Attorney General Bill Barr says the iPhones belonging to Pensacola naval base gunman Mohammed Alshamrani, who killed three US sailors helped the Justice Department in establishing Alshamrani’s “significant” ties to al Qaeda before he even arrived in the U.S. and right up until the night of the murders. (Courtesy of YouTube.)

FBI Finds al Qaeda Links on Pensacola Shooter’s iPhones

May 18, 2020 – In Breaking News – Fox News After being denied help from Apple, FBI investigators have been able to access the contents of the phones that belonged to the Saudi aviation student who shot and killed...
90% of ‘ASTORS’ Award Winners return to compete in the Annual ‘ASTORS‘ Homeland Security Awards Program, and 100% of ‘ASTORS’ Sponsors returned year to year to reap the benefits of their participation in the industry’s largest and most comprehensive Annual Awards Program.

Award Sponsors, the Jewels of the ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program

American Security Today (AST) is pleased to announce it's Annual 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards program has had 100% returning sponsors for Three, Four and Five years, such as ATI Systems, Attivo Networks, Automatic...
Vismo Incident Management communicates key information about emerging incidents within seconds to those at risk

Global Tracking Specialist Vismo Unveils Vismo Incident Management

Vismo Global Tracking Solutions has announced the availability of Vismo Incident Management, which allows organizations to alert traveling staff to incidents that are a threat or potential threat to their well-being. Alerts...
Carl Press, a Principal at Thoma Bravo.

Thoma Bravo Completes Strategic Growth Investment in Exostar

Thoma Bravo, a leading private equity investment firm focused on software and technology-enabled services, has announced the completion of its acquisition of Exostar, a leader in trusted, secure business collaboration. Exostar’s unique...

Everbridge Helps Mitigate Impact of COVID-19 for Safe Return to Work

Everbridge, a global leader in Critical Event Management (CEM), and a Winner in the Annual ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Program for Three Consecutive Years, has achieved the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the...
Some DHS operations are using blockchain and distributed technologies to issue and verify credentials using open standards. These systems use credentials that may be issued by DHS and held in a digital wallet. DHS is looking for a UI design that supports best practices for visual consistency, ensures security and privacy, is interoperable, and can be integrated with existing back-end processes.

DHS S&T Launches Prize Challenge for Digital Wallet User Interfaces

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T), which was recognized with Three 2019 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards Program, is challenging innovators to design a better user interface...

AST Proudly Presents the 2020 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Winners

American Security Today’s 'ASTORS' Homeland Security Awards program is in its Fifth Year and continues to recognize the Outstanding Innovations of top firms and agencies in the Homeland Security and Public...
Orolia Defense and Security Introduce Flexible, Resilient Military PNT for Every Military Environment

Orolia Launches Flexible, Resilient PNT for Every Military Environment

Orolia, a world leader in Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT), and 2020 Platinum 'ASTORS' Award Winner for Best Resilient Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Solutions, has announced the availability of...
'ASTORS' Award Winning GrammaTech is developing the ReMath Program, focuses on Automating the Analysis of Mathematical Models in Cyber Physical System Binaries for maintenance and modernization.

DARPA Taps GrammaTech for Artifi-cial Intel Exploration (AIE) Program

For more than five decades, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has been a leader in generating groundbreaking research and development (R&D) that facilitated the advancement and application of rule-based...
Mike Madsen, AST Publisher (at left); Commissioner William J. Bratton, Guest Keynote Speaker; Tammy Waitt, Managing Director; and Dr. Kathleen Kiernan, CEO of Kiernan Group Holdings at the 2019 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards Luncheon

2021 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Presentation Luncheon Returns to ISC East in NYC

Homeland Security has surged to the forefront of our national conversation this year as we continue to experience an immigration crisis along our southern border, civil unrest in our cities as well...