Security Management articles from October 2006

Security Management archives from October 2006

Trick and treat.(Editor's Note)(Editorial)
October 1, 2006... A few months ago I wrote about our dwindling privacy protections and a reader wrote in disagreement, saying that only those who talk to terrorists have anything to fear from wiretaps (see "Letters" page 16). On reading it, I thought I'd counter...

Nothing to worry about.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... I have been thinking about how to respond to the July Editor's Note, "Private No More," which discusses the putative erosion of privacy by the government. I specifically take exception to the logic of the comments on the legal protections of...

Problem for the ages.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... The article "Preventing Wanderlust in Patients" (June) by Ann Longmore-Etheridge was both timely and well written. As our population ages--77 million people will be 60 years or older within the next 30 years--dementia and the effects of other...

Good corporate citizens.(Letters)(Letter to the editor)
October 1, 2006... I am writing this letter to show my dismay over the article, "Plants Find Right Security Chemistry" ("Intelligence," August). In this article, the author claims that 500,000 residents of Los Angeles were "freed" from the risks of ammonia gas...

Where copyright meets the Internet: the Internet's freewheeling environment can lead to lax attitudes about stealing copyrighted materials. Companies need a policy to protect their rights.(Intelligence)
October 1, 2006... WHEN ABBIE HOFFMAN wrote Steal This Book in 1970, authors of original works may have objected to the advice, but they at least could take comfort in the fact that someone actually had to go to the bookstore and physically grab the book off the...

Olympics results not all downhill.(Intelligence)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... BY MOST ACCOUNTS, the U.S. performance at the Torino Winter Olympics was disappointing. Ballyhooed skier Bode Miller failed to win a single medal, rival U.S. speed-skaters exchanged verbal swipes throughout the games, and other medal favorites...

Will you flood?(Intelligence)
October 1, 2006... ASIS headquarters is at low to moderate risk for flooding. But the risk surges just a few blocks to the east, closer to the Potomac River. Want to assess the flood risk to your current or prospective sites? Check out the government's...

Security at the new frontier.(Intelligence)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... STARGAZERS, MOVE OVER. Both nations and the private sector are increasingly looking at space as a source of protection of terrestrial assets as well as an environment that itself must be secured. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It may or may...

Criminals cash in on stale checks.(Intelligence)
October 1, 2006... ADMIT IT. You've received a check in the mail and then forgotten about it. Maybe you rediscovered it after it went "stale"--too late for a bank to honor it, you thought. Now ever-enterprising thieves have discovered that stale-dated checks...

Industrial electronic security market.(Security Market Trends)(Table)
October 1, 2006... Industrial Electronic Security Market (in millions of dollars) 2000 2005 2010 2015 (actual) (actual) (projected) (projected) Alarms $224 ...

14.(NUMBERS)
October 1, 2006... 14 Percentage of Arkansas trial court judges who said that their courthouses had written security policies and plans, according to a survey by the state's Administrative Office of the Courts. Only 7 percent said they had written emergency...

Detonators, rocket motors.(Did You Know That?)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... DETONATORS, ROCKET MOTORS, and bulk explosive powders were among at least 410 items that Sandia National Laboratories could not account for when audited by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Inspector General. Auditors found other...

Is the CIA too cautious? Former CIA agent Robert Baer weighs in on the state of the U.S. intelligence community and offers suggestions for improvement.(Homeland Security)
October 1, 2006... ROBERT BAER SPENT 21 years working for the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA's) Directorate of Operations, serving mostly as an on-the-ground field officer in the Middle East. His first-person recounting of that experience in See No Evil: The...

Building designs cope with threats.(Homeland Security)
October 1, 2006... ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN CHANGES to high-rise buildings sparked by the 9-11 attack on the Twin Towers and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing of the Murrah Federal Building are slowly finding their way into commercial buildings and government...

State perspective.(Tim Manning's (new director of Office of Homeland Security) interview)(Interview)
October 1, 2006... Tim Manning's career has run the gamut of unusual public service geared towards security. He served as a volunteer firefighter for five years before heading up a mountain rescue team based in Albuquerque. After stints as a hydrogeologist and...

Worldwide terrorism by target.(Homeland Security)(Table)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Worldwide Terrorism by Target Incidents Fatalities Full Year January--July Full Year 2005 2005 2006 2005 ...

59.(NUMBERS)
October 1, 2006... 59 The percentage of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees who say they are satisfied or very satisfied with their jobs. The percentage of satisfied TSA staffers rose 24 percent from 2004, when the first survey was...

A lock on student safety: though St. Lawrence is one of the oldest schools in New York, there's nothing old-fashioned about the locks on its new dorms.(SMART SOLUTIONS TO SECURITY PROBLEMS)
October 1, 2006... ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY, located in the St. Lawrence River Valley in Canton, New York, is one of the oldest educational institutions in the state. Established in 1856, the university has continued to update its campus to meet the needs of its...

Security's input on outsourcing: security directors can help their companies assess the reliability of third parties before they hire them to handle vital services.(Managing)
October 1, 2006... WHEN YOUR COMPANY starts to consider the outsourcing option for a particular function, does the security department get involved in helping management make the right decision? For many security professionals, the answer is that they have no...

Who owns the net?(Technofile)
October 1, 2006... IF THE ELECTRICITY GOES OUT after a major storm, power companies have a clear chain of command to ensure that repairs are made and service is restored in the shortest possible time. But if there should be a disruption to the Internet as a...

Laptop lessons learned?(Technofile)
October 1, 2006... AFTER A SPATE OF WELL-PUBLICIZED thefts of government laptops earlier this year, Clay Johnson III, deputy director for management with the Office of Management and Budget, sent a memorandum to department heads urging them to take action to...

A plan for sharing.(Information sharing mechanism)
October 1, 2006... INFORMATION SHARING between the public and private sectors has often been cited as one of the most important elements of a plan to prevent acts of terrorism. Despite some improvements, "trusted information sharing remains more of an aspiration...

New in plaintext.(Blog rules by Nancy Flynn)(Book review)
October 1, 2006... NANCY FLYNN, in her new book Blog Rules: A Business Guide to Managing Policy, Public Relations, and Legal Issues, doesn't waste time in getting to the statistics. The first sentence of the book begins, "With a new blog created every...

Following standard is not standard practice.(Technofile)
October 1, 2006... ONLY ONE IN FIVE of the top 200 merchants is in compliance with the Payment Card Industry (PCI) data security standard more than a year after the standard went into effect to improve security among merchants and credit card processors. ...

Top dollar losses by type of computer security incident.(Behind the Numbers)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Top Dollar Losses by Type of Computer Security Incident (in millions) Laptop/Mobile hardware theft $6.6 Unauthorized access to information $10.6 Virus Contamination $15.7 Note: Table made from bar...

Federal privacy law needed.(QUICK BYTES)
October 1, 2006... Federal privacy law needed. A group of large corporations, including Google, Microsoft, Eli Lilly, Oracle, and Eastman Kodak, along with the Center For Democracy and Technology, have created the Consumer Privacy Legislative Forum. A statement...

Encrypting data at rest.(QUICK BYTES)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Encrypting data at rest. Pressure to comply with regulatory efforts such as Sarbanes-Oxley and Gramm-Leach-Bliley is the key driver of enterprisewide encryption efforts, according to security professionals at 112 financial services companies...

6.(NUMBERS)
October 1, 2006... 6 Percentage of organizations able to provide new employees access to all required applications and systems on their first day of work, highlighting the inefficiency of identity access and management practices, according to a study...

You be the judge: courthouse security gets spotlighted by the media after an incident occurs, but are courts making sure that security shines even when reporters aren't looking?
October 1, 2006... IMAGINE THIS: A courthouse security control room is staffed by two officers, one of whom is also an emergency medical technician (EMT). One morning, an altercation occurs in another part of the courthouse, and a prisoner is injured. Sheriff's...

The Derby's unbridled security: more than 150,000 spectators watch the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs. Security is there to weed out the pickpockets, purse-snatchers, and unruly among them--and to be ready for any more serious problems that could disrupt the race.(Special Events)
October 1, 2006... Several hours before a dark bay colt named Barbaro smoked the field by six-and-a-half lengths at the 2006 Kentucky Derby, Saundra Spaulding was working the Churchill Downs telephone switchboard. At one point, as she tried to focus on the...

Tips for background checks.(Preemployment Screening)
October 1, 2006... TWO CASINOS, the Las Vegas-based Imperial Palace and the Biloxi-based Imperial Palace of Mississippi, asked job applicants to sign a release form authorizing the companies to obtain the applicants' credit reports, then reviewed each credit...

Sizing up IP video systems.(Internet Protocol Video Systems)
October 1, 2006... LIKE TELEPHONES and access control systems, surveillance technology has evolved to where video can be sent across a company's data network, allowing the video feed to be accessed from anywhere the company decides, from inside a security...

Negligence.(Case overview)
October 1, 2006... NEGLIGENCE. A federal appeals court has ruled that a man who was beaten by a security officer may pursue his lawsuit against the officer's employer. The court disagreed with a lower court, which ruled that the company could not be held liable...

Whistleblowers.(Case overview)
October 1, 2006... WHISTLEBLOWERS. The Texas Supreme Court decided that an employee cannot sue his employer for wrongful termination under a state whistleblower statute. The court ruled that the employee, who was fired when he tried to find out whether a crime...

Electronic discovery.(U.S. REGULATORY ISSUES)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... ELECTRONIC DISCOVERY. The U.S. Supreme Court has adopted new rules of civil procedure for courts to follow when dealing with electronic discovery issues. The court adopted without amendment the rules as proposed in 2004. They are designed to...

Homeland security.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... HOMELAND SECURITY. The appropriations bill (H.R. 5441) funding the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has been approved by the House of Representatives and is now pending in the Senate. During debate on the measure, senators tried to add $33...

Chemical facilities.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... CHEMICAL FACILITIES. A bill (S. 2145) introduced by Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) that would enhance security at chemical facilities has been approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and the Senate has agreed to...

First responders.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... FIRST RESPONDERS. A bill (S. 1554) that would establish a grant program to improve overall communications equipment for first responders has been approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. The measure will now...

Data protection.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... DATA PROTECTION. A bill (H.R. 4157) that is designed to improve the coordination and protection of health information has been approved by the House Ways and Means Committee. It is not yet clear whether the measure will continue on to a full...

North Carolina.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... BACKGROUND SCREENING. A bill (S.B. 2002) would require that all applicants to any North Carolina university undergo a criminal records check. The bill, the first of its kind in the nation, was introduced after two University of North Carolina...

Florida.(alarm monitoring companies)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... ALARM MONITORING. A new Florida law (formerly H.B. 1351) requires that all alarm monitoring companies attempt to contact property owners on two different phone numbers before calling for police assistance. The law, designed to help reduce the...

Current legal highlights.(Legal Report)(Table)
October 1, 2006... Current Legal Highlights SOURCE OF LAW BILL/CASE VENUE STATUS Federal Legislation Chemical Facilities* S. 2145 Senate Homeland Approved Security Comm....

Retaliation.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Retaliation. In a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, the Court addressed how harmful an adverse action by an employer must be to render the employer liable for retaliation against an employee. The Court ruled that the employer's actions must...

Negligent hiring.(cases)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Negligent hiring. A teenager in Florida has filed a lawsuit against her former employer for negligent hiring. While working at a Subway restaurant franchise, Rachel Stephenson alleges that she told senior managers that her supervisor had...

Discrimination.(John Pickle Company, Inc)(Equal Employment Opportunity Commission)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Discrimination. In a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a Tulsa business, the John Pickle Company, Inc., has been ordered to pay $1.24 million to 52 employees. The company is charged with national-origin...

Effective Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques, Second Edition.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... ****# Effective Interviewing and Interrogation Techniques, Second Edition. By Nathan J. Gordon and William L. Fleisher; published by Academic Press; available from ASIS, item #1690, 703/519-6200 (phone), www.asisonline.org (Web); 312 pages; $70...

Enhancing Computer Security with Smart Technology.(Brief article)(Book review)
October 1, 2006... **### Enhancing Computer Security with Smart Technology. By V. Rao Vemuri; published by Auerbach Publications, www.crcpress.com (Web); 288 pages; $99.95. While sometimes interesting and, indeed, cutting edge, Enhancing Computer Security...

Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control: Creating a Culture of Compliance.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... ****# Executive Roadmap to Fraud Prevention and Internal Control: Creating a Culture of Compliance. By Martin T. Biegelman and Joel T. Bartow; published by John Wiley & Sons; available from ASIS, Item #1685, 703/519-6200 (phone),...

Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization.(Book review)
October 1, 2006... ***** Hot Property: The Stealing of Ideas in an Age of Globalization. By Pat Choate; published by Alfred A. Knopf, www.randomhouse.com/knopf/ (Web); 368 pages; $26.95. If there's one thing that can generally be said about books on...

Reduction of Hazardous Substances.(BUSINESS NEWS)
October 1, 2006... The Reduction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive that took effect in July for countries in the European Union may have the effect of raising prices for security hardware in Europe. The directive restricts the use of lead, mercury,...

Westcon AS.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)(International Ship and Port Facility Security code)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Due to stricter ISPS code requirements, Westcon AS has chosen to upgrade and extend surveillance at port facilities with ACTi's IP surveillance products and Imenco's video surveillance system integration services.

Vonage Network Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... Vonage Network Inc. Has selected a user authentication solution from Aladdin Knowledge Systems for mobile PC and file security.

AlliedBarton Security Services.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)(Career Builder.com)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... AlliedBarton Security Services has joined with Career Builder.com to provide job opportunities for military veterans. CareerBuilder has recently launched Operation HeroforHire.com, a Web site featuring jobs for veterans.

Arcot Systems, Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... Arcot Systems, Inc., and EMC have announced that Arcot's digital-signing solution will be integrated with the EMC Documentum enterprise content-management platform.

Arteco Vision Systems.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Arteco Vision Systems has been selected to provide its intelligent video solutions system to Park Place Senior Living at Wing Haven. The system integrator is All Systems, Inc.

Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation is embedding fingerprint sensors from AuthenTec into its new LifeBook Q2010 notebook PC.

AXCESS International and Tyco Fire & Security.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... AXCESS International and Tyco Fire & Security have announced a strategic partnership under which AXCESS's RFID solutions will be integrated into Tyco's suite of Software House and Kantech access control solutions.

Coronis.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)(Wavenis technology)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Wavenis technology from Coronis has been integrated into new products from Data Health System that detect when people fall. The Ynolis bracelet has been tested at Montpellier University Hospital and the City of Paris Center for Social Action.

CREDANT Technologies.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... CREDANT Technologies has announced a partnership with CommonTime to deliver CREDANT's mobile data protection solution to Lotus Notes users running Windows Mobile 5.

British Columbia Institute of Technology.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... The British Columbia Institute of Technology has selected Omnicast from Genetec to secure students, personnel, and assets.

Goodmail Systems and PostX.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... Goodmail Systems and PostX have announced an alliance to provide security and deliverability for high-value e-mail-transaction messages.

Hunter Manufacturing Company.(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Hunter Manufacturing Company signed a partnership agreement with 3M Canada to provide CBRN protection products and services to the Department of National Defense and other homeland security customers.

Gala Hotel and Casino.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... The Gala Hotel and Casino complex on the Isle of Man has installed an IP video solution from IndigoVision for CCTV surveillance.

Assemble Communications.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)(BGAN high-speed communications)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Assemble Communications will incorporate the BGAN high-speed communications service from Inmarsat into a personal hurricane kit that will allow users to have constant connectivity when traditional terrestrial and cellular networks fail.

Oce.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... Oce has chosen Integrated Engineering as a technology partner to provide e-passport verification for the company's ID-Star Color Security Reader.

Qsent.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... Qsent has implemented NeoScale Systems, Inc., tape encryption to protect consumer information.

North American Video.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)(World Series of Poker)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... North American Video provided a video console and LCD displays to improve surveillance at the World Series of Poker held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino. The console was equipped with components from Honeywell.

FirstMerit Corporation.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... FirstMerit Corporation selected Pacom for its IP-net-worked alarm and disaster recovery solution.

Pelican Products.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... Protector Cases from Pelican Products have been chosen by ACR Electronics to house its Vecta[.sub.2] Direction Finder alert and locate system.

PureTech Systems Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... PureTech Systems Inc. is deploying its PureActiv surveillance solution at Catalyst Paper's Crofton Mill Deep-Sea Port facility.

SCM Microsystems, Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... SCM Microsystems, Inc., provided smart cards and readers for the European NETC@RDS project during the World Cup competition in Germany.

SealedMedia Inc.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... SealedMedia Inc. was chosen to provide software to protect intellectual capital belonging to the Newcastle Building Society while sharing it with trusted third parties.

SecureWorks and Bell-South.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... SecureWorks and BellSouth have formed a partnership whereby BellSouth is bundling SecureWorks managed IT security services into its IP services portfolio.

SITA.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... SITA has signed a deal with Airbus to ensure data integrity and supplier authentication for the new Airbus 380 jumbo jet.

Vidient Systems, Inc., and InterGraph Corporation.(PARTNERSHIPS AND DEALS)
October 1, 2006... Vidient Systems, Inc., and InterGraph Corporation are partnering to integrate Vidient SmartCatch with Intergraph's command-and-control system for public security personnel.

ADT Security Services, Inc.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
October 1, 2006... ADT Security Services, Inc. has installed new and expanded video security systems at three schools in the Fox C-6 School District (Missouri).

American Science and Engineering.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
October 1, 2006... American Science and Engineering has received a contract for an OmniView Gantry Inspection System to be deployed at the Port of Charleston.

ATC International.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
October 1, 2006... ATC International has completed major security improvements for Miami-Dade Public Schools, including installing camera systems.

Cernium Corporation.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
October 1, 2006... Cernium Corporation has announced that the City of San Diego has deployed its Perceptrak intelligent video system to monitor part of the city's critical infrastructure.

Intergraph Corporation.(contracts)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Intergraph Corporation has entered into an agreement with Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ObjectVideo, and Stanley Security Solutions to provide perimeter security at Fort Bragg's Simmons Army Airfield.

March Networks.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
October 1, 2006... March Networks has been selected by the Port Authority of Allegheny County (Pennsylvania) as the standard for mobile video surveillance on its buses.

Trace Technologies.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
October 1, 2006... Trace Technologies has been selected to provide location-based services for the U.S. Department of Energy's Nevada Test Site.

USIS.(GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS)
October 1, 2006... USIS will provide support services for federal government background investigations under a contract with the Office of Personnel Management.

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affiairs.(Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs)(Brief article)
October 1, 2006... Australia's Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs has selected the Viisage iAuthenticate Smart Chip/RFID Electronic Document Reader to improve security in more than 25 locations. Viisage has also signed contracts with six...