The Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System is certified by US and UK Government authorities and trusted by customers in K-12 schools, colleges and universities, Fortune 1000 corporations, public venues, and state and federal government agencies, and other private and public venues across the globe.

SDS & Mutualink Partner for Rapid Response in Active Shooter Incidents

Shooter Detection Systems (SDS), a former 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Award Winner, and Mutualink, have joined forces in a new technology integration between SDS's Guardian Indoor Active Shooter Detection System and Mutualink's...
Nationwide last year, 4,239 firearms were discovered in carry-on bags at checkpoints across the country, averaging about 11.6 firearms per day, approximately a 7 percent increase nationally in firearm discoveries from the total of 3,957 detected in 2017. Eighty-six percent of firearms detected at checkpoints last year were loaded and nearly 34 percent had a bullet in the chamber. (Courtesy of the TSA)

TSA Catches Arlington, VA Man with Loaded Gun at DCA Airport

The number of firearms caught by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) checkpoints have been increasing at an alarming rate this year, as TSA officers...
The CAIRA from Haines Security Solutions is designed to identify and quantify vulnerabilities and risks associated with applicable Critical Infrastructure (CI) systems being subjected to various natural and manmade threats. This information empowers decision makers in making informed decisions, setting priorities, and developing future plans, projects, and programs needed to remediate, mitigate, or accepting the risk, and identifies cost-effective solutions to mitigate risk and assists in the development of projects to correct noted deficiencies.

HEY BOSS, IT’S TIME FOR YOUR ‘SECURITY’ COLONSCOPY

Quantifying Asset Values, Threats, Vulnerabilities and Risks Guest Editorial by Doug Haines Every year or so, I get a medical check-up and every year the doc says, “Why don’t we schedule that colonoscopy...
A USB drive with hardware-based encryption is an excellent, non-complicated and simple solution to protect data from breaches, while also providing compliance with evolving governmental regulations.

Encryption Is Key in the World of BYOD USB Flash Drives

Guest Editorial by Richard Kanadjian, Encrypted USB Business Manager at Kingston Technology Today, government entities are filling their workplace environments with all sorts of interesting, novel perks in an attempt to keep staff...
The camera-agnostic PlateSmart ARES turns virtually any surveillance camera into an ALPR reader. But its object recognition technology captures data from everything it sees, such as vehicle make, state jurisdiction and the background environment. For more actionable intelligence than ever before.

PlateSmart Features ‘ASTORS’ Award-Winning ARES ALPR at ISC West

You won’t find PlateSmart Technologies on the exhibitor list for ISC West, but they will be on site, demonstrating its award-winning ARES automatic license plate recognition (ALPR) solution with a number...
Two children were among six people wounded when two men opened fire on a baby shower on the South Side of Chicago. 20 children were playing outside when the gunmen opened fire, sending them running for cover. An 8yo boy was shot in the chest & a 10yo girl was shot in the shin. Police say both are in stable condition. (Courtesy of YouTube)

24 Shot in 30 hrs, Violence Returns with Warmest Weekend this Year

April 7, 2019 – In Breaking News – Chicago Tribune In a period of a little over 24 hours this weekend, 24 people were shot in Chicago, including three children under 13...
On September 11, 2001 American Airlines Flight 77 slammed into the building, killing 184 people—64 on the plane, including five hijackers—and 120 Pentagon employees. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons by Cpl. Jason Ingersool, USMC)

FBI Tech Dies as Direct Result of Work in Response to 9/11 Attacks

It is with great sadness that the FBI announced the line-of-duty death of William “Homer” Lewis, an electronics technician of the Finance and Facilities Division. Lewis served in the FBI for more...
Two Henry County Georgia police officers were shot on Thursday and the suspect gunman remains barricaded inside a home with at least one teenage hostage, according to authorities. (Courtesy of YouTube)

1 Dead, 2 GA Officers Shot, Standoff Continues (Multi-Video)

April 4, 2019 – In Breaking News – AJC Two Henry County police officers were shot and a suspected gunman remains barricaded inside a home with at least one hostage during an...

Darktrace Competes in 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

Darktrace, a leading global AI company for cyber defense with thousands of customers worldwide, is pleased to announce the company's Enterprise Immune System has been nominated to compete in the 2019...

NICE & FBINAA Partner for Global Educational & Research Initiatives

Every police investigation is a race against time. The first 48 to 72 hours are critical. The longer it takes to develop a lead, identify a suspect or make an arrest, the...