comes in Business Week's latest ranking of top performers. That survey looked at changes in market value, sales,...

Are Abductions on the Rise?(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Two months ago, an infant was allegedly abducted from a mother's room in a Reno, Nevada, hospital. That was the first infant abduction from a healthcare facility in 2001, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children...

Competitive Intelligence.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... How does Dell Computer Corporation use techniques derived from the military to protect and gather competitive intelligence? As Adrian Farrell explains in a white paper for Woodlawn Marketing Services (a competitive intelligence firm), Dell...

HOME ON THE PAGE.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... www.securitymanagement.com During the past five-plus years, Security Management Online has brought its readers hundreds of security reports, surveys, studies, bills, Web sites, policies, forms, checklists, and other information to help...

Putting Encryption on the Line.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... SRI International, a research institution based in Menlo Park, California, performs cutting-edge research for the government and private industry in such fields as pharmaceuticals, network security, health, and education. For them, the job of...

Permanent Temporary Protection.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Protemp Staffing Services, which provides temporary workers to companies in east Tennessee, has long recognized the need for background checks. But a recent incident in which an applicant turned out to be a convicted rapist brought home the...

The Weak Links in the Security Chain.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Companies are still not patching known holes in their systems, which puts credit card numbers and other valuable data in their servers at risk. More than one million credit cards were stolen from e-commerce and e-banking sites in at least...

Intrusion Detection System Guide Issued.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a Special Publication on Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS). In plain and easy-to-understand terms, the report discusses the reasons for using an IDS, the types of systems...

Economic Leaks Can Sink a Business.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... How much does the loss of intellectual property, proprietary information, and other intangibles cost companies each year? At least 5.57 percent of their gross annual revenues, according to a recent study. Frank J. Bernhard, managing...

Fraud facts.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Fraud facts. The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) recently issued a report detailing its first six months of operation. A partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center, the IFCC has logged more than 20,000...

Biometric standards.(set by American Bankers Association's Accredited Standards Committee)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Biometric standards. The American Bankers Association's Accredited Standards Committee X9, the standards-setting body for the financial industry, has issued new guidelines for the use of biometrics. It details the requirements for managing and...

Security survey.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Security survey. Financial losses due to computer breaches jumped nearly 40 percent from the year before, according to the annual Computer Crime and Security Survey conducted by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI. Of the 538 companies...

Lawyers Tackle InfoSec Threats.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Though any type of business can be threatened by hackers and viruses, lawyers will increasingly become attractive targets, some experts say. "Most lawyers we've come across are not extremely security conscious, and we've seen a number of cases...

E-Commerce Laws Online.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has created an overview of existing consumer protection laws and of fair business, fair marketing, and disclosure requirements applied to electronic commerce in OECD-member...

Can You Trust Online IDs?(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Certificate authority VeriSign announced in March that it had erroneously issued two digital certificates to someone posing as a Microsoft employee almost two months earlier. VeriSign attributed the issuance to human error. It would not...

Square Gets Hip to PROTECTION.(Security Square Mall, Baltimore, Maryland)
June 1, 2001... With a name like Security Square Mall, the team at this property has added incentive to create a safe milieu for shoppers. SHAKESPEARE ONCE ASKED WHAT'S IN A NAME. At Security Square Mall, a 1.2 million-square-foot regional shopping center...

Not Guilty as Charged.
June 1, 2001... What happens when employees are not guilty as charged? Often the company pays dearly for having failed to properly investigate the allegations. Jane Smith was a 57-year-old female employee of the ABC Department Store. She had been working...

Hashing Out Encryption Solutions.
June 1, 2001... Michael Gibbs A COMPANY LAPTOP COMPUTER IS STOLEN, exposing millions of dollars' worth of proprietary information. A hacker intercepts a user name and password as they cross the Internet and uses them to access a corporate network. A price...

Lodging No Complaints.
June 1, 2001... THE LODGING industry is currently dealing with issues such as laptop theft, acquaintance assaults, and the balance between security needs and customer satisfaction. Current security efforts in the lodging industry in large part owe their...

Running on Manual.
June 1, 2001... TO CARRY OUT the rules and regulations of the gaming industry, security needs a manual that's a sure thing The heavily regulated casino and hospitality industry is overseen by various state and federal agencies, including state and tribal...

Profile of an Attractive Model.
June 1, 2001... How security operations are modeled within the card manufacturing industry holds lessons for other industries. SECURITY DEPARTMENTS in years past often found themselves at the bottom of the corporate structure. The security budget was the...

Arbitration.(agreements affirmed by U.S. Supreme Court)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Arbitration. The U.S. Supreme Court has issued a ruling affirming that an arbitration agreement signed by an employee prohibits that employee from pursuing a discrimination claim in court. The ruling expands the use of arbitration agreements,...

Internet.(Florida Supreme Court sides with American Online in child pornography case)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Internet. The Florida Supreme Court recently ruled that an Internet access provider cannot he held responsible for information transmitted through its service even if that information is child pornography. (Jane Doe v. America Online, Florida...

Drug testing.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Drug testing. A federal district court has ruled that a school district's comprehensive drug testing policy is unconstitutional. Under the school district's plan, every student was subjected to random drug testing, though the school could not...

Negligent security.(employee security in the retail industry)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Montana Supreme Court upheld a jury verdict awarding $1.5 million in a negligent security case involving a retail employee who was attacked by a customer. On September 23, 1997, 19-year-old Katie Onstad was working as a clerk in a...

Retaliation.(employee theft and termination case)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... An appellate court has ruled that a company properly fired an employee who stole company property and then lied about the theft, even though that employee was simultaneously organizing a union. In August 1994, the general manager of Tucci...

Ergonomics.(introduction of legislation by Senator Breaux)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... President Bush has signed a law (P.L. 107-5) revoking the recent ergonomics rule issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The rule required that companies take steps to address repetitive stress injuries sustained by...

Digital signatures.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Digital signatures. The German government has approved a digital signature law that gives authenticated electronic signatures the same legal standing as standard signatures. Under the German law, the signatures are issued by private...

E-mail.(unsolicited e-mail legislation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The House Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet has approved a bill (H.R. 718) to regulate unsolicited e-mail, known as spam. The bill requires that all unsolicited e-mail messages include the valid...

Fire safety.(dormitory sprinkler legislation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... A bill (S.399) introduced by Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) would require the Comptroller General to document and report to Congress the number of college and university housing facilities and dormitories that do not have sprinkler systems or other...

Criminal records.(nonviolent offenses legislation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... A bill (H.R. 696) introduced by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) would allow nonviolent offenders to have their criminal records expunged. Individuals who have never been convicted of a violent offense and who comply with all sentencing requirements...

School safety.(grant legislation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... A bill (HR. 1216) introduced by Rep. Joe Baca (D-CA) would establish a $50 million grant fund to help schools develop comprehensive safety plans. Schools could use the money to assess school crime and identify safety strategies. H.R. 1216...

Body armor.(armor legislation and felons)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Two bills (HR. 1007 and S. 166), introduced by Rep. Bart Stupak (ID-MI) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (IDCA), respectively, would make it illegal for those who have been convicted of violent crimes to purchase, use, or possess body armor....

Identity theft.(legislation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... A bill (S. 451) introduced by Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) would make it illegal to sell or purchase a Social Security number. Penalties would be $10,000 per violation under the bill. S. 451 has no cosponsors and has been referred to the Senate...

Concealed weapons.(new legislation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... A bill (S. 442) introduced by Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell (R-CO) would exempt current and former law enforcement officers from state laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed weapons. The bill would not apply to those law enforcement officers...

Privacy.(new legislation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Two bills (S.324 and S. 450), introduced by Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) and Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL), respectively, would expand the privacy rights set out in the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, which instituted privacy standards for financial...

New York.(hospital security legislation)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Hospital security. A bill (A.B. 2240) under consideration in the New York Assembly would require hospitals and mental institutions in cities of more than one million people to investigate sexual misconduct and assault against employees and...

Georgia.(drug testing law)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Drug testing. A bill (H.B. 20) introduced in the Georgia House of Representatives would make it illegal to attempt to defeat a drug or alcohol screening test by substituting, adulterating, or diluting urine. The bill would also make it illegal...

Private Security.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Private Security, Volume 1. By Bruce George and Mark Button; published by Perpetuity Press, 915/356-7048 (phone), 915/356-3093 (fax); 206 pages; [pound]29.95 (U.S. $50). There will always be an England. That's a sentiment that lies deep in...

The Executive Protectian Bible.(Review)
June 1, 2001... The Executive Protectian Bible. By M. J. Braufig; published by ESI, Ltd., 888/718-3105 (phone), ESI@esi-lifeforce.com (e-mail); 785 pages; $89.95. Details, details, details. They can be maddening, but such adages as "success lies in...

Building Internet Firewalls.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Building Internet Firewalls, 2d edition. By Elizabeth D. Zwicky, Simon Cooper, and D. Brent Chapman; published by O'Reilly & Associates, 800/998-9938 (phone), 707/829-0104 (fax); 890 pages; $44.95. Every cell in the human body changes...

Art Theft and Forgery Investigation.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Art Theft and Forgery Investigation: The Complete Field Manual. By Robert E. Spiel Jr.; published by Charles C. Thomas, 800/258-8980 (phone), 217/789-9130 (fax); 294 pages; $49.95. Similar to a fine work of art itself, the investigation of...

Fire Alarm System Series.(Review)
June 1, 2001... Fire Alarm System Series. By Protection Knowledge Concepts, Inc (PKC); produced by PKC, 888/831-4752 (phone), 312/831-8862 (fax); CD-ROM program containing two CDs; $349. Stolen assets can be found. Damaged goods can be repaired. But items...

Card access system.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Citadel is an advanced access control and alarm monitoring system from Synergistics, Inc., of Natick, Massachusetts. It is a true 32-bit Windows-based system that operates on a Pentium series computer. It can function at full access control and...

Emergency tracking system.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... CyTerra Corporation of Waltham, Massachusetts, has introduced its new Radio Trac line of products, which provide on-demand location and emergency tracking information through a customer's existing two-way radios. The system consists of a base...

Security messages via PC.(personal computer)(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Visible Statement from Greenidea of San Francisco presents animations of security messages for a company's computers to keep security in the forefront of employees' minds. After the software is installed on company computers, programmed...

Online employee assessment.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... A new assessment and interviewing system, Fitability for Employers from Fitability Systems of Atlanta, helps employers evaluate a candidate for employment with a 15-minute online interview. The resulting personality assessment can help...

Incident reporting hot line.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... MySafeWorkplace.com, Inc., of Golden, Colorado, offers a personal incident and accident reporting hot line that is confidential and anonymous. After a company registers for the service, its employees can make a report via toll-free telephone...

Digital video link.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2001... Fiber Options of Bohemia, New York. has introduced the S7705 Long-Haul Video System for video transmission using 1310 or 1550 nanometer optic components. The system transmits one-way video over one fiber with operating distances of up to 27...

Field-selectable data system.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2001... The new RingMaster S712D Universal Data System from Fiber Options of Bohemia, New York, provides the most-used data formats, including RS232, RS422, RS485, Manchester, Biphase, and TTL. Turning a control switch selects the data format. LEDs...

Deactivation/detection device.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2001... A wireless, hand-held deactivation/detection unit has been introduced for the Ultra-Max antitheft system from Sensormatic Electronics Corporation of Boca Raton, Florida. The FreeStyle HD can be used to find and deactivate labels in and around...

Fingerprint scanning system.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2001... High-quality fingerprint scanning is now available for civil applications with the TouchPrint 2000 Applicant Fingerprinting System from Identix Incorporated of Sunnyvale, California. Based on the company's FBI Appendix F-Certified technology,...

E-business audit software.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2001... CONSUL Risk Management of Delft, the Netherlands, has introduced an enterprise-wide event-audit security solution. Consul/eAudit version 3 tracks what customers and users are doing in the core of e-business processes. The total decentralized IT...

Rack modules.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2001... Four new larger rack modules are now being offered by Winsted Corporation of Minneapolis as part of its line of rack components. Models 84034 and 86034 are base slope consoles with 24 1/2-inch-high sloping top modules designed to hold two sets...

Notebook computer lock.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... A new lock designed to secure a notebook computer to a fixed object has been introduced by Securityware, Inc., of San Diego. The Notebook Lock works by looping its 6-foot-long cable around a desk or table and inserting the lock into the...

Intelligent control panels.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The ACU2X and ACU2XL Networked Intelligent Controllers from InfoGraphic Systems of Garden Grove, California, control 8 or 16 card readers or keypads, respectively. They provide flexibility in card populations and communicate directly over LANs,...

Bag seal.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Ultra Strap Bag Seal is a heavy-duty polypropolene seal with a locking strength of up to 150 pounds and a polymer tooth design for added tamper resistance. The seal, from Tyden-Brammall of Angola, Indiana, measures 20" x 3/8" with a tag...

Guard building.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The COL Model Durasteel building from Porta-King Building Systems of Earth City, Missouri, is constructed with 14 gauge galvanized steel exterior surfaces and 16-gauge interior surfaces. The two-inch wall panels are insulated to R-10 and...

Voice evacuation system.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The XPIQ Quad Intelligent Audio Transponder from NOTIFIER of Northford, Connecticut, is an integrated, multichannel audio amplification and distribution subsystem remotely controlled by a fire alarm control panel through a signaling line...

Time-lapse recorder.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Panasonic Security Systems Group of Secaucus, New Jersey, has introduced a real-motion time-lapse recorder with triple-density recording. The AGRT650 Real Motion VHS TLR delivers 300 lines of resolution in color and black and white. It features...

Transmission and recording device.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The DVRX single-box combined transmission and recording system from cVideo, Inc., of San Diego, enables remote monitoring of networked security systems. It features compression technology to store twice as much digital video data without...

Time-lapse recorder.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2001... Mitsubishi Digital Electronics' Imaging Products of Irvine, California, has introduced the HS-9424U Time-Lapse Recorder with 24-hour time-lapse video recording. Resolution imaging is 240 lines in color and 330 lines in black and white. Record...

Cable-disturbance sensor.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2001... Senstar-Stellar Corporation of Ottawa, Canada, offers a microphonic cable disturbance sensor for outdoor fence-mounted perimeter security applications. Intelli-FLEX uses a microcomputer-based signal processor to analyze the signals from...

Electronic cores for locks.(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
June 1, 2001... Videx of Corvallis, Oregon, has introduced a small format interchangeable core for locks that will transform a standard mechanical lock into an access control system. The system consists of an electronic lock cylinder and electronic key, each...

Global Anticounterfeiting Group and Authentication News.
June 1, 2001... The Global Anticounterfeiting Awards are presented each year to public entities, trade associations, and companies that are fighting counterfeiting around the world. This year's awards, sponsored by the Global Anticounterfeiting Group and...

Colombian National Institute for the Surveillance of Medications and Foods.
June 1, 2001... The Colombian National Institute for the Surveillance of Medications and Foods is charged with combating black-market pharmaceuticals. The group was responsible for the seizure of eight tons of counterfeit, expired, stolen, and diverted...

Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... The Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department reduced counterfeits sufficiently to restore the legitimate market for authorized Japanese videos, seized and destroyed 20 million counterfeit VCDs, and closed a CD-replicating plant equipped to...

International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... With a global antipiracy network that takes in 46 countries, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry works extensively with law enforcement and operates a forensic analysis program to link pirate CDs to their manufacturing...

New Balance Athletic Shoe.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... New Balance Athletic Shoe, Inc., working with its security provider GenuOne, begins anti-counterfeiting efforts at the Product design stage, where patterns and textures and other authentication technologies are incorporated. New Balance has...

U.S. Secret Service-Forensic Division.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Additional commendations were given, as well as awards for document security, a category introduced this year. The Global Document Security Awards went to the U.S. Secret Service-Forensic Division, American Association of Motor Vehicle...

Datacard Group.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Under a new agreement, Datacard Group will license, integrate, and sell ActivCard digital identity software through Datacard's worldwide distribution channels. Datacard and Logica have signed a formal agreement to jointly deliver, market,...

Panasonic Security Systems Group.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Panasonic Security Systems Group has appointed Timarron Partners, Inc., as sales represenratives for the Company's line of surveillance systems products.

iJet Travel Intelligence.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... iJet Travel Intelligence has signed a contract with Prudential Securities to provide travel intelligence and customized travel services to Prudential employees.

3M Library Systems.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... 3M Library Systems will donate $1.5 million to middle and high schools through its 3M Salute to Schools program, which provides security products to school libraries.

University of Nevada.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Lied Library, the new main library at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has chosen the 3M Digital Identification System to manage its collection.

Sensormatic Electronics Corporation.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Sensormatic Electronics Corporation has expanded its partnership with ScotRail to provide remote monitoring of train platforms.

Optimal Robotics Corp.(Brief Article)
June 1, 2001... Sensormatic and Optimal Robotics Corp. have teamed to incorporate Sensormatic's secure, anti-theft solutions into Optimal's U-Scan self-checkout systems for retailers.