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How SIA’s Counter-UAS Working Group Is Addressing Evolving Drone Threats

Security Industry Association

Authority to Protect in Jeopardy That’s why in 2018 Congress granted federal agencies like the U.S. Last year these “authorities” were extended through congressional appropriations for fiscal year 2023, which means they expire Sept. Extension (in the latest administration proposal) of federal agency authorities to the U.S.

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Covid-19: Elements of a Scenario

Emergency Planning

In the wake of the WHO report, Professor Ziad Abdeen of the Palestinian Health Authority said about pandemics: "My task is to tell you things you don't want to know, and ask you to spend money you haven't got on something you don't think will happen." Perhaps comparisons with the general strike of 1926 might yield some insights. Spinney, L.

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Counting Costs: The Impact of a Government Shutdown on the Security Industry

Security Industry Association

Also, in contrast to the most recent government shutdown, which lasted for 35 days in December 2018 and January 2019 and was only partial, as appropriations had already been agreed to for the U.S. 30 – looming large.

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Detecting and Confronting Procurement Fraud

Risk Management Monitor

For example, in 2018, a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) procurement official was indicted for receiving over $300,000 in illegal bribes and gratuities from a construction company that performed work for MBTA. Fraudsters see an opportunity to profit from weaknesses and begin exploiting them. What Can Be Done?

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Financial Industry Hit By Surging Numbers of Cyber-Incidents

Behavior Group

Financial services companies in the UK were hit by 819 cyber-incidents, which were reported to the Financial Conduct Authority in 2018. According to a freedom of information (FOI) request made by accountancy firm RSM, the data showed that there had been a huge rise from the previous year, with 69 reported in 2017.

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SIA New Member Profile: HavenLock

Security Industry Association

After the 2018 tragedy in Parkland, Florida, the company focused its efforts on the commercial school security market to tackle the growing active shooter problem. Alex Bertelli : HavenLock was founded in 2014 after a break-in occurred in my neighborhood. What solutions/services does your business offer in the security industry?

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Deadly North Carolina Construction Blaze Could Spark Update to State Fire Code to Include More from NFPA 241

National Fire Protection Association

Currently, NFPA 241 is briefly referenced in the 2018 North Carolina Fire Prevention Code, which is the latest version of the code, but experts say a fuller incorporation of the 2022 edition of NFPA 241 could help reduce the risk of more fires like the one that razed a multistory apartment complex under construction in Charlotte on May 18.