Konica Minolta’s Advanced Authentication Manager solution helps customers using the company’s MFPs to prevent more breaches by providing authentication solutions that use biometric identification instead of standard passwords or Integrated Circuit (IC) cards for print management applications. (Courtesy of Konica Minolta)

Konica Minolta Wins Two Platinum ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

Konica Minolta Business Solutions U.S.A. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce it has received two 2023 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards from American Security Today (AST). For the Konica Minolta Advanced Authentication...
"Join us in welcoming Ms. Mary Rose McCaffrey to SIMS Software’s distinguished Board of Advisors,” said Michael Struttman, CEO of SIMS Software on the company’s LinkedIn page. “Ms. McCaffrey, the former VP of Security for Northrop Grumman and first female Director of Security for the Central Intelligence Agency (Ret.) will be invaluable to our strategic growth efforts and product roadmap,” continued Struttman.

McCaffrey Joins ‘ASTORS’ Champion SIMS Software Board of Advisors

SIMS Software, the leading provider of security information management software to the government and defense industries - and the 2023 Platinum 'ASTORS' Award Champion for Best Security Workforce Management Solution, is...
2023 ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner the Getac B360, is a modern fully rugged laptop designed for field service, utilities, manufacturing, military and public safety markets that require both the raw computing power and the versatility and mobility that comes with a lighter, more compact fully rugged package. (Courtesy of Getac)

Rugged Laptops: What Defense and First Responders Should Look For

Guest Editorial by Mike McMahon, President, Getac North America With law enforcement and first response data being targeted by bad actors and the growing threat of cyberspace being used as a theater...
Public safety deserves a technology solution that also operates as a true partner to combat the industry's biggest challenges. Mark43 is here to provide superior innovation, resiliency, security, interoperability, accessibility, and value so that you can focus on what matters most: serving your communities.

Warren (Ohio) PD Launches Mark43 Records Management System

Mark43, a leading cloud-native public safety software company that took home Top Awards for Best Disaster Preparedness and Disaster Recovery Solution in the 2023 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, is pleased...
Many agencies see the benefit of training in their own backyard and acclimating their pilots to their own area of operations. FLYMOTION offers custom training courses for organizations across the world merging the traditional classroom environment with realistic environments.

Power of Flexible Tech: Applying Conference Room Tech to Front Lines

Guest Editorial by Luke Reeves, Content Creator at FLYMOTION As a veteran-owned end-to-end advanced technology solution provider, our team of veterans and former first responders at FLYMOTION aren’t afraid to push technology’s...
Entro Security is the Secrets Management platform that finally lets you take control of your secrets across vaults, code, chats and platforms.

Entro Security Newest Competitor in 2024 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

Entro Security, an Israeli cybersecurity startup offering secrets security and management, is pleased to announce the company has been Nominated to Compete in the 2024 'ASTORS' Homeland Security, Public Safety, and...
Craig Debban, CISO of 2023 ’ASTORS’ Awards Champion QuSecure, and a former Information Systems Management Officer in the United States Marine Corp, shares some tips for AST readers to consider so cyber criminals cannot ruin your holiday season!

‘ASTORS’ Champion QuSecure: Tips to Stay Safe this Holiday Season

Guest Editorial by Craig Debban, Chief Information Security Officer of QuSecure Have you ever been on a trip and realized you forgot to pack something important? It’s easy to overlook things during...
Many public sector organizations still aren’t following recommendations made a decade ago, much less following current recommendations. Often if fortunate enough to have effective information technology/cybersecurity resources (and most public sector organizations, especially smaller agencies, do not) the requests made by these professionals often are rejected out of hand because those at the leadership level find them too bothersome or too expensive, or both.

The Top Five Scariest Public Sector Cybersecurity Trends

Guest Editorial by Richard Osborne and Jason Franks Cybersecurity for public-sector organizations — i.e., those in the public safety and justice communities — is a big, messy problem that is getting bigger...
Quantum Unified Surveillance Platform 5.0 records 10,000+ cameras to a single cluster, achieves 99.9999% uptime, and reduces data center footprint by up to 80% with a unified compute and storage platform.

Quantum Nominated to Compete in Fifth ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

Quantum Corporation, a Multi-Award Winner in the 2022 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, is pleased to announce its Unified Surveillance Platform (USP) 5.0 has been Nominated in their Fifth 'ASTORS' Homeland Security...
New Partnership Agreement Enhances Infinigate Security Portfolio and Supports 'ASTORS' Nominee Versa Networks Expansion into EMEA Markets

‘ASTORS’ Nominee Partners to Bring Unified SASE to EMEA Enterprises

Versa Networks, a global leader in AI/ML-powered Unified Secure Access Service Edge (SASE), and the Gold 'ASTORS' Award Champion for Best Network Security Solution in AST's 2021 Homeland Security Awards Program,...