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Trust the FIPS 201 Specialists: Hirsch
HSPD-12, FIPS 201, PIV questions? Hirsch Electronics has your answers.
Specialists in securing high-risk government facilities for more than 25
years. Winner of SIA's Special Achievement Award for technical
innovation: the Hirsch Verification Station for FIPS 201 compliance.
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SIA Calls For
Collaboration To Improve HSPD-12 Implementation
In testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on
Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, Rob Zivney, vice
president of marketing for Hirsch Electronics and member of the Security
Industry Association (SIA) Board of Directors, called implementation of
HSPD-12 a pioneering effort that will require both a financial
investment and development of new infrastructure.
At the hearing, Zivney urged the subcommittee to direct the Office of
Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of E-Government and Information
Technology to establish a dedicated “physical security team”
composed of professionals with substantial knowledge of physical
security technologies and physical security infrastructure within
federal agencies. As part of its responsibilities, this physical
security team would support the ongoing efforts of the Interagency
Security Committee charged with developing physical security policies,
standards, and strategies at non-military government facilities.
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D.C. Government Plans
Centralize Security Monitoring For City
The D.C. government plans to begin centralized
monitoring of about 5,000 security cameras it maintains throughout the
city, giving emergency-management officials a broad look into schools,
public housing and other sites.
According to The Washington Post, the city says the system will save
money and provide 24-hour monitoring, rather than the sporadic attention
in the current patchwork of camera systems. But civil liberties
advocates expressed alarm.
"Having it all together in one place brings us one step closer to the
kind of scary movie scenario where they can track somebody moving across
the city," says Art Spitzer, legal director of the American Civil
Liberties Union for the Washington area.
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GE Initiates
Interoperability To Advance Security Integration
GE Homeland Protection Inc., a business of GE Security
Inc., has established a strategic initiative to promote greater
interoperability among security products globally. As part of this
initiative, GE Security intends to organize collaborative industry
events to pursue broader integration of advanced security technologies.
The goal of the initiative is to create a free and open security sensor
communication protocol. Ultimately, it’s expected that the initiative
will result in integration of security products, down to individual
sensor data fusion levels, that could broadly deliver increased
security, reduced operational costs and enhanced customer experiences.
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Utilities
Review Roadmap For Securing Cyber Systems
Water utilities are better positioned to protect
themselves against cyber attacks or accidental cyber events following
the introduction of the “Roadmap to Secure Control Systems in the
Water Sector,” a project sponsored by the American Water Works
Association (AWWA) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
The cyber security document, developed by a working group of the Water
Sector Coordinating Council, was among the many innovations shared
during the fifth AWWA Water Security Congress, held recently in
Cincinnati.
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Procurement Watch
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- Telos Corp., Ashburn, Va., a provider
of IT services, has been named a partner by L-3 Services' Global
Security & Engineering Solutions unit on its Tactical Video Capture
System contract with the Marine Corps.
- Raytheon Co., Reston, Va., a provider of information and
intelligence solutions, has made an agreement with Harris Corp.
and HP to pursue the $30 million U.S. Air Force Global Broadcast
Service Satellite Broadcast Manager transition contract.
- The New York City urban area has been awarded $34 million in
Homeland Security grant funds as part of the federal government's Urban
Area Security Initiative to help fire, police and first responders
better communicate during emergencies.
- The Port Authority of Los Angeles has contracted with Unisys
Corp., Blue Bell, Pa., an integrator of biometric technologies, to
design and manage an identification and access control system, using
smart card and biometric technologies, to identify workers at restricted
areas of the port.
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