DHS Works to Mitigate Large-Scale Car Bomb Attacks in the US
In July of 2016, a refrigerator truck packed with explosives detonated next to a crowded apartment block in Baghdad’s Karrada neighborhood.
The blast killed 323 people and was one of the worst...
Virtual Active Shooter Training Now Available to First Responders (Video)
First responders of all disciplines will now be able to train together for active shooter and other critical incidents thanks to a new virtual training platform made available by the Department...
DHS Grant Awards to Counter Terrorist Recruitment/Radicalization
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the award recipients for the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) Grant Program today.
These grants support community-led initiatives across the country to combat all forms of...
S&T to Demo New EDGE Virtual Training for First Responders (Video)
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) will host a media-only, online demonstration of the new Enhanced Dynamic Geo-Social Environment (EDGE) virtual training platform on June 28...
TNT Advancing Pace & Effectiveness of Cognitive Skills Training (Video)
In March 2016, DARPA announced the Targeted Neuroplasticity Training (TNT) program, an effort to enlist the body’s peripheral nervous system to achieve something that has long been considered the brain’s domain...
ARES Adds an Adv Behavior Module to AVERT Risk Assess Software
ARES Security (ASC) has unveiled a new Advanced Behavior Module for their AVERT software family.
AVERT software enables customers to optimize their facilities through detailed risks assessments preparing them for any eventuality.
The...
7 Child Predators Nabbed in ‘Operation Firewall’ (Learn More)
Following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) probe, special agents assigned to the HSI San Juan Child Exploitation Investigations Group (CEIG) arrested Tuesday and Wednesday seven...
Gov’t Presents the Future of Secure Identity & Access at 2017 Conference
Over half of the more than 200 security experts, government technology vendors and industry leaders at the Secure Technology Alliance’s Securing Federal Identity 2017 conference in Washington, D.C. last week who gathered...
Ameristar Joins NSC in Celebrating National Safety Month (Multi-Video)
National Safety Month focuses on reducing leading causes of injury and death at work, on the road and in our homes and communities.
Ameristar joins the National Safety Council (NSC) and thousands of organizations...
PivotPoint’s SafetyML Training Safeguards Safety-Critical Systems
PivotPoint Technology, introduces the SafetyML™ (Safety Modeling Language™) and Model-Based Functional Safety (MBFS) training for specifying the analyses, designs and architectures of safety-critical systems.
The SafetyML v. 1.0 is an OMG UML™ and...
