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Solving the Guard Force Dilemma with Autonomous Robots

Walmart Expands Robots in 650 Additional Stores

January 16, 2020

Walmart will add shelf-scanning robots to 650 more U.S. stores by the end of the summer.

Global Terrorism Fell in 2018, but Financial Impact Increased

January 16, 2020

Global terrorism claimed less lives in 2018, but its economic and social impact remains widespread, according to the latest Global Terrorism Index (GTI) from the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP).

NJ Expands Definition of Terrorism; Increases Security Funding

January 16, 2020

NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed two bills to provide security funding for non-profit organizations at risk of terror attacks and expand the definition of domestic terrorism following the December 2019 attacks in Jersey City.

New York Lawmakers Call for Increases in Nonpublic School Security

January 16, 2020

New York Assemblymembers Daniel Rosenthal (D- Kew Gardens Hills) and Stacey Pheffer Amato (D- Far Rockaway) have called upon the New York State Legislature to substantially increase security funding for nonpublic schools in the New York State budget.

Number of Guns Brought to Airport Checkpoints in 2019 up 5 Percent

January 16, 2020

The TSA said its officers caught more firearms at checkpoints nationwide in 2019 than ever before in the agency’s 18-year history.

James Sample Named CSO at Xcel Energy

January 16, 2020

Xcel Energy announced that James W. Sample will join the company as Vice President, Chief Security Officer.

Jason Priest Named Director of Safety and Security/Campus Police Chief for Enid Public Schools

January 15, 2020

Enid Public Schools has named Jason Priest as the district’s first Director of Safety and Security/Campus Police Chief.

NSA Discovered Critical Vulnerability Affecting Windows 10

January 15, 2020

The National Security Agency (NSA) discovered a critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-0601) affecting Microsoft Windows®1 cryptographic functionality.

PayPal Confirms Password Vulnerability

January 15, 2020

A security researcher discovered a high-severity bug affecting PayPal’s most visited pages: the login form.

Cambridge, Mass. Bans Facial Recognition

January 15, 2020

The Cambridge, Massachusetts, City Council voted to Monday night to ban the municipal use of facial recognition technology, becoming the fourth community in the state to do so.