Wednesday, 03 March 2010 15:28
Washington, D.C.--Homeland Security Outlook ( www.hsoutlook.com) today announced that Col. Randall Larsen (USAF Ret.) will be the keynote speaker at the May 3-4, "BioDefense 2010" conference ( www.biodefenseconference.com), the first national conference to focus on improving America's security against biological weapons.
Wednesday, 03 February 2010 11:01
By Mark Ingebretsen, HSO Contributor
When Super Bowl crowds converge on Miami's Land Shark stadium this February 7, they'll be met by an army of law enforcement personnel that's been in place for more than a month. As the Associated Press reported last December, an entire section of the stadium's parking lot contained "armored SWAT vehicles, bomb-handling robots, mobile command posts, explosive-sniffing dogs, even a large X-ray device used by the US Homeland Security Department to screen ocean-going shipping containers." The manpower and gear was intended to guard the Orange Bowl and Pro Bowl games, held at Land Shark in the weeks prior to the Super Bowl. And it was designed to send a not-so-subtle message, the AP says, "anyone, terrorist or otherwise, plotting an attack on any of these high-profile events had better think again."
Tuesday, 12 January 2010 09:03
By Brett Wolf, Analyst, Complinet, Ltd.
Agents with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement late last week arrested a Manhattan McKinsey & Co management consultant who allegedly violated the Iran Trade Embargo by operating an unlicensed money transfer business that moved millions of dollars between the United States and Iran. Mahmoud Reza Banki, a 33-year-old US citizen based in Manhattan, acted as a so-called hawaladar between January 2006 and September 2009, court documents state.
Tuesday, 22 December 2009 09:15
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By Larry Kahaner, HSO Editor
After a prolonged search -- vowing to make the choice personally -- President Obama has named Howard A. Schmidt, a former cybersecurity adviser to President George W. Bush as the nation's cyberczar.
Schmidt, who has more than 30 years in government service, also served as Chief Information Security Officer at eBay, Chief Security Officer at Microsoft, and most recently was President and CEO of the Information Security Forum which describes itself as is "an international, independent, non-profit organization dedicated to benchmarking and identifying good practice in information security."
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Friday, 04 December 2009 10:48
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By Michel Marizco, HSO Contributor
For years following the September 11, 2001 terror attacks, the Department of Homeland Security stressed that its mission along the Mexican border was to hunt down terrorists intent on attacking the United States. The department was formed in response to the attacks, and its Border Patrol chiefs dismissed illegal immigration and drug seizures as secondary missions to the primary mission of stopping terrorists. |
Friday, 20 November 2009 00:00
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By Mark Ingebretsen, HSO Contributor
Sensors often are the first line of defense against a chemical or biological attack, but up until now they've often relied on lasers to detect the minute quantities of substances needed to identify an attack quickly. That's made them expensive to build and difficult to maintain.
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 11:07
By Brett Wolf, Analyst, Complinet, Ltd.
The Department of Homeland Security recently partnered with Customs officers around the world to target criminals, terrorists and tax dodgers who engage in international cash smuggling. This DHS-led law enforcement effort, clearly aimed at bolstering US homeland security by keeping dirty and even dangerous cash out of the country, involved more than 80 countries and was organized by the World Customs Organization.
Tuesday, 03 November 2009 10:59
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By Robert J. Becker, HSO Contributor
The new border fence at the southern end of Hidalgo County, Texas, towers over the arid scrub landscape. Get close and you have to crane your neck upwards to take it all in. The fence stands atop a levee, and its concrete base and picket line of steel poles stretches 18 feet high above that. It is, a passing Border Patrol officer observes, a deterrent to anyone trying to sneak across the Rio Grande, a short walk to the south, and head north.
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Friday, 30 October 2009 10:54
By Juliana Gruenwald, HSO Contributor
It has been more than four months since President Obama announced that he would appoint a senior adviser to coordinate cybersecurity activities across the federal government. While supporters are growing impatient for the president to fulfill his promise, key questions still hang over the position including whether the person picked for the post will have the clout needed to do the job.
Monday, 26 October 2009 00:00
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By Brett Wolf, Analyst, Complinet, Ltd.
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement recently led a surge that was aimed at transnational criminal street gangs and culminated in the arrests of nearly 1,800 alleged gang members and their associates, some of who were criminals and others immigration violators. |
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