S&T Project Helps Secure First Responder Apps From Cyberattacks

A pilot project funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) resulted in the successful remediation of potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities in mobile applications (apps) used by the nation’s...
The Arecont Vision Technology Partner Program™ and its subsidiary MegaLab™ test, certification, and integration facility, adds advanced network technology provider Allied Telesis to its membership.

Allied Telesis Joins Arecont Vision Technology Partner Program

Arecont Vision®, the 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Platinum Award Winner for Best IP Video Surveillance Solution, and the industry leader in IP-based megapixel camera technology, has welcomed Allied Telesis, Inc. to the Arecont Vision Technology Partner...
Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office

US/Canada Comm Interoperability Demo’d Among First Responders

When disaster strikes, we rush to our phones to call friends and family near the affected area to ensure they are safe, or we take to social media for the same...
The smartphone’s ability to disseminate and receive important information in real-time holds the potential to change the way law enforcement or investigative services work going forward.

It’s Time to Make Mobile Tech Work for First Responders (Multi-Video)

By Larry Rose and Martin Gillespie, Salient CRGT Recent tragedies have highlighted the growing need to provide first responders, law enforcement officers, and federal officers, who protect the lives of citizens daily,...
“Every cutter, boat or aircraft these days has not only embedded navigation and command and control and communications systems, but even for example, on a Coast Guard cutter, the whole machinery and equipment that operates the main propulsion depends on networked technology that we must harden and protect from cyberspace threats,” Lunday told the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.

USCG Cyber Command ‘As Important as Cutters & Aircraft’ (Multi-Video)

By David Thornton, Federal News Radio The U.S. Coast Guard has a split-identity – it’s a military service, but it falls under the purview of the Homeland Security Department, not the Defense...
Autopsy—an open-source, digital forensics platform used by law enforcement agencies worldwide to determine how a digital device was used in a crime and recover evidence—is being enhanced with the addition of several new capabilities requested by law enforcement.

S&T Enhancing the Autopsy Digital Forensics Tool

Nearly every crime committed today involves digital media, such as computers and cell phones. In most cases, these devices contain vital evidence, including call logs, location information, text and email messages,...

Guilty Pleas in Computer Crime Cases Involving Massive DDoS Attacks (Videos)

The Justice Department have announced today the guilty pleas in three high-profile cybercrime cases.  In the District of Alaska, defendants pleaded guilty to creating and operating two botnets, which targeted “Internet of...
Rishi Bhargava, co-founder and vice president of marketing at Demisto.

Demisto Enterprise Wins Two 2017 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

Demisto, an innovator in Security Automation and Orchestration technology, has won two awards in the 2017 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program from American Security Today, (AST). The Demisto Enterprise Security Operations Platform...

Executive Order Holds Agency Heads Responsible for Cyber Risks

Guest editorial by Richard Smith, CACI Vice President for Enterprise IT and Dabney Kern, CACI Senior Vice President for Homeland and National Defense  The recently released 2018 federal budget includes an Executive...

Mass Shooting Alerts Transmitted by TerrorMate Globally (See Video)

TerrorMate, the world’s first terror alert app, and 2017 Platinum ‘ASTORS’ Award Winner for Best Video Data Storage Solution, is expanding its user alert capabilities to include mass shootings. The real-time intelligence system with well-established terror...