Unmonitored manhole/vault covers pose significant vulnerability access points to sensitive governmental areas & critical infrastructure locations for physical attack, frequently missed in perimeter protection strategies, as evidenced for example, by the Metcalf attack (Image courtesy of Cleveland Electric Labs)

How Manhole Sensors Protect our Critical Infrastructure (Multi-Video)

When dignitaries or high-profile individuals visit cities, municipal crews often weld manholes shut in vulnerable locations to ensure safety, costing tens or even hundreds of thousands of dollars each time they must...

Audio Released of 911 Call by Georgia Tech Student Killed by Police (Video)

By T. Rees Shapiro, Avi Selk, Wesley Lowery and Rachel Chason, The Washington Post A police cruiser was torched, protesters were arrested, and at least one Georgia Tech officer was evacuated by ambulance...

Camera Canvass Tracker in ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards (Video)

Probable Cause Solutions is pleased to announce their Camera Canvass Tracker has been nominated to compete in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program. Camera Canvass Tracker is a patented pending technology...

Nuclear Power Plant Upgrades to CompuLert NEXGen Central Control

Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, located in Lusby, MD, recently upgraded to the CompuLert™ NEXGen central control platform, by American Signal Corporation (ASC), a competitor in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards.  Featuring two reactors,...

Radware Launches The Ultimate IoT Botnet Killer (Learn More, Multi-Video)

Scalable, adaptable and highly sophisticated – IoT botnets have been involved in nearly every major recent DDoS attack. As the botnet landscape expands and larger, more destructive threats become inevitable, it’s...

Siklu Participates in Successful 5G Experiment with RAPID Consortium

Siklu, millimeter wave market leader and a competitor in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, has participated in a successful live 5G demonstration in Warsaw, Poland with RAPID 5G consortium...
As guardians, protectors and first responders, security professionals not only deserve our respect and gratitude during National Security Officer Appreciation Week, but every single day of the year

Please Join Us in Celebrating National Security Officer Appreciation Week

Allied Universal is proud to join American Security Today in celebrating all security professionals with the third annual National Security Officer Appreciation Week, observed this year Sept. 17-23. The Freedonia Group reports that...

‘Armed & Dangerous’ Inmates Escape MS Prison (Learn More, Video)

By Mary Kekatos, The Associated Press via Daily Mail .com Two inmates, included a convicted murderer, have escaped from Mississippi's largest prison. Officials say the escapees are armed and dangerous. It is believed...

ICE HSI-Led Caso Pilato Nets 53 MS-13 Arrests (Learn More, Video)

'Caso Pilato,' an 18 month investigation into the Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) gang by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU) in El Salvador,...

Navy Christens Amphibious Assault Ship Tripoli (Learn More, Video)

The Navy christened its newest America-class amphibious assault ship, the future USS Tripoli (LHA 7), during a ceremony Saturday, September 16, in Pascagoula, Mississippi with approximately 2,000 guests in attendance. Lynne Mabus, wife...