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In conjunction with the 2014 ASIS International Seminar, the National Association of Security Companies (NASCO) will be holding its 24th Annual Private Security Breakfast on Tuesday, September 30th at the Omni Hotel @ CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. 

 The Federal Railroad Administration funded two grants totaling $350,000 to support development of a Short Line Safety Institute.

 NYC Police were investigating a new security breach on New York City's Brooklyn Bridge after a 24-year-old scaled the bridge and took photos with his iPhone. 

The airport scanners that let TSA agents see through travelers’ clothes can be fairly easily obstructed from detecting concealed weapons or bombs, according to researchers from several top U.S. universities.

UPS Stores, a subsidiary of UPS, said o that a security breach may have led to the theft of customer credit and debit data at 51 UPS franchises in the US.

Residents of Latin America and the Caribbean were the least likely among all global regions last year to feel secure in their communities.

The fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown by a police officer has led to the creation of online petitions for officers to wear body cameras.

Hackers have broken into the credit and debit card payment networks at supermarket chains Albertson's and SuperValu.

The family of a 6-year-old boy stabbed to death in a Brooklyn elevator plans a $281 million lawsuit against NYCHA, blaming his murder on its shoddy security.

 

A California bill that would require cellphone makers to install a "kill switch" to render stolen devices inoperable has passed the state legislature.