Advanced Imaging Technology Automated Target Recognition
Advanced Imaging Technology Automated Target Recognition – TSA Blog
Automated Target Recognition (ATR) has been making the news a lot lately…So what in the heck is ATR?
SANS Institute and GovExec Cyber War Panel Discussion: A Summary
At the National Press Club, the SANS Institute and GovExec Magazine held a superb two-hour session that broached the controversial, ill-defined and critical issues around Cyber War. It was an excellent discussion with true experts. It would have been worth it to go beyond the time limits, as we ran out of time well before we ran out of questions. What follows is not a transcript but my paraphrased review of what was covered.
Tips for Maximizing Benefits of National SAR Initiative
The National Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI) encourages law enforcement agencies at the local, state, tribal and regional levels to share suspicious activity reports (SARs) with each other to enhance investigations and analysis. This landmark initiative gives police the ability to search nationwide suspicious activity for clues to help piece together criminal conspiracies and prevent major crimes. To help agencies make sense of NSI, here are several tips for maximizing the benefits as originally intended by the initiative.
The Threat from Yemen – Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula
While Dutch authorities have released the two Yemeni men arrested in Amsterdam on suspicion of preparing for a terrorist attack, the wider issue of the growing terrorist threat in Yemen remains an important topic. The Washington Post recently reported that the CIA views al Qaeda in Yemen as “the most urgent threat to U.S. security.” But why is the al Qaeda presence there so threatening? A synthesis of some of the available information begins to show just how pressing the threat from Yemen has become.
Laser-powered, ground-charged UAV stays aloft for hours
Laser-powered, ground-charged UAV stays aloft for hours – Homeland Security Newswire
A UAV is only as good as its power source: if the drone cannot stay over target for long periods of time and must return to base to refuel. A Seattle-based company has demonstrated that it can use a laser beam to charge the UAV’s photovoltaic cells, generating enough power to keep the drone in the air for hours.
Did U.S. airport security get it right this time?
Did U.S. airport security get it right this time? – Salon.com
In Amsterdam, two men headed from the United States to Yemen were detained after security staff discovered suspicious items in one of the men’s checked luggage. The story began when security screeners at the airport in Birmingham, Ala., discovered watches, cellphones and a bottle of Pepto-Bismol strangely taped together in a suitcase belonging to 48-year-old Ahmed Mohamed Nasser al Soofi, a U.S. permanent resident.
Breaking: US investigates potential terrorist test run
Two men arrested in Amsterdam may have been conducting a dry run for a potential terrorist attack, U.S. officials said Tuesday after a cell phone taped to a Pepto-Bismol bottle and a knife and box cutters were found in one of the men’s luggage.
Cyberspy Hunting al Qaeda Speaks to Security Debrief
Over the last decade, America and her allies have done a solid job of beating al Qaeda to a bloody pulp. We’ve hit them with everything we’ve got: troops on the ground; Predator drones in the sky; missiles from the sea; and we’re taking them apart piece by piece on the Web. But it’s not just the government that’s running down al Qaeda. Even U.S. citizens are using some good-ol’-fashioned American initiative; citizens like Shannen Rossmiller, a citizen cyberspy.
Roles and responsibilities key to making cybersecurity work
Roles and responsibilities key to making cybersecurity work – NextGov
Clarification of cybersecurity roles and responsibilities in the federal government remains the most crucial component of bills circulating in Congress, federal and industry executives said during a panel discussion on Thursday.
What is a Law Enforcement Fusion Center?
Fusion Centers are a fairly new concept in law enforcement, and many people don’t know the purpose they serve or how their local law enforcement agency should be engaging these centers. If you ask 20 people for a definition of “fusion center,” you’ll get 20 different answers. Some might even think these centers are making frozen coffee concoctions or protein drinks. But fusion centers are actually an attempt to deal with the fact that clues related to criminal activity often remain undiscovered in disconnected law enforcement databases.
