7 Cybersecurity Threats and Trends to Watch for in 2020 (Multi-Video)

Guest OpEd by Gilad David Maayan Cybercriminals are constantly looking for new strategies and exploits to damage organizations. However, some older threats remain amongst the most common attacks on businesses. The overall damage...
The BLG77 reinforced rising fenced barrier offers a strong alternative to a sliding gate and is one of the fastest full height automatic gates on the market, capable of opening 20 feet in seven seconds.

Automatic Systems Vehicle Gates Achieve ETL Certification to UL 325

Automatic Systems, Premier Sponsor and Platinum Award Winner in the 2019 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, is pleased to announce the companies BLG7X vehicle products are now listed to UL325 Standards...
"Did anyone consult with police before designing and manufacturing the new Ontario licence plates? They're virtually unreadable at night." Tweeted Sgt Steve Koopman in Kingston, Ont. (Courtesy of Sgt Koopman and Twitter)

Ontario’s New License Plates: You Can’t Read Them (Learn More, Video)

February 18, 2020 – In Breaking News – NPR Ontario's newly-designed license plates just hit a speedbump. Call it Plate-gate. A little background: The Canadian province's new design was unveiled by the provincial government —...
The OFFSET program hosts its third field experiment in Camp Shelby, Miss. (Courtesy of DARPAtv and YouTube.)

DARPA Robotic Swarm Exercise Conducts Urban Raid Demo (Video)

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Pentagon’s research branch, DARPA, which was recognized in the 2018 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, is working to train robots for war. In December, in...
Ocean gliders are one of the Navy's many tools for collecting data on the internal structure of the ocean for assimilation into ocean models. Gliders surface periodically to transmit data via satellite and are capable of collecting numerous types of data, including currents, temperature, salinity, pressure, and optics. (Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory)

Smart Sea Glider Teams to Improve US Navy’s Ocean Predictions

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory Scientists from the Ocean Sciences Division are optimizing the placement of slow-moving ocean gliders, and the glider data gathered, to improve the Navy's ability to predict ocean...
A 2019 survey conducted by the Department of Justice (DOJ) found that some 43 percent of criminals had bought their firearms on the black market, 6 percent acquired them via theft, and 10 percent made a retail purchase – 0.8 percent purchased a weapon from a gun show.

Where Do Criminals Really Get their Guns?

February 19, 2020 – In Breaking News – Fox News Mass shootings all too routinely hit the headlines across the United States. But what rarely makes a blip on the news cycle are the...
All eligible applicants are strongly encouraged to initiate and complete the Standard Form 424 submission within Grants.gov no later than April 8, 2020.

Apply Without Delay for DHS Fiscal Year 2020 Preparedness Grants

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 Notices of Funding Opportunity for eight DHS preparedness grant programs totaling nearly $1.8 billion are now open. The grant programs provide...

Everbridge is Helping Firms & Govts to Mitigate COVID-19 Virus Impact

The outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a rapidly evolving situation, spreading across the globe and infecting thousands of people in dozens of countries. As a result, the World Health Organization...
The President's New Executive Order seeks to strengthen national resilience by identifying and promoting the responsible use of positioning, navigation, and timing services by the Federal Government and critical infrastructure owners and operators.

Protecting Critical Infrastructure with Resilient PNT

With the new Executive Order on Resilient Positioning, Timing and Navigation (PNT), signed by President Donald J. Trump on February 12, 2020, the federal government sets an urgent priority on protecting...

Leveling Up Encryption for U.S. Federal Agencies

Guest Editorial by Walter Paley, VP of Communications for SafeLogic It’s 2020, and for folks working in the cryptography niche, that means it is time to address a convergence of complications. I don’t...