Between 2006 and 2011, US soldiers were deployed to Iraq to support the fledgling Iraqi gov’t & to provide security to the Iraqi people. Multiple insurgent groups, opposed the Iraqi gov’t & committed violent acts in an effort to destabilize Iraq & expel American forces from the country. American soldiers faced daily attacks from snipers, small team ambushes & deadly IEDs planted along major military supply routes.

Man Convicted for Making Bomb Parts to Kill American Soldiers in Iraq

On Friday, Ahmed Alahmedalabdaloklah, a Syrian national who had been living in Iraq, was convicted by a jury, following a six-week trial, of conspiring and supporting the 1920s Revolutionary Brigades, an insurgent group...
Meet BlackHawk. One of the most advanced autonomous industrial-grade security drones in the world.

Aptonomy Drone Security Expands, Selected to Aid Louisville PD (Videos)

Aptonomy, a provider of smart security drones, partners with guard companies to deploy its aerial security systems and more than triples the effectiveness of routine patrol and alarm response. Aptonomy’s self-flying security...
ISC West Reflects the 2018 Security Megatrends

Emerging Threats & Bus Ops, What’s to Come at ISC West (Multi-Video)

By Geoff Kohl, SIA Sr. Director of Marketing ISC West, sponsored by the Security Industry Association (SIA), is the largest converged security event of the year, constantly evolving to educate security professionals on the...
Integra-ID, NEC’s multimodal biometrics identification system, incorporates the company's latest biometric matching algorithms with service oriented architecture to deliver a comprehensive commercial-off-the-shelf solution that provides ready access to varied modalities in identification management, including fingerprint, palmprint, face, voice and iris matching capabilities.

LA County Sheriff’s New Multimodal ID Biometric Solution Goes Live

NEC Corporation, the Platinum Award Winner for Best Biometric Recognition System in the 2017 'ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program, has announced that the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) has completely switched over and is fully utilizing NEC's...
Fotis Barlos, DARPA program manager

DARPA Seeks Experts for ‘Gray-Zone’ Conflict Activity COMPASS Program

A relatively new emergent type of conflict has been recognized in recent years coined “gray zone,” because it sits in a nebulous area between peace and traditional warfare tactics. Gray-zone actions are...
As a young man, Donald Trump witnessed the pain of addiction in his family. Now as President, he is fighting back.

Trump: How We Will Win the War on Opioids (Learn More, Multi-Video)

By The White House The numbers around drug addiction in America are staggering. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 64,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2016 alone—more...
No Safe Harbors: A Webinar Wednesday, March 21 at 2 PM, and You're Invited!

No Safe Harbors: Charting a Smarter Course (Join Maritime Cyber Webinar)

There are no “Safe Harbors” when it comes to avoiding or preventing the next cyber attack. So what do you do? What do maritime stakeholders (shipping companies, terminal operators, cruise lines, port...
Hundreds of jihadists soon to be released from prison represent a new security threat for Europe (Courtesy of AFP News)

Jailbird Jihadists, a Security Threat for Europe (Learn More, Videos)

By Michel MOUTOT, AFP News, Yahoo News Already wrestling with a constantly-evolving terror threat, European intelligence agencies spy a new problem on the horizon: hundreds of jihadists due to be released from prison. Battling...
Tina Batista, a former school safety agent with the NYPD, has been sentenced to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute more than one kilogram of heroin in Manhattan.

DEA: NYPD School Safety Agent Convicted in Plot to Distribute Heroin

Tina Batista, a former school safety agent with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), was sentenced on Monday to one year and one day in prison for conspiring to distribute...
The FBI’s and BJS’s support of state and local law enforcement agencies to implement NCS-X and expand NIBRS, will improve the detail and overall quality of crime data, which will help law enforcement and communities around the country use resources more strategically and effectively.

FBI & BJS Awarded $11.8M in FY17 to Boost Incident-Based Crime Reporting

U.S. law enforcement agencies recently received a total of $11.8 million in fiscal year 2017 grants through the National Crime Statistics Exchange initiative (NCS-X), according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics...