Mercyhurst University announced that it will name its new school in intelligence and information science after Tom Ridge, the nation’s first Secretary of Homeland Security and former 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania. The Tom Ridge School of Intelligence Studies and Information Science aims to prepare students for careers in national security, law enforcement and business. Mercyhurst’s… Keep Reading
Tailored for schools, a new multimedia communications platform developed by Mutualink provides K-12 schools with the capability to establish a direct link with police, fire, EMS and other first responders in emergency situations. The all-in-one device acts as a gateway for real-time voice, video, data and text communications, giving first responders increased situational awareness and… Keep Reading
For whatever reason, the numbers of active shooters in the US dramatically increased after 2008. Active shooters grew from about one every other month between 2000 and 2008, to more than one a month between 2009 and 2012. And they’ve been ascending ever since, culminating with 15 active shooters last year who slaughtered 39 people… Keep Reading
Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi researchers have been conducting missions twice a day with the University’s RS-16 unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and another UAV owned by American Aerospace Advisors. Another series of test flight missions this week over South Texas ranchland. The university’s Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation — which will open soon… Keep Reading
Researchers at the University of Missouri (MU), working with Guild BioSciences, a biotech company in Charleston, SC, announced development of a new method for anthrax detection that can identify anthrax in just a few hours. Currently, first responders have only tests that can provide a screen for dangerous materials in 24 to 48 hours. “Normally… Keep Reading
Argon Electronics has been contracted by the United States Air Force throughthe Air Force Civil Engineer Center to deliver their PlumeSIM CBRN training system to enhance CBRN exercises during the Silver Flag Exercise Site at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. PlumeSIM will be used with Argon’s M4 JCAD simulators to create highly realistic CBRN and… Keep Reading
Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev President Rivka Carmi this week announced the establishment of a national cyber complex in Beer-Sheva called CyberSpark. "Beer-Sheva will not only be the cyber capital of Israel but one of the most important places in the cyber security field in the world," Netanyahu said at… Keep Reading
A new Washington, DC-based academic and research, the National Cybersecurity Institute (NCI) at Excelsior College, announced that it will officially open its doors on January 14th. The institute is dedicated to assisting government, industry, military and academic sectors meet the challenges in cybersecurity policy, technology and education through a variety of initiatives, an announcement this… Keep Reading
Some of the most imperative technical training and knowledge that emerged from the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan were defense tactics against the improvised explosive device (IED) threat. While IEDs were one of the biggest threats to troops during the conflicts, the biggest threat today is losing the lessons we learned. If we don’t protect… Keep Reading
The former assistant director of the White House’s Office of Science and Technology believes there needs to be a re-evaluation of federal surveillance practices that weaken commercial products and services. These practices include weakening standards and placing "back doors" into products that are accessible to US government agencies, said Carnegie Mellon University’s Jon Peha, a… Keep Reading
Researchers at a Homeland Security Center of Excellence have developed a software “toolkit” that provides real-time data in a manner that allows law enforcement and other first responders to swiftly analyze high-volume criminal, traffic and civil incident data and related emergency management and disaster preparedness events so they can more strategically allocate resources. Called the Visual… Keep Reading
More than 50 healthcare professionals and trainers with the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) trained at FEMA’s Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) recently. The NDMS employed Disaster Medical Assistance Teams (DMAT) from 10 different states to attend the pilot fundamentals course. “We have 8,000 employees combined into 86 response teams around the country,” said Dr.… Keep Reading
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), in partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Incident and Emergency Center (IEC), last week completed an International Radiological Assistance Program Training for Emergency Response Advanced (I-RAPTER A) training course at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria. “The I-RAPTER A course provided incident commanders and second line responders… Keep Reading
Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and Air Force Research Laboratory, a team of engineers at the California Institute of Technology’s (Caltech) High-Speed Integrated Circuits Lab today announced that they have developed the first self-healing integrated chips. It’s a development that has important applications to both homeland and national security, according to the… Keep Reading
Leading a discussion on cybersecurity with students in the Graduate Program in Administration of Justice and Homeland Security at Newport Rhode Island-based Salve Regina University Thursday night, Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI) “outlined the increasing security challenges we face in cyberspace,” his office said in a statement. As a cofounder of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus and… Keep Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s security and economic prosperity are at risk if America’s schools don’t improve, warns a task force led by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Joel Klein, the former chancellor of New York City’s school system. The report, U.S. Education Reform and National Security, obtained by The Associated Press, cautions… Keep Reading