With NICE Inform, NICE has reinvented 911 recording to give emergency communications centers the tools they need to improve their operations today while also preparing for what’s coming next.

NICE Inform Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

If it’s not available in your community already, chances are it soon will be. All of the major wireless carriers now provide text-to-911 services to their subscribers, and more than 1,400 PSAPs...
It's insanely easy to implement biometrics instead of PINs, passwords or codes.  So AimBrain is giving you theirs. Why? Because at AimBrain, they are engineers too.

AimBrain Launches Free-for-Life Biometric ID Platform (See Demo)

AimBrain has just launched a free-for-life platform that lets entrepreneurs, app developers and technical audiences swap PINS, passwords and codes for facial and voice user biometric verifications, in an autonomous, trial-to-deployment...
With more than two-thirds of organizations experiencing data theft when employees depart, you need to protect your organization against insider threats. Find out how, here.

When Employees Leave: Best Practices for Preventing Data Theft

By Chuck Burbank, CIO, FairWarning, Inc. Empowering your employees to do their best work means providing them access to physical and digital assets in the company network that can help them scale...
U.S.-CERT TA18-149A notes that the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a joint “technical alert” urging network users and administrators to update patches and security software and to scan for suspicious email attachments, among other steps.

US-Cert Releases Alert re North Korean Malware HIDDEN COBRA

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issued an alert on Tuesday that identifies two types of malware, Joanap & Brambul, as linked to the North Korean government. U.S.-CERT TA18-149A notes that...
CommandWear Systems Inc. is working to address a global problem – poor situational awareness and communication among first responders in emergency situations. Launched in 2013, the Vancouver-based company develops software and mobile apps for wearable technology to keep first responders safer on the job.

CommandWear Helps Save Lives While Keeping First Responders Safe

CommandWear™ has launched, and has seen rapid growth due to rising demand for enhanced safety and security technologies. The company’s web, mobile and wearable apps address critical needs of first responders around the...

DISA Makes Strides to Common Access Card Replacement (Video)

The Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) assured identity initiatives seek to establish and continuously validate a digital identity, for next-generation authentication, to enable the Department of Defense (DoD) to better identify individuals and...
A fragmented market and ecosystem mean it will take at least five years to get security to a meaningful level, explains Kevin Fogarty, technology editor at Semiconductor Engineering.

Why Industrial IoT (IIoT) Security Is So Difficult (Learn More, Videos)

By Kevin Fogarty, Semiconductor Engineering Despite the high risk of a market filled with billions of at least partially unprotected devices, it is likely to take five years or more to reach...
Shinichi Yoshida, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Canon U.S.A. Inc.

Shinichi Yoshida Named Successor as Exec VP & GM, of Canon U.S.A.

After more than 38 years working at Canon, Toyotsugu Kuwamura, executive vice president and general manager of Canon U.S.A.’s Business Imaging Solutions Group (BISG) and Chairman and CEO of Canon Solutions...
Acuant continues to strengthen IP and offer best in class identity proofing solutions

Acuant Wins ID Doc Image Verification Patent (See Video)

Acuant, a global provider of identity verification to instantly reduce fraud, has been awarded U.S. Patent No. 9,916,327, which focuses on remote image acquisition and the processing of ID documents, added to...
Sailors stand watch in the Fleet Operations Center at the headquarters of U.S. Fleet Cyber Command/U.S. 10th Fleet. U.S. Fleet Cyber Command serves as the Navy component command to U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command. U.S. 10th Fleet is the operational arm of Fleet Cyber Command and executes its mission through a task force structure. (Courtesy of U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist Samuel Souvannason)

Fleet Cyber Command New Inspections Focus on Readiness

U.S. Fleet Cyber Command's Office of Compliance and Assessment (OCA) launched its Command Cyber Operational Readiness Inspections (CCORI) program earlier this year, marking the first time this type of inspection will be...