October Edition - Security Industry Buyers Guide News

October 2009
Executive Hostage Taking by Martin B. Herman, Strike security has made headlines this year with kidnappings and sabotage taking major firms by surprise. Martin Herman, president and CEO of Special Response, reviews recent activity and offers  a six-point plan for providing strike security. FREE WEBINAR—Register Today Achieving Operational Interoperability through Emerging Standards Industry-wide data standards allow you to develop security solutions from the most current technologies. The National Information Exchange presents a great opportunity to make this single standard a reality. Topics to be covered: The importance of policy in preparing to share information Data sharing across agencies and system Creating information from data through a geospatial context What you will learn: The benefits of standards Which standards are becoming a reality Information on US and EU programs related to standards and interoperability A 2009 approved standard that is in place and operational G4S Wackenhut Wins ASTD ‘BEST Award’ G4S Wackenhut reports that it is the only security company to be awarded the prestigious BEST award from the American Society of Training & Development. The ASTD BEST Award recognizes organizations that demonstrate enterprise-wide success through employee learning and development. Datacard Group Team Recognized by U.S. Department of State for Work in Passport Card Program Datacard recently deployed its MX6000 Card Personalization Systems in nine locations across the country for use in the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative and passport card program. ICx Awarded Detect-To-Protect Contract for Mass Transit Security ICx Technologies, Inc., a developer of advanced sensor technologies for homeland security, force protection and commercial applications, announced this month that it has been awarded a Department of Homeland Security contract to participate in a FY2010 mass transit security pilot program. The program will test new sensors that can rapidly detect and identify the release of bio-threat agents. This phase of the Detect-to-Protect project will focus on mass transit systems. iOmniscient wins 2009 Engineering Excellence Awards iOmniscient announced that it has won the 2009 Engineering Excellence Awards for Best Small Business Ventures for its IQ-Hawk. The technology combines detection and identification capabilities within a single camera. When an event occurs, the system digitally zooms in automatically and can use iOmniscient’s Identification software to identify the person or vehicle. Rapiscan awarded $25M from TSA for Backscatter screening equipment Rapiscan Systems, Inc., has received an order from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration valued at approximately $25 million for multiple units of its Secure 1000 Single Pose advanced checkpoint security screening solution. The order is the first to be placed under a $173M Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration for Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) solutions. Firetide raises $8.6M venture capital Firetide has raised $8.59 million in a fifth round of venture funding for its wireless mesh networks. The company has raised more than $50 million in capital from Coral Capital Management and Menlo Ventures according to Venture Beat.

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