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ASIS International has been awarded a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense to develop an ANSI standard that provides principles and requirements for a quality assurance management system for private sector security organizations to abide by and demonstrate accountability to internationally recognized norms of civil and human rights while providing quality assurance in the provision of their products and services.

The U.S. Travel Association wants adoption of a trusted traveler program to make airport screening faster and encourage more travel.

The team of CARTES and IDentification and CARTES in ASIA announced CARTES in North America, to be held March 5-7, 2012 in Las Vegas.

A Lafourche, La. Parish lawmaker wants sex offenders who attend or work at public universities to also register with campus law-enforcement agencies.

Britons are being watched by a network of 1.85 million security video, the vast majority of which are run by private companies, according to the first large-scale audit of surveillance cameras conducted in the world.

The Indiana Department of Labor is citing the University of Notre Dame with the most serious safety violation allowable under state law for failing to maintain safe working conditions in connection with the death of Declan Sullivan, a 20-year-old student from Long Grove, Ill.

Chicago makes history by allowing 911 callers to send photos or videos of the incidents from their cell phones.

A new report shows that even in industries that are heavily regulated like healthcare, 14 percent of sites had a serious vulnerability throughout the year.

The Security Industry Association (SIA) recently took action to defend the use of electronic security technologies in two states.

Israel's Smart ID project is meant to allow every Israeli citizen to perform a variety of online functions pertaining to government bureaus, including signing forms using a digital signature.