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Randy Parsons will be named the new director of security for the Port of Long Beach.

The 2012 Security 500 Report will be released on November 1, 2012.

Seventy-one of those tips required further action, such as interdepartmental investigation, as a result of the DHS-funded texting program.

With attacks on bus drivers up three percent from last year, Brooklyn bus drivers are rallying for more partitions and security cameras on the city buses. 

The new system will give trains up to a minute of warning before tremors are felt to slow down, which helps to prevent derailment and injury. 

Following a tragic spring death related to an iPhone robbery on a Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) platform stairway, after several so-called “flash mob” attacks on or around stations, and linked to a new Chicago mayor, CTA President Forrest Claypool said in mid-June that he plans to double the number of security cameras across the rail system, while also working with police to enhance security for passengers. Under the plan, Chicago police will deploy teams, called Wolfpacks, as well as plainclothes officers to patrol the system.

Security issues exist every day on our nation’s ports, terminals and roads, but funding challenges and regulations makes securing those areas difficult. What’s working, what’s not and what do security end users and integrators wish they had in their arsenal of tools? Security magazine editor Diane Ritchey andSDM magazine editor Laura Stepanek brought together end users and integrators from these critical infrastructure areas to discuss their challenges and successes.

Think about securing one facility – and multiply it. Times eight. Times 100. Times 250.