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Guard911 Awarded State of Florida Department of Education Security Contract for Alyssa’s Law | News

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COLLINSVILLE, Ill., May 9, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Guard911, a technology-based security company offering a mobile panic alert system, has been named as an approved vendor for the Florida Department of Education – Alyssa’s Law mandate.

The Illinois-based company will provide public and charter schools in Florida with access to their SchoolGuard ‘mobile panic alert app’ service to facilitate an immediate notification to all staff and law enforcement to active shooter emergencies.

Steve Hoard, the Coordinator of Safety and Mental Health at Union County Schools, believes that Guard911 is an excellent vendor choice by the state. 

“Union County schools have relied on the powerful, proven effective and simplicity of SchoolGuard for the past several years.” Hoard states, “We highly recommend other school districts in Florida to implement the Guard911 serve as well.”

Sheriff Tommy Ford of Bay County mentions all of his schools have implemented the Guard911 service a few years ago and he remains a strong advocate to the user-friendly service.

Ford states, “For over three years, Bay County Schools have relied on safeguarding their school district with the SchoolGuard service offered by Guard911 and I remain a strong advocate to this service.”

The company’s President and Founder, Nate McVicker, says his team is excited to work with Florida and help protect additional schools through this opportunity. 

“We are honored to be awarded a contract to work with the Department of Education to safeguard additional schools in Florida against senseless acts of violence,” said McVicker, “SchoolGuard is already operable in several Florida schools and we look forward to expanding our reach in our mission to protect more statewide … as seconds save lives.”

About Guard911

Guard911 was founded in 2013 by veteran law enforcement and technology experts looking to take a deep psychological approach to armed intruder emergencies. As a result, the Guard911®, SchoolGuard®, CampusGuard911™, and Hero911® apps were designed with a single focus – to provide an early warning system for these emergency situations and save precious seconds that can mean the difference between life…

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NSWC Crane Division Manager Awarded Civilian Service Commendation Medal > Naval Sea Systems Command > Saved News Module

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CRANE, Ind.,   –  

Clint Seyer, Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division’s (NSWC Crane) manager for the Expeditionary Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems Division, was recently  awarded the Department of the Navy (DON) Civilian Service Commendation Medal (CSCM) in recognition of significant contributions to the United States (U.S.) Navy. Seyer was recognized for significant efforts during his 18-year career at NSWC Crane Division.  He developed short and long term strategies that resulted in national leadership recognition in the Electronic Warfare (EW) mission area.

Seyer’s award commendation letter reads, “…your dedication and supervision to the Expeditionary EW mission resonates in every aspect of your leadership and drive…”

CSCM recognizes performance well above what is expected of an individual, and above the degree of excellence reflected in a performance evaluation. Performance is at the equivalent level of the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal.

Seyer began his career at Crane in 2003 as the Quality/Safety Focal Point where he provided quality systems and safety support to the Electro-Optics/Chemical and Bio Sensors Division. He was selected as the Chief Strategist for the Spectrum Warfare Department in 2013. In that position, he was responsible for the department’s strategic planning efforts where he successfully worked to develop short and long term strategies resulting in achievement of national leadership in the EW mission area. In 2018, Mr. Seyer was selected as the Division Manager for the Expeditionary EW Systems Division where he is responsible for management and oversight of a division team supporting several expeditionary EW Systems and direct workload execution of multiple Acquisition Category (ACAT) II programs impacting U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, and U.S. Special Forces positioned around the globe.

As the Chief Strategist, Mr. Seyer positioned NSWC Crane to be a leader in EW Systems among the Department of Defense, working directly with the Spectrum Warfare Systems Department Director to make strategic plans that have enabled successful execution of our Command’s strategic intent. As the Division…

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Israeli, Hungarian, awarded ‘math Nobel’ for computer security achievements

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OSLO, Norway — The Abel Prize, which honors achievements in mathematics, was awarded to Israeli Avi Wigderson and Hungarian Laszlo Lovasz for their contributions to computer security, the Norwegian Academy of Science said.

The pair were honored “for their foundational contributions to theoretical computer science and discrete mathematics, and their leading role in shaping them into central fields of modern mathematics,” the jury said last week.

Avi Wigderson, 64, a researcher at Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, has widened and deepened the understanding of “complexity theory.”

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His research has led to advances in internet cryptography and serves as the basis for the technology powering crypto-currencies such as bitcoin.

In a short interview with the Abel Prize organization, Wigderson said: “I was very happy to hear it, I was somewhat surprised, and of course, I felt very honored.”

Talking about his field of research, computational complexity theory, which he describes as revolutionizing technology and science, Wigderson said: “Algorithms and computation take place not just in computers or between computer systems but actually everywhere in nature, in atoms, in matter, friends in Facebook, prices in an economy bacteria in a cell, and neurons in the brain.”

“Understanding and developing theories for these major scientific questions require understanding the computations in these systems, the resources they take,” he said.

Laszlo Lovasz gives an interview on March 17, 2021 (YouTube)

Lovasz, 73, who is affiliated with the Alfred-Renyi Institute of Mathematics and Eotvos Lorand University in Budapest, is credited with establishing a connection between discrete mathematics, such as the theory of networks, and computer science.

Together with Dutch brothers Arjen and Hendrik Lenstra, Lovasz developed the LLL algorithm, which has applications in areas such as number theory, cryptography and…

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General Dynamics Mission Systems Awarded $980 Million Contract from the US Army for Electronic and Cyber Warfare Capabilities – PRNewswire

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General Dynamics Mission Systems Awarded $ 980 Million Contract from the US Army for Electronic and Cyber Warfare Capabilities  PRNewswire

FAIRFAX, Va., March 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — The U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACG-APG) has awarded General Dynamics …

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