Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: Calexico East POEin California Customs and Border Protection has determined that both the mobile and stationary versions of the low-energy X-ray inspection systems (LEXRIS) it uses to search for illegal drugs and terrorist weapons at the U.S. border “will not significantly affect…
IACP Conference, 2012: Guy Page, Global Marketing Manager, Human Identification Systems, IntegenX
law_enforcement_first_responders IntegenX makes products for life sciences research and other areas, says Guy Page, but the company is at the 2012 IACP show to introduce its flagship product for law enforcement, the RapidHIT DNA testing system, which can get forensic test results from a DNA sample in 90 minutes or…
Human trafficking: Using analytics to address a faceless crime
Dale Peet Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Dale Peet During my entire 23-year career as a police officer, I never dealt specifically with an individual who admitted they were a victim of human trafficking. That doesn’t mean that human trafficking isn’t a problem, or that it doesn’t happen in…
DHS, DoT and Amtrak team up to battle human trafficking
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Amtrak Amtrak and the Department of Transportation joined DHS’s ongoing battle against human trafficking on Oct. 4. Under the new partnership, DHS and DOT will work with Amtrak to train over 8,000 frontline transportation employees and Amtrak Police Department officers to identify…
DHS, DoT, Amtrak team up to battle human trafficking
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Amtrak Amtrak and the Department of Transportation joined DHS’ ongoing battle against human trafficking on Oct. 4. Under the new partnership, DHS and DOT will work with Amtrak to train over 8,000 frontline transportation employees and Amtrak Police Department officers to identify…
DARPA emergency response robot runs faster than the fastest human
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response Image Caption: DARPA’s Cheetah A robot under development by the U.S. Defense Department that could be used in a variety of applications, including emergency response missions, can run faster than the fastest human, recently reaching almost 30 miles per hour on a laboratory treadmill….
EU offer human rights activists anti-censorship software
The European Union plans to distribute new software to help human rights activists and dissidents in authoritarian regimes circumvent censorship. Digital Agenda Commissioner Neelie Kroes announced the “No Disconnect Strategy” yesterday to provide support to internet users, bloggers and cyberactivists living in countries with poor track records on human rights….
Anti-social engineering training: The first line of defense against human error
Security team member Jeffrey Catalfamo details the key elements of a successful anti-social engineering training program. <img alt="Anti-social engineering training: The first line of defense against human error, Blog, Against, Defense, first, Human, error, training, line, Engineering, Antisocial"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on SearchSecurity: Network Security…
Balancing security and human rights
REPEALING the Internal Security Act (ISA) and annulling the proclamations of emergency will shift powers back to the courts, restore fundamental rights to the people — and could create more work for the police. View full post on could security – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National…
TEDxHayward – Robin Low — A Model for Human Centered Disaster Recovery
A self-described “social hub”, Robin is the founder Greenyarn LLC, a nanotechnology company manufacturing sustainable socks, fabric and apparel for environmentally conscious consumers. He is also the founder of xSandals, a social business commercializing sandals with interchangeable straps made by amputees in Indonesia. He is currently working on doing.gd a…