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Alanco Technologies, Inc. (ALAN)
American Bank Note Holo. (ABHH)
Amex Defense Index (DFI)
AXCESS Inc. (AXSI)
BIO-key International, Inc. (BKYI)
Cenuco, Inc (CNUO)
Checkpoint Systems, Inc. (CKP)
Code-Alarm, Inc. (CODL)
Command Security Corporation (CMMD)
CompuDyne Corporation (CDCY)
Diversified Security Solutions, Inc. (DVS)
Guardian International (GIIS)
Environmental Tectonics Corporation (ETC)
http://www.adms.info
Extreme CCTV See
http://www.extremecctv.com> (EXC:TSX)
Home Security Int'l (HMSI)
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ICTS International N.V. (ICTS)
Imagis Technologies Inc.(OTCBB:IGSTF; TSX:NAB; Germany:IGY)
Indentix ,Inc (IDNX)
Integrated Security Systems, Inc. (IZZI)
International Electronics (IEIB)
InVision Technologies, Inc. (INVN)
Kroll Inc. (KROL)
Law Enforcement Associates Corp. See
http://www.lea-sales.com/home.html>(LENF)
LoJack Corporation (LOJN)
Magal Security Systems (MAGS)
Markland Technologies, Inc. (MKLD)
Napco Security Systems (NSSC)
Philadelphia Defense Index (DFX)
Pilot Network Services(R) (PILTQ)
Protection One, Inc. (POI)
Rainbow Technologies, Inc (RNBO)
Response USA, Inc. (RSPNQ)
Security Associates Intl. (SECA)
Sense Holdings, Inc. (SEHO)
Sentry Technology Corp. (SKVY)
Silent Witness Enterprise (SILW)
Snapshot, Inc. (SNSH)
Stratesec Incorporated (SFTC)
SYNERGX Systems Inc. (SYNX)
The Pittston Company (PZB)
The Tracker Corporation of America, Inc. (TRKR)
Universal Guardian Holdings, Inc. See
http://www.universalguardian.com/>(UGHO)
Versus Technology, Inc. (VSTI)
Vicon Industries, Inc. (VII)
Viisage Technology (VISG)
Vikonics, Inc. (VKSI)
State Directory
Contact the Professional in Charge of Your State:
Alabama-B.G. Michael Sumrall, Adjutant General,
334-271-7200
Alaska-M.G. Phil Oates, Adjutant General, 907-428-6003
Arkansas-Bud Harper, Dir. Emergency Management,
501-730-9750
California-George Vinson, Special Advisor on State
Security, 916-324-8908
Connecticut-Vincent De Rosa, Deputy Commissioner of the
Division of Protective Services,
Tel: 203-805-6600
Colorado-Sue Mencer, Executive Director of Public Safety
Contact: Jim Higgins, 303-273-1680
Delaware-Philip Cabaud, Homeland Security Director,
302-744-4101
District of Columbia-Margaret N. Kellems, Deputy Mayor
for Public Safety & Justice, 202-727-1000
Florida-Tim Moore, Commissioner of Public Safety,
850-410-7233
Georgia-Robert Hightower, Commissioner of Public Safety,
404-624-7030,
Web site:
www.gahomelandsecurity.com
Hawaii-M.G. Edward Correa, Adjutant General,
808-733-4301, ext. 452
Idaho-M.G. Jack Kane, Adjutant General, 208-422-5242
Illinois-Matthew Bettenhausen, Homeland Security
Director, 312-814-2166
Indiana-Clifford Ong, Director of Indiana
Counterterrorism & Security Council, 317-232-8303
Iowa-Ellen Gordon, Administrator and Emergency
Management, 515-281-3231
Kansas-M.G. Gregory Gardner, Adjutant General,
785-274-1121/1109
Kentucky-B.G.D. Allen Youngman, Adjutant General,
502-607-1257
Louisiana-Terry Ryder, Special Counsel & Deputy to Gov.
Foster 225-342-7015
Maine-M.G. Joseph Tinkham, II, Adjutant General,
Homeland Security, 207-626-4440
Maryland-Al Collins, Chief of Staff to the Governor,
410-974-3570
Massachusetts-Richard Swensen, Office of Commonwealth
Security, 617-727-3600, ext.556
Michigan-Col. Stephen D. Madden, Director of State
Police.
Contact: Captain John Ort, 517-336-6198, Web site:
www.msp.state.mi.us
Minnesota-Charlie Weaver, Commissioner of Public Safety,
651-296-6642
Mississippi-Robert Latham, Executive Director of Miss.
Emergency Management Agency, 601-960-9999
Missouri-Col. Tim Daniel, Special Advisor for Homeland
Security 573-522-3007
Montana-Jim Greene, Administrator, Disaster & Emergency
Services, 406-841-3911
Nebraska-Lt. Gov. Dave Heineman, 402-471-2256
New Hampshire-Donald Bliss, Director of Emergency
Management & State
Fire Marshal, 603-271-3294
Nevada-Frank Siracusa, Chief, Division of Emergency
Management, 775-687-4240
New Jersey-Sidney J. Caspersen, Asst. Attorney
General-In Charge, 609-341-5050
New Mexico-Tom English, Secretary of Public Safety,
505-474-1290
New York-James Kallstrom, Director of the Office of
Public Safety, 212-867-7060
North Carolina-Bryan Beatty, Sect., Dept. of Crime
Control & Public Safety, 919-733-2126
North Dakota-Doug Friez, Homeland Security Coordinator,
701-328-8100,
Ohio-Lt. Gov. Maureen O'Connor, Ohio Dept. of Public
Safety, 614-466-4344
Oklahoma-Bob Ricks, Secretary of Safety and Security,
405-425-2001
Oregon-Ronald C. Ruecker, Superintendent of Oregon State
Police,
503-378-3725
Pennsylvania-Earl Freilino, Director PA. Office of
Homeland Security, 717-651-2715
Rhode Island-M.G. Reginald Centracchio, Adjutant
General, 401-275-4102
South Carolina-M.G. R.S. "Steve" Siegfried, Director of
Homeland Security, 803-737-3886
South Dakota-Deb Bowman, Chief of Homeland Security,
1-866-homland
Tennessee-B.G. Wendell Gilbert, Deputy to the Governor
for Homeland Security, 615-532-7825
Texas-Commissioner David Dewhurst, Chairman of Task
Force on Homeland Security, 512-463-5256
Utah-Scott Behunin, Div. Director Comprehensive
Emergency Management, 801-538-3400
Vermont-Kate O'Connor, Secretary of Civil & Military
Affairs, 802-828-3333
Virginia-John Hager, Asst. to the Governor for
Commonwealth Preparedness, 804-225-3826,
Web site:
www.vdem.state.va.us
Washington-M.G. Timothy J. Lowenberg, Adjutant General,
Director of State Military Department, 253-512-8201
West Virginia-Joe Martin, Secretary of Dept. of Military
Affairs and Public Safety.
No contact information available at time of printing.
Visit:
www.whitehouse.gov
for future updates.
Wisconsin-Ed Gleason, Admin. Emergency Management,
608-242-3210
Wyoming-Hoke MacMillan, Attorney General, 307-777-5457
Guam-G.M. B. Paulino, Adjutant General, 671-475-0802
Puerto Rico-Annabelle Rodriguez, Attorney General,
787-723-7924
Source: Office of Homeland Security, Web site:
www.whitehouse.gov
Homeland Security Industries Association
http://www.hsianet.org
The International Association for Counter- terrorism &
Security Professionals (IACSP)
http://www.iacsp.com/
International Security Industry Association
http://www.intsi.org/
The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
http://www.issa.org/
The Homeland Security Technology Council
http://www.thehstc.us/index.html
Homeland Security Leadership Alliance
www.hsleadership.org
The Canadian Defence Industries Association
(CDIA)
http://www.cdia.ca/public/membership/index.asp
Access Control & Integration Magazine -
Offering a
selection of articles, an archive of back issues, and
subscription information.
Access Control & Security Systems -
Focusing on how
America's commercial, industrial and institutional
facilities employ security systems to make locations
safer.
Access Control and Security Integration -
Free
publication contains the latest developments in US
security system applications, security products, systems
and services. Topics include schools, security,
biometrics and industry salaries.
Art of Deception -
Kevin Mitnick and William L.
Simon share the act of controlling the human element of
security in the Art of Deception Book.
Bank Security Publications -
Books, manuals, and
videos for the banking industry.
British Security -
Dedicated to British security
officers. News, forums, newsletters, articles, help and
legal advice.
Canadian Security Magazine -
Canadian Security is
one of the key publications for professional security
management in Canada, providing balanced editorial on
issues relevant to end users across all industry
sectors.
Cluesonline LLC -
News and information for
professional investigators.
CSO Magazine - CSO
(Chief Security Officer) magazine
provides security executives with high-level
information, best practices and strategic insight,
in-depth look at security-related products and services.
An IDG publication.
Don't Hire a Crook -
Book about the importance of US
pre-employment background checks.
The e-Security Audit Toolkit -
Checklists, audit
questionnaires and other publications to review the
security of the e-commerce infrastructure.
FSI's Homeland Security Guide -
FSI’s Guide offers
in-depth analysis of the Homeland Security market from
the Federal, State and Local IT perspective. It provides
a concise, tactical and actionable resource to shape
your Homeland Security IT strategy and business plans.
ISO17799 Made Easy -
The ISO17799 Toolkit is a
collection of items designed to help address the
requirements of the ISO 17799 security standard.
Journal of Electronic Defense -
Electronic
countermeasures publications, magazine and handbooks.
J.R's Global Security Resource -
Online resource for
security professionals. Many subjects, such as
terrorism, security officers, and homeland security.
LTS Security Engineer -
Free online newsletter,
published quarterly by Latta Technical Services, with
articles of interest to architects, and justice and
commercial facility owners and users.
National Neighborhood Watch Institute -
Publishers
of "How to Start and Maintain a Healthy Neighborhood
Watch Program", and "The Home and Personal Security
Handbook." Also sell decals, street signs and
tee-shirts.
On Line Help for Alarm System Users -
How to choose
and use your domestic burglar and fire alarm system like
a professional and avoid expensive false alarm fines
from your police and fire departments.
Online Information Security Guides and Publications
- A source of free to access, interactive, online
information security policies and disaster recovery plan
guides. An on-going and extensive library of security
publications.
PI-Digest -
Newsgroup for licensed Private
Investigators.
Police and Public Security -
Suppliers directory for
police and public security.
Praxiom's Human Security Standard -
Human Security
Standard publication defines a process that you can use
to develop and implement a Human Security Program.
Rusting Publications -
Newsletters and books for
security executives, litigating attorneys, insurers for
use in hospitals, hotels, colleges, schools and other
fields.
Security Electronics Magazine -
Articles and
technical information on the subject of electronic and
computer security.
Security Landing -
Resources for security and
investigative professionals including forums, links,
classifieds, downloads and articles.
Security Links -
Online portal of security
information for retail loss prevention, law enforcement,
private investigators, and security officers.
Security Magazine - Information for public and
private sector security executives.
Security Management Magazine -
Published by the
American Society for Industrial Security.
Security Manual -
Covering corporate and office
problems including fences, barriers, burglary and VIP
protection, with advice and guidelines.
Security Professional's Site -
Security related
news, articles, job postings, humor, and heroes.
Security Voice - the official website of JSIC -
Security Voice is the website endorsed by the Joint
Security Industry Council (JSIC), the umbrella
organisation for over 40 associations, inspectorates and
other UK security organizations.
SecurityPark -
Latest UK Security Industry news,
developments, products, services and member forums.
Thomas Investigative Publications - Links to various
publications relating to security and investigation
specialists.
UK Security Directory -
Lists companies across the
UK supplying security solutions and products. Search by
product required, locality, and main requirements.
Virtual library: Public security in Québec -
Public
security in Québec owns a large collection of
publications in the following domains: civil protection,
criminality, fire prevention, and detention and social
rehabilitation in Québec and elsewhere. The Public
security website invites internauts to surf its virtual
library and find out about its interesting online
publications plus specialized bibliographies.
White-Collar Crime Fighter Newsletter - U.S.
publications providing exclusive "how-to" fraud-fighting
advice to law enforcement officials, corporate security
managers, prosecutors, private investigators and
auditors.
Analysts/Research Resources
Get an Analysts Perspective on the Homeland Defense/Security Industry
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Homeland Security Research
Corporation,
Johnathan Tal
Homeland Security Research Corporation
www.hsrc.biz
Spears Security Industry Analyst
Spear`s
Security Industry Analyst
Homeland Technology
Opportunities:
The Market, The Needs
& Recommendations" is available for free at
www.securitysummits.com/reports.html
Govtech.net Library
<http://library.govtech.net/>
Stay up-to-date on the latest trends on the hottest
technologies. Updated daily, this free service allows
you to search and browse the latest white papers,
research reports, market intelligence and case studies
from some of the industry's leading analysts and
vendors free of charge, any time of the day.
Mallon's Security Investing
<http://www.securityinvesting.com./>Newsletter
on investing in Global Security. Jack Mallon
http://www.mallonassociates.com/
Emergency Response VSAT Internet Communications
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As 2005 begins, there are a number
of products on the market which enable Emergency
Response Units to have internet connectivity at
remote disaster locations. The products marketed
this year mount on vehicles from
Fire Rescue units to most any type of truck
or van, on specially designed
trailers utilizing portable generators and
in transportable boxes which can be
shipped by UPS or Fed X overnight to most any
location in the U.S. A response team’s greatest
challenge is to know enough about how this mobile
satellite internet technology works and what the
differences are in quality of transmission based
on the equipment chosen and services provided by
the Satellite Internet Provider.
To make the right decision at the
onset of the process of buying vsat mobile
satellite internet equipment will save your
Government Agency thousands of dollars in the long
run. How do you evaluate what the best
combination of equipment and service will be?
Here is the process I recommend to the Government
Agencies I speak to around the country:
1. Determine what you will need
to do on the internet in an emergency.
Will you need to send digital
pictures to other locations? Will you need to
establish a VPN connection to Headquarters? Will
you want to “live stream” a camera over the
internet? Do you need telephone capability over
the net (VOIP) in a very remote location that has
no cell phone connectivity? Do you need to
connect multiple computers at the remote site
engaged in the above activities or engaged in
heavy emailing? All but emailing requires either
low latency (1/2 second or less) or fast upload
speeds (sustained speeds above 128kbps)…..some of
these activities need both!
If you need ANY of these
capabilities, you need to look seriously at the
Enterprise Class of equipment available today.
This is not Direcway or Starband powered
equipment! They are fine companies; however, in
spite of all they can do, the important fact is:
These companies can’t or
won’t provide enough upload (in-route) speed or
low enough latency to work effectively at the
tasks listed above – period!
2. Determine what type of
installation will provide your Emergency Response
team the most flexibility in an Emergency.
When time is of the essence, you need a mobile
setup that can be taken to a disaster site in a
hurry and is available at a moments notice to be
on it’s way. A self contained vehicle mount is
the most popular, in part due to the fact that it
was all that was available until 2003 and until
recently, the least expensive. Many Government
Agencies don’t have the budget to have such a
vehicle “sit around” waiting for a disaster. They
need to utilize the vehicle all the time and have
a legitimate concern that when the need arises,
the vehicle won’t be able to get to a location in
the time frame needed……what then? Many Government
agencies I speak to have recently opted for a
trailer mounted system combined with a portable
generator or the “transportable” unit which is two
or three “boxes” that contain all the gear needed
to quickly establish a broadband connection to the
internet and can be shipped overnight by Ground
Carriers if needed at a distant location. In this
scenario, the monthly service is a minimal cost
and when the need arises, can be ramped up to
whatever speeds are required in a matter of
minutes. This can save the Government Agency an
enormous amount over the years. It has only been
offered by the “big boys” in this business who
have figured out how to make money with this type
of service by dedicating transponders that handle
more accounts than you normally would have as a
result of the infrequent use.
The best way to make sure your
investment in this equipment is a wise one is to
contact an independent provider who can give you a
“No Spin” analysis of your situation and recommend
the right solution to your organization.
About the Author:
Randy Scott has been involved in the
bi-directional satellite internet industry from
it’s beginning as a Sr. Sales Engineer, consultant
and business owner. Randy is the founder of VSAT
U.S., a consulting and sales agent, representing
the most prestigious satellite internet providers
in the U.S. For more information about mobile VSAT
products or current VSAT satellite internet
offerings, visit
www.vsatus.com or email
info@vsatus.com
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