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There were 62 data breaches involving financial institutions in 2009 — three of them occurring in the last month of the year. These breaches represent only a portion of the
Alastair Hayfield, research manager at IMS Research comments that “2009 was not a stellar year for the video surveillance industry. Most companies felt the pinch of the global recession and
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a strategy for protecting people’s health during a huge emergency. The nation’s first such comprehensive strategy enumerates priority for government and
A financial services industry group is planning to simulate a series of cyber attacks to test how well banks, payment processors and retailers deal with online threats. The Financial Services
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today (Thursday, Jan. 7) joined White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Assistant to the President for Counterterrorism and Homeland Security John
Of the 84,000 chemicals in commercial use in the United States, nearly 20 percent are secret, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, their names and physical properties guarded from consumers
The head of Air Force ISR — who oversees Predator training and equipping — says that the Predator data that was broadcast in the clear and intercepted by insurgents in
The Security Industry Association (SIA) has commissioned its first field study of the Physical Security Body of Knowledge, and we are requesting your help in what will be a major
According to preliminary statistics for January through June 2009, the FBI Uniform Crime Report shows another drop in all types of crime. Violent crime in the United States dropped 4.4
Bruce McIndoe, president of iJET Intelligence Risk Systems, says that “while companies may be looking at places to cut back, it’s also the time for security to take a proactive