All railroads subject to the statutory PTC implementation mandate must implement FRA-certified and interoperable PTC systems by the end of the year.

FRA Takes Proactive Approach to Help Railroads Meet PTC Reqs

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (US DOT’s) Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has released a status update on its efforts to assist railroads in implementing positive train control systems (PTC), along with...
President Trump's nominee to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Gina Haspel, will become, if confirmed, the first career professional of the agency to rise through the ranks to the top job since William Colby in the 1970s.

CIA Offers Peek into Life of Trump’s Nominee to Lead Agency (Videos)

By Deb Riechmann, The Associated Press Kentucky native. Single. Oldest of five children. Father was in the Air Force. Johnny Cash fan. The CIA offered a peek Thursday into the secret life of...
Alcide delivers a cloud native security platform designed for any combination of container, serverless, VM and bare metal environments operated by multiple orchestration systems.

Alcide Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

We’ve reached a breaking point that calls for a new kind of security solution - one that is designed specifically for the complex hybrid, multi-cloud, multi-compute data centers environment . Companies need...
Fire departments across the country are ordering changes to how they operate in the field, after alarming new research shows that cancer has become the number one killer of firefighters in this country.

Clean Your PPE & Skin Post-Fire to Reduce Chemical Exposure Risk

By the U.S. Fire Administration As a firefighter, you know that firefighting activities can lead to chemical contamination. But do you know what steps you can take to reduce exposures? This understanding...
FBI Special Agent Melissa S. Morrow spent hours upon hours sifting through the toxic terrorist crash site at the Pentagon. NYFD New York City ferry captain evacuated hundreds from Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attack.

FBI Special Agent & NYFD Ferry Captain Die From 9/11 Illness (Video)

By Jessica Schladebeck, the New York Daily News For 10 weeks after 9/11, FBI Special Agent Melissa S. Morrow spent hours upon hours sifting through the toxic terrorist crash site at the...

Navy Commissions New Guided-Missile Destroyer Ralph Johnson

The Navy commissioned its newest guided-missile destroyer, the future USS Ralph Johnson (DDG 114), on Saturday, March 24, at Columbus Street Pier in Charleston, South Carolina. The future USS Ralph Johnson honors...

MS-13 Member Wanted for Violent Crimes Removed to El Salvador

A MS-13 (Mara Salvatrucha) gang member wanted for violent crimes in El Salvador was removed from the U.S. Friday by deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and...
Ross Roggio, 49 of Stroudsburg is accused of illegally exporting firearms to Iraq and other crimes, that together carry a maximum penalty of over 700 years in prison. (Image courtesy of MyLife)

PA Man Charged With Illegally Dealing Firearm Parts & Tools to Iraq

An indictment was unsealed on Friday charging Ross Roggio, 49, of Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and Roggio Consulting Company, LLC, a firm with which Ross Roggio was associated, for alleged involvement in a...
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N2W Software Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

Companies large and small depend on 24/7 access to their data and a crucial need for a backup solution that can be accessed quickly and reliably. No matter what your vertical is...
Senstar’s layered fence-mounted and buried systems combine into a comprehensive security solution was key to this project, it was also their differences that make this multi-layer solution a success.

Multiple Senstar Systems Chosen to Protect Major US Airport (Multi-Video)

Senstar Corporation has delivered the perfect perimeter intrusion detection (PIDS) solution to protect the perimeter of one of North America’s largest cargo airports. Due to the facility’s unique perimeter security requirements, Senstar...