Why So Quiet on the Cyberthreat?
Cyberattacks continue to rise and more, albeit not enough, attention is being given to the threats posed by cyberattackers.
Read More →GIS: The Backbone of Homeland Security
Whether in warfare or disaster response, maps have always played a critical role in helping commanders and decisionmakers take appropriate action to save lives. But maps are no longer the flat, laminated sheets of paper capable of providing only what the user is smart enough to see. To the contrary, today’s mapping tools – known [...]
Read More →Security and resilience, knowledge and uncertainty
From the Homeland Security Watch Blog by Philip J. Palin Wednesday I spent the day at a meeting focused on an aspect of critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR). The sixty-some participants included invited experts from the federal government, academe, and the private sector. The private sector was mostly represented by consulting firms and associations, but [...]
Read More →Homeland Security Trade Show Deserted Even As Industry Grows
More than a decade after 9/11, it isn’t easy to stage a “first-of-its-kind” event centered on homeland security and counterterrorism. Yet that’s what the organizers of a two-day Counter Terror Expo called their show at the Washington Convention Center this week. While the expo does mark the U.S. debut for the British trade show company, it is among [...]
Read More →Governors Want Reform of Homeland Security Grant Programs
Speaking on behalf of the National Governors Association (NGA) about the need to reform homeland security grant programs, James Davis, executive director of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, told the House Committee on Homeland Security subcommittee on emergency preparedness, response and communications that “federal funding for homeland security grant programs has been reduced by more [...]
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