Security Management articles from November 2006

Security Management archives from November 2006

One in a million.(Editor's Note)
November 1, 2006... This month's cover story is about security in K-12 schools, and it is all too apt. As we were going to print in early October, three incidents had just occurred. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] One involved a gunman with no criminal record who...

Don't mix drugs and spies.(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... After reading "Spying Trouble" (August), I felt compelled to comment on one point. Overall, I found the entire article very interesting and well done, not to mention on point. I only wish some of those you spoke with would have allowed you to...

Executive protection in Brazil.(Letters)(business executives)(Letter to the editor)
November 1, 2006... As more companies come to Brazil to do business, more of them are faced with the need to provide personal protection for their executives. Affluent businessmen riding in expensive cars and wearing expensive clothes unfortunately are more of a...

Correction.(Correction notice)
November 1, 2006... The October Security Market Trends chart in "Intelligence," should have said that the 2010 projected market share for industrial electronic security would be 14.4% of the total and alarms actual for 2000 was $244 million.

Bright lights, blind cameras: the Georgia Institute of Technology has a prototype device that researchers say may help organizations thwart industrial espionage, but critics wonder if it's feasible.(Intelligence)
November 1, 2006... WHAT IF you could thwart industrial espionage and other threats at a whim by using a system that could identify and neutralize digital cameras, both video and still? Sounds enticing, and it's exactly what researchers at the Georgia Institute of...

Security gets offensive.(Intelligence)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... REACTIVE SECURITY is so 20th century. Today's mantra is adding to the corporate bottom line, generating return on investment, or serving as a source of competitive advantage. The problem is how to turn the jargon into reality. Rachel...

Pandemic resources for business.(Intelligence)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... ACCORDING TO a Dutch proverb, sickness arrives on horseback and departs on foot. If predictions about a devastating influenza pandemic are correct, illness could be arriving on the wings of a bird, and it won't go away until it brings society...

Court threat may be growing.(Intelligence)(courthouse violence)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... IT'S REMARKABLE that courthouses--full of violent criminals and impassioned litigants who may feel justice was denied them--experience such little violence. According to the National Sheriffs' Association, although thousands of state and local...

The psyche of female bombers.(Intelligence)
November 1, 2006... IT WASN'T SO LONG AGO that female soldiers were unheard of. Today they are no longer a rarity, and they have proven their worth in the field. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A perverse corollary of this development has been the increase of...

Looking at laptop losses.(Intelligence)
November 1, 2006... A RECENT SURVEY by the Ponemon Institute of 484 corporate and government IT managers found that 81 percent of companies surveyed had laptops with confidential or sensitive information lost or stolen in the past year. A group of building...

U.S. contraband detection systems.(Security Market Trends)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... U.S. Contraband Detection Systems (in millions of dollars) 2000 2005 2010 2015 (actual) (actual) (projected) (projected) Bulk Explosives- $101...

80.(NUMBERS)(federal resources for crisis management)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Percentage of U.S. cities that say they have not received sufficient federal resources, to achieve full communications interoperability during a crisis. That's according to a 183-city survey on disaster preparedness conducted by the U.S....

NIMS.(JARGON WATCH)(National Incident Management System )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Demystifying terms used in the security industry. NIMS: Mandated by presidential directive, the National Incident Management System "provides a consistent nationwide template to enable all government, private-sector, and nongovernmental...

After a review of structural damage.(Did You Know That?)(National Institute of Standards and Technology recommendations for building design in hurricane prone regions)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... AFTER A REVIEW OF STRUCTURAL DAMAGE caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has recommended that provisions for providing alternative backup electric power supplies to all critical...

High-tech chemical nose: the Department of Homeland Security is rolling out a new system that can detect dozens of chemical agents, from chlorine to sarin.(Homeland Security)
November 1, 2006... A GROUND SEGMENT OF the Department of Homeland Security's Rapidly Deployable Chemical Detection System (RDCDS) will be rolled out before the end of the year. The system is designed to sniff out suspicious chemicals in public venues that have...

Keeping Normandy plans off the front page.(Homeland Security)(preventing leak of new weapons and devices)
November 1, 2006... BEFORE HIS MOST RECENT of three tours in Iraq, a Marine sergeant named Ray spied a front-page story in the San Diego Union-Tribune about an improvised explosive device (IED) countermeasure developed by an Army agency; the device had yet to be...

State perspective--Alaska: interview with David E. Liebersbach.(Homeland Security)(Interview)
November 1, 2006... Originally from California, David E. Liebersbach moved to Alaska in 1970 to be a rookie smokejumper for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). He later headed the Alaska Division of Emergency Services before being assigned to oversee what became...

Worldwide terrorism by region.(Homeland Security)(Table)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Worldwide Terrorism by Region Incidents Fatalities Full Year January-August Full Year 2005 2005 2006 2005 Africa ...

66.(NUMBERS)(percentage increase in funding for United States border security )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... The percentage increase in funding for U.S. border security efforts since the year 2000. The number of Customs and Border Protection officers at U.S. ports of entry rose 50 percent during the same time frame.

Security renewal goes Royal: the jewels in the crown of the Royal Ontario Museum's security upgrade are seamless management of digital video and alarm-sensing technology.(SMART SOLUTIONS TO SECURITY PROBLEMS)
November 1, 2006... THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM (ROM), already the largest museum in Canada, is midway through an ambitious redevelopment project that will add an additional 80,000 square feet of public space. The expansion will allow all of the museum's major...

Detecting early signs of trouble: dwindling time for reaction is a feature of the modern international scene. Companies must get better at spotting warning signs and anticipating problems.(Managing)
November 1, 2006... THE WORLD OF SECURITY is changing faster than we sometimes realize or wish to acknowledge. In addition to the age-old problems of violence and crime, security executives now have to contend with international terrorism, environmental damage,...

Antisocial networking sites.(Technofile)
November 1, 2006... THE NEXT TIME YOU VISIT a Web site on which users contribute much of the content--say, social networking sites like Myspace or photo-sharing sites like Flickr--be aware that some of the content other users are contributing may be malicious. ...

Financial services firms under siege.(Technofile)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... EIGHTY-TWO PERCENT of financial services firms experienced an information security breach over the last year, according to the results of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu's 2006 Global Security Survey, with 78 percent reporting an external attack (up...

Making data breaches public.(Technofile)('Towards a Rational Personal Data Breach Notification Regime' by Michael Turner)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... WHEN SENSITIVE consumer information is stolen, the risk of identity theft rises. Many states have notification legislation; but, writes Michael Turner of the Information Policy Institute, federal rules are needed to prevent "patchwork...

Security convergence roadmap released.(Technofile)(Open Security Exchange)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... THE OPEN SECURITY EXCHANGE (OSE), a nonprofit association working with multiple industries to facilitate the convergence of physical and IT security, has created a roadmap that will help companies achieve the convergence of these functions; it...

The cost of computer crime.(Behind the Numbers)(Statistical table)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Average annual losses Average cost per employee 2004 $526,000 $80 2005 2006 $168,000 $129 Note: Table made from line graph. As computer security expenditures per employee have risen by 62...

The chemistry of security.(QUICK BYTES)('GUIDANCE FOR ADDRESSING CYBER SECURITY IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY')
November 1, 2006... The chemistry of security. The American Chemistry Council's Chemical Information Technology Council has released a guidance document "to educate and inform member companies, customers and the public" about cybersecurity concerns. The document...

Text on Net annoyances.(QUICK BYTES)('The Definitive Guide to Controlling Mal-ware, Spyware, Phishing, and Spam' by Dan Sullivan)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Text on Net annoyances. Need to know everything there is to know about Web-based dangers and annoyances? Looking for a one-stop shop for the tips and tools that will prevent spam from hitting your computer or spyware from taking it over? Point...

Educating home users.(QUICK BYTES)('GUIDANCE FOR SECURING MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP HOME EDITION: A NIST SECURITY CONFIGURATION CHECKLIST')(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Educating home users. It's commonplace for workers to use home computers to connect to corporate networks, but it's no secret that these computers are an easy target for attackers, thus jeopardizing corporate networks as well. Stepping in to...

New in plaintext.(Technofile)('Why Software Sucks ... and What You Can Do About It')(Book review)
November 1, 2006... Browse the bookstore for a beginner's text on computers and it's easy to come away feeling digitally inadequate. Titles that refer to the reader as a "dummy" or worse seem to be the only ones that, with wit and easy-to-understand language, can...

A site to see.(Technofile)(Internet Archive Wayback Machine)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... IF YOU'RE INTERESTED to know just how much information about your organization is out there on the Web, you might want to start by taking a look at the history of the company's Web site. You may not realize it, but most Web pages have been...

Keeping students safe: Broward County School District tells how an electronic visitor management system helps it keep out sex offenders and others who might endanger students.(Security Tracking and Response System )
November 1, 2006... Crimes against children, such as the 2005 abduction and murder of Jessica Lunsford in Homosassa Springs, Florida, and school shootings, such as the series of attacks that occurred in September and October, including at an Amish schoolhouse,...

Guarding the Big Ditch: as plans go forward to expand the Panama Canal, the waterway's protectors are tightening its security.(Special Focus on Transportation and Cargo)
November 1, 2006... In the late 1990s, when the Panama Canal was still under American control, a pilot entrusted to guide a cargo ship through the channel was besieged by fears besides the typical ones sparked by the narrow locks, tricky currents, treacherous...

Assessing cargo supply risk: a study of supply line risk in 45 countries finds that many companies are not properly assessing or countering vulnerabilities.(Special Focus on Transportation and Cargo)
November 1, 2006... The largest and fastest growing global economies around the world include Brazil, Russia, India, and China (BRIC). These countries, along with other high-tech manufacturing centers such as Malaysia and Indonesia, are attractive to companies...

Airtight security: find out how Lufthansa Cargo AG has ramped up security at its facility in Frankfurt, Germany.(Special Focus on Transportation and Cargo)
November 1, 2006... Lufthansa Cargo AG is a world market leader in the global airfreight business with a route network that encompasses more than 500 destinations. In 2005 Lufthansa Cargo handled 1.74 million tons of freight and mail, and weighed in 7.83 billion...

It's all about the rules.(Government Contracting)
November 1, 2006... THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S General Services Administration (GSA) oversees a program--the Multiple Award Schedule (MAS)--that allows companies to establish long-term contracts with the federal government for all types of goods and services. The MAS...

Negligent hiring.(U.S. JUDICIAL DECISIONS)
November 1, 2006... NEGLIGENT HIRING. In a recent South Carolina case, a state appeals court has ruled that an employer could not be held liable for failure to conduct a background check on an employee who later stole from a company client. The background check,...

Premises liability.(U.S. JUDICIAL DECISIONS)(Novak v. Capital Management and Development Corporation, No. 04-7149, 2006)
November 1, 2006... PREMISES LIABILITY. A club owner may be held liable for failing to protect two patrons who were attacked outside as they left the premises. The only exit from the club was on an alleyway in which fights frequently occurred. The Zei Club, a...

Port security.(U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... PORT SECURITY. A port security bill (H.R. 4954) has been approved by both the House of Representatives and the Senate and signed into law by President Bush. The law requires that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) develop and...

Emergency management.(U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT. A bill (H.R. 5351) introduced by Rep. David Reichert (R-WA) would establish a Directorate of Emergency Management within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The bill has been approved by the House Homeland Security...

Bioterrorism.(U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... BIOTERRORISM. A bill (S. 2825) introduced by Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-MN) would require that the government award grants to improve the health of those living on the U.S. border with Mexico. The program would also include a health alert system...

Security guards.(U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... SECURITY GUARDS. Citing the reliance companies have placed in private security officers since 9-11, Rep. Robert Andrews (D-NJ) has introduced a bill (H.R. 5893) that would require employers to obtain a federal criminal records check on all...

Chemical facilities.(U.S. CONGRESSIONAL LEGISLATION)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... CHEMICAL FACILITIES. A bill (H.R. 5695) introduced by Rep. Daniel Lungren (R-CA) that would require that the DHS categorize dangerous chemicals as substances of concern has been approved by the House Homeland Security Committee. It is still...

New Jersey.(STATE LEGISLATION)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... EMPLOYMENT. A New Jersey law (formerly S.B. 1123) will protect employees from intimidation over religious and political matters. The law makes it illegal for employers to require that workers attend meetings or participate in communication...

California.(STATE LEGISLATION)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... COMMUNICATIONS. A bill (A.B. 1848) in California would require that state officials provide an annual report to lawmakers on the state's interoperable public safety communications network. Existing law says that such as system must be...

Current legal highlights.(Legal Report)(Table)(Legislation)
November 1, 2006... Current Legal Highlights SOURCE OF LAW BILL/CASE VENUE STATUS Federal Legislation Security Guards* H.R. 5893 House Judiciary Under consideration Committee...

Surveillance.(Elsewhere in the Courts)(American Civil Liberties Union v. National Security Agency)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Surveillance. A federal court has ruled that the secret wiretapping program undertaken by the National Security Agency (NSA) violates the constitutional rights of the Americans being monitored. The wiretapping, which was part of a...

Emotional distress.(Elsewhere in the Courts)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Emotional distress. A California jury has awarded a bank teller $800,000 in damages for emotional distress she suffered after being threatened by bank robbers. The teller sued Washington Mutual Bank after her repeated requests for counseling...

Discrimination.(Elsewhere in the Courts)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Discrimination. As part of a class action suit, Verizon Communications, Inc., has agreed to pay $49 million to 12,326 current and former employees who alleged pregnancy discrimination. The settlement, made through the Equal Employment...

Demystifying Terrorism: Terrorism Awareness Training Course.(Brief article)(Video recording review)
November 1, 2006... ****# Demystifying Terrorism: Terrorism Awareness Training Course. By Chameleon Associates, www.chameleonassociates.com (Web); CD-ROM; $19.95. Chameleon Associates, which specializes in security training, has produced a CD-ROM titled...

NFPA Pocket Guide to Electronic Security System Installation.(Book review)
November 1, 2006... ***## NFPA Pocket Guide to Electronic Security System Installation. By Shane M. Clary; published by the National Fire Protection Association, www.nfpa.org (Web); 492 pages; $29.50. Like it or not, the National Fire Protection Association...

Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, The New Challenges.(Book review)
November 1, 2006... ***** Terror on the Internet: The New Arena, The New Challenges. By Gabriel Weimann; published by the United States Institute of Peace, bookstore.usip.org (Web); 320 pages; $20. Gabriel Weimann, professor of communications at Haifa...

The Next Attack: The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting It Right.(Book review)
November 1, 2006... **### The Next Attack: The Failure of the War on Terror and a Strategy for Getting It Right. By Daniel Benjamin and Steven Simon; published by Henry Holt and Company, 646/307-5095 (phone), www.henryholt.com (Web); 309 pages; $26. In the...

Preventing Identity Theft in Your Business: How to Protect Your Business, Customers, and Employees.(Preventing Identity Theft in Your Business: How to Protect Your Business, Customers, and Employees )(Book review)
November 1, 2006... **### Preventing Identity Theft in Your Business: How to Protect Your Business, Customers, and Employees. By Judith M. Collins, published by John Wiley & Sons, www.wiley.com (Web); 245 pages; $39.95. Despite widespread attention, identity...

Water Supply Systems Security.(Book review)
November 1, 2006... **### Water Supply Systems Security. Edited by Larry W. Mays; published by McGraw-Hill, www.mcgraw-hill.com (Web), 464 pages; $125. Security professionals may need to understand their sector to protect it--no less for water supply...

Card readers.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... XceedID Corporation of Golden, Colorado, and Lenel Systems International of Rochester, New York, through a private-label OEM agreement, are offering XceedID ISO-X multitechnology readers under the Lenel brand as the Lenel OpenCard Reader...

ID verification.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... Denver-based id-Confirm, Inc., has introduced a portable biometric identity-verification solution that provides a way to prevent identity theft and fraud. The id-Confirm SecurityLink System puts multifactor authentication in a hand-held device...

Security platform.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... Lenel Systems International has issued a new release of its OnGuard security platform. Among the new capabilities are digital-audio-content analysis, a secure elevator and floor access solution, biometric physical and logical access, new...

Exit controls.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... DynaLock Corporation of Bristol, Connecticut, has announced the release of its new heavy-duty illuminated push-plate exit controls. The 6500 Series double-gang push plates are machined from solid aluminum and feature high-visibility,...

Video Server.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... Vicon Industries Inc. of Hauppauge, New York, has released the KTX-4 Digital Video Server, a four-channel server powered by ViconNet. It collects video from up to four analog inputs and sends streamed video over the network for storage and...

Panic Device Power.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... The StrikeIt Panic Device Power/Controller Series is designed to handle the high power demand required to activate panic-device egress hardware. Made by Altronix of Brooklyn, New York, the StrikeItl will operate up to two 24-VDC panic-hardware...

Delayed egress lock.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... The Exit Check delayed egress lock from Security Door Controls of Westlake Village, California, delays egress for 15 or 30 seconds, while it activates voice notification, tone, digital countdown display, and alarm outputs. Field-selectable...

Mortise locks.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... Five new ornamental lever designs have been added to the 40H mortise lock line from Best Access Systems, a division of Indianapolis-based Stanley Security Solutions, Inc. The locks have more than 80 trim designs, and a wide range of designs can...

Miniature transmitter/receiver.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... IFS Communications Products of Newtown, Connecticut, has introduced the VDT14100WDM-AD miniature video transmitter and data receiver for use in the American Dynamics Speedome. It plugs directly into the dome's mounting arm electrical enclosure...

ID card printers.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... The new Magicard Rio 2e and Tango 2e professional ID card printers have been improved. Made by Ultra Electronics Card Systems of Redmond, Washington, the card printers now include an integral Ethernet interface, in addition to USB and parallel...

VoIP recording.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... The next generation of VoIP active recording solutions is available from NICE Systems. New developments include state-of-the-art technologies that improve recording in a VoIP environment and are fully integrated with the industry's leading VoIP...

Electrified locksets.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... In addition to manufacturing electrified locksets, Security Door Controls of Westlake Village, California, is now electrifying Schlage-manufactured D series mechanical cylindrical locks for retrofit access control applications. The SDC S7200...

School notification service.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... Honeywell of Minneapolis, Minnesota, has updated its Web-based notification service, Honeywell Instant Alert for Schools. The service allows educators to send clear messages to thousands of families within minutes via phone, cell phone, pager,...

Network video products.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... A new line of network video products, including video cameras and advanced surveillance control solutions, is available from TOA Electronics, Inc., of South San Francisco, California. NetCanSee cameras simultaneously transmit MPEG-4ASP video...

Color cameras.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... Panasonic Security Systems of Secaucus, New Jersey, has introduced new surveillance cameras with improved image quality and value. The EX Series includes three new cameras with digital signal processing for better image quality and minimal...

E-mail security.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)(MailMarshal SMTP 2006 from Marshal)(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Marshal of Basingstoke, United Kingdom, has introduce a scalable e-mail security and management solution that combines spam URL blacklist lookups and spam filtering based on country of origin. MailMarshal SMTP 2006 is suitable for organizations...

Global Asset Protection.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... The Worldcue Global Control Center from IJET helps companies protect their employees and assets worldwide via a single integrated system. The system alerts corporate users of threats to their assets, according to their predetermined parameters...

Object tracking.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... DynaPel of Fort Meyers, Florida, has introduced Close-View, which simultaneously tracks multiple objects with one pan-tilt-zoom system, allowing users to capture usable identification shots. Designed for unattended camera operation in...

Remote weapon detection.(HOT NEW PRODUCTS AND SERVICES)
November 1, 2006... The BIS-WDS Prime is a surveillance system that allows users to search for and locate potential threats from a distance as a person walks through the camera's view. Made by Orlando-based Brijot Imaging Systems, the unit uses full-motion...

Anti Money Laundering Network.(BUSINESS NEWS)(Society of Anti Money Laundering Professionals )(Brief article)
November 1, 2006... Launched by the Anti Money Laundering Network at the Financial Crime Forum Asia Pacific last June, the Society of Anti Money Laundering Professionals will facilitate a global interchange of ideas and mentoring for professionals in the business....

AudioTel Corporation.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
November 1, 2006... AudioTel Corporation selected the ActiveTag RFID solution from AXCESS International Inc. to prevent theft or loss of personal financial data.

The Bordes Group, Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
November 1, 2006... The Bordes Group, Inc., formed strategic alliances with Information Security Consultants and A.R.M. Specialists to provide clients with a total package of security consulting services.

Cernium Corporation.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
November 1, 2006... Cernium Corporation installed a Perceptrak system at PNC Park to monitor security video for the 2006 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.

DSA.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
November 1, 2006... DSA is conducting risk and security compliance assessments of companies belonging to the Federation for Identity and Cross-Credentialing Systems.

Home Federal Savings and Loan.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
November 1, 2006... Home Federal Savings and Loan has implemented a risk management solution from Edentify Inc.

Merkavim.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
November 1, 2006... Israeli manufacturer Merkavim is deploying iolMAGE Ltd. systems to enhance its loss prevention program.

IoTech International.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
November 1, 2006... IoTech International and Makau Corporation have announced a partnership to provide Makau's e-learning courses through IoTech's training center network.

Kroll Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
November 1, 2006... The Identity Theft Shield solution from Kroll Inc. for victims of identity theft is available to members of PrePaid Legal Services, Inc.

Kuty & Associates, LLC.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
November 1, 2006... Kuty & Associates, LLC, has entered into an agreement with the California Association of Licensed Security Agencies, Guards and Associates to redevelop the association Web site.