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Intelligence Community seeks to measure ‘trustworthiness’
Thu, 2010-03-18 06:42 PM
The U.S. Intelligence Community is eager to develop tools that would enable its analysts to determine whom they can trust under certain conditions, even in the presence of stress or deception. The...
Streamlined process unveiled for requesting background checks during emergencies
Wed, 2010-03-17 10:07 AM
In order to speed up the process of performing background checks on individuals who will work with children, the elderly or disabled persons, government officials in states where emergencies or major...
Intelligence Community revises its language on ancestry and ethnicity
Fri, 2010-03-12 02:45 PM
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has revised the paperwork accompanying its request to job applicants to identify their “ancestry and ethnicity,” in order to make it clear...
Napolitano fields aviation security questions posed on Facebook and Twitter
Wed, 2010-03-10 11:50 AM
Secretary Janet Napolitano sat next to a DHS employee using an Apple laptop computer on March 9 and fielded questions for more than 22 minutes about aviation security, which were posed to her “live”...
Raytheon deploys affordable P25net interoperable radios to first responders in eastern Idaho
Mon, 2010-03-08 07:24 PM
Raytheon’s Integrated Communications Systems division has recently completed the replacement of an aging radio system in five counties in eastern Idaho, an area covering 7,075 square miles, with its...
Secret Service awards sole source Web hosting contract to Avaya
Thu, 2010-03-04 06:59 PM
While waiting for a new computer facility to be completed, the U.S. Secret Service has decided to award a sole source contract to Avaya Government Solutions Inc., of Fairfax, VA, to continue...
TSA hunting for an enterprise vulnerability scanning system
Thu, 2010-03-04 06:09 PM
TSA has issued a sources sought notice in an attempt to identify vendors whose equipment can scan, identify, report and resolve information technology vulnerabilities across TSA’s entire digital...
Civitas Group adds two new directors
Thu, 2010-03-04 01:56 PM
Washington, DC-based Civitas Group LLC, a well-known investment and advisory firm serving the homeland security and national security markets, has added two new directors.Andrew Weis has joined the...
Altor Networks wins “Most Innovative Company” award at RSA 2010 Conference
Thu, 2010-03-04 01:48 PM
 It’s been a pretty good week so far for Amir Ben-Efraim, founder and CEO of Altor Networks, of Redwood City, CA. First, the company won the “Most Innovative Company” award in the Sandbox...
Fidelis Security Systems hires VP of worldwide sales
Thu, 2010-03-04 01:45 PM
Waltham, Ma-based Fidelis Security Systems, a specialist in network security solutions to prevent data breaches, has appointed Gary Benedetti to the position of vice president of worldwide sales....
FCC advisory panel to hear update on 9-1-1 system on March 22
Thu, 2010-03-04 10:44 AM
The Federal Communications Commission’s advisory council on communications security, reliability and interoperability will hold a public meeting at FCC headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 22...
TSA gathers info to meet August 2010 deadline for 100% cargo screening
Thu, 2010-03-04 10:36 AM
As TSA strives to meet a congressionally imposed requirement that 100 percent of all air cargo  carried on passenger aircraft be screened by August 2010, it is seeking permission to gather...

Commentary and Opinions

OPINION / Visual modeling of faces for security applications

By Jennifer Tidy and Parham Aarabi

Virtual aging of photos is often used by law enforcement for finding and capturing fugitives, abducted or lost individuals, or even terrorists.  However, on some occasions the photos are either unrealistic or inaccurate.  Furthermore, these photos are often generated by combining multiple stock photos (i.e. hair from stock photo 1, eyes from stock photo 2, etc.). While such a feature cut-and-paste method may be easy to do, it does not often produce the most realistic results.

OPINION / Video conferencing technology offers new opportunities for homeland security collaboration

By William Sapp

In an operating environment where threats are imminent and the response must be equally swift, video communication technology can offer DHS and its communities of interest new ways to collaborate to improve homeland security operations.

Whether responding to a natural disaster or sharing intelligence to thwart a terrorist plot, video conferencing technology allows organizations to connect quickly and collaborate meaningfully.

 

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