The U.S. government is spending about $500 million on “cyber technologies” to fight back. A portion of this is set aside for a virtual firing range of sorts to test out what they develop. This would also allow military personnel to simulate attacks in order to train security personnel to be ready for when an [...]
Future Attribute Screening Technology (FAST), a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) programme designed to spot people who are intending to commit a terrorist act, has in the past few months completed its first round of field tests at an undisclosed location in the northeast, the online magazine Nature has learned. Like a lie detector, [...]
Next April 12-15 at Riocentro Exhibitions Center in Rio de Janeiro starts Latin America Aero & Defence LAAD , an important trade show for the defence and security industry in Latin America. Backed by the Brazilian State and Defense Industry , LAAD takes place every two years bringing together Brazilian and international companies that specialize [...]
An israeli army missile defense batteries system called Iron Dome -placed in the south of Israel - successfully intercepted nine Grad, Katiushka and Kassam missiles from Gaza over the weekend. “This is a historic achievement and the first time in the world that a short-range rocket was shot down in this way,” one defense official [...]
In Chile, the option of integrating nuclear power to the national energy matrix seems to be losing popularity. The tsunami and nuclear tragedy in Japan has restarted the debate on the safety of nuclear power in Chile. The earthquake of 8.9 on the Richter scale and devastating tsunami that followed caused serious consequences at all four nuclear power plants located [...]
The Department of Homeland Security is accepting proposals on “a full array of audio and video surveillance equipment” until March 16, 2011, according to a solicitation posted on U.S. Federal Business Opportunities by DHS’ Enterprise Information Technology Acquisition Division (EAD). For full details READ MORE HERE.
The president of Brazil decided to postpone the award of a purchase of military jets and want to start the whole process all over again. She wants to reassess the final offer, a move that could signal a realignment of strategic alliances in the country. The freeze of the jets deal was a big surprise [...]
The high security “virtual fence” project between the United States and Mexico is now history. The project was cancelled by U.S. President Barack Obama last friday. The fence was meant to guard and improve the surveillance in some stretches of the U.S. border with Mexico. But, there is a new project that will replace the [...]
The new brazilian government of President Dilma Rousseff plans to spend 6 billion dollars in a project to protect its borders from smuggling and arms trafficking, reported yesterday by the newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo. The system called Sisfron, will be completed by 2019. The money raised by the government to protect its frontiers would [...]
The days of traditional surveillance are almost gone. If it is in a prison , a burglary or riots on the streets,.. electronic security, cameras and computers are the new trend, and they can see all the action. For example, in a recent drill in a penitentiary in West Virginia five cameras tracked the “prisoners”, [...]
Joe Parry says: In Intelligence Infographics ” a good sketch is better than a long speech”.
EISIC, Dr. Nasrullah Memon and Computational Criminology: Early Warning Informatics System could predict Terrorist Threats
Sensor Urban Environments can prevent and fight robberies, terrorism attacks, natural catastrophes and other emergencies.
Athens Cyber Security Conference, Dr. Thuraisingham´s “Data Mining for Security”.
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