Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security The Cyber threat level for banks and financial institutions remains high as organized denial of service attacks cripple U.S. banking Web sites. The Financial Services-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) elevated its Cyber Threat Level to high on Sept. 19 as distributed denial of…
ASIS 2012: Paul Retzbach, Global Leader Market Solutions, Government Sector, Stanley Security Solutions and W.R. (Bill) Dempsey, Sargent and Greenleaf
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Border Patrol Yuma Sector gets more emergency medical techs
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Fifteen Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector in Arizona graduated from a medical technician certification program on Aug. 24. The Border Patrol agents graduated from a National Registry EMT course, said Customs and Border Protection on Aug. 27. There are now 97 emergency…
New DIA director says domestic and private sector partners important
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: infrastructure_protection Image Caption: Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn The newly-appointed director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) told employees to be responsive, timely and relevant not only to its military services customers, but also to the domestic and private-sector. In an open letter to the men…
Border Patrol’s Laredo sector gets seven new agents on horse patrol
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Laredo Sector Horse Patrol In a graduation ceremony in Laredo, TX on Aug. 2, seven Border Patrol agents joined the Laredo Sector Horse Patrol. At a formal ceremony on a parade ground in the border town, Border Patrol assistant chief patrol agent…
Norway’s energy sector torn open by Trojan attack
Norway’s energy sector appears to have been hit by a “very serious” targeted attack in which large amounts of highly sensitive data were lost from some of the country’s most important companies. What is being described by news sources in the country has the hallmarks of a typical, industrial attack…