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Off-Duty Officer’s Suspected Killer Once a CPD Applicant

Tammy Waitt - March 25, 2019

March 24, 2019 – In Breaking News – Chicago Tribune The gunman who authorities believe shot and killed an off-duty Chicago police officer and wounded...

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Physical Security

'ASTORS' Award Winning AlertEnterprise Visitor Management Kiosk software with New Facial Recognition Technology delivers frictionless security and enhanced customer experience at check-in.

AlertEnterprise New Face Recognition Added to Visitor Mgmt Kiosk...

Access Control & Identification Tammy Waitt - March 24, 2019

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Untangle the industry to find proven third-party video management applications, hardware, and services that work with XProtect and meet your needs.

Milestone Marketplace, A Central Knowledge Hub for Video Industry

Critical Infrastructure Tammy Waitt - March 24, 2019

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Vigilant Solutions Face Search for Law Enforcement, was recognized in the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program with the Gold Award Win for Best Image Technologies Solution. Facial recognition software quickly compares one face with a lot of other faces to see if there is a potential match. That’s it. Cops do the same thing every day in a manual way, by knocking on doors with a photo, or having crime victims look through hundreds of mugshot photos; facial recognition just automates the process.

US Senators Introduce Commercial Face Recognition Bill

Access Control & Identification Tammy Waitt - March 20, 2019

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Government Security

Off-Duty Officer’s Suspected Killer Once a CPD Applicant

Crisis Responders Tammy Waitt - March 25, 2019

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Robots are often used as the first line of defense in response to a bomb threat; learning how to use such an advanced tool is a primary training component at the FBI’s Hazardous Devices School, at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, the only facility in the country that trains and certifies the nation’s public safety bomb technicians. (Courtesy of the FBI)

Where the Nation’s Bomb Techs Learn the Tools of...

Campus Security Tammy Waitt - March 24, 2019

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DARPA has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to augment its understanding of state-of-the-art technologies for 3D mapping and surveying. (Courtesy of Darpa)

DARPA Seeks Innovative Tools to Capture Underground Worlds in...

Federal Tammy Waitt - March 22, 2019

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IT Security

Acronyms can get tangled in the ever-growing security marketplace. For instance, many use SIEM and SOAR interchangeably. Although security information and event management (SIEM), and security orchestration, automation and response (SOAR), have capabilities which complement one another, they are not the same thing.

SIEM, UEBA, and SOAR – What’s the Difference?

Corporate Facilities Tammy Waitt - March 21, 2019

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The Cognitive Science Behind Cybersecurity

Communications Tammy Waitt - March 20, 2019

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ASC Sounds Alarm of Relying Exclusively on Mobile Device...

Campus Security Tammy Waitt - March 20, 2019

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Port Security

Robots are often used as the first line of defense in response to a bomb threat; learning how to use such an advanced tool is a primary training component at the FBI’s Hazardous Devices School, at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama, the only facility in the country that trains and certifies the nation’s public safety bomb technicians. (Courtesy of the FBI)

Where the Nation’s Bomb Techs Learn the Tools of...

Campus Security Tammy Waitt - March 24, 2019

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Immigrants living in the US with serious criminal records can be held without bail while awaiting deportation even if ICE didn’t immediately pick them up when they were released from prison or jail, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday in a 5-4 decision marked another rejection

Court Upholds ICE Detention Without Bail for Serious Criminals

Border Tammy Waitt - March 20, 2019

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ThayerMahan & WingmanAI Team Up on Maritime AI Initiatives

Government Security Tammy Waitt - March 18, 2019

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