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2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Open for Early Entries

Be In It to Win IT, and Receive the Recognition your Organization Deserves American Security Today is pleased to announce that Early Entry Nominations are being accepted for the 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The lack of a criminal domestic terrorism statute makes the federal government extremely cautious about using the term “terrorism” when there’s no link to a group the United States has officially designated as an international terrorist organization.

FBI Agents & Internet the Agree: The Feds Should Call Terrorism What It Is

By Ryan J. Reilly Whenever a white non-Muslim man commits an act of mass violence ― not an infrequent occurrence in recent history ― the online debate begins. Why aren’t authorities calling this...
Harris Corporation provides reliable electronic warfare technology for aircraft safety and mission success

Harris Corp Awarded $161M F/A-18 Electronic Warfare System Contract

Harris Corporation has been awarded a $161 million contract modification to supply the next production lot of electronic jammers to protect U.S. Navy and Australian F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet aircraft...
SunTrust Park, Home to the Atlanta Braves, is One of Three New MLB Stadiums Using the Innovative CLEAR Biometric Platform to Enhance Security and Deliver a Seamless, Personalized Game Day Experience for Fans

CLEAR Biometrics in 3 New MLB Stadiums for 2018 Season

The CLEAR biometric identity platform, has been launched three new Major League Baseball (MLB) stadiums, in a major nationwide sports expansion for the company. The CLEAR network for the 2018 MLB season...

Canadian Man Charged in MI Airport Terrorism Knife Attack (Multi-Video)

Amor M. Ftouhi, 50, of Montreal, Canada, who was previously indicted in July 2017, for charges relating to an attack on a Bishop Airport officer in Flint, Michigan, was further charged...