Homeland Security News

The Director of Homeland Security Programs is a key leadership position within the university. The Director provides the resources for a quality learning experience for students by ensuring coherence in the discipline and relevance to the practice. This management position contributes to Read more…

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DHS releases Blueprint for Cybersecurity in the face of growing cyber security concerns. The Blueprint for a Secure Cyber Future is based on the Department of Homeland Security Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Report’s strategic framework by providing a strategy for secure and resilient cyber environment. With this guide, stakeholders at all levels of government and [...]

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The Chemical Sector Security Summit 2012 will be held on July 30 – August 2, 2012 at Baltimore, Md. The sixth annual Summit will provide a forum for representatives from the chemical community to exchange information and network with other security professionals, share best practices, learn more about chemical security regulations, and gain insight into [...]

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EQI is the Israeli company that provides the earthquake early warning solutions presented at ISDEF 2011.

Israeli Minister of the Home Front Defense Matan Vilnai: Preparedness is Everything

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S.T.I. Ltd has presented UVIS (under vehicle inspection system) at ISDEF 2011. S.T.I. Ltd provides explosive detection solutions for homeland security market.

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At the opening ceremony of the 5th annual Israel defense exhibition ISDEF 2011 the Israeli Minister of the Home Front Defense Matan Vilnai said:
“I have just returned from trip to Japan. The country is recovering from the triple blow of tsunami, earthquake and the following nuclear disaster. The only way to cope with such [...]

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Call for Participants: 2011 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security (IEEE HST 11)
IEEE HST 2011, to be held 15-17 November 2011 in Boston, MA, will bring together global science and technology thought leaders to foster homeland security technology innovation. The conference is produced by IEEE with technical support from DHS S&T, [...]

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Good old Europe is changing in the face of terror threat - all national treasure sites, like Musée d’Orsay or Notre-Dame de Paris, are heavily patrolled.

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DHS announced the release of FY 2011 grant guidance and application kits for 12 DHS grant programs totaling $2.1 billion to assist states, urban areas, tribal and territorial governments, non-profit agencies, and the private sector in strengthening nation’s ability to prevent, protect, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks, major disasters and other emergencies. [...]

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DHS announced $25.5 million in grant funding under the Border Interoperability Demonstration Project (BIDP)—a one-time competitive grant program focused on developing innovative solutions to strengthen interoperable emergency communications along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico:

City of Yuma, Arizona—$3,994,443 for the Yuma Full Voice and Data Integration Demonstration Project.
San Diego Fire-Rescue, California—$3,852,580 for the Regional [...]

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