|
|
HOME
|
ON LAND, IN THE AIR AND ON THE SEA SSI MEANS SECURITY.
|
|
| |
|
May Mid-Month 2009 |
|
|
|
|
|
Your Bi-monthly Homeland Security News Source |
|
|
Upcoming Events
Register Now & Save $$$
SSI's GSA Approved Programs CLICK HERE!
__________________
|
|
|
|
NEW! Pandemic Influenza -Be Proactive with this Informative Guide from CRC Press, A Leading Publisher in Disaster Planning & Emergency Response
15% OFF THE LIST PRICE!
Edited by Jeffrey R. Ryan
 The swine flu outbreak needn't become a crisis. This critically acclaimed work provides public health officials, doctors, responders, and emergency planners with accurate current information that will help them understand the nature of an outbreak, assess risk, answer public concerns, and develop informed strategies. Devoid of sensationalism and agenda, this CRC Press resource provides all the information needed to understand pandemic influenzas including, avian, swine, and human variations, and outlines the steps needed to develop and implement prevention, stabilization, and recovery efforts as needed at the local level.
Cat. #: 60872 Pages: 280 ISBN: 9781420060874 Publication Date: Jan. 2009
List Price: $69.95 Discounted Price: $59.46
Apply discount Code 415EA at Checkout to Receive 15% Off the List Price!
Secure your Copies Today!
|
Al Qaeda Exporting Jihad with a Hip-Hop Vibe
By Paula Newton, CNN
 LONDON (CNN) -- The latest video from Somalia's al Qaeda-backed Al-Shabaab wing is as slickly produced as a reality TV show but with a startling message -- complete with a hip-hop jihad vibe.
"Mortar by mortar, shell by shell, only going to stop when I send them to hell," the unidentified voice raps on the video, which runs at least 18 minutes.
The video also shows a man reported to be Abu Mansoor al-Amriki, dubbed "The American" by al Qaeda. He apparently is now in Somalia training and counseling Somalis from North America and Europe. He speaks in American English.
"Away from your family, away from our friends, away from ice, candy bars, all those things is because we're waiting to meet the enemy," says the man believed to be al-Amriki.
Read on...
|
Glossy Internet Magazine Targets Americans for Jihad Training
By Eric Shawn
 It's been likened to Al Qaeda's "Vanity Fair," a new English-language Internet magazine called "Jihad Recollections" that focuses on the terrorist group, its founder, Usama Bin Laden, and how to commit jihad. It also predicts the demise of the United States.
"This is designed for Americans," says noted terrorism expert Steven Emerson, founder of the Investigative Project on Terrorism in Washington, D.C., and author of the book "American Jihad: The Terrorists Living Among Us."
"It's not for Brits, not for Germans, not for jihadists in the Middle East. It's designed for Americans and it's designed to get them to convert to Islam or to carry out jihad acts of terror," he said.
"What started off as some angry kids in their basement has transformed over the past several years into a robust Al Qaeda propaganda outlet right here in our backyard," says Jarret Brachman, an Al Qaeda specialist and author of the new book, "Global Jihadism."
|
|
August 17-21, 2009
Approved for Academic Credit through Saint Leo University |
|
Assessing Cyber-Physical System Security
By Kate Rowland, Editor-in-Chief, Intelligent Utility Topic Centers, Energy Central  The electric power grid is a highly automated network, with a variety of communication networks interconnected to it in order to sense, monitor and control the electricity flowing through it. With that high level of automation, however, comes the challenge of protecting it. In March, at the 2009 IEEE Power & Engineering Society Power Systems Conference & Exposition in Seattle, a panel sponsored by the society's Power System Analysis, Computing & Economics (PSACE) Committee brainstormed the research challenges and opportunities in the emerging theme of cyber-physical systems aspect of cyber security of power systems. Discussion encompassed attack/defense models, risk assessment methods, attack prevention, and real-time mitigation algorithms, capturing not only the vulnerabilities of the cyber-based control systems, but also the resulting impacts on the physical power system in terms of capacity loss and stability. Bruce McMillin, a professor in the department of computer science at the Missouri University of Science and Technology, noted there were complexities involved in the integration of computation with physical processes (i.e., information security in cyber-physical power systems). Concerns included the fact that "computers are in one world, and the physical process in another world," according to McMillin, the complex and unpredictable interactions between cyber and physical processes, and the flow of information across cyber and physical systems.
|
 Homeland1.com is revolutionizing the way in which the homeland security community finds relevant news, identifies important training information, interacts with each other and researches product purchases. It is becoming the most comprehensive and trusted online destination for industry personnel and aspiring professionals alike |
Science Agency to Review FBI's Anthrax Inquiry
By David Dishneau
 Associated Press Writer= HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) The National Academy of Sciences said Friday it will review the lab work behind the FBI's conclusion that Army scientist Bruce Ivins was responsible for the anthrax mailings that killed five people in 2001.
The FBI will pay the Washington-based society nearly $880,000 for the independent, 15-month committee review of the genetic and chemical studies investigators used to link Ivins to the attacks, academy spokeswoman Jennifer Walsh said.
The review, which was requested by the FBI, won't assess the evidentiary value of the bureau's detective work or the FBI's conclusion that Ivins acted alone, the academy said.
Ivins' lawyer, Paul Kemp, has said the scientist was innocent and would have been cleared if the case had gone to trial. Some of Ivins' colleagues have expressed doubt about the FBI's conclusions.
|
|
The 2009 South Florida Police & Security Expo is pleased to announce the partnership with Security Solutions International - SSI who will be hosting a one-day, Pre-Conference Training Class on Tuesday June 2nd, 2009, at the Palm Beach County Convention Center, West Palm Beach, FL. For additional information, please click on the following link.
We are also excited to announce Sol Bradman, CEO of Security Solutions International, as the Keynote Speaker at this year's event. Mr. Bradman will be covering the topic: "Islamic Jihadist Threat to the World." This topic is designed to give First Responders a deep understanding of the terror mindset and an explanation of the reasons for the Global Jihad as well as practical tips for Law Enforcement in detecting, preventing and responding to acts of terror.
Sign up today to avoid long lines the day of the show. Registration is FREE on-line and a $5.00 door fee will apply the day of the Expo. Please visit our website at: www.SouthFloridaPoliceExpo.com and click on the "How to Attend" tab to register.
Thank You,
Brian Gellin
South Florida Police & Security Expo
1-800-743-4948 x101 |
 |
|
O'Malley Seeks OK to Jam Cell Phone Calls in Prisons
By Melissa Harris
 Gov. Martin O'Malley is launching a federal lobbying effort to allow the jamming of cell phone calls by prison inmates, and he wants permission to test the technology to see if it works.
The governor's request, made public on Sunday, is part of an effort to crack down on witness intimidation, prison gangs and retaliation.
It comes several weeks after federal authorities indicted four corrections officers and members of the Black Guerrilla Family prison gang accused of conducting business on conference calls with prisoners across the state using smuggled cell phones. Also in recent weeks, a federal jury sentenced a Baltimore Bloods member, who used a cell phone inside the city jail to order a hit on a witness, to four life terms.
Currently, states and counties can't jam cell phone signals under the Communications Act of 1934, which regulates the use of radio frequencies. The Federal Communications Commission, however, may permit federal agencies, such as the Drug Enforcement Agency, to use the technology.
O'Malley is planning to ask federal regulators for permission to conduct a brief test of jamming technology, to determine its effectiveness and whether it would disrupt civilian cell phones nearby.
|
|
Scholarship available through BLACKHAWK! for an NTOA member to attend. CLICK HERE for more information. |
U.S. Gets Tough on Canadian Border
By Bob Drogin
The administration says security should be as stringent as on the Mexican frontier. Border residents and Canadian officials disagree, saying the terrorism threat is exaggerated.
High above the rugged border, an unmanned Predator B drone equipped with night-vision cameras and cloud-piercing radar has scanned the landscape for signs of smugglers, illegal immigrants or terrorists.
Armed agents checked the identification of border crossers while radiation sensors and other devices monitored vehicles entering by road. Soon, a network of telescopic and infrared video cameras mounted atop 80-foot metal towers will rise above key locations.
The beefed-up border security is not taking place along America's chaotic southern border -- riven by drug smuggling, gun running and illegal immigration -- but rather, its traditionally boring northern boundary with Canada.
Read On...
|
|
Cadets Trade the Trenches for Firewalls
By Corey Kilgannon and Noam Cohen
 WEST POINT, N.Y. - The Army forces were under attack. Communications were down, and the chain of command was broken.
Pacing a makeshift bunker whose entrance was camouflaged with netting, the young man in battle fatigues barked at his comrades: "They are flooding the e-mail server. Block it. I'll take the heat for it."
These are the war games at West Point, at least last month, when a team of cadets spent four days struggling around the clock to establish a computer network and keep it operating while hackers from the National Security Agency in Maryland tried to infiltrate it with methods that an enemy might use. The N.S.A. made the cadets' task more difficult by planting viruses on some of the equipment, just as real-world hackers have done on millions of computers around the world.
Read On...
| |
Unique opportunity for SWAT teams members who want to get ready to conduct Counter Terrorism Operations.
Anaheim, CA - May 12-15, 2009 SOLD OUT!
Miami, FL - June 15-18, 2009 SPACE LIMITED!
Train Hard - Play Hard!
The scope of this training is to teach SWAT team members how to conduct an operation with the special characteristics peculiar to terrorist incidents and accomplish the mission, whether there are hostages involved, IED's, booby traps, or suicide terrorists with maximum safety for: citizens, team members and surrounding assets. By nature, the operation may become more similar to a military operation because, as mentioned above, this is a criminal act with a strategic goal. It is part of an ideological struggle against a state or population and may be carried out by a professional team of well equipped terrorist subjects. |
Railroad Company Builds Program Through Collaboration
By Rhianna Daniels
 OMAHA, Neb.--Union Pacific's E-Railsafe program is continuing to grow and recently lauded the addition of Canadian railroads.
E-Railsafe, which Union Pacific developed after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, requires third-party contractors who are working on Class I railroad property to pass a criminal history check, have a contractor credential, and complete railroad safety and security courses.
Before this was in place, "we background checked all our employees but there was a gap in regards to our contractors," said Mark Rowley, senior manger, Physical Security and Infrastructure Protection, Union Pacific Police. "The chief of police, Dennis Jenson, reached out to our background investigation company and created the idea of E-Railsafe. That was inception of it and it became what it is today with everyone collaborating. All of the Class 1 railroads in the United States are part of it as well as in Canada."
Union Pacific and e-Verifile, a background screening and workforce solutions company, worked in conjunction to develop and implement the program.
|
|
Forensic Technology: US and Mexico to Share Ballistics Database
 MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(Marketwire - April 24, 2009) - Forensic Technology would like to congratulate the governments of Mexico and the United States on the announced sharing of their ballistics databases. The decisive leadership displayed by both Governments in taking these actions ensures that police on both sides of the border have the tools they need to combat the escalating gun violence. The situation along the Southwest Border was a significant topic during the April 16th meeting between Mexican President Felipe Calderon and U.S. President Barack Obama. "Obviously the Mexican people, particularly along the borders, have suffered great hardship. And as a consequence, if we partner effectively, I'm confident that we're going to make progress" stated President Obama. Earlier that day, the White House announced the following with regard to its new approach on a bilateral relationship, specifically arms trafficking: "The United States and Mexico each have Integrated Ballistic Identification Systems (IBIS) that store digital photos and arms-related information related to criminal investigations. The United States and Mexico will bridge their IBIS systems in order to share digital images, ballistic markings, other arms-related information to help identify leads in violent crimes both in Mexico and in the United States."
|
|
|
|
|
National Guard to Cut Forces After Recruiting Creates Surplus
WASHINGTON - As unemployment soars, a combination of cash incentives and aggressive recruiting has left the Army National Guard with a surplus of soldiers, and now it plans to trim its force, according to government documents and interviews with Guard officials. As recently as 2005, the National Guard fell 20% short of its recruitment goal and was 20,000 soldiers shy of its overall target of 350,000, leading its commander to call it a "hollow" force. The bonuses and relaxed standards for recruits helped fill the Guard's ranks to 366,880 soldiers, beyond the 358,200 authorized by Congress.
The Guard has already cut some bonuses, stopped accepting convicted felons on special waivers and lowered the maximum age for recruits.
The Guard stopped issuing felony waivers in 2007 in an attempt to increase the quality of its recruits, according to the Government Accountability Office. The maximum enlistment age has been reduced from 42 to 35, said Grant Zachary, deputy chief of the Army National Guard's strength maintenance division.
|
 S.W.A.T. CELLULAR JAMMER 
|
|
Sincerely, Security Solutions International | |
| | |
|
|
|
|
| For further information:
Security Solutions International, Kendall Tamiami Executive Airport, 14300 S.W. 129th Street, Suite 204, Miami, Fl. 33186
786-573-3999 Office, 786-573-2090 Fax
|
|
|
About SSI 
