The 2022 'ASTORS' honors mark the third consecutive year Rajant radio nodes have been distinguished for enabling highly mobile IoT applications for public safety and security.

Rajant Earns 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Win for Industry Leadership & Innovation

Rajant, the pioneer of Kinetic Mesh® wireless networks, and recipient of Triple Platinum Homeland Security Awards in American Security Today's 2022 'ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards, is pleased to announce the company...
The widespread adoption of mobile technology in EMS will transform how emergency professionals respond to 911 calls and reduce costs for EMS providers. Similar programs can help with better resource allocation, lowering costs for patients and emergency medical services overall.

How Mobile Tech Enhances EMS Response, from Dispatch to On Scene

Guest Editorial by Scott Morris, Senior Account Manager, Panasonic Connect North America Can you imagine a world where laptops didn’t exist for EMS workers? Yet, as late as 2011, states, including Georgia...
“Hexagon has long been a leader in public safety solutions that deliver situational awareness and insights to emergency services and others – improving operations, minimizing risk, and saving lives,” added Hexagon President and CEO Ola Rollén. “Qognify’s solutions are a natural expansion of our public safety portfolio, adding comprehensive and tightly integrated video capabilities that can provide dispatchers, responders, and investigators with new levels of intelligence to serve and protect their communities.”

Hexagon AB Acquires Qognify

Hexagon AB, a global leader in digital reality solutions combining sensor, software, and autonomous technologies has acquired Qognify, a leading provider of Physical Security and Enterprise Incident Management software solutions. Qognify was...
BackBox brings powerful automation to help free people by removing complexity from network management. BackBox also creates a central backup of network device configurations with one-click recovery to help ensure high availability resilience.

BackBox Named Best Network Automation Solution in 2022 ‘ASTORS’

BackBox, a market leader in network automation, security, and management solutions, is pleased to announce its Centralized Multi-Vendor Network Automation was named Best Network Automation Solution in the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland...

API Security Flaws Found within The LEGO® Group Online Service Platform

Salt Labs has released new threat research highlighting two API security vulnerabilities discovered within BrickLink, a digital resale platform owned by The LEGO® Group which could have enabled attackers to compromise LEGO’s internal...
Eric Bassier, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Quantum offers AST readers tips for introducing a multi-layered approach to ransomware recovery

Preparing for the Inevitable: Tips for Multi-Layered Ransomware Recovery

Guest editorial by Eric Bassier, Senior Director of Product Marketing, Quantum Cybercriminals are constantly finding new and innovative ways to trick employees into clicking links that enable ransomware to infiltrate an organization’s infrastructure. In...
Attendees enjoying the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Ceremony: (left to right), Dr. Kathleen Kiernan, President of NEC National Security Solutions (NSS); John Boyd Assistant Director of the DHS Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM); Jim Robell, President of Fortior Solutions and the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Industry Leadership & Innovation Person of the Year; Commissioner Bill Bratton, Kym Craven, Executive Director for the National Association of Women Law Enforcement Executives (NAWLEE); CBP OFO DEAC Diane Sabatino, the 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Government Leadership & Innovation Person of the Year; OBIM Chief of Staff Penelope Smith; Frank Russo, CBP OFO Director of Field Operations NY & NJ; and Celinez Nunez, Assistant Director & Chief Security Officer for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives (ATF).

2022 ‘ASTORS’ Honors Leadership & Innovation Award Winners in NYC

American Security Today’s Annual ‘ASTORS’ Awards, the preeminent U.S. Homeland Security Awards Program, now in its Seventh Year, continues to recognize industry leaders of Physical and Border Security, Cybersecurity, Emergency Preparedness...
Changes to regulations, standards, and guidelines are rippling up and down the federal government through agencies, large and small, in response to the White House Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, but here are some of the major ones put forth by CISA and NIST.

Highlighting CISA & NIST’s Efforts Under EO 14028: Standards & Security

Guest editorial by Dr. Brian Gant Companies and organizations have been increasingly aware of the need for cybersecurity to safeguard their data and that of their customers. However, even the best intentions...
Canon U.S.A. earned recognition in the categories of Best Access Control and Authentication Solution and Best Device Visibility and Control Solution for its continually updated and enhanced uniFLOW Online and Canon Office Cloud offerings.

Canon U.S.A. Earns Multi-Gold 2022 ‘ASTORS’ Homeland Security Awards

For its efforts in offering cloud print and scan solutions with built-in security features that can help users modernize some of their scanning and printing processes – Canon U.S.A., Inc., a...

2022 ‘ASTORS’ a Hit in NYC: Honoring Homeland Security Winners (Sl -Z)

FDNY Assistant Chief Joseph Jardin, currently assigned to the Bureau of Fire Operations, also joined AST for the 2022 'ASTORS' Awards Ceremony and luncheon banquet and honored the men and women...