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DHS Continues to Strengthen Election Security Efforts by Hosting Facebook Briefing on Malign Activity on Social Media Platforms

Cyber Security

DHS & Facebook Combat Threats to US Elections (Learn More, See...

Tammy Waitt - August 7, 2018

Critical Infrastructure

Geospace Acquires ‘ASTORS’ Winner Quantum Technology Sciences

Tammy Waitt - August 6, 2018

Jesus Dozal-Castillo (Courtesy of YouTube)

Border

Multi-Agency Effort Nabs a Yuma’s Most Wanted (Learn More, Videos)

Tammy Waitt - July 31, 2018

Hackers related to Russia gained access to the control rooms of U.S. electric utilities in 2016 and 2017, and were able to compromise the grid the point where they could have interrupted power flows and caused blackouts.

Critical Infrastructure

Russian Hackers May Have Caused US Electricity Blackouts (Video)

Tammy Waitt - July 25, 2018

Code Dx Enterprise is an automated application vulnerability management tool that makes all of your testing tools work together to provide one set of correlated results, then helps you prioritize and manage vulnerabilities—integrating with your application lifecycle management tools so your security and development teams work together for faster remediation.

Corporate Facilities

Code Dx Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards Program (Learn More, Video)

Tammy Waitt - July 23, 2018

On April 17, 2013, an ammonium nitrate explosion occurred at the West Fertilizer Company storage and distribution facility in West, Texas, eighteen miles north of Waco, while emergency services personnel were responding to a fire at the facility. Fifteen people were killed, more than 160 injured, and more than 150 buildings damaged or destroyed. On May 11, 2016, the ATF stated that the fire had been deliberately set.

Campus Security

Congressional Action Needed to Renew Effective CFATS Program

Tammy Waitt - June 23, 2018

Optim FreedomView Videoscope

Border

FreedomView Competes in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards (Multi-Video)

Tammy Waitt - June 7, 2018

The Guardian Escape System from High Rise Escape Systems provide simple, reliable and inexpensive solutions for self-evacuation and rescue so that people can truly plan two ways out.

Campus Security

High Rise Escape System in 2018 ‘ASTORS’ Awards (Multi-Video)

Tammy Waitt - June 5, 2018

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.

Communications

US-Cert Releases Alert re North Korean Malware HIDDEN COBRA

Tammy Waitt - May 30, 2018

Critical Infrastructure

NACD Advocate for Rail Reform & Counterterrorism Security Standards

Tammy Waitt - April 26, 2018

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