The IronKey Flash Drive: Ultra-Secure Data Storage, Doesn't Open Chastity Belts, Self-Destructs - One of the most secure portable data storage solutions on the market - Softpedia: "The IronKey Flash Drive: Ultra-Secure Data Storage, Doesn't Open Chastity Belts, Self-Destructs - One of the most secure portable data storage solutions on the market"
In our ultra-technological society, data (and especially very sensitive documents) have become a very valuable commodity and thus the target of many criminals (usually known as hackers, but not necessarily). This is the reason why most users who work with very important documents on a daily basis are generally looking for portable data storage devices that provide very high levels of security and that's exactly the type of device we'll talk about as follows, namely the IronKey, a flash drive that addresses most of the possible security threats these storage solutions might be subjected to (actually, it acts like a chastity belt that keeps the user's data untouched).
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Tuesday, July 31
Monday, July 30
ABC News: Dog Who Searched for WTC Survivors Dies
Thank you Jake, for your service.
ABC News: Dog Who Searched for WTC Survivors Dies: "A black Labrador who became a national canine hero after burrowing through white-hot, smoking debris in search of survivors at the World Trade Center site died Wednesday after a battle with cancer."
ABC News: Dog Who Searched for WTC Survivors Dies: "A black Labrador who became a national canine hero after burrowing through white-hot, smoking debris in search of survivors at the World Trade Center site died Wednesday after a battle with cancer."
Sunday, July 29
www.securitydreamer.com - Steve Hunt's site - Analytics Piece
April 05, 2007
Object Video and Cisco Share a Board Member
We are all assuming that Cisco is sniffing around video analytics. Will it buy Object Video? If it wants to make the biggest splash initially, that would certainly be a good choice – though arguably not the choice with the best long termimplications for the channel and integration with other Cisco hardware and software initiatives.
A Cisco press release making its rounds these days is the announcement that Cisco and Object Video now share a board member. Here is an excerpt from the PR:
Powell, 43, is currently a Senior Advisor of Providence Equity Partners and Chairman of the MK Powell Group. He was nominated by President William J. Clinton to a Republican seat on the Federal Communications Commission in 1997. He was designated Chairman by President George W. Bush in 2001 and served until 2005. Previously, Powell served as the Chief of Staff of the Antitrust Division in the Department of Justice. Before joining the Antitrust Division, Mr. Powell was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and just prior to joining the firm clerked for the Honorable Harry T. Edwards, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before starting his legal career, Powell served as a policy advisor to Secretary of Defense, Richard B. Cheney. Additionally, Powell's experience includes military service as an armored cavalry officer in the United States Army. Powell earned a bachelor's degree in Government from the College of William and Mary and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Powell is a member of the Board of Trustees of the RAND Corporation and the Aspen Institute. Additionally, he serves on the Boards of ObjectVideo and CMWare, Inc. He also currently serves as Rector of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary.
Object Video and Cisco Share a Board Member
We are all assuming that Cisco is sniffing around video analytics. Will it buy Object Video? If it wants to make the biggest splash initially, that would certainly be a good choice – though arguably not the choice with the best long termimplications for the channel and integration with other Cisco hardware and software initiatives.
A Cisco press release making its rounds these days is the announcement that Cisco and Object Video now share a board member. Here is an excerpt from the PR:
Powell, 43, is currently a Senior Advisor of Providence Equity Partners and Chairman of the MK Powell Group. He was nominated by President William J. Clinton to a Republican seat on the Federal Communications Commission in 1997. He was designated Chairman by President George W. Bush in 2001 and served until 2005. Previously, Powell served as the Chief of Staff of the Antitrust Division in the Department of Justice. Before joining the Antitrust Division, Mr. Powell was an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of the law firm of O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and just prior to joining the firm clerked for the Honorable Harry T. Edwards, Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Before starting his legal career, Powell served as a policy advisor to Secretary of Defense, Richard B. Cheney. Additionally, Powell's experience includes military service as an armored cavalry officer in the United States Army. Powell earned a bachelor's degree in Government from the College of William and Mary and a Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from the Georgetown University Law Center.
Powell is a member of the Board of Trustees of the RAND Corporation and the Aspen Institute. Additionally, he serves on the Boards of ObjectVideo and CMWare, Inc. He also currently serves as Rector of the Board of Visitors of the College of William and Mary.
FresnoBee.com: Local: French conglomerate eyes Pelco
FresnoBee.com: Local: French conglomerate eyes Pelco: "French conglomerate eyes PelcoIt's in talks with the Clovis company, but the nature of any deal is not clear"
Saturday, July 28
Education Campus Security Meeting Planned for Aug. in Virginia @ The Latest for Security Executives SecurityInfoWatch.com
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/article.jsp?id=11754&siteSection=305: "Gov. Timothy M. Kaine will host a campus security conference Aug. 13 at Virginia Commonwealth University.
The event comes in the wake of the April 16 massacre at Virginia Tech, where a 23-year-old Fairfax County student gunned down 27 students and five faculty members before killing himself."
The event comes in the wake of the April 16 massacre at Virginia Tech, where a 23-year-old Fairfax County student gunned down 27 students and five faculty members before killing himself."
Thursday, July 26
When Whippersnappers and Geezers Collide - New York Times
When Whippersnappers and Geezers Collide - New York Times: "this is the first time in history that four generations — those who lived through World War II, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y — are together in the workplace."
Military, families at risk to data exposure by SAIC - IT Security News - SC Magazine US
Military, families at risk to data exposure by SAIC - IT Security News - SC Magazine US: "A federal contractor has said it put hundreds of thousands of military households at risk for identity theft by sending their personal information, including Social Security numbers, over the internet through an unencrypted channel."
Some say schools giving Muslims special treatment - USATODAY.com
Some say schools giving Muslims special treatment - USATODAY.com
Some public schools and universities are granting Muslim requests for prayer times, prayer rooms and ritual foot baths, prompting a debate on whether Islam is being given preferential treatment over other religions. The University of Michigan at Dearborn is planning to build foot baths for Muslim students who wash their feet before prayer. An elementary school in San Diego created an extra recess period for Muslim pupils to pray. At George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Muslim students using a "meditation space" laid out Muslim prayer rugs and separated men and women in accordance with their Islamic beliefs. Critics see a double standard and an organized attempt to push public conformance with Islamic law… Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim and chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, which promotes separation of mosque and state, says he is concerned about the accommodations. "Unusual accommodations for one faith at the cost of everybody else doesn't fall on the side of pluralism," he said...
Some public schools and universities are granting Muslim requests for prayer times, prayer rooms and ritual foot baths, prompting a debate on whether Islam is being given preferential treatment over other religions. The University of Michigan at Dearborn is planning to build foot baths for Muslim students who wash their feet before prayer. An elementary school in San Diego created an extra recess period for Muslim pupils to pray. At George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Muslim students using a "meditation space" laid out Muslim prayer rugs and separated men and women in accordance with their Islamic beliefs. Critics see a double standard and an organized attempt to push public conformance with Islamic law… Zuhdi Jasser, a Muslim and chairman of the American Islamic Forum for Democracy, which promotes separation of mosque and state, says he is concerned about the accommodations. "Unusual accommodations for one faith at the cost of everybody else doesn't fall on the side of pluralism," he said...
U.S. Tracks Saudi Bank Favored by Extremists - WSJ.com
U.S. Tracks Saudi Bank Favored by Extremists - WSJ.com
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia -- In the 1940s, two Bedouin farm boys from the desert began changing money for the trickle of traders and religious pilgrims in this then-remote and barren kingdom. It was a business built on faith and trust, Sulaiman Al Rajhi once told an interviewer, and for many years he would hand gold bars to strangers boarding flights in Jidda and ask them to give the gold to his brother on their arrival in Riyadh. Following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the bank also set off an intense debate within the U.S. government over whether to take strong action against its alleged role in extremist finance. Confidential reports by the Central Intelligence Agency and other U.S. agencies, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, detail for the first time how much the U.S. learned about the use of Al Rajhi Bank by alleged extremists, and how U.S. officials agonized over what to do about it.
JIDDA, Saudi Arabia -- In the 1940s, two Bedouin farm boys from the desert began changing money for the trickle of traders and religious pilgrims in this then-remote and barren kingdom. It was a business built on faith and trust, Sulaiman Al Rajhi once told an interviewer, and for many years he would hand gold bars to strangers boarding flights in Jidda and ask them to give the gold to his brother on their arrival in Riyadh. Following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the bank also set off an intense debate within the U.S. government over whether to take strong action against its alleged role in extremist finance. Confidential reports by the Central Intelligence Agency and other U.S. agencies, reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, detail for the first time how much the U.S. learned about the use of Al Rajhi Bank by alleged extremists, and how U.S. officials agonized over what to do about it.
Al Qaeda seen in search of nukes - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
7/26/07 Al Qaeda seen in search of nukes - Nation/Politics - The Washington Times, America's Newspaper
Al Qaeda terrorists are continuing to plan attacks against the United States and are seeking nuclear and other unconventional arms for the strikes, a senior Pentagon official told Congress yesterday. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, told a joint House committee hearing that al Qaeda has conducted terrorist attacks against more than two dozen nations since September 11. "Al Qaeda has and will continue to attempt visually dramatic mass-casualty attacks here at home, and they will continue to attempt to acquire chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials," Gen. Clapper said in discussing the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on threats to the United States. "And if they're so successful in obtaining these materials, we believe they would use them." He spoke before a joint hearing of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Gen. Clapper said that al Qaeda has "reconstituted some of its command and support network" in tribal Pakistan along the Afghan border but that the estimates finding are "not a surprise."…
Al Qaeda terrorists are continuing to plan attacks against the United States and are seeking nuclear and other unconventional arms for the strikes, a senior Pentagon official told Congress yesterday. Retired Air Force Lt. Gen. James Clapper, the undersecretary of defense for intelligence, told a joint House committee hearing that al Qaeda has conducted terrorist attacks against more than two dozen nations since September 11. "Al Qaeda has and will continue to attempt visually dramatic mass-casualty attacks here at home, and they will continue to attempt to acquire chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials," Gen. Clapper said in discussing the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on threats to the United States. "And if they're so successful in obtaining these materials, we believe they would use them." He spoke before a joint hearing of the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Gen. Clapper said that al Qaeda has "reconstituted some of its command and support network" in tribal Pakistan along the Afghan border but that the estimates finding are "not a surprise."…
VideoSave - Secure Off-site Video Storage
VideoSave - Secure Off-site Video Storage: "VideoSave is the next generation in video recordkeeping, remote business management and surveillance. The VideoSave service takes advantage of inexpensive and universally available broadband connections to capture video from any location and transmit the video to VideoSave’s VideoVault secure data center. Through a standard web browser, the live or recorded video is then available at anytime, from anywhere."
LV...Bob Crowe is someone I have known for over 20 years. He has over 30 years of experience in Security Solutions, Video & Access Control. He has found a niche` to offer off site storage for video solutions. If you reach out to him, please mention that I sent you... tks, Laurie
LV...Bob Crowe is someone I have known for over 20 years. He has over 30 years of experience in Security Solutions, Video & Access Control. He has found a niche` to offer off site storage for video solutions. If you reach out to him, please mention that I sent you... tks, Laurie
Crisis on Campus
Crisis on Campus: "Crisis on Campus
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Mike Kennedy
The news was bad the morning of April 16, and as the hours unfolded, it only got worse.
In a residence hall on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, two students had been shot to death. A couple of hours later, the tragedy multiplied by horrific proportions as across campus, students and instructors — 30 in all — were gunned down in a classroom building.
As the gruesome details emerged of the worst shooting incident in U.S. history, educators and administrators at schools and universities absorbed yet another painful reminder of the threats and dangers that can rise up at a moment's notice and shatter the belief that education institutions are safe havens from the ills of the outside world."
May 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Mike Kennedy
The news was bad the morning of April 16, and as the hours unfolded, it only got worse.
In a residence hall on the campus of Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, two students had been shot to death. A couple of hours later, the tragedy multiplied by horrific proportions as across campus, students and instructors — 30 in all — were gunned down in a classroom building.
As the gruesome details emerged of the worst shooting incident in U.S. history, educators and administrators at schools and universities absorbed yet another painful reminder of the threats and dangers that can rise up at a moment's notice and shatter the belief that education institutions are safe havens from the ills of the outside world."
New Products
New Products: "Catching Criminals In The Act
SPOTLIGHT: 3VR Searchable Surveillance System with CrimeDex
3VR Security Inc. has introduced a searchable surveillance system that speeds up the process of criminal identification and helps stop a crime as it is occurring"
****Note from Laurie - 3VR has entered into a strategic relationship with Vidient which offers behavioral analytics. Vidient recognized the sheer power of the backend 3VR search capabilities. The founders of 3VR came from non other than Google!
3VR is trying to make facial rec work, most of the issues are with the backend processing but let's not forget the critical camera selection and placement to be able to capture enough of a face to run the analyis. As far as facial recognition I am keeping my eye on what L1 ID Solutions is deploying. L1 has a pilot with Law Enforcement right now, I am keeping track of how that goes. It's going to make a great deal of sense for integrating analytics and facial recognition so when some one is identified, an alert is automatic. Time is everything when you get to this level of covert identification
SPOTLIGHT: 3VR Searchable Surveillance System with CrimeDex
3VR Security Inc. has introduced a searchable surveillance system that speeds up the process of criminal identification and helps stop a crime as it is occurring"
****Note from Laurie - 3VR has entered into a strategic relationship with Vidient which offers behavioral analytics. Vidient recognized the sheer power of the backend 3VR search capabilities. The founders of 3VR came from non other than Google!
3VR is trying to make facial rec work, most of the issues are with the backend processing but let's not forget the critical camera selection and placement to be able to capture enough of a face to run the analyis. As far as facial recognition I am keeping my eye on what L1 ID Solutions is deploying. L1 has a pilot with Law Enforcement right now, I am keeping track of how that goes. It's going to make a great deal of sense for integrating analytics and facial recognition so when some one is identified, an alert is automatic. Time is everything when you get to this level of covert identification
The stalker in your pocket - Network World
The stalker in your pocket - Network World: "The stalker in your pocket
By Mike Elgan, Computerworld, 07/20/07
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For more than a century, nosey people, both professional and amateur, have used microphones and cameras to listen to and watch unsuspecting targets. "
By Mike Elgan, Computerworld, 07/20/07
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For more than a century, nosey people, both professional and amateur, have used microphones and cameras to listen to and watch unsuspecting targets. "
Wednesday, July 25
DISPATCH Monthly Magazine - DHS Interop Grants Available
DISPATCH Monthly Magazine - DHS Interop Grants Available: "The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that $968 million in matching grants is available to local agencies for buying, deploying and training for interoperable communications systems offering voice, data or video services. The grants were authorized by Congress in 2006, and have been allocated by formula to the 50 states, D.C. and U.S. territories. Check the allocations here, or read more information about the grants here. "
LexisNexis News - Latest News from over 4,000 sources, including newspapers, tv transcripts, wire services, magazines, journals.
LexisNexis News - Latest News from over 4,000 sources, including newspapers, tv transcripts, wire services, magazines, journals.: "The man in charge of the US military's defense of the American homeland says he believes there are al-Qaeda cells in the US, or people working to create them. The head of the US Northern Command, Air Force General Victor Renuart, tells the Associated Press that the military needs to create two more brigades to respond to chemical, biological and nuclear threats in the US. Currently, there is only one such brigade. "
FOXNews.com - MySpace Finds 29,000 Sex Offenders With Profiles on Its Site, State Officials Say - Technology News | News On Technology
FOXNews.com - MySpace Finds 29,000 Sex Offenders With Profiles on Its Site, State Officials Say - Technology News News On Technology: "RALEIGH, N.C. — MySpace.com has found more than 29,000 registered sex offenders with profiles on the popular social networking Web site — more than four times the number cited by the company two months ago, officials in two states Tuesday."
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