The news that that the CIA successfully thwarted an attempt by another Al Qaeda-inspired bomber to destroy a U.S.-bound plane serves as a sobering reminder that the threat many have …
Homeland security was on everyone’s mind three years ago when officials in Hawaii purchased a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), more commonly called a drone, as a high-tech law enforcement …
There are more than enough reasons to applaud the fact that AT&T Inc. was named as the first private sector company to be certified to DHS’ Voluntary Private Sector Preparedness …
Nearly a dozen U.S. Secret Service and nearly ten more U.S. military personnel are implicated in a prostitution scandal in Colombia while their boss, the President of the United States, …
When al Qaeda flew planes into the World Trade Center buildings and the Pentagon, there was no such thing as a “homeland security professional.” Years later, when the Department of …
The U.S. Coast Guard sank a derelict fishing vessel in the Gulf of Alaska on April 5 because it was a hazard to navigation. There had been no one aboard …
I have to admit when I got the email notice that DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano had established the Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience I thought, “Huh? What’s this about?”…
If you missed the news, in mid-November 2011, that an alleged cyber attack had been carried out against critical infrastructure in the United States, it’s understandable. At about the same …
In June 2011, the Human Capital Shared Interest Group of the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), a nonprofit educational organization, released a report entitled, “Becoming More …
There are some scars that never go away. For all of the noted scholars, graduates, and spectacular sports seasons, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia …
