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The biometrics technology was developed by the Air Force for use in visitor control centers at U.S. military bases.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded more than $479 million in airport infrastructure grants to 123 projects at airports across all 50 states, American Samoa and Puerto Rico.

Yeager Airport will use the security grant funds to install multiple new safety technologies, including West Virginia's first gunshot detection system in an airport.

Lowndes County Emergency Management has added two WeatherSTEM monitoring systems throughout the Georgia County, providing more accurate weather data to the department.

Increased reliance on automation and new technologies to assist with meter reading, leak detection and other operational goals have opened a host of attack surfaces. Given the ever-evolving and multi-faceted threat landscape, sharing and collaboration are essential to water and wastewater security and resilience.

Existing partnerships between mental health professionals and local police forces have reduced emergency hospital admissions by around 80%, according to the Canadian Mental Health Association of Waterloo-Wellington Director of Services Jeff Stanlick.

A new study from meQuilibrium, "Overwhelmed: Threats to Employee Wellbeing Persist & Employer Support Remains Critical," focuses on employee burnout and perceived employer support, highlighting the importance of workplace safety.

Securing commercial real estate with a combination of physical and cybersecurity tactics is critical to ensuring property is adequately protected. On-premise and cloud-based security systems are merging, with the latter becoming more popular among business owners.

GridEx has grown to be the largest distributed play exercise of its kind in North America, serving as a critical benchmark that maximizes the ability of organizations to coordinate with neighboring utilities and reliability coordinators to effectively exercise and address grid reliability issues.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has identified several potential risks of autonomous vehicles in transit systems and supply chains. Along with these risks, CISA has introduced a set of guidelines for organizations who use autonomous vehicles in their operations.