The Security Industry Association (SIA) has unveiled the new SIA Center of Excellence, a member-driven learning consortium for education, research and training resources serving the security industry.
The Penn State Center for Security Research and Education, in collaboration with Penn State Harrisburg, Penn State Homeland Security Programs, and the Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA), held a tabletop exercise that addressed first-responder and whole-community response and resilience to the ongoing opioid crisis.
There are currently 550 fake domains set up against the 19 Democrats and four Republicans presidential candidates, as well as Republican Party funding sites, according to "Typosquatting and the 2020 U.S. Presidential election: Cyberspace as the new political battleground" report, released by Digital Shadows.
Bonnie S. Michelman, Executive Director of Police, Security and Outside Services at Massachusetts General Hospital, has been named to the Board of Directors for the International Foundation for Protection Officers.
The Small Arms Analytics & Forecasting (SAAF) estimates September 2019 U.S. firearms sales at 1,064,579 units, a year-over-year increase of 10.7 percent from September 2018.
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 1165 into law, which is sponsored by children's advocacy nonprofit, Change for Justice. The new law requires professional visitation monitors to have background checks and enhanced in-person training.
A new report -- Webroot® Threat Report: Mid-Year Update -- has found that one in 50 URLs are malicious, nearly one-third of phishing sites use HTTPS and Windows® 7 and exploits have grown 75 percent since January 2019.
An app developed by professors at Purdue University allows first responders to monitor social media posts to find people in need of help during disasters.