BANGALORE, INDIA: Worldwide losses from attacks alone amounted to over $520 million during H1 2011, finds the October Fraud Report of RSA, the security division of EMC. The month of October which was coined the Cyber Security Awareness Month, by …
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Lance Marrow
Although historians may characterize 2011 differently than I do, I believe that many in the government and public safety arena likely will remember this as the “Year of the Natural Disaster.” From the unparalleled Japanese tsunami to wildfires and tornadoes that literally destroyed entire communities and droughts that plagued many parts of the United States, we have come face-to-face with natural disasters of epic proportions.
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Jim Viscardi reports that Smiths Detection is a world leader in the manufacturing of detection and imaging products that detect chemical weapons, toxic industrial materials, biological warfare agents, narcotics, radiation, nuclear materials and explosives. The company provides multiple technologies to multiple markets, he claims, segmenting by application and customer rather than by technology, a practice which gives Smiths Detection a competitive advantage because of its depth and breadth of products.
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Talking across jurisdictions and agencies has been the Holy Grail that emergency responders have long sought. Along the way, first responders also look for innovative ways to communicate using a variety of technologies, not just cell phones and radios. The entrants in this category have developed technologies that allows emergency responders to cut through technical and environmental interference, complexity and other obstacles to more effectively communicate with each other, as well as with the people they protect.
Here is a brief description of the entries in this category:
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