2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards

The GSN 2014 

Digital 

Yearbook 

of 

Homeland 

Security 

Awards

Thanks to our 

generous sponsors 

for making this 

important program 

possible. 

Thanks to our 

generous sponsors 

for making this 

yearbook possible 

About the GSN Homeland 

Security Awards Program 

The Government Security News Awards Program was 

organized in 2009 to honor the distinguished vendors of 

IT and Physical Security products and solutions, and the 

dedicated officials in federal, state, county and municipal 

government, whose combined efforts keep our nation 

safe and secure 24/7. 

We are also pleased to honor the vendors and government 

officials of other nations that have chosen to participate in 

this year’s program with their prize-winning entries. 

Homeland Security in many nations benefits from remarkable 

technology breakthroughs and ever-more sophisticated 

programs from government agencies, often produced in 

productive collaboration with private industry. 

We hope you find our awards program’s findings regarding 

the great achievements of the past year in the field of 

Homeland Security to be interesting and informative. 

Adrian Courtenay, CEO 

Government Security News 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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Meet the Sponsors: Tenable 

Meet the Sponsors: HID Global 

Meet the Sponsors: Agiliance 

Vendors of IT Security Solutions 

GSN Interview – Chuck Brooks, 

Distinguished Judge 

Winners in IT Security Categories 

Vendors of Physical Security Solutions 

GSN Interview – Scott Greiper, 


Winners in Physical Security Solutions 

Government Agency Awards 

GSN Interview – K. Denise Krepp, 


Winners of Government Agency Awards 


About the Statute: 

The Statue of Liberty, a symbol 

of freedom and the United 

States, was designed by the 

French sculptor Frederic 

Auguste Bartholdi, given to the 

United States by the people 

of France and dedicated on 

October 28, 1886. The robed 

female figure representing the 

Roman goddess Libertas bears 

a torch and a tablet evoking 

the law, on which is inscribed 

the date of the American 

Declaration of Independence, 

July 4, 1776. The statue is an 

icon of freedom and a welcoming 

signal to immigrations 

arriving from abroad. 

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MEET THE SPONSORS 

Continuous Network Monitoring for 

Government Agencies 

by Jennifer Collis, Government Solutions Marketing 

Manager, Tenable Network Security 

When Tenable Network Security ® was founded in 2002, its 

founders knew that there were no quick and easy solutions 

for solving complex security problems. Tenable’s first 

product, Nessus ® , went on to become the most widely deployed 

vulnerability scanner in the world and is acknowledged 

as the global standard in detecting and assessing 

network data. 

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But a lot has changed since 2002. The modern IT landscape 

has expanded to include laptops, mobile devices, 

virtual systems, and cloud-based applications. In a BYOD 

(“bring your own device”) environment, employees use 

their own personal devices for work, introducing a significant 

risk into the traditional IT infrastructure. While these 

devices increase the agility of an organization, they also 

introduce visibility and security gaps, leaving the organization 

open to vulnerabilities and breaches. Periodic scanning 

helps, but it can miss devices that are not connected 

to the network 100% of the time. And if those devices have 

been surfing the Internet or shopping online, they may be 

completely unprotected from exploits and attacks. 

Another significant risk on the modern IT network is the 

prevalence of cloudbased 

applications 

and virtual systems. 

IT security managers 

may not be aware of 

all virtual machines, 

many of which might 

be created and used 

for transient purposes. 

And the security 

team may also be unaware of the many cloud-based 

hosted services used by various departments. 

This is why Tenable has been pioneering continuous 

network monitoring since 2004: to ensure that your entire 

security program is aligned and working 24/7 to assess 

and protect today’s hybrid network systems. Continuous,

automated testing of a network’s defenses against a security 

policy is the best method to monitor the health and 

assurance of your network. 

NIST defines continuous network monitoring as “maintaining 

ongoing awareness of information security, vulnerabilities, 

and threats to support organizational risk management 

decisions.” 

Continuous network monitoring is one of the most 

promising developments in Next Generation Vulnerability 

Management (NGVM). Instead of scanning periodically, 

agencies can now implement real-time scanning to 

eliminate blind spots. A well-run network should include 

solutions that accurately measure security risks in real 

time and bring together the processes of asset discovery, 

vulnerability detection and configuration auditing. 

Tenable’s SecurityCenter Continuous View (Security- 

Center CV) includes innovative continuous network 

monitoring tools, such 

as passive vulnerability 

scanning on devices 

that are not always 

connected to the 

network, log correlation 

and analysis, tight 

integrations with the 

security ecosystem, and 

advanced threat detection 

technologies. SecurityCenter CV’s centralized console 

manages distributed Nessus vulnerability scanners for 

agency-wide security and compliance visibility. Sensors 

automatically discover and assess traditional IT systems, 

mobile users, virtual networks, and cloud-based applications. 

Advanced analytics, including extensive dashboards 

and customizable reports, aggregate scan data to help 

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you identify and remediate security and compliance 

issues. 

In today’s IT environment, an unknown risk can compromise 

your agency and put your executive management 

at the center of media attention. Continuous 

network monitoring provides peace of mind by reporting 

against any number of compliance standards and 

your own security policy. Only a well-run, carefully managed 

network can achieve security that is “obtainable 

and defendable,” which is the very meaning of the word 

tenable. 

About Tenable Network Security 

Tenable Network Security provides continuous network 

monitoring to identify vulnerabilities, reduce risk and 

ensure compliance. Our family of products includes 

SecurityCenter Continuous View, which provides the 

most comprehensive and integrated view of network 

health, and Nessus ® , the global standard in detecting 

and assessing network data. Tenable is relied upon by 

many of the world’s largest corporations, not-for-profit 

organizations and public sector agencies, including the 

entire U.S. Department of Defense. For more information, 

please visit tenable.com.


HID Global completes consolidation 

at its Austin, TX, world headquarters 

and North American operations center 

Austin, TX-based HID Global, a worldwide provider of 

secure identity solutions, has announced it has completed 

the consolidation of its world headquarters and North 

American Operations Center. The company has also 

achieved recognition by three organizations for successfully 

implementing some of the industry’s most stringent 

sustainability guidelines in the design, construction and 

operation of its 250,000 square feet of manufacturing, office 

and warehouse space. 

“We are very proud of our accomplishments, and grateful 

for the tremendous support we’ve received from the 

Austin community during this process,” said Jason Bohrer, 

vice president and general manager for HID Global’s 

North American Operations Center. “This facility has 

become our focal point for worldwide manufacturing 

excellence and a showcase for operational quality and 

sustainability that will enable us to strengthen and expand 

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our leadership offering of world-class secure identity solutions.” 

Since opening its Austin facility in January 2014, HID 

Global has successfully achieved the following: 

• Hired 310 employees. 

• Completed consolidation of all North American manufacturing 

operations, with 45 percent of all global 

revenue now being generated out of the new facility. 

The facility is also expected to become the cornerstone 

for manufacturing government ID credentials that will 

be shipped around the globe. HID Global will be pursuing 

a number of additional security certifications for its 

operation in the coming 12 to 18 months. 

• Earned recognition as the only industrial manufacturing 

facility in the state of Texas to achieve the highest, platinum-level 

distinction in the U.S. Green Building Council 

(USGBC) LEED rating program. 

• Received a four- out of five-star rating from Austin Energy 

Green Building (AEGB), which focuses on the city’s 

more stringent energy, water and indoor environmental 

quality requirements.

• Was named one of the city’s best new buildings in 

Austin Business Journal’s 15th annual Commercial Real 

Estate Awards competition. 

HID Global is a trusted source for innovative products, 

services, solutions, and know-how related to the creation, 

management, and use of secure identities for millions of 

customers around the world. The company’s served markets 

include physical and logical access control, including 

strong authentication and credential management; card 

printing and personalization; visitor management systems; 

highly secure government and citizen ID; and identification 

RFID technologies used in animal ID and industry 

and logistics applications. The company’s primary brands 

include ActivID, EasyLobby, FARGO, IdenTrust, LaserCard, 

Lumidigm, and HID. HID Global has over 2,200 employees 

worldwide and operates international offices that 

support more than 100 countries. HID Global is an ASSA 

ABLOY Group brand. For more information, visit http:// 

www.hidglobal.com. 

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GSN INTERVIEW 

Joe Fantuzzi, President and CEO, Agiliance, Inc. 

– 2014 Winner, Best Compliance / Vulnerability Assessment Solution 

– 2014 Finalist, Best Big Data Analytics Solution 

– 2014 Finalist, Best Continuous Monitoring Solution 

Joe Fantuzzi has been president and CEO of Agiliance since January 2010. He drives the company’s business direction, 

strategy, and execution. His team successfully pioneered and delivered the first massively scaled, real-time Cyber Security 

Operational Risk solution in the market. Bringing 25 years of software experience to Agiliance, Joe is an expert in 

creating high-growth, venture-backed businesses in emerging technology markets, and has helped building over 

$3 billion in market valuation as an executive for industry leading companies throughout his career. 

GSN: Tell us a little bit more about Agiliance. 

JF: Agiliance is known as the Big Data Risk Management 

Company. We deliver integrated Cyber Security and Operational 

Risk Intelligence via cloud-managed services and 

software. Agiliance solutions automate how Global 2000 

companies and government agencies achieve continuous 

monitoring of big data across financial, operations, and IT 

domains to orchestrate incident, threat, and vulnerability 

actions. RiskVision customers demonstrate automation use 

cases within 30 days on-demand, and within 60 days onpremise, 

made possible by a configurable, purpose-built 

platform and applications, leveraging over 70 data integrations 

to off-the-shelf software, and mapping content from 

over 300 domains and regulations. RiskVision scales with 

organizations, effectively managing assets, data, people, 

and processes to achieve 100 percent risk and compliance 

coverage. Its real-time risk analysis leads executives 

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to optimized business performance and better investment 

decisions. 

What key issues does RiskVision resolve 

for organizations? 

JF: RiskVision delivers real-time ‘data-to-command’ risk 

intelligence. Customer use cases are Incident Risk Response 

(IRR), Threat and Vulnerability Mitigation (TVM), 

Third-Party Risk (TPR), and Operational Risk Management 

(ORM). Previous approaches cost $10s of millions to piece 

together data from the mission, security, and IT operations, 

only to learn the data was obsolete once presented, 

and cyber-attackers had been inside the infrastructure for 

months. RiskVision’s integrated data model and massively 

scalable architecture change the game on cyber-attackers 

by speeding up the process to make cyber risks visible, 

measureable, and actionable. Inaccuracies are reduced

and legacy systems are retired, saving both time and money. 

Some production clients manage over 1 million assets 

and have over 10,000 daily users. Benefits are incident 

reduction, 5 – 10x faster time-to-remediation, less audit 

failures, and 2 – 3x operational efficiency gains. 

Please describe a major federal agency 

using the Agiliance RiskVision approach. 

JF: The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is one 

such example. They were experiencing major operational 

efficiency issues stemming from their Assessment and 

Authorization (A&A) procedures. Per FISMA law, every 

online system must maintain an Authority to Operate 

(ATO) certification, and FISMA subjects must renew their 

ATOs for every major 

system change. For the 

agency, this meant manual 

gathering and assessing 

millions of check results 

generated by third-party 

security monitoring tools. 

The problem with this approach 

was the vast amounts of data it produced and great 

difficulty understanding the real meaning of the collected 

data and correlating it to the agency’s compliance posture. 

And by time the data was processed and analyzed, it 

was no longer actionable. All the time and money spent 

collecting it, was wasted. As a result, completing each 

ATO was a labor- and time-intense process, inhibiting the 

agency’s ability to meet their audit deadlines. 

The agency implemented RiskVision to collect data 

from their IT and security tools and perform real-time 

diagnostics and mitigation using NIST SP 800-137 and the 

NIST IR 7756 (CEASARS) risk frameworks. The VA project 

is the largest cyber security risk project in the world, conducting 

daily control checks for 1+ million systems for 

more than 130 technical controls at the VA centers in DC 

and Austin, Texas; providing access to 4,000 workflow and 

reporting users, as well as 400,000 policy attestation users. 

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Now the VA can cross-verify controls between federal regulatory 

risk management frameworks such as FISMA, NIST 

SP 800-53, and CyberScope. After deploying RiskVision, the 

agency achieved significant cost and time saving. Rather 

than collecting each bit of data generated by more than 1 

million data collection points, the IT personnel now gathers 

and stores highly relevant information and attends to 

high-risk issues in a timely manner. 

How does Agiliance see the future of Cyber 

Security Operational Risk? 

JF: Notwithstanding better analytics and decision-making 

from use of big data technologies, cloud-managed services 

is the new way to informed risk management. In 

2014 alone, our clouddelivered 

clients grew 

over 600 percent versus 

2013, led by customers in 

the Financial Services and 

Healthcare industries. 

One of our Financial Services 

customers is already 

managing 200,000 critical assets with an end-to-end threat, 

vulnerability, and ticketing solution delivered on the 

RiskVision platform and several connected technologies, 

all in the cloud. We’ve developed RiskVision’s managed 

services to be cloud security hardened and ready for cloud 

risk programs that are deploying in the DoD, IC, and civilian 

agencies. With pioneering efforts of CSA, FedRAMP, 

NIST, and others on cloud security, and the need to stand 

up solutions with operational efficiency, over 70% of cyber 

security operation risk management will be centered in 

the cloud by 2018. 

I can be reached by Twitter: @joe_fantuzzi and 

by email: jfantuzzi@agiliance.com 

On behalf of Agiliance and our customers, thank 

you for an opportunity to share our perspectives with 

your readers.

GSN 2014 Digital Yearbook of Homeland Security Awards Recipients 

VENDORS OF IT SECURITY SOLUTIONS 

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Roster of 2014 Winners 

GSN Interview with Distinguished Judge of 2014 Awards, 

Chuck Brooks 

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Winning entries reproduced with permission of: 

Blue Ridge Networks 

Agiliance 

RSA Security Division of EMC 



Encryptics 

NICE Systems 

Solar Wind 

Tenable Network Security 

Event Tracker 

Applied Visions, Inc. / Secure Decisions Division 

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Winners in the 2014 

Homeland Security Awards Program 

VENDORS OF IT SECURITY SOLUTIONS 

Best Anti-Malware Solution 

Blue-Ridge Networks – Winner 

Palo Alto Networks – Finalist 

Cyphort Inc – Finalist 

Best Identity Management Platform 

RSA Security Division of EMC – Winner 

NetIQ – Winner 

Real Time Technology Network – Finalist 

Best Compliance/Vulnerability Solutions 

Agiliance Inc – Winner 

Solar Winds – Finalist 

Proofpoint, Inc – Finalist 

Applied Visions, Inc Security Division – Finalist 

RSA, Security Division of EMC – Finalist 

TSA Advantage – Finalist 

Best Data Security/Loss 

Management Solution 

Imperva – Winner 

RSA, Security Division of EMC – Winner 

Waratec – Finalist 

Power Amin LLC – Finalist 

Watchful Software – Finalist 

Best Email Security & 

Integration Solution 

Encryptics – Winner 

Good Technology – Finalist 

Proofpoint, Inc – Finalist 

Best Endpoint Securty Systems 

Bromium – Winner 

RSA, Security Division of EMC – Finalist 

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Best Forensic Software 

NICE Systems – Winner 

RSA, Division of EMC – Finalist 

Big Data Analytics Solution 

Splunk – Winner 

RSA Division of EMC – Finalist 

Agiliance – Finalist 

Best Intrusion Detection/Prevention Solution 

Venyu Solutions – Winner 

Best Network Security/Enterprise Firewall 

Palo Alto Networks – Winner 

Black Lotus Communications – Finalist 

Firemon – Finalist 

Forescout – Winner – Finalist 

Best Privileged Access 

Management Solution 

RSA Security Division of EMC – Winner 

Beyond Trust – Winner 

Best Continuous Monitoring Solution 

Solarwinds – Winner 

Tenable Network Security – Winner 

Agiliance – Finalist 

Firemon – 

Lancope – Finalist 

Power Admin – Finalist 

Best Security Incident & 

Event Management Solution (SIEM) 

Event Tracker – Winner 

RSA, Security Division of EMC – Winner 

NetIQ – Finalist 

LogRhythm, Inc – Finalist 

Solarwinds – Finalist


GSN INTERVIEW 

Chuck Brooks, Distinguished Judge, 

GSN 2014 Homeland Security Awards Program 

Charles (Chuck) Brooks serves as Vice President/Client Executive for DHS at Xerox. Chuck 

served as the first Director of Legislative Affairs for the Science & Technology Directorate within 

the Department of Homeland Security. He was an Adjunct Faculty Member at Johns Hopkins 

University, where he taught a graduate course on “Congress and Homeland Security.” He also 

spent 6 years on Capitol Hill as a Senior Advisor on national security issues to the late Senator 

Arlen Specter. Chuck has an MA in International Relations from the University of Chicago and 

a BA in Political Science from DePauw University. He has served in several senior executive 

corporate roles and is widely published as a thought leader on subjects relating to homeland security, technology, 

innovation, CBRNE, and cybersecurity. He also operates two of the largest homeland security groups on LinkedIn 

and is a featured speaker at government and industry conferences. Chuck has also served as a judge for three recent 

Government Security News industry homeland security awards events. 

GSN: What is the threat landscape for the 

Department of Homeland Security as it 

enters its second decade of operations? 

CB: DHS has made great progress over the last decade 

but the current threat level is now heightened for DHS, 

the intelligence community, and law enforcement as a 

result of evolving threats. The most immediate threat is 

posed by ISIS and affiliated Islamic extremists who have 

gained combat experience in Iraq and Syria and have access 

to Western passports. Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas), 

chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, 

said these terrorists “present the greatest threat we’ve 

seen since 9/11.” Also, a decade ago terrorists’ ability to 

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organize and mobilize was more limited because of communication 

capabilities. The exponential growth in smart 

phones (there are now 14B smartphones worldwide) and 

the terrorists’ use of social media has made surveillance 

and monitoring of those who might threaten the homeland 

a bigger challenge. 

The defense against CBRNE (chemical, biological, 

radiological, nuclear, and explosive) threats will continue 

to be priorities of DHS because of the asymmetrical terror 

consequences they present. The recent Ebola outbreak 

illustrates our vulnerability to pandemics and infectious 

disease outbreaks. The potential for bio-terrorism directed 

by non-state actors is a frightening but real scenario. Right-

fully so, countering biological threats remains a high priority 

at DHS. As our experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq 

have shown, man portable improvised explosive devices 

(IEDS) and vehicle-borne IEDS are still a major concern, 

especially against soft targets. 

Other threats such as chemical and radiological 

substance releases, and natural disasters from floods, hurricanes 

and earthquakes all still pose plausible and dire 

threats to the homeland. Unfortunately, it is likely that the 

nation’s preparedness will be tested again in the coming 

decade. 

One area where DHS has taken on an increasingly 

larger role is in cybersecurity. Presidential Directives have 

mandated DHS to play the primary role in the civilian side 

of government for cybersecurity. A major reason for the 

new focus on cybersecurity has been the rapid changes 

in the information technology landscape. Since 2003, the 

capabilities and connectivity of cyber devices and communications 

has grown exponentially. Concurrently, so 

have the cyber intrusions and threats from malware and 

hackers. This has required restructuring of priorities and 

the cybersecurity missions at DHS. The cyber threat to the 

homeland reaches far beyond terrorists and includes various 

criminal enterprises and adversarial nation states. 

What do government and industry perceive 

to be the main cybersecurity threats and 

required responses? 

CB: Both government and industry have prioritized 

critical infrastructure as a focus of threat and hardened 

response. There is a growing understanding of the seriousness 

and sophistication of the cyber threats, especially 

denial of service. In terms of preparation, the financial and 

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retail communities have been at the forefront of addressing 

these threats with significant investment in technologies 

and in training. However, 43% of companies had 

breaches last year (including companies such as Home 

Depot, JPMorgan, and Target) and the intrusion threats 

are not diminishing. 

According to the think tank Center For Strategic 

and International Studies (CSIS), cyber related crime now 

costs the global economy about $445-billion every year. 

These breaches demonstrate that there is a continued 

need for protocols and enhanced collaboration between 

government and industry. 

Last year, The Council on CyberSecurity, an influential 

not-for–profit organization, formed a “20 Critical Security 

Controls list” with collaboration between the public 

and private sectors. The list provides an emerging working 

framework for protecting the critical infrastructure and 

provides a recommended set of actions for cyber defense 

that includes specific and actionable ways to stop today’s 

most pervasive attacks. I was honored to participate in 

that working group. 

Indeed, cyber security controls are very important. 

In the U.S., most (approximately 85%) of the cybersecurity 

critical infrastructure including defense, oil and gas, 

electric power grids, healthcare, utilities, communications, 

transportation, banking, and finance is owned by the 

private sector and regulated by the public sector. DHS has 

recognized the importance for private sector input into 

cybersecurity requirements across these verticals and has 

played a major part in bringing government and industry 

together to develop a strategy to protect critical infrastructure.


GSN INTERVIEW 

Chuck Brooks, Distinguished Judge,GSN 2014 Homeland Security Awards Program 

There will always be a need for better encryption, 

biometrics, analytics, and automated network security to 

protect critical infrastructure in all categories. Also, cyber 

resilience is an area that must be further developed both 

in processes and technologies. In the future, cybersecurity 

for the “Internet of Things,” consisting of hundreds of millions 

connected IP enabled smart devices, will certainly be 

a main priority 

What would be on your own master list 

of cybersecurity priorities and emerging 

trends? 

Emerging Technology Areas: 

• Internet of Things (society on new verge of 

exponential interconnectivity) 

• Wearables 

• Drones and Robots 

• Artificial intelligence 

• Smart Cities 

• Connected transportation 

Priorities: 

• Protecting critical infrastructure through technologies 

and Public/Private cooperation 

• Better encryption and biometrics (quantum encryp 

tion, keyless authentication) 

• Automated network-security correcting systems (selfencrypting 

drives) 

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• Technologies for “real time” horizon scanning and 

monitoring of networks 

• Diagnostics and forensics (network traffic analysis, 

payload analysis, and endpoint behavior analysis) 

• Advanced defense for framework layers (network, 

payload, endpoint, firewalls, and anti-virus) 

• Mobility and BYOD security 

• Big data 

• Predictive analytics 

• Interoperability 

Trends: 

• Informed risk management 

• Emergence of Public/Private sector partnerships 

• More information sharing and collaboration 

between the public and private sectors 

• Shared R & D spending 

• Increased spending for cloud computing 

• Consolidation of data centers 

• Expansion of hiring and training of cybersecurity 

workforce 

• Tech foraging 

What is Xerox’s focus in the homeland security 

space? 

CB: Xerox has a great tradition of innovation and has 

become a world leader in digitization, contact centers, 

document management, IT, and data analytics. Xerox is

a recognized leader in “digitization” of documents in the 

Federal government. The company has been providing 

mailroom, scanning, imaging, indexing, and data capture 

for nearly three decades, including with DHS. Xerox uses 

innovative technologies, including Optical Character 

Recognition (OCR). OCR automatically extracts data from 

scanned images and makes those data available for electronic 

processing for millions of images each day. Having 

electronic access to data and files provides for more 

efficient planning and operations in the security environment. 

Xerox is also known for its contact center expertise. 

The company uses multi-channel contact technology 

tools via phone, email, web, and mobility to optimize, 

automate, and help scale customer service agent response. 

Contact center management solutions are designed to 

minimize impact, assure end-user incidents are addressed 

quickly, and prevent reoccurrence that is important for a 

public safety mission. 

Xerox has also developed and deployed a disease 

surveillance and outbreak management software called 

Maven that is of interest to homeland security and public 

health agencies. It is configured to provide “contact 

tracing” for Ebola and other communicable diseases. The 

software manages the identification and diagnosis of those 

who may have come in contact with an infected person. 

Federal government employees who regularly use LinkedIn, 

including over 65,000 from DHS. Social media has become 

part of the fabric of how we communicate, operate, 

and conduct business. The two homeland security groups 

I run on LinkedIn –“U.S. Department of Homeland Security” 

and “Homeland Security”– have grown to over 50,000 

members. (Please look them up and join and post!) I have 

become active now on Twitter too. Please follow me: 

@ChuckDBrooks 

I have also been active on the speaking circuit at 

conferences, including recent presentations at the National 

Press Club, Homeland Security Week, Secure Cities, 

George Washington University, Bowie State University, 

and CyberMaryland. Please check out my recent article 

in The Hill newspaper called “Navigating the Four Pillars 

of Washington, DC” that explores the interplay between 

government, industry, media, and policy organizations in 

the nation’s capitol. 

Thank you for speaking to me and letting me 

share my perspectives. GSN serves as an excellent media 

resource for all those active in the homeland security and 

national security fields. I strongly encourage others to 

become regular readers of your publication online and in 

print. 

Can you update us on your social media 

and thought leadership activities? 

CB: Many senior level executives in the Federal government 

are on social sites such as LinkedIn, GovLoop, 

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Vendors of IT Security Products and Solutions 

Blue Ridge Net works – 

2014 Winner 

Awards Category: 

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Best Anti-Malware Solution 

Name of Nominated Product, Service, 

or Program: 

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AppGuard 

Reason this entry deserves to win: 

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It is evident with all the reported breaches in government, 

retail, banking, and consumers that there is a 

need for an innovative security solution that will protect 

computers. AppGuard is a patented solution that 

would have absolutely blocked all the reported breaches 

including Target, JP Morgan, community health systems, 

and all the cyber espionage that is happening at all 

levels of government. AppGuard’s unique approach is 

simple, cost effective, and stops the advanced threats 

that no other security capability has been able to defeat. 

AppGuard is proven technology, deployed in over 100 

countries, and is the best line of defense when malware 

strikes. It protects the endpoint from malvertising, mal- 

John Higginbotham 

Chairman and CEO 

Mike Fumai 

COO and Director 

warized documents, drive by downloads, watering hole 

attacks, phishing attacks, ransomware, advanced volatile 

threats, and others. It provides in-depth host-based 

threat intelligence complementing network based threat 

intelligence. All of this is accomplished with an easy to 

use, easy to deploy client with out-of-the box settings. 

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Link to Web Page of Nominated Organization: 

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www.appguardus.com 

Link to additional information on product, 

service or program, with brief description: 

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http://www.blueridge.com/index.php/products/ 

appguard/enterprise 

Name and organization of nominating 

contact for this entry, including name, title, 

organization: 

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Maureen Gray, VP of Operations 

Blue Ridge Networks 

Nominating contact’s office telephone and cell 

phone: 

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office: (703) 631-9713 

cell: (571) 259-8428 

Nominating contact’s email address: 

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maureen@blueridge.com 

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Agiliance – 



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Best Compliance/Vulnerability Assessment Solution 


or Program: 

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RiskVision 7 


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The biggest inhibitor of effective security and vulnerability 

management lies in the fact that the number of 

threats to organizations has grown exponentially over nal resources. As a result, government organizations are 

the past few years. This is largely due to the increasing 

number of IT assets under management, which are tion, normalization, and business impact correlation. 

seeking technical solutions to automate data aggrega- 

creating a big data challenge. To ensure proper coverage, 

government organizations in many cases are relying ers have to exploit a software flaw, thereby reducing the 

The ultimate objective is to shorten the window attack- 

on multiple tools to produce the necessary vulnerability overall risk of cyber-attacks and insider threats. Agiliance 

assessment data. This only adds to the volume, velocity, 

and complexity of data feeds that must be analyzed, achieving continuous monitoring and enabling them to 

is assisting civilian, defense, and intelligence agencies in 

normalized, and prioritized. Relying on human labor report on their organizations risk and security posture 

to comb through mountains of data logs is one of the in near real time. The company’s RiskVision software 

main reasons that critical vulnerabilities are not being gathers data feeds from otherwise silo-based security 

addressed in a timely fashion. According to the Verizon and IT tools such as SIEMs, configuration management 

Data Breach Investigations Report, 92% of breaches databases, vulnerability scanners, threat data feeds and 

were discovered by a third party and not through inter- advisory services, database security management, etc. 

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and then aggregates, normalizes, and correlates this 

information based on business criticality. This enables 

a near real time snap shot of an organization’s security 

posture. In addition, RiskVision automates an organization’s 

governance processes, providing insight into the 

agency’s compliance posture. The final result is a riskbased 

assessment of the organization’s infrastructure 

which prioritizes remediation actions based on business 

criticality. If needed, RiskVision can also assist with automatic 

ticket creation. By using the Agiliance ticketing 

system or integrating with leading ticketing and patch 

management systems, an organization’s security operations 

team can shadow the progress the IT team makes 

in mitigating the vulnerabilities. This eliminates the 

traditional approach best described as throwing something 

over the fence and praying for the best outcome. 

For one major government agency, using RiskVision 

resulted in a dramatic increase in operational efficiency. 

Prior to using Agiliance, it took 60 full-time employees 

working 24 x 7 for a month to manually create 180,000 

remediation tickets. With RiskVision, the agency was 

able to reduce the headcount required to oversee ticket 

creation by more than 80% and shrink the processing 

time from one month to a couple of days. RiskVision 

is considered by many to be the best compliance and 

vulnerability management solution on the market for 

its ability to combine risk intelligence, using big data 

gathered and correlated from security operations tools, 

with automated remediation that establishes bi-directional 

workflows with IT operations. The end result is 

improved operational efficiency through automated 

continuous monitoring and ticketing to remediate only 

business critical risks. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.agiliance.com 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Torsten George, Vice President of Worldwide 

Marketing and Products 

Agiliance, Inc. 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (408) 431-3250 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

tgeorge@agiliance.com 

Links to additional information on product, 


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Agiliance Named Most Innovative Tech Company for 2014: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140916_American_ 

Business_Awards_Stevie_Competition.html 

Agiliance Wins Three 2014 Golden Bridge Awards: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140911_Agiliance_ 

Wins_3_Golden_Bridge_Awards.html 

RiskVision Shortlisted for CIR Risk Management Award 

2014: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140904_CIR_Risk_ 

Management_Award_2014.html 

Agiliance Named Finalist for Two 2014 Computing Security 

Awards: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140821_2014_Computing_Security_Awards.html 

Agiliance Receives International Recognition from Stevie 

Awards: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140815_Stevie_ 

Awards_Winner_2014.html 

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Links continued on next page



Agiliance – 2014 Winner 


Links to additional information, continued: 

Agiliance Expands Threat-Based, Real-Time Risk Remediation 

with CrowdStrike Falcon Intelligence: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140624_Crowd- 

Strike_Falcon_Intelligence.html 

RiskVision Earns Gold in the 2014 Network Products 

Guide Awards: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140624_2014_Networks_Products_Guide.html 

Agiliance Introduces First NIST Cybersecurity Framework 

Security Checklist Content Pack: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140623_NIST_Cybersecurity_Framework.html 

RiskVision is Platinum Winner in the 2014 Govies Government 

Security Awards: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140514_RV_Platinum_Winner_2014_Govies_Awards.html 

RiskVision Architecture and Cloud Services Set New Standard: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140505_RV_Architecture_Cloud_Services.html 

Agiliance Issues Updated ISO Information Security Management 

Process Controls Content: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140304_ISO_Content_Packs.html 

RiskVision Scores Big at Info Security Product Guide’s 

2014 Awards: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140225_Info_Security_Products_Guide_2014.html 

RiskVision 7 Ushers New Era of Big Data Risk Management: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140224_RV7_Ushers_New_Era.html 

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Cyber Defense Magazine Names RiskVision Most Innovative 

Risk Management Product: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140224_Cyber_Defense_Magazine.html 

RiskVision Helps Retailers to Strengthen their Cyber Defenses: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140131_Retailers_ 

Strengthen_Cyber_Defenses.html 

Agiliance to Showcase Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation 

Capabilities: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140124_Cybersecruity_Innovation_Forum.html 

RiskVision Assists Financial Services Organizations Raise 

Quality of Third-Party Risk Management: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/pr_20140123_Financial_ 

Services_Organization.html 

Agiliance / ESG White Paper: Beyond GRC: SRM and the 

Move to Integrated Risk Management: 

http://www.agiliance.com/forms/WhitePaperReg. 

html?doc=Beyond_GRC 

Agiliance White Paper: How to Achieve a Continuous 

Monitoring Framework: 

http://www.agiliance.com/infocenter/whitepaper.html 

Agiliance Data Sheets: 

http://www.agiliance.com/infocenter/ Agiliance 

Case Studies: 

http://www.agiliance.com/infocenter/casestudy.html 

Agiliance Recorded Webcasts: 

http://www.agiliance.com/news/webcasts.html 

Agiliance Product Tours: 

http://www.agiliance.com/infocenter/tour.html 

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RSA Securit y Division of EMC – 



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Best Identity Management Platform 


or Program: 

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RSA SecurID 


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RSA SecurID has a long and successful history in protecting 

sensitive information of the government. Go- 

changes every 60 seconds. By requiring users to provide 

rithms available) to generate a one-time password that 

ing back to before the Internet and continuing with a combination of something they know (their password) 

innovations that strengthen passwords in new and and something they have (the RSA SecurID one-time 

emerging infrastructures including cloud and mobility, password), RSA SecurID allows users gain secure access 

RSA SecurID is the industry’s most trusted two-factor to VPNs, wireless access points, cloud applications, web 

authentication solution. With government being an early applications, mobile applications and network operating 

innovator in interconnected networking (i.e. DARPA and systems – ensuring that private information is protected 

ARPANET) RSA SecurID was the first solution there to and the the identities of people, devices and applications 

exchanging that information are legitimate. Build- 

protect sensitive government information and applications. 

Used by more than 40 million users within 30,000 ing on its market-leading capabilities, RSA introduced 

organizations worldwide, RSA SecurID is the standard the industry’s first authentication platform that combines 

strong two-factor authentication with intelligence- 

for two-factor authentication solutions, reliably assuring 

the identities of users, devices and applications by driven, risk-based authentication. RSA Authentication 

using a proven algorithm (AES-128 which is recognized Manager (the brains behind RSA SecurID) uses Big Data 

by NIST as one of the strongest symmetric key algo- analytics to increase identity assurance by transparently 

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uilding rich user profiles based on device and behavioral 

characteristics. Leveraging dozens of risk factors 

in near infinite combinations, it detects and permits 

normal behavior, and challenges or blocks anomalous 

activity to provide secure access control that exceeds 

stand-alone multifactor authentication methods. User 

login processes are fast, familiar and simple and yet 

still provides secure access control that goes well beyond 

stand-alone two- and multi-factor authentication 

methods giving organizations a higher level of identity 

assurance without compromising user convenience or 

productivity. What’s more the risk-based authentication 

is tokenless and invisible, greatly aiding in the protection 

of government portals and online benefits and 

health information and enables tens of thousands of 

organizations to maintain various regulations and compliance 

needs including HIPPA, FACTA, FISMA, FFIEC, 

HSPD-12, CJIS, PCI-DSS and more. RSA SecurID includes 

management and administration tools that lower 

an organization’s overall TCO and make the solution 

easy to manage. Complementing RSA SecurID’s intuitive 

browser-based management console, RSA Authentication 

Manager’s single-pane view dashboard enables Help 

Desk administrators to quickly address common user 

inquiries. Also, a customizable Self-Service Console empowers 

users to manage their authentication needs and 

methods, and various aspects of their token lifecycles, 

enabling IT teams to apply time and resources – typically 

dedicated to managing a traditional authentication 

deployment – to other critical tasks. And, available as a 

VMware Virtual Appliance, RSA Authentication Manager 

enables customers to leverage existing virtual infrastructures 

and accelerate time to value. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.emc.com/domains/rsa/index.htm 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

RSA SecurID Homepage: 

www.emc.com/security/rsa-securid.htm 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Shannon Todesca, Account Executive 

CHEN PR, Inc. (for RSA) 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (508) 494-4607 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

stodesca@chenpr.com 

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Best Data Security/Loss Management Solution 


or Program: 

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RSA Data Loss Prevention (DLP) 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

In this era of knowledge economy, the most valuable 

asset for organizations, after people, is information. We 

are seeing, nearly every day, headlines focused on data 

breaches and loss of sensitive information. Organizations 

need to adequately protect this information – not 

only for the well being of the business and brand, but 

also that of their customers and partners. RSA DLP is 

used by over 3,500 organizations to gain visibility into 

risk and prevent the loss of sensitive data from accidents, 

malicious insiders and external attackers. RSA 

DLP discovers and monitors the location and flow of 

sensitive data, including regulated data or corporate IP, 

across the infrastructure including cloud, virtual and 

mobile devices. Through real-time alerts and enforcement 

controls including encryption, quarantine, block 

and notify, RSA DLP prevents the loss of sensitive data 

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via email, web, mobile devices, etc. The web-based 

management console allows organizations to set up a 

single DLP policy to protect sensitive data across the 

network, endpoints (connected or disconnected including 

mobile) and datacenter, with centralized incident 

management for complete visibility into risk. What sets 

RSA DLP apart is that it is protocol-and port-agnostic 

and can analyze traffic from all network layers and is the 

only DLP offering that has exceptionally customizable 

workflows for incident management and investigations. 

RSA DLP can also be extended into GRC use cases for 

managing risk and audits, features native encryption 

functionality and open APIs for partners, and provides 

a single pane of glass view with native integrations with 

Big Data analytical tools.

Offering the lowest TCO on the market, RSA DLP provides: 

• The lowest number of false positives, significantly 

reducing the number of FTEs required and 

operational costs. 

• 170+ out-of-the-box policies based on industry/ 

regional regulations, dramatically reducing set-up 

and tuning time. 

• A distributed architecture that easily scales to the 

largest environments, with the ability to run on 

virtual machines to reduce implementation costs. 

• The most extensive ecosystem of partners, enabling 

customers to leverage their existing infrastructure 

and built-in infrastructure integrations to further 

reduce deployment costs. 

By centralizing incident management, integrating with 

existing infrastructure, automating the enforcement 

of controls to protect data and establishing repeatable 

incident workflows, RSA DLP improves cost effectiveness 

for customers’ ongoing operations. In addition, with the 

RSA DLP Risk Remediation Manager module, customers 

can remediate tens of thousands of sensitive files in a 

matter of weeks – a manual process that previously took 

more than nine months to complete, with resources 

being pulled from other projects or hired as contractors. 

RSA DLP has also helped prevent loss of tens of thousands 

of customer records which would have resulted 

in millions of dollars in losses. In one example, RSA DLP 

prevented two contracted employees attempting to steal 

trade secrets and alerted the appropriate security teams 

to prevent damage, saving millions of dollars. RSA DLP 

also helps organizations prevent fines and pass audits 

more efficiently. Customers have reported audit savings 

of more than 25% thanks to the ability of RSA DLP to 

scan the infrastructure and auto-remediate violations. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 




–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

RSA DLP Homepage: 

www.emc.com/security/rsa-data-loss-prevention.htm 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 




phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (508) 494-4607 


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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Best Privileged Access Management Solution 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

RSA Identity Management and Governance 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

In the era of big data, mobile, cloud, and social media, 

identity and access management (IAM) has become a 

significant challenge for many organizations. Add on 

heightened threats, strict regulatory requirements, and 

a growing and demanding population of business users, 

securing access and enabling trusted interactions between 

users and resources can feel like a never ending 

game of whack-a-mole. The RSA Identity Management 

and Governance (IMG) solution helps organizations 

transform IAM into an enabler for a faster and more 

secure network by taking aim at three key ways in which 

organizations can deliver a strong Identity Management 

program: 

1. Identity Lifecycle Management — Streamlined selfservice 

user registration allows users to create accounts 

and choose access rights for themselves, new employees 

and contractors. The UI automatically enforces policies 

while suggesting entitlements based on similar users. 

Automated approval workflows and provisioning 

ensures that user access is delivered rapidly, while maintaining 

compliance with process and policy requirements. 

2. Data Access Governance. – With an increase in both 

data breaches and compliance requirements, it is critical 

to extend access governance to data as well as applications. 

RSA IMG is designed to provide ubiquitous support 

across all major file systems, providing one place to 

centrally manage and govern the access to all data. RSA 

IMG leverages identity context and data attributes (such 

as user access frequency) to establish a line-of-business 

owner for data resources. 

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3. Provisioning 2.0 – RSA IMG is engineered to take a 

governance-driven approach, dramatically simplifying 

application onboarding, and enabling organizations to 

automate many more applications. For example, one 

customer in the transportation industry reduced 

application onboarding time by approximately 75%. The 

RSA IMG platform enables organizations to meet their 

security, regulatory and business access needs through 

a collaborative set of business processes. By automating 

manual tasks, providing evidence of compliance, reducing 

access-related business risk, and efficiently delivering 

business access, enterprises can confidently manage, 

control and enforce access to applications and data 

across the enterprise and the cloud. Beyond the immediate 

benefits seen after implementation, RSA IMG aids 

organizations by improving security, visibility, and compliance. 

By deploying the RSA IMG platform organizations 

experience significant reduction in effort for access 

reviews and audits, faster time to value with reduced 

deployment times from installation to production and 

orphaned accounts become a thing of the past. Without 

an automated approach to IAM, organizations are more 

susceptible to regulatory compliance violations and data 

breaches, some of which can cost millions of dollars 

in lost revenue and fines as well as significant brand 

damage. RSA IMG establishes increased security over 

sensitive information, visibility into the complete user 

access lifecycle, and ensured compliance to increasingly 

stringent regulations, potentially saving millions and 

protecting long-term vitality. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 




–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

RSA Identity Management and Governance Homepage: 

http://www.emc.com/security/rsa-identity-management-and-governance.htm# 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 




phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (508) 494-4607 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


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Encryptics – 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Best Email Security and Integrity Solution 


or Program: 

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Encryptics for Email 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Encryptics’ flagship product, Encryptics for Email, 

showcases this data protection company’s commitment 

to true end-to-end data protection. This product 

utilizes a hybrid security model unlike any other on the 

market today. By eliminating the flaws inherent in existing 

models, Encryptics offers the most innovative and 

effective solution for the email security space. Most data 

protection solutions utilize one of two standard security 

models: trusted server or peer-to-peer. In a trusted 

server model, encryption and authentication take place 

at a centralized location (a server, gateway, or router). 

This model makes it easy to manage authentication 

and control who has access to data once it’s encrypted. 

Unfortunately, data is not encrypted until it leaves the 

device it was created on and travels to an external appliance 

where the encryption will occur. Furthermore, 

if the encrypted data and the keys to unlock that data 

are stored in the same location, this single point within 

the transmission constitutes a serious security risk. The 

peer-to-peer model attempts to counter these drawbacks 

by decentralizing the process. Because encryption 

occurs at the user device level, this model addresses the 

security gap between the user’s device and an external 

appliance. However, in this model, authentication and 

key exchange are also handled at the user device level 

and are difficult to manage. Unfortunately, this model 

does not eliminate the potential for a single point of 

failure: if the encryption keys travel alongside the encrypted 

data at any time, there is always risk of interception 

and exposure. Rather than choosing between these 

existing security models, Encryptics resolved to blend 

the best of both models in a patented, Trusted Peer-to- 

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Peer platform. This innovative approach resulted in 

a superior solution designed to protect data over the 

course of its entire lifecycle, leaving no security gaps 

and no single points at risk of failure to secure the data. 

Taking it even further, Encryptics devised Data Rights 

Management (DRM) tools to empower data owners and 

preserve document integrity. With DRM, data owners 

can manage and maintain control of their data in real 

time, even when it resides on remote email servers 

and recipient devices. As its email product is gaining 

momentum, Encryptics hopes not only to shed light 

on the significance of 

data security and Policy- 

Based Protection (PBP), 

an add-on that works 

with Encryptics for Email 

to prevent data loss, but 

also to revolutionize the 

way in which we protect 

important information in 

an increasingly unsecure 

technological landscape. 

With an easy-to-use product that brings convenience 

to our busy lives, Encryptics ensures that we can share 

and store almost any data without ever having to worry 

about leaks, hacks, or theft. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

https://www.encryptics.com/default.aspx 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Texas Department of Information Resources Case Study: Overview 

of how Encryptics empowered the first ever email security 

plan for Texas Department of Information Resources, home to 

the state’s technology solutions for government and education. 

https://www.encryptics.com/case_studies/DIR-EncrypticsCaseStudy.pdf 

Law Enforcement Association Case Study: Summary 

of a successful 30-day trial, resulting in a prominent state law 

enforcement association adopting Encryptics for Email to protect 

the personal identifiable information (PII) of its members. 

https://www.encryptics.com/case_studies/ 

Law_Enforcement_Association.pdf 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Erika Swanner, Vice President of Marketing 

Encryptics 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (214) 864-7486 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

eswanner@encryptics.com 

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NICE Systems – 



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Best Forensic Software 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

NICE Suspect Search 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

An active shooter is on the loose. An airport checkpoint 

has just been breached. Police are frantically searching 

for a lost child amid a crowded location. A suspicious 

bag is left behind in a busy transit station. In each of 

these situations, time is of the essence. Surveillance 

video can provide clues to finding a suspect, but will 

you be able to pinpoint the exact video you need in 

time? Here’s where NICE Suspect Search can help. 

Suspect Search is a patent-pending video analytics 

technology that helps you quickly locate and retrace 

the movements of a person of interest within a video 

surveillance network. It can scan an hour of video in 

less than a minute, automatically filtering out 95 percent 

of irrelevant images. Suspect searches can be initiated 

using a recorded image, an uploaded full body photo, 

or a suspect composite. As the search reveals snapshots 

of the suspect over time across different cameras, it 

evolves into a history of their movements before and potentially 

after the incident. Timely situational awareness 

is critical so snapshots are presented on an actual map. 

This answers questions like how did the suspect get 

here? Where did he go? Did he meet up with anyone or 

was he alone? And is he 

still on premise? Suspect 

Search revolutionizes 

video forensics, both 

for real-time use and for 

after-the-fact investigations. 

Digitally stamped 

images, video, and location 

information associated 

with each search 

can easily be shared with 

police departments and 

district attorneys for 

forensic investigations. 

WHAT SETS SUSPECT SEARCH APART 

There are technologies on the market that can search 

for a specific color, but until now, none of them could 

search for a specific person, especially not in real-time. 

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Suspect Search takes into account three parameters -- a 

full body image, the unique human signature of a person 

(e.g. size and the way they walk), and the textures 

and colors associated with that person like their clothes, 

accessories, hair, or skin. The Suspect Search algorithm 

analyzes, tags, sorts, and stores images in a database according 

to these parameters, increasing search accuracy. 

Furthermore, calculations are done in real-time. Video is 

analyzed as it is captured, so searches can begin immediately 

and results are available within seconds. Another 

differentiator is Suspect Search’s ability to simultaneously 

search across multiple camera feeds. Once the 

target has been located, Suspect Search’s geo-spacial 

capabilities allow operators to trace and retrace the suspect’s 

route to predict patterns of movement for quick 

apprehension. 

SUSPECT SEARCH BENEFITS 

By providing near real-time, actionable information 

about the whereabouts 

and movements of 

persons of interest, 

Suspect Search can 

accelerate response 

times and effect positive 

outcomes, whether 

that means finding 

a lost child faster, 

apprehending suspects 

quicker, or avoiding 

costly shutdowns. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

www.nice.com 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.nice.com/nice-suspect-search 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-hSXOt5 

FA&index=54&list=PLC3F1BBC80EE0AA53 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Linda Haelsen, Marketing Communications Manager 

NICE Systems 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(203) 481-4168 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

linda.haelsen@nice.com 

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Solar Winds – 



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or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

SolarWinds User Device Tracker 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

SolarWinds User Device Tracker (UDT) delivers automated 

user and device tracking with powerful switch 

port management capabilities empowering federal IT 

Pros with strong continuous monitoring capabilities and 

visibility into who or what is connected to their network. 

Highlights include: 

• Automatically discovers, maps and monitors switches, 

ports and network devices 

• Quickly finds devices and retrievers user name, port 

details, connection history and more 

• Enables searching on IP address, user name, hostname 

or MAC address to track endpoints 

• Allows whitelisting and watch lists with automatic 

alerts and click-of-a-button port shutdown 

• Provides detailed switch port usage data, capacity 

analysis and built-in reporting 

With the ever-increasing use of personal devices and 

applications, SolarWinds UDT provides federal IT Pros 

with peace of mind about the security of their network 

and the devices on it by continuously monitoring who 

and what connects to their network. Additionally, 

SolarWinds UDT can track down lost or rogue devices 

with a simple search of a user name, IP address, hostname 

or MAC address ensuring that all devices that can 

connect to federal networks stay in the right hands. 

SolarWinds UDT also features alerting that signifies 

unauthorized network access 

and provides the ability to 

quickly shut down switch 

ports to secure access to sensitive 

information. Updates 

to SolarWinds UDT coincide 

with the latest issues being 

tackled by IT Pros such as 

BYOD. In the latest update 

to scalability and additional 

support and optimization for 

varying devices and vendors 

was a priority. And, by work- 

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ing closely with and listening to its user community, 

SolarWinds is able to gain real-time and candid feedback 

from IT practitioners, so its products can address the 

problems and challenges prevalent in IT security today. 

SolarWinds UDT provides three critical capabilities for 

network and systems managers. First, it makes it possible 

to physically locate an end-user device or user on 

the network extremely quickly. Second, it allows for 

rapid quarantine of users or systems by remotely shutting 

down a switch port. Finally, it supports watch-lists 

and can alert when certain types of devices or specific 

users connect to the network and even take pre-defined 

actions to help protect information and other assets. SolarWinds 

software is built to scale and can support an IT 

environment of any size and is used by nearly every U.S. 

federal civilian agency, DoD branch and intelligence 

agency. SolarWinds UDT complements other products, 

such as SolarWinds Network Configuration Monitor, 

SolarWinds Log & Event Manager, SolarWinds Firewall 

Security Manager and SolarWinds Server & Application 

Monitor, to name a few, providing additional breadth 

and depth for continuous monitoring. SolarWinds software 

can “collect once and report to many,” which gives 

IT, information assurance, and security departments 

the unique functionality they each need from a single, 

cost-effective set of tools. 

SolarWinds UDT licensing 

is based on the number of 

switch ports to being monitored. 

The licensing model 

features large jumps in 

switch port count allowing 

for rapid growth of an organization 

before an additional 

licensing level is reached and 

can scale to an unlimited 

number of switch ports. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.solarwinds.com/user-device-tracker.aspx 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4G_ 

yPZq7Jc 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Rebecca Orr, Corporate Communications Associate 

SolarWinds 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(512) 498-6372 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

rebecca.orr@solarwinds.com 

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Tenable Net work Securit y – 



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or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

SecurityCenter 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Founded in 2002, Tenable Network Security provides 

continuous network monitoring to identify vulnerabilities, 

reduce risk and ensure compliance. Relied 

upon by more than 20,000 organizations around the 

world, Tenable’s key clients include Fortune Global 500 

companies across industries as well as the entire U.S. 

Department of Defense (DoD) and many of the world’s 

leading governments. With the largest install base and 

best expertise in the industry, Tenable gives customers 

the ability to identify their biggest threats and respond 

quickly. Through its work with the DoD, Tenable’s 

technology is meeting the vulnerability, compliance and 

real-time risk management requirements of one of the 

largest, most demanding government organizations in 

the world. The Defense Information System Agency was 

confronted with a limited capability to quickly and accu- 

rately assess the network security of Department of Defense 

(DoD) enterprise networks. To address this, DISA 

established Tenable Network Security as the foundation 

of its Assured Compliance Assessment Solution (ACAS) 

which replaced the Secure Configuration Compliance 

Validation Initiative (SCCVI) suite of software previously 

acquired by the DoD. 

ACAS was created to fulfill a combination of operational 

and strategic objectives, including: 

• Provide an innovative technical solution with a flexible 

cost structure. 

• Employ a commercial solution that could be easily 

ordered and quickly deployed across the DoD infrastructure. 

• Support enterprise-wide deployment across the 

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Department of Defense, with the ability to tier system 

evaluation and management throughout the 

organization. 

Ultimately, DISA wanted fast and accurate enterprisewide 

network security assessment that could satisfy the 

goal of increasing the accuracy of risk assessment and 

standards compliance verification. They wanted realtime 

risk assessment across DoD networks to provide essential 

situational awareness and enable true, risk-based 

management decisions consistent with existing and 

emerging federal guidelines for continuous monitoring. 

DISA’s selection of Tenable 

followed an extensive evaluation 

process culminating with 

a 6-month, multi-site implementation. 

As part of Tenable’s 

solution, DISA implemented 

Tenable SecurityCenter, which 

provided continuous assetbased 

security and compliance 

monitoring, bringing together 

the processes of asset discovery, vulnerability detection 

and configuration auditing. The SecurityCenter console 

works with Tenable’s Nessus vulnerability scanners, the 

global standard in detecting and assessing network data, 

to look for policy changes every time a scan is requested. 

This provides the ability to assess an organization’s 

vulnerability and compliance posture, as well as deliver 

analysis and workflow tools that allow the user to easily 

perform reporting, auditing and remediation tasks. Tenable 

SecurityCenter streamlines vulnerability scanning, 

administration and reporting. For organizations with 

large and complex networks, SecurityCenter provides a 

comprehensive view of enterprise security, compliance 

and risk, combining the power of Nessus scanning with 

an enterprise-class vulnerability and threat management 

platform. SecurityCenter simplifies administration 

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using a single console that manages distributed Nessus 

scanners for enterprise-wide security and compliance 

visibility. It also accelerates scans with a distributed and 

load balanced scanning, and delivers advanced analytics 

including extensive dashboard and built-in and customizable 

reports that aggregate scan data to help you 

identify and respond to security and compliance issues. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.tenable.com/ 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Continuous Monitoring: 

http://www.tenable.com/solutions/continuousmonitoring 

Whitepaper: 

http://www.tenable.com/whitepapers/continuous-monitoring-for-the-new-it-landscape 

Blog: 

http://www.tenable.com/blog 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Chris Petty, Communications Coordinator 

Tenable Network Security 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(410) 872-0555 ext. 522 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

cpetty@tenable.com



EventTracker – 



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Best Security Incident & Event Management (SIEM) 

Solution 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

EventTracker Enterprise 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

EventTracker offers a suite of award-winning products 

for Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) 

and event log management including EventTracker 

Enterprise. EventTracker Enterprise enables organizations 

to be constantly aware of potential security risks 

and internal or external threats can be identified and 

eliminated before they are exploited. Increasingly, Department 

of Defense, state and local government departments 

are deploying EventTracker’s (SIEM) solutions 

to meet their cyber security needs and to comply with 

FISMA and SCAP/FDCC initiatives by supporting NIST 

800-X and other regulatory guidelines. 

ments, including: 

• Real time collection and secure storage of all network 

system and device logs for as long as you require 

• Reporting & analytics 

• Powerful FISMA compliance reporting 

• Correlation and alerting on all event log sources 

• Behavior analysis and anomaly detection 

• FIPS 140-2 compliant transmission of event data 

Going beyond simple SIEM, EventTracker’s continuous 

monitoring solutions provide unequalled network visibility 

with integrated: 

• Registry and file integrity monitoring 

• User activity monitoring 

• Advanced USB monitoring 

• SCAP certified Configuration Assessment 

EventTracker offers a unique, flexible and cost effective 

automated continuous monitoring solution that meets 

government information and network security require- 

These combined features enable security personnel 

to continuously monitor your environment in either 

real time, for a preventative approach, or in a forensic 

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capacity to analyze what activity has occurred. The end 

result is a robust, customizable monitoring solution that 

utilizes best practices for determining risk and preventing 

incidents to give you the confidence that your 

organization is secure, all while helping demonstrate 

compliance. 

Other Benefits to government agencies and contractors 

include: 

• Simple Straight-forward Licensing 

• Software Only Solution – fully virtual ready 

• Flexible, Component-based Architecture 

• All Compliance Packs Included SIEM Simplified, 

EventTracker’s award winning services offering, augments 

IT security teams and provides additional resources 

to effectively extract actionable information 

about the IT infrastructure. As an option, our experienced 

staff assumes responsibility for all SIEM related 

tasks including daily incident reviews, daily/weekly log 

reviews, configuration assessments, incident investigation 

support and audit support. EventTracker Enterprise 

empowers organizations to maintain regulatory compliance 

and simplifies the audit process, reducing audit 

times by up to 90%. Detailed reporting minimizes the 

time and effort to determine potential gaps in compliance 

requirements, and address them efficiently. Event- 

Tracker Enterprise processes hundreds of millions of 

discrete log messages to distill critical information to the 

organization and provides a 360o view of the entire IT 

infrastructure, offering real-time alerting and reporting. 

EventTracker Enterprise allows organizations to maintain 

continuous compliance. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

www.eventtracker.com 



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http://www.eventtracker.com/eventtracker/enterprise/ 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Dina Petrosky 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (860) 912-3201 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

dina@smartconnectionspr.com 

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Applied Visions, Inc. / Secure Decisions 

Division – 2014 Winner 


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or Program: 

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Code Dx ® 


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Corporate and government enterprises are all potential 

victims of cyber-attacks that can adversely impact a 

company’s bottom line, damage public reputation, 

compromise sensitive government data, and diminish 

the public trust. Industry experts and the Department 

of Homeland Security (DHS) have traced most compromises 

to poorly written software. 70-80% of security 

breaches occur because of poorly written code containing 

numerous security vulnerabilities. Consequently, 

software development and acquisition organizations 

are under increased pressure to find and fix software 

vulnerabilities before they are deployed. DHS, NASA, 

DoD and commercial businesses have begun to use 

static application security testing (SAST) tools to find 

software vulnerabilities during the development cycle 

and as part of the acquisition process. One problem, 

however, is that no single source code analysis tool finds 

most of the vulnerabilities in an application. Different 

tools identify different vulnerabilities. Benchmark tests 

by NIST and NSA reveal that, on average, a single static 

analysis tool will detect only 14% of all of the software 

weaknesses in code. Consequently, one needs to use 

multiple source code analysis tools to find a majority of 

the vulnerabilities. A second problem is that each tool 

outputs its results in a different format with different 

severity scales, making it difficult to combine the results 

and present them in a unified report. A third problem 

is related to expense: each commercial tool added to 

the vulnerability analysis adds significant cost; and each 

open-source SAST tool requires additional resources to 

find and configure them. Code Dx ® finds, prioritizes, 

and visualizes software vulnerabilities – fast and afford- 

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ably. Code Dx ® makes it easy for software developers 

and security analysts to start checking their software for 

vulnerabilities without a significant investment of time 

or money. It embeds, automatically selects, and runs the 

appropriate open-source static application security testing 

(SAST) tools for each language in a software code 

base. It also adds in results from commercial analysis 

tools and manual code analyses, combines these with 

the results of the open-source tools, and unifies the 

results into a common severity scale and display. Its 

visual analytics help to triage and prioritize software 

vulnerabilities so that the most important vulnerabilities 

are fixed first, and false positives are removed from 

future vulnerability scans. Code Dx provides advanced 

collaboration and reporting tools to ensure expeditious 

communication of findings and remediation recommendations. 

Compliance reports can be customized to 

show which vulnerabilities are potential violations of 

regulations such as PCI or HIPAA. Code Dx removes the 

most prominent barriers to finding and fixing software 

vulnerabilities: time to get started, complexity, and expense. 

Its entry point of $2,500 for an annual subscription 

makes it affordable even for small businesses. 

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http://www.codedx.com 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Code Dx finds, prioritizes, and visualizes software 

vulnerabilities fast and affordably: http://securedecisions.com/products/codedx/ 



organization: 

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Dr. Anita D’Amico / Director Secure Decisions 


phone: 

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Applied Visions, Inc. Secure Decisions Division 


cell: (516) 702-7706 


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Anita.Damico@SecureDecisions.com

GSN Announces the 2015 

Airport/Seaport/Boarder Security Awards Program 

GSN’s second annual awards program recognizing excellence in Airport/Aviation Security, 

Maritime/Port Security and Border Security will open for entries on Monday, March 2, 2015. 

The updated 2015 edition of this exciting program will once again cover basic technology 

groups, including Access Control/Identification, Detection Solutions, Air/Land and Sea 

Communications and Surveillance, Integrated Security Programs and Aviation/Maritime 

and Border Security Human Resource Development. 

In addition to the staples of Cargo Screening, Thermal Nightvision, Integrated Harbor 

Security and Perimeter Protection, you can expect many new categories in Satellite 

Communications, Aviation and Military Beacons and Air Traffic Control – plus new categories 

recommended by knowledgable vendors or outstanding operators or security teams. 

The last group of entries will once again be dedicated to the following three categories: 

* Most Notable Airport Security Program, Project or Overall Security Initiative 

* Most Notable Seaport Security Program, Project or Overall Security Upgrade 

* Most Notable Border Security Program, Project or Overall Security Initiative 

AIRPORT | SEAPORT | BORDER 

SECURITY 

AWARDS PROGRAM 

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Vendors of Physical Security Products & Solutions 

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Scott Greiper 

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IRIS ID 

EID Passport 

Alert Enterprise 

Desktop Alert 

Desktop Alert 

NICE Systems 

Automative Systems 

SecureUSA 

NICE Systems 

HIKVISION 

HID Global 

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Vendors of Physical Security Products & Solutions 

PHYSICAL ACCESS CONTROL 

AND IDENTIFICATION 

Best Biometric Identification Solution 

IRIS ID – Winner 

Best Intergrated System 

for HSPF-12/FIPS 201 Compliance 

Eid Passport – Winner 

Best Smart Card Solution 

WAVE Systems – Winner 

Best Platform for Physical/Logical Access 

Viscount Systems – Winner 

Alert Enterprise – Finalist 

HID – Finalist 

Honeywell – Finalist 

COMMUNICATION PRODUCTS 

Best Interoperable First Responder 

Communications 

Desktop Alert –Winner 

AtHoc – Finalist 

Best Mass Notification Systems 

Desktop Alert – Winner 

AtHoc – Finalist 

Best Regional or National Public Safety 

Communications Deployment 

AtHoc – Winner 

Alastar Software – Finalist 

DETECTION PRODUCTS 

Best Explosive Detection Product or Solution 

Implant Sciences – Winner 

American Science and Engineering (AS&E) – Finalist 

Best Long Range Detection Product, 

Service or System 

Rapiscan – Winner 

Pure Tech Systems – Finalist 

VIDEO SURVEILLANCE PRODUCTS 

Best Intelligent Video Surveillance Solution 


AXIS Communications – Finalist 

Panasonic – Finalist 

Puretech Systems – Finalist 

Best Network IP Cameras 

AXIS Communications – Winner 

Bosch – Finalist 

Hikvision – Finalist 

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OTHER PRODUCTS 

Best Perimeter Protection System 

Automatic Systems – Winner 

Best Crash Barriers 

(Gates, Fences, Bollards, Guard Booths) 

Secure USA – Winner 

Best Physical Security 

Information Management Solution (PSIM) 


Best Crash Barriers 

(Gates, Fences, Bollards, Guard Booths) 

Secure USA -- #609 – Winner 

SERVICES 

Best Disaster Preparedness and/or 

Disaster Recovery and Clean-up Services 

High Rise Esacape – [win status?] 

Best Homeland Security Training, 

Higher Education Program 

Bellevue University – Winner 

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GSN INTERVIEW 

Scott Greiper, Distinguished Judge, 


Mr. Greiper is the President and Founding Partner of Secure Strategy Group (SSG), a boutique 

advisory and investment banking platform in the physical and cyber security sectors. He has 

had a distinguished 15-year career in the security and technology sectors as both a research 

analyst and investment banker, and is known as a thought leader in the industry. Before 

forming Secure Strategy Group, he was a Managing Director at Legend Merchant Group and 

Head of the firm’s Convergent Security Group, which provided capital, strategic advisory and 

M&A services to growth companies in the security and defense technology markets. Previously, 

Mr. Greiper was a Principal and Senior Analyst at C. E. Unterberg, Towbin, where he covered public companies in the 

Global Security industry and was consistently ranked as one of the top analysts in the sector. He has worked with a 

range of industry leaders and is a frequent guest speaker and moderator at conferences and seminars across the country. 

Mr. Greiper attended the Executive MBA program at Columbia University and holds a B. A. in Economics from The 

University of Chicago. He is a member of the FBI InfraGard program, BENS (Business Executives for National Security), 

ASIS (American Society for Industrial Security) and NYSSA (New York Society for Security Analysts). 

GSN: What is the key trend you’re seeing in 

the security industry as we enter 2015? 

SG: The massive global security industry is being transformed 

from “guns, guards and gates” into highly integrated 

technology solutions that must protect against both 

physical and cyber threats while at the same time demonstrating 

ROI. The distinction between cyber and physical 

security is blurring and the requirement for unified 

management of threats in different domains growing. This 

“unification” is in my mind the most important transformation 

impacting the security industry. 

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What is “Unified Security”? It is the growing integration 

of security and resilience solutions – themselves 

increasingly digital – across the full spectrum of requirements 

and threats, from cyber to physical. It is the integration 

of physical security solutions – surveillance, access 

control, fire alarms – onto the same common operating 

platform of cyber security solutions – anti-virus, intrusion 

detection. This in an effort to create full situational awareness 

of an organizations security systems and sensors, and 

to more readily coordinate response. 

More and more building automation systems,

such as HVAC, access control, utilities, and communications, 

and being monitored and driven by an enterprise’s 

network. As such, these systems provide an easier route 

to hack into the network, because they often sit in front 

of the firewall and don’t contain the same level of security 

as network systems do. The theft of over one hundred 

million customer accounts during the Target Stores breach 

was enabled by the theft of a password from an HVAC 

technician that was subsequently used to breach the Target 

network. 

What are the drivers of demand for Unified Security 

Solutions? 

Improved Technology & ROI: 

• Technology and ROI: analog to digital video surveil 

lance; new capabilities in simulation, ROIP, etc – 

better security and ROI? 

• New capabilities to combine physical and digital 

access control and identity management 

• “Software trumps hardware” 

• Requirements for security technology to keep up with 

“smart buildings” 

• M2M/Internet of Things/smart sensors 

• Securing the “last mile” 

• Security integration with external partners (from 

warning to video sharing, a la Boston) 

• Critical Infrastructure Regulations like FERC, PPD-21 

• Federal specific regs (eg, FIPS 201-2) and new security 

requirements for products sold to the U.S. Government 

How does the investment community perceive 

the opportunities in the security market? 

SG: Investment returns in the security sector were strong 

in 2014, mirroring the healthy growth in the industry. Secure 

Strategy Group publishes the SSG Small Cap Homeland 

Security Report and Index, which tracks the top small 

and mid-sized public companies in the security industry, 

categorized across 11 different technology sectors. 

As you can see in the table below, our SSG Small 

Cap Security Industry Index returned 22.5% for 2014, 

handily beating the Dow Jones Industrial Average (up 

10.0%), the S&P 500 (up 13.7%), the Nasdaq Composite 

(up 14.7%) and the Russell 2000 (up 4.9%). Moreover, 7 of 

our 11 sectors showed positive returns. 

Regulations: 

• SEC cyber reporting guidance; Sarbanes Oxley 

requirements 

• Federal regulations such as FICAM and HSPD-12 that 

mandate improved security for federal buildings by 

implementing “cyber proof ” access control systems 

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GSN INTERVIEW 

Scott Greiper, Distinguished Judge,GSN 2014 Homeland Security Awards Program 

You act as both advisor and banker to your 

client companies. What are the key variables 

you look for before taking on a new 

client? 

SG: There are three key variables we measure when 

evaluating a new potential client assignment. We don’t 

assign a specific ranking to each, but at the end of the day 

the quality, integrity and experience of the management 

team is the tipping point between success and failure. 

Since we act in a capital raising capacity for our clients, we 

always position ourselves in the mind of an investor as we 

do our due diligence. 

Technology: 

• Does the technology fill a market gap and have real 

functional differentiation vs. the competition? 

• Does the technology offer an ROI to the end user, 

either in terms of upfront acquisition cost or the total 

life cycle cost of ownership? 

• Does the technology offer flexibility in terms of size, 

portability, weight, and mobility? 

• Can the technology be easily and cost-effectively up 

graded over time? 

• Can the technology maintain its functional and/or cost 

advantages over time? 

Management: 

• What is management’s background and experience in 

the specific technology sector? 

• Has management previously taken a company from 

early-stage, to growth stage to a successful exit in the 

past? 

• Is there a strong Board of Directors that brings exper 

tise in governance, operations and management? 

• Is there a strong ethical culture in the organization 

that starts “at the top”? 

• Has there been continuity in the core management 

team over time? 

Business Model: 

• Is there sustainability in the Company’s pricing model? 

• Can gross and operating margins be sustained or 

increased over time? 

• Is there both a direct and channel sales model in 

order to cost-effectively access end-user opportunities? 

• Is there a component of a recurring revenue or SaaS 

revenue model? 

• Are there customer concentration issues/is the sales 

cycle elongated? 

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Tell us about some of the recent additions 

to your team. 

SG: We made a number of important additions to our 

team and our advisory board in 2014 to prepare us for 

growth in 2015. 

We added Mark Sauter as our Head of M&A. Mark 

was a co-founder of America’s first business accelerator for 

national security technology and manager of its contract 

with the NSA. Just prior to joining SSG, Mark was a principal 

in the Spectrum Group, one of the country’s leading 

M&A due diligence firms. He served as an Army office 

in Special Forces and infantry units and is a graduate of 

Harvard University and the Columbia University Graduate 

School of Journalism. He is also co-author of McGraw 

Hill’s leading university textbook, “Homeland Security: A 

Complete Guide.” 

We added Tom DiNanno as our Head of Government 

Affairs. Tom served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Critical Infrastructure Protection at the U.S. Department of 

Homeland Security, served as Special Assistant to the Chief 

of Staff in the Department of Homeland Security, and in 

the White House Office of Homeland Security as Director 

of Corporate Relations. He received his MS in Business 

and Urban Planning from MIT, and an MA in Government 

Administration from the University of Pennsylvania. 

We added Brian Tuskan to our advisory board late 

last year. Brian serves as Senior Director of Microsoft Global 

Security, where he oversees global strategic development, 

integration and growth for Technology, Showcase, 

Investigations, and Communications for the Microsoft 

Global Security team. He joined Microsoft in 2000, after 

serving more than 12 years in law enforcement with the 

City of Redmond Police (Washington) and the Honolulu 

Police Department. During his distinguished law enforcement 

career he served as a metropolitan police officer, 

patrol, SWAT tactical team member, undercover narcotics 

detective, major crimes detective, and officer-in-charge. 

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Vendors of Physical Security Products and Solutions 

IRIS ID – 



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Best Biometric Identification Solution 


or Program: 

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IrisAccess - Iris Recognition Systems 


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Iris ID ® (formerly LG Iris) has been active in the development 

and deployment of iris recognition technology 

since 1997. The IrisAccess ® platform has been widely 

deployed around the world. Iris ID’s first generation 

product was the IrisAccess ® 2200 iris recognition system 

released in 1999, which paved the way for the first successful 

commercialization of iris 

recognition. This generation was 

subsequently followed by the releases 

of the IrisAccess 3000, iCAM 

4000, iCAM 7000 series, iCAM 

TD100, iCAM D1000, iCAM T10, 

iData ® EAC software, IrisAccelerator 

® and iData ® Software Development 

tools. Twentieth-century security 

infrastructures are straining 

against the demand of twenty-first 

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century security implementation. The crushing pressure 

of an unpredictable global threats, stringent regulatory 

constrains increasing exceptions and escalating security 

threats are stressing facilities, and IT systems to the 

breaking point. In this volatile business environment, 

the world over are confronting extraordinary challenges 

including the inherent contradiction between improving 

operational efficiency, customer service, and the overall 

“experience” while anticipating and combating a broad 

range of security threats. This dual high service/high security 

challenge has created significant operational gaps 

in the homeland environment that require innovative 

process reengineering and comprehensive operational 

improvements. IrisAccess iris-based access control is one 

of an array of new and innovate 

business processes and automated 

technology solutions homeland 

security agencies are adopting to 

close these gaps, remain vegilant, 

and breakthrough to the customer 

experience. Secure access control 

is critical to addressing existing 

airport security/service operational 

gaps. This is particularly 

true for managing staff and third

party vendor access to restricted zones within a facility. 

IrisAccess ® solutions most effectively and reliably balance 

a number of seemingly irreconcilable constraints, 

including: 

• Regulatory Compliance 

• Cost minimization and reduction 

• Leveraging security infrastructure and investments 

• Comprehensive, multi-layered security 

• Balancing security with speed of access 

• Uniform access to multiple locations and facilities 

• Flexible solutions that evolve with planning process 

• User friendly, easily adopted, and accepted solutions 

• Integrating access control with existing and planned 

airport ID systems 

• Unique facility/location issues – environmental, local 

rules/regulation, end-user concerns 

IrisAccess highly reliable identification process can be a 

key component of any homeland security access control 

solution that successfully balancing these requirements. 

Iris ID IrisAccess solution is uniquely suited to quickly 

and accurately establish and verify identity enabling 

secure and reliable access control in the highly sensitive 

places. Iris ID IrisAccess systems provide high integrity 

mass enrolment applications, physical access security 

for airports, national ID programs, secure border crossings, 

data centers, biotech labs and HAZMAT environments, 

as well as other critical infrastructures. The only 

biometric technology designed for operation in oneto-many 

search mode, the technology also integrates 

with traditional system architectures which may include 

smart-cards as well as other tokens or PINs. Readily 

accommodating expansion and scalability in terms of 

system and database size requirements, Iris ID continues 

to advance the “doorway to desktop” and global 

security solution that enterprise and governments seek 

today, as well as offering the robust authentication 

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that will be required in an increasingly wireless world. 

IrisAccelerator and associated development tools have 

been proven to provide highly accurate and fast identification 

of individuals. Iris ID has been providing iris 

technology solutions for Homeland Security for past 

14 years. Iris ID products and solutions are currently 

used in more than 50 airports, high value assets such as 

nuclear power plants, critical infrastructure government 

or commercial security around the world for employee 

access control and homeland security. Recently Iris ID 

was awarded the honor of providing a border security 

solution for Canada Border Security Agency (CBSA) and 

Hammad International Airport, Doha Qatar. 


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www.irisid.com 



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organization: 

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Mohammed Murad 

Vice President, Iris ID Systems Inc. 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(609) 819-4747 


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murad@irisid.com



Eid Passport – 



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Best Integrated System for HSP D-12/FIPS 201 

Compliance 


or Program: 

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The RAPIDGate Program 


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The RAPIDGate ® Program, from Eid Passport, Inc., is 

an end-to-end high assurance identity management 

and installation access control solution for vendors, 

contractors, and service providers. This field-proven, 

accredited, and widely-accepted credentialing and 

vetting program has been deployed at more than 450 

federal facility access control points across the United 

States and its territories, helping the U.S. military guard 

against such threats as unauthorized access, identity 

theft, fraud and cyber-crime. These threats put the safety 

of military personnel, critical infrastructure, and other 

valuable assets at risk every day. This DIACAP ATOcertified 

program was specifically designed to enhance 

installation safety and security and improve operational 

efficiency and effectiveness in aligning with HSPD-12/ 

FIPS 201 requirements by utilizing our proprietary, 

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self-contained physical access control system for card 

validation, authentication, and registration. Since 2004, 

the RAPIDGate Program has identity-proofed, performed 

suitability risk analysis and credentialed more 

than 790,000 vendor/contractor employees representing 

approximately 59,000 companies doing business 

with the U.S. Navy, Army, Marine Corps, and Coast 

Guard. Over 130,000,000 authentication events have 

been recorded, the majority of which are vendors and 

contractors requiring identity verification and access to 

military and government bases/buildings. As a result, 

Eid Passport is the leading commercial provider of U.S 

Department of Defense recognized vendor credentials. 

The time required to screen and verify vendors and 

contractors for base access cuts deeply into productivity, 

particularly for smaller companies who can least

afford to wait in line. This results in higher vendor costs, 

which ends up increasing military costs. To significantly 

reduce the time it takes for thousands of personnel to 

gain needed access to military facilities, the RAPID-RCx ® 

Program was developed. It seamlessly integrates access 

control point systems and biometric identity verification 

into a single, RAPIDGate credential. Additionally, 

Eid Passport is currently implementing its RAPIDGate 

Premier credentialing program for the U.S. Navy. 

This advanced program adds Personal Identity Verification 

Interoperable (PIV-I) credentials to the RAPIDGate 

Program. These enhanced, tamper-resistant credentials 

meets PIV-I credentialing standards and are in accordance 

with HSPD-12 and FIPS 201. RAPIDGate Premier 

PIV-I credentials contain: a unique ID code; a color 

photograph; the credential holder’s full name; organizational 

affiliation/company name; issued and expiration 

dates; and program seal of authenticity. Furthermore, 

the RAPIDGate Premier Program credentials are the 

only PIV-I credentials with integrated background vetting. 

Incorporating this enhanced credential with PIV-I 

compliant PACS systems provides participants with a 

single, interoperable credential granting them access to 

controlled areas such as flight lines, secure buildings, 

spaces, vaults, and other areas where authorized access 

is required. Once RAPIDGate has been deployed, 

security personnel can verify that anyone arriving with 

a RAPIDGate badge has been Registered And Previously 

ID’d. That means they’ve passed a thorough background 

screen, been photographed, fingerprinted and badged. 

Vendors like RAPIDGate because it saves them hours 

of time and improves worker productivity by providing 

rapid base access. Force Protection likes RAPIDGate 

because it allows security personnel to spend less time 

and resources screening “Registered And Previously 

ID’d” visitors who have already been vetted and allows 

them to meet security policy requirements. 


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High-assurance identity management for vendors, contractors, 

suppliers, & service providers 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Eid Passport, Inc. 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

John Nee : (503) 924-5293 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

jnee@eidpassport.com 

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Alert Enterprise – 

2014 Finalist 


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Best Platform for Physical and Logical Access 


or Program: 

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Enterprise Guardian 


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Companies are faced with the daunting task of reconciling 

employee, contractor and visitor lists against HR that are working fine. AlertEnterprise has developed a 

resorting to cost prohibitive replacement of systems 

Management Systems, Manual Contractor acquisition solution to bridge the security gaps across these silos of 

processes and the list of electronic access cards that are Physical and Logical systems with a Converged Identity 

actually active. Add to that the complexity of monitoring Governance and Management solution that extends 

the system access that they have in enterprise and legacy beyond IT and enables you to manage and control user 

applications. Organizations are living with the risk that access risks across the entire enterprise. As an example 

terminated employees or contractors still have physical 

access to facilities. As companies grow and acquire is an Operator who works in the Transmission Control 

use case for this capability, let us consider Tom. Tom 

other facilities and merge with other companies, Access 

Control systems from multiple vendors need to be Tom must complete certain on-going training require- 

Room for a regulated Utility company we call Utilco. 

accounted for. A single command and control console ments to maintain his license to operate. Utilco has a 

that can consolidate identities and access rules across Learning Management System (LMS) in place that is 

multi-vendor badging systems can eliminate the overlap, linked to the company HR system. AlertEnterprise is 

cost burden and manual processes needed to centrally integrated with the HR systems, the Identity Management 

as well as the Badge Access system. During the 

manage physical access across all these systems without 

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onboarding process, AlertEnterprise automates the 

background check process prescribed by Utilco and 

proceeds to make sure that all the certification requirements 

are met. If the requisite Continuing Education is 

not completed, the application reminds Tom that he has 

two more weeks to complete it. Tom may want to access 

the computer-based training in the evenings to make 

up for lost time. If additional reminders don’t have the 

desired effect, finally on the last day, when Tom uses his 

electronic access badge to get into the control room, it 

will automatically lock him out, enforcing the company 

policy and avoiding the possibility of costly compliance 

violations. 

With Enterprise Guardian from AlertEnterprise, organizations 

can: 

• Manage a Common Digital Identity for employees, 

contractors, etc. for IT and Physical 

• Unlike other solutions, provision to both IT Applications 

and Physical Access Control 

• Meet regulatory compliance requirements and automatically 

generate reporting 

• Actively enforce termination and transfers 

• Have a single console that operates across multiple 

vendor Access Control systems 

• Single interface to create identity and badge for multiple 

Access Control Systems 

• Enhanced risk analysis and training validation with 

Active Policy Enforcement 

• Powerful reporting across physical access vendors 

consolidating access and usage 

• Support PIV-I and PIV-C for Government and High 

Security FICAM; HSPD-12; OMB M-11-11 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

www.alertenterprise.com 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Enterprise Guardian Data Sheet: 

https://alertenterprise.box.com/s/roeqtb8p- 

473pf9kz286b 

AlertEnterprise Video: 

https://www.youtube.com/ 

watch?v=1GdXEgntzgM 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Pan Kamal,Vice President, Marketing 

AlertEnterprise, Inc. 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (650) 793-5992 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

pan.kamal@alertenterprise.com 

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Desktop Alert – 



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Best Interoperable First Responder Communications 


or Program: 

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Desktop Alert Inter-agency Mass Notification Platform 


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Desktop Alert provides early warning mass notification 

alerts to over 1 million federal, military and civilian hardware and burdensome configuration logistics. For 

personnel daily with ‘less than one minute alerting’ as the first time in the existence of Northern Command / 

certified by our customer base. After an extensive worldwide 

vetting of vendors, the world’s most crucial peace network alerting to protect over 25,000 personnel. 

NORAD, the entire command is now retro fitted with 

keeping organization NATO selected Desktop Alert! Buttressed 

by this selection is that of the Institute of Peace alert all 25,000 personnel in ‘less than one minute’. 

The system selected enables emergency operators to 

2012 selection of Desktop Alert. http://www.virtual-strat- 

The system is also integrated with the National Weather 

egy.com/2012/04/17/united-states-institute-peace-selects- 

desktop-alert-mass-notification-system#axzz3IbIAv3c4 severe weather event, all targeted personnel are alerted 

Service using the Common Alerting Protocol. During a 

Desktop Alert was chosen over all vendors in this GSN automatically without operator assistance in less than 

competition for the coveted mass notification requirements 

by NATO HQ in Brussels Belgium. Key in our on-premise phone system. With a single mouse click, in 

one minute. The system also integrates with the base 

selection by NATO was the platforms ability to operate seconds personnel are reached by e-mail alerts, desktop 

popups, text messages, phone calls and mobile 

on the customer’s existing computational infrastructure 

thus saving several hundred thousand dollars in both apps. The implementation has augmented emergency 

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esponse capability substantially and was recently 

reviewed and lauded by Maj. Gen. Jack Briggs, currently 

the Director of Operations for Headquarters U.S Northern 

Command, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. The 

implementation of the Desktop Alert MNS enables interagency 

communication during an emergent domestic 

event between the following US 1st in line 1st Responders: 

• FEMA HQ- ALL LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE (58K personnel) 

• ARMY AND AIR NATIONAL GUARD NATIONWIDE 

(500+K personnel) 

• NORTHERM COMMAND / NORAD (25K personnel) 

• U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) (10k 

Personnel) 

• U.S. Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg 

• AFDW Pentagon (confidential) 

• 200+ Army and Air Force locations worldwide 

DTA is currently the second largest provider to DoD 

and continue to build market share year by year. The 

unification of alerting between these agencies provides 

formidable actionable intelligence during emergent 

homeland events. The nation’s most top tier 1st agency 

responders are all owners of the DTA MNS. NO other 

vendor can boast these credentials; especially with these 

numerous ‘key’ nation leading 1st inline 1st responder 

defense agencies as it relates to not only border security; 

but all other security concerns to the nation. While 

other vendors may claim more seat licenses within DoD; 

only Desktop Alert has unified the nation’s most critical 

security agencies with the Military and DHS with one 

de-facto system. Desktop Alert is far and away the leading 

MNS in use by the Homelands Most Crucial Defense 

Agencies! The improved ability to attain actionable 

intelligence across all of these agencies in less than one 

minute during an emergent event provides immense 

dividends to the safety and protection of the homeland. 

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http://www.prweb.com/releases/NORAD/ 

NORTHERNCOMMAND/prweb9115614.htm 



organization: 

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Howard Ryan, CEO 

Desktop Alert Inc. 


phone: 

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cell: (973) 580-3447 


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howard@desktopalert.net



Desktop Alert – 



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Best Mass Notification Systems 


or Program: 

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Desktop Alert Global Connect - Interagency Mass 

Notification Platform 


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Desktop Alert provides early warning mass notification 

alerts to over 1 million federal, military and civilian 

personnel daily with ‘less than one minute alerting’ as 

certified by our customer base. After an extensive worldwide 

vetting of vendors, the world’s most crucial peace 

keeping organization NATO selected Desktop Alert! Buttressed 

by this selection is that of the Institute of Peace 

2012 selection of Desktop Alert. http://www.virtual-strategy.com/2012/04/17/united-states-institute-peace-selectsdesktop-alert-mass-notification-system#axzz3IbIAv3c4 

Desktop Alert was chosen over all vendors in this GSN 

competition for the coveted mass notification requirements 

by NATO HQ in Brussels Belgium. Key in our 

selection by NATO was the platforms ability to operate 

on the customer’s existing computational infrastructure 

thus saving several hundred thousand dollars in both 

hardware and burdensome configuration logistics. 

RECENT NEWS: DTA commended for its platform during 

Recent Shooter event at Fort Hood. (The Backup 

ARMY EM2P MNS Program alerted several minutes later 

than the DTA system!) Reference: http://www.desktopalert.net/News/fort-hood-update/ 

DTA / Primary MNS at: 

• FEMA HQ- ALL LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE (58K personnel) 




• U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) (10k 

Personnel) 


• 200+ Army and Air Force locations worldwide 

DTA is currently the second largest provider to DoD 

and continue to build market share year by year. The 

unification of alerting between these agencies provides 

formidable actionable intelligence during emergent 

homeland events. Desktop Alert is the largest provider 

of MNS to the US Army Worldwide. Desktop Alert is 

the Primary MNS used at over 90% of US Army installations 

including Fort Hood. (NOTE! The US ARMY EM2P 

MNS Program is a BACKUP system only!). The nation’s 

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most top tier 1st agency responders are all owners of 

the DTA MNS. The Desktop Alert System sends desktop 

alert popups, text messages (SMS), e-mail and phone 

call alerts to all of these agencies personnel instantly 

in all 50 states and beyond. NO other vendor can boast 

these credentials; especially with these numerous ‘key’ 

nation leading border defense agencies as it relates to 

not only border security; but all other security concerns 

to the nation. While other vendors may claim more seat 

licenses within DoD; only Desktop Alert has unified the 

nation’s most critical security agencies with the Military 

and DHS with one de-facto system. Desktop Alert is far 

and away the leading MNS in use by the Homelands 

Most Crucial Defense Agencies! We hang our hat on the 

recent NATO selection, our usage by the National Guard 

Nationwide, our usage by FEMA HQ locations nationwide 

and of course the irrefutable fact that Desktop 

Alert is the ONLY proven vendor in this competition that 

delivers alerts in less than one minute. As a result of the 

NATO selection our company has also been contacted to 

REPLACE the incumbent for the entire US Marines Enterprise! 

When lives are at stake, seconds count. Numerous 

DoD agencies are unsatisfied with alerts received in 

5 to 10 minutes. The best is yet to come! Thank you for 

your review and consideration. 


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http://www.desktopalert.net 



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http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/11/ 

prweb12296096.htm 



organization: 

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phone: 

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(973) 580-3447 


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howard@desktopalert.net 

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NICE Systems – 



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Best Intelligent Video Surveillance Solution 


or Program: 

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NICE Suspect Search 


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An active shooter is on the loose. An airport checkpoint 

has just been breached. Police are frantically searching 

for a lost child amid a crowded location. A suspicious 

bag is left behind in a busy transit station. In each of 

these situations, time is of the essence. Surveillance video 

can provide clues to finding a suspect, but will you 

be able to pinpoint the exact video you need in time? 

Here’s where NICE Suspect Search can help. Suspect 

Search is a patent-pending video analytics technology 

that helps you quickly locate and retrace the movements 

of a person of interest within a video surveillance network. 

It can scan an hour of video in less than a minute, 

automatically filtering out 95 percent of irrelevant images. 

Suspect searches can be initiated using a recorded 

image, an uploaded full body photo, or a suspect composite. 

As the search reveals snapshots of the suspect 

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over time across different cameras, it evolves into a 

history of their movements before and potentially after 

the incident. Timely situational awareness is critical so 

snapshots are presented on an actual map. This answers 

questions like how did the suspect get here? Where did 

he go? Did he meet up with anyone or was he alone? 

And is he still on premise? Suspect Search revolutionizes 

video forensics, both for real-time use and for after-thefact 

investigations. Digitally stamped images, video, and 

location information associated with each search can 

easily be shared with police departments and district 

attorneys for forensic investigations.

WHAT SETS SUSPECT SEARCH APART 

There are technologies on the market that can search 

for a specific color, but until now, none of them could 

search for a specific person, especially not in real-time. 

Suspect Search takes into account three parameters -- a 

full body image, the unique human signature of a person 

(e.g. size and the way they walk), and the textures 

and colors associated with that person like their clothes, 

accessories, hair, or skin. The Suspect Search algorithm 

analyzes, tags, sorts, and stores images in a database according 

to these parameters, increasing search accuracy. 

Furthermore, calculations are done in real-time. Video is 

analyzed as it is captured, so searches can begin immediately 

and results are available within seconds. Another 

differentiator is Suspect Search’s ability to simultaneously 

search across multiple camera feeds. Once the 

target has been located, Suspect Search’s geo-spacial 

capabilities allow operators to trace and retrace the suspect’s 

route to predict patterns of movement for quick 

apprehension. 

SUSPECT SEARCH BENEFITS 

By providing near real-time, actionable information 

about the whereabouts and movements of persons of interest, 

Suspect Search can accelerate response times and 

effect positive outcomes, whether that means finding a 

lost child faster, apprehending 

suspects quicker, or avoiding 

costly shutdowns. 


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www.nice.com 



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http://www.nice.com/nice-suspect-search 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-hSXOt5 

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organization: 

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NICE Systems 


phone: 

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(203) 481-4168 


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Automatic Systems – 



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Best Perimeter Protection Product/System (Excluding 

Video) 


or Program: 

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SlimLane Short - Swing Barrier Optical Turnstile 


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SlimLane Short swing door optical turnstiles combine 

high speed bidirectional throughput with the highest reliability, 

security, and footprint variations of any barrier 

type optical turnstile. Available in narrow or wide lane 

versions and single or double swing doors in 24 or 120 able with either low glass height (35”), medium (47”), 

volt power configuration, SlimLane is already widely or high (67”) glass versions. The shorter cabinet length 

known as the most versatile swinging glass turnstile. allows for easier implementation into most elevator 

SlimLane offers IP connectivity – and was the first security 

entrance control lane to boast this feature. SlimLane architectural demands in many front lobbies. Automatic 

bank openings, as well as to more readily adapt to strict 

is UL 2593 listed to help satisfy the most stringent of Systems is a leading manufacturer of pedestrian and 

building and safety codes. The standard and unique vehicle entrance control equipment, with North American 

headquarters/manufacturing in Brossard, Quebec, 

“SecuriSafe” mode prevents forced entry attempts while 

still allowing emergency egress at any time, and Slim- Canada. Under GSA Schedule Contract #GS-07F-0109Y, 

Lane is the only lane of its kind to offer such a feature. Automatic Systems offers both their full range of pedestrian 

and vehicle entrance control systems to federal 

This new SlimLane offers a 48” cabinet length (existing 

standard length is 62”). Both product lengths are avail- government security buyers. 

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www.automatic-systems.com 



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organization: 

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Martha Tsiritas, Marketing Manager 

Automatic Systems 


phone: 

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(800) 263-6548 xt234 


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mtsiritas@automatic-systems.com 

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Secure USA – 



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Best Crash Barrier (Gates, Fences, Bollards, Guard 

Booths) 


or Program: 

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SideWALK Shallow Foundation Bollards 


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The homeland security threat to urban and corporate 

campus facilities makes bollards a necessity for protetive 

standoff zones for at-risk structures. SecureUSA ® 

invented shallow foundation bollard solutions that 

meet stringent ASTM performance specifications in 

circumstances which would normally preclude the use 

of “standard” deep foundation bollards. They do it with 

aesthetic style and design sensitivity, without sacrificing 

performance. T The SecureUSA ® SideWALK ® Bollard 

was developed to overcome the installation challenges 

commonly found in any location where underground 

infrastructure and utilities prevent deeper excavation. 

They carry ASTM-C40 to M50 crash ratings/zero penetration 

with a single bollard strike in as little as 6 inch 

foundation depths and a footprint designed to fit in virtually 

any sidewalk pavement. Standard crash rated bol- 

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lards typically require foundation depths of up to three 

feet or more to achieve desired crash ratings. In major 

metropolitan cities where the area under the pavement 

and streets are crowded with utilities and other infrastructure, 

a deeper foundation is virtually impossible. 

Even other “shallow” bollards that have been subjected 

to actual crash tests require deeper foundations than the 

minimal 9 inches for SecureUSA’s ASTM-M30 (15,000lb 

vehicle @ 30 mph) and M50 (15,000lb vehicle @ 50 

mph) product. The SideWALK ® Bollard Series consists 

of individual bollards that are easy to install even when

the terrain causes each of the bollards to change slope, 

grade and curvature. This is a unique design for shallow 

foundation crash rated bollards as other manufacturers 

use a fixed sled design comprising a number of bollards 

configured into less flexible bollard sets. The SecureUSA ® 

SideWALK ® Bollard allows installation spacing to be 

more flexible around typical obstructions, such as utility 

vents, drains and other typical roadway and sidewalk 

restrictions. This makes for cost effective protection in 

normally prohibitive environments. SecureUSA ® Side- 

WALK ® Bollards shallow foundation bollards provide 

ADA compliant, pedestrian friendly standoff zones with 

the ability to restrict vehicular access without obstructing 

pedestrian access, while meeting ASTM standards. 

This is a major technological achievement. SecureUSA ® 

also pioneered the development and production of 

all-electric retractable bollards that save time and money 

in installation and maintenance over the life of the 

system. No hydraulics minimize the potentially negative 

environmental impact of leaks and spills associated with 

hydraulic systems. I have found the staff at SecureUSA ® 

to be the highest quality professionals dedicated to 

excellent “post-sale-installation” customer service. It has 

been a delight to work with them. 


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www.secureUSA.net 



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http://www.secureusa.net/products/sidewalkshallow-bollards/ 



organization: 

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Dr. Stephen R. Crosby, Manager, Entrusted Creative 


phone: 

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(760) 333-7414 (both office and cell) 


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steve@entrustedcreative.org 

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NICE Solutions – 



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Best Physical Security Information Management 

(PSIM) Solution 


or Program: 

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NICE Situator 


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NICE remains at the forefront of PSIM technology’s 

evolution. With a focus on continued growth and expansion, 

we’ve extended Situator’s reach beyond the 

control room and into the field. Our new innovative 

mobile application addresses operational issues, as well 

as safety and security. Moreover, NICE Situator was 

selected to help secure some of the world’s most highprofile 

cities and events in 2014, including the World 

Cup hosted in Brazil, the Winter Olympics in Sochi and 

Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford, NJ. 

Why it’s the best PSIM solution 

New, Innovative Applications: 

We’ve extended NICE Situator’s capabilities out and into 

the field with a web-based GIS mobile application. First 

deployed by the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), 

the NICE Situator Enterprise Geographical Information 

System (EGIS) Web application, enables field personnel 

to view all open incidents in Situator and log new incidents 

from a tablet. This creates a shared environment 

for managing incidents, enhanced team collaboration 

and increased situational awareness. 

NJ TRANSIT, the largest statewide public transportation 

system in the U.S. has also deployed a Mobile App. NJ 

TRANSIT used the solution for the first time during Super 

Bowl XLVII to streamline communications between 

the command center and 900 NJ TRANSIT Super Bowl 

ambassadors on the ground. In addition to reporting 

incidents, field personnel were able to use the App to 

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look up schedules and other information to assist passengers. 

Following the successful Super Bowl rollout, 

NJ TRANSIT plans to deploy the solution in conjunction 

with other future large events and extend the Mobile 

App to its maintenance, customer service and transit 

police personnel. 

Successful Global Deployments: 

NICE Situator continues to improve operations and provide 

situational awareness, management and resolution 

capabilities to organizations across industries and urban 

centers around the world. Glasgow, Scotland is using 

NICE Situator to consolidate data from various city-wide 

services like Public Space CCTV and traffic control 

within a single operations center. In Sochi, Russia, NICE 

Situator was used to help secure the recent Winter 

Olympics in addition to heightening overall security and 

safety in the city known as a destination for winter sport 

enthusiasts. A large city in Brazil also deployed Situator, 

which was used to secure some of the World Cup games 

this summer – the largest sporting event in the world. 

Market Leadership Industry Recognition: 

For the third consecutive time, IHS (formerly IMS 

Research) has ranked NICE the global leader in PSIM 

solutions (Situator) and has named NICE the leading 

PSIM vendor worldwide. In addition, Frost & Sullivan 

has defined Situator as one of the few Tier 1 PSIM 

solutions available. 

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Comprehensive investigations: 

Through its integration with NICE Inform, NICE Situator 

provides the industry’s most comprehensive debriefing 

and investigation solution. The integrated reconstruction 

platform is the first such solution capable of capturing 

and synchronizing replay of multi-media sources including 

video, audio, GIS-based displays and key operational 

data. Step-by-step operator actions and 360-degree incident 

reconstructions can now be incorporated into the 

debriefing process for investigations, training, planning 

and prevention. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

www.nice.com 



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web page: http://www.nice.com/situation-management/nice-situator 

PSIM market leader: http://www.nice.com/niceranked-market-share-leader-global-psim-market 



organization: 

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NICE Systems 


phone: 

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(203) 481-4168 


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linda.haelsen@nice.com



Hikvision – 



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Best Network IP Cameras 


or Program: 

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3MP 360 Fisheye Camera 


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The first of its kind to offer a true 30 FPS fisheye view range processing. The inclusion of bi-directional audio, 

in full resolution, Hikvision’s 3MP 360 Fisheye stands alarm I/O, and in-camera recording with a 64 GB SD 

out from its competitors. With five channels of video, it card allow the Hikvision Fisheye to become a virtually 

single-handedly captures high-quality images from every standalone system. Combined with the special features 

corner of a particular location, eliminates blind spots, of Hikvision’s Smart Series, such as line crossing and 

and dewarps the image to allow for multiple viewing intrusion detection, the Fisheye camera is an excellent 

modes: a panoramic (180 degree) view, a 360 degree choice for detailed coverage of wide, open areas. Airports, 

conference rooms, parking lots, building fore- 

view, and three virtual PTZ views. The Fisheye does 

more on its own than multiple cameras trying to do the courts, storage yards, loading bays, and classrooms are 

same thing. The camera’s 1/3” progressive scan CMOS perfect venues for the expansive coverage provided by 

sensor provides high resolution images of up to 2048 x the Fisheye. In addition, the unique attributes of this 

1536. Integrated IR allows for even disbursement over camera means that it lends itself to particularly creative 

the entire image, eliminating hot spots. In fact, the IR uses. One example involves an educational facility in 

functionality boasts up to 50 feet of visibility in low- or New Mexico, comprised of a middle school and a high 

zero-light conditions. Hikvision’s award-winning WDR school, which installed a Fisheye in their gymnasium. 

algorithms provide industry-leading 120dB of dynamic The Fisheye camera’s panoramic view covers the entire 

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gym, and each of the digital PTZs are assigned to different 

school administrators. The digital PTZ system lets 

users use the camera like a conventional dome camera 

without any moving parts, improving reliability. Because 

there are different groups of students using the gym 

throughout the day, the principal of the high school has 

access to his own PTZ, as do the vice principal of the 

high school and the principal of the middle school. Each 

user can manipulate their PTZ remotely and autonomously 

without stepping on each other’s toes, while 

also viewing the 180 to see the big picture. With over 

3000 Hikvision engineers devoted to R&D, it’s no wonder 

that cutting-edge cameras such as the Hikvision 360 

Fisheye change the landscape of modern video surveillance. 

Hikvision’s commitment to innovation allows its 

customers to maximize surveillance with the Fisheye’s 

user-friendly features or incorporate the Fisheye into 

unique, unconventional, surveillance solutions. 


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http://www.hikvision.com/en/us 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Fisheye spec sheet: http://www.hikvision.com/en/ 

us/products_show.asp?id=9810 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Anna Boudinot, Content Manager 

Hikvision USA 


phone: 

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cell: (323) 470-7772 


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anna.boudinot@hikvisionusa.com 

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HID Global – 



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Physical Security Access Control & Identification 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

pivCLASS 4.3 


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Fully tested by the U.S. General Services Administration 

for compliance with FICAM, Federal Identity Credential 

and Access Management programs, pivCLASS ® 4.3 is the 

first GSA FICAM Certified Validation System available in 

the security market today. The extensive Government 

portfolio of credential authentication solutions enables 

customers to comply with government physical access 

control system (PACS) mandates, outlined in HSPD-12 

and FIPS 201, to PIV-enable a PACS. By providing an 

end-to-end solution that eliminates the need to rip and 

replace the existing access control infrastructures, the 

portfolio’s extensive range of Personal Identity Verification 

(PIV) solutions allow agencies to use PIV-enabled 

cards for strong PKI-based validation for physical access. 

With its addition of the pivCLASS MultiPACS software to 

the pivCLASS portfolio it is significantly easier for large 

government agencies and organizations to provision 

identities across many different, unconnected access 

control systems located throughout geographically dis- 

persed operations. The software is designed to streamline 

and simplify the process of registering Personal 

Identity Verification (PIV) credentials into multiple, 

disparate physical access control systems (PACS). A key 

element of HID Global’s expanded pivCLASS portfolio 

of FIPS 201-based credential registration and verification 

solutions, MultiPACS was created for government 

agencies that commonly operate in numerous buildings 

in several geographic areas, using many different PACS 

supplied by multiple vendors No other vendor currently 

offers a complete portfolio that provides authentication 

at both the enrollment function and at the point of 

access (e.g., door), registration of validated credentials 

into over 30 different PACS head-end products, and a 

variety of interoperable readers and reader form factors 

including mobile handhelds. Other vendors generally 

provide either the readers or software for the PACS 

head-end enrollment function. HID is the only vendor 

that offers this complete FIPS 201 solution from a single 

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source. With the pivCLASS portfolio, customers can use 

a phased deployment approach designed to meet their 

immediate needs while staying within their budget. For 

example, an agency may want to initially enable their facility 

to accept PIV cards without moving immediately to 

strong authentication at each door. This can be achieved 

by deploying the pivCLASS Registration Engine, the 

pivCLASS Certificate Manager and pivCLASS Readers 

configured in Wiegand output mode. This will enable 

PIV cardholders to be registered into the PACS head-end 

and to use their cards to gain access. At some later time, 

strong authentication can be achieved by deploying the 

pivCLASS Reader Services software at the PACS head-end 

and the pivCLASS Authentication Modules (PAMs) for 

the desired access points along with easily reconfiguring 

the existing installed pivCLASS readers. pivCLASS 

also supports the transition from legacy cards such as 

magnetic stripe, proximity and iCLASS, by allowing 

simultaneous use of these cards along with PIV cards. 

This is achieved by adding the PIV card as an additional 

credential to an existing PACS cardholder record. At the 

appropriate time, the system can be reconfigured to 

only accept PIV cards, seamlessly completing the transition. 

The pivCLASS best of breed federal identity solution 

also enables users to: 

• Register identification credentials into multiple similar 

or disparate PACS 

• Register credential and verify FIPS 201-based credentials 

• Harvest, validate and register credentials into over 30 

different PACS head end products 

• Provides strong one-, two- or three-factor authentication 

at the door 

• Verify cardholders identities and check the cards’ 

revocation status 

• Revalidate the harvested certificates after registration 

and suspend the card in the PACS if the certificate is 

found to have been revoked 

• Via a PAM, cache validation status to deliver PKI-based 

high security at the door 

• Support both FIPS-201 PKI-based cards and legacy 

cards ( PIV, PIV-I, CIV, CAC, TWIC, iCLASS, HID Prox 

and others) 

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• Import credentials from an authoritative data source, 

card management system or human resource database 

and provision these credentials into the PACS 

pivCLASS meets FIPS 140 U.S. government computer 

security standards that specify requirements for cryptography 

modules. 


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http://www.hidglobal.com/government/piv 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

HID Global’s pivCLASS Government Solutions portfolio 

is an extensive product family that makes it easy 

for U.S. Federal Government, government contractors 

and other facilities to comply with security regulations 

and to use their Personal Identity Verification (PIV) 

card and other smart cards for physical access control, 

resulting in compliance, interoperability and high 

security. 

New pivCLASS credentials: http://www.hidglobal. 

com/products/cards-and-credentials/pivclass/ 

pivclass-smart-card 

New MultiPACS: http://www.hidglobal.com/products/software/pivclass/pivclass-multipacs 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

HID Global 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Leah Washington: (917) 701-7601 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

lwashington@hidglobal.com


government agency awards 

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Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 

NAFTOPORT LTD 

Port Freeport 

NJ Transit 

Denver Regional Transportation District 

U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) 

Northern Command/Norad 

South Bend, Indiana Police Department 

City of Philadelphia, PA 

Community Safety Glasgow, Scotland 

New York State Criminal Justice (DCTS) 

Center for Homeland Defense and Security 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 


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government agency awards 

Most Notable Airport/Aviation 

Security Program 

Los Angeles International Airport – Platinum Winner 

Most Notable Maritime/Seaport 


Port of Charleston – Platinum Winner 

Naftoport Ltd, Gdańsk, Poland – Gold Winner 

Port Freeport – Silver Winner 

Most Notable Railroad/Mass Transit 


NJ Transit – Gold Winner 

Denver Regional Transportation District – Silver Winner 

Most Notable Emergency Response 

Implementation – Federal, State or Local 

Northern Command/NORAD – Platinum Winner 

375th Security Forces Squadron – Gold Winner 

Most Notable 

Municipal/County Security Program 

South Bend, Indiana Police Department – Platinum Winner 

City of Philadelphia, PA – Gold Winner 

Community Safety Glasgow, Scotland – Gold Winner 

Orange County, CA Court System – Silver Winner 

Most Notable State Government 


New York State Criminal Justice (DCTS) – Gold Winner 

Most Notable 

Critical Infrastructure Program 

U.S. Army Garrison – Silver Winner 

Most Notable Federal Government 


Center for Homeland Defense and Security – Platinum Winner 

Pentagon Force Protection Agency – Platinum Winner 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection – Platinum Winner 

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GSN INTERVIEW 

K. Denise Rucker Krepp, Distinguished Judge, 


Denise Krepp is a homeland security and transportation consultant who began her 

career as an active duty Coast Guard officer. After September 11, 2001, Denise was a 

member of the team that created the Transportation Security Administration and the 

U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Denise then worked for the House of Representatives’ 

Homeland Security Committee and advised members on homeland defense, 

maritime security, and critical infrastructure issues. She also served as Maritime 

Administration Chief Counsel during the first Obama administration. In addition to 

consulting, Denise is currently a professor at Pennsylvania State University; serves on the Board of Directors 

for The Infrastructure Security Partnership; is a commentator on Backroom Politics, a weekly radio show; 

and an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner, a local elected position in Washington, DC. 

GSN: What should the Department of 

Homeland Security focus on in the next 

ten years? 

KDRK: DHS should redefine its definition of transportation 

“stakeholder” and increase stakeholder involvement 

in the development of security plans and training exercises. 

Currently, stakeholders are defined as owners and 

operators. For example, freight and passenger rail stakeholders 

in Washington, DC are limited to Amtrak, CSX, 

Norfolk Southern, Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority 

(WMATA), DC Homeland Security and Emergency 

Management Agency, DC Department of Transportation, 

etc. Individuals who live and work next to the highways 

and rail lines that cut through the city are not included. 

Excluding local individuals from the definition 

of stakeholder means that they are not involved in the 

development of federal policies. When the federal government 

develops new regulations and initiatives, it seeks 

input from the government coordinating councils (GCCs) 

and sector coordinating councils (SCCs). The GCCs are 

comprised of federal and state agencies. The SCCs are 

comprised of owners and operators. There is no one at 

the table representing the individuals that live and work 

along transportation routes. 

Local neighbor representation is critical because 

these individuals are the ones that will be immediately 

impacted when an accident occurred. In 2013, forty-seven 

people died when a train derailed in Lac-Megantic, Cana- 

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da. A similar accident could occur in the United States but 

neighbors along freight rail routes aren’t being formally 

consulted about ways to improve rail safety and security. 

The lack of stakeholder involvement in rail security 

plans was highlighted in a Council of the District of 

Columbia hearing last year. According to the Washington 

Post, neighbors testified that they weren’t notified about 

the hazardous materials that are being routinely transported 

through the community. Local DC officials stated that 

they couldn’t share the data because it is sensitive information. 

At the same time, DC officials testified that they 

hadn’t conducted rail emergency exercises in several 

years. In addition, local officials also testified that they 

needed to update rail vulnerability assessments. The 

problem with these answers is that the Implementing Recommendations 

of the 9/11 Commission Act requires rail 

carriers to submit rail security plans to DHS for review and 

DHS is supposed to consult local officials when reviewing 

these plans. If local authorities don’t have an up-to-date 

list of vulnerabilities, how is DHS supposed to know if the 

security plans are adequate? 

Broadening the definition of transportation stakeholder 

to include local individuals who live and work next 

to transportation lines will ensure that local agencies are 

providing quality input. Neighbors know the area, they 

will be on-scene when the accident occurs, and including 

them in the planning stages will help post-incident 

recovery. Additionally, neighborhood involvement will put 

pressure on local agencies to maintain accurate risk assessment 

information. 

Please note that the situation in Washington, DC 

is not an anomaly. Neighbors around the country are 

expressing similar concerns and DHS should take the opportunity 

to change its processes. 

As an elected local official, what guidance 

can you give to your fellow officials about 

working with the Department of Homeland 

Security? 

KDRK: Local officials have jurisdiction over local agencies 

so its important to know what is happening at the 

local level before contacting DHS. In DC, there are significant 

problems within the DC Homeland Security and 

Emergency Management Agency and the DC Department 

of Transportation. The rail hearings last year highlighted 

appalling dis-functionality and as a result, Councilmembers 

Cheh, Allen, and Grosso introduced legislation last 

week that will significantly strengthen rail security in the 

city. 

One important aspect of the proposed DC legislation 

is increased local oversight over the federal rail security 

plans. The legislation requires local agencies to review 

them. This requirement is already in the 9/11 Act but by 

introducing legislation, local elected officials are sending 

a strong signal to local agencies that they must comply 

this requirement. The requirement to submit semi-annual 

reports to the DC Council also reinforces this message. 

When the DC Council receives the semi-annual reports, 

they should work with political appointees in DHS 

to address local concerns. From personal past experience, 

relying on local agencies and career federal officials to 

solve problems won’t work. Local elected officials have the 

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GSN INTERVIEW 

K. Denise Rucker Krepp, Distinguished Judge,GSN 2014 Homeland Security Awards Program 

positional authority to overcome bureaucratic stumbling 

blocks and they should use it to best address the needs of 

their constituencies. 

What keeps you up at night? 

KDRK: Mass transit security in Washington, DC. Eight 

years ago, the 9/11 Act mandated mass transit security 

plans. These requirements were put in place after the 

horrific London and Madrid bombings. I’m concerned that 

the Washington, DC plan isn’t sufficient. 

On January 12th, one individual died and seventy 

more were sent to hospitals when smoke filled a WMATA 

subway tunnel. It took almost 45 minutes for firefighters 

to begin evacuating stranded passengers. During these 

crucial minutes, riders had to depend on one another to 

survive. If properly drafted and implemented, the 9/11 Act 

mass transit security plan should have prevented this type 

of delay. 

I have personal knowledge about the vulnerabilities 

that continue to exist for handicapped passengers. 

Last spring, my nine year old daughter and I were forced 

to evacuate a WMATA subway train. We were in the last car 

and as such, we had to walk through all of the cars to get 

out. One of the individuals in the car with us was in a motorized 

wheel chair. The wheel chair could fit through the 

regular door openings but it couldn’t fit through the doors 

between the rail cars. This design flaw meant that someone 

would have to carry the handicapped gentleman out 

of the train. None of my fellow passengers did. Instead, he 

was forced to stay behind while my daughter and I went in 

search of a WMATA representative to help him. There was 

no fire that day but what would have happened if there 

had been one. Based on what happened on the January 

12th, I’m not confident he would have survived. 

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GSN Announces the 2015 

Airport/Seaport/Boarder Security Awards Program 

GSN’s second annual awards program recognizing excellence in Airport/Aviation Security, 

Maritime/Port Security and Border Security will open for entries on Monday, March 2, 2015. 

The updated 2015 edition of this exciting program will once again cover basic technology 

groups, including Access Control/Identification, Detection Solutions, Air/Land and Sea 

Communications and Surveillance, Integrated Security Programs and Aviation/Maritime 

and Border Security Human Resource Development. 

In addition to the staples of Cargo Screening, Thermal Nightvision, Integrated Harbor 

Security and Perimeter Protection, you can expect many new categories in Satellite 

Communications, Aviation and Military Beacons and Air Traffic Control – plus new categories 

recommended by knowledgable vendors or outstanding operators or security teams. 

The last group of entries will once again be dedicated to the following three categories: 

* Most Notable Airport Security Program, Project or Overall Security Initiative 

* Most Notable Seaport Security Program, Project or Overall Security Upgrade 

* Most Notable Border Security Program, Project or Overall Security Initiative 

AIRPORT | SEAPORT | BORDER 

SECURITY 

AWARDS PROGRAM 

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Los Angeles International Airport 

(LAX) – 2014 Platinum Winner 


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Most Notable Airport/Aviation Security Program 


or Program: 

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LAX Enterprise Geographical Information System 

(EGIS) Web application 


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Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is one of the 

busiest airports in the world. As such, it has invested 

heavily in technology, deploying new solutions to 

strengthen its safety, security, and operations. Keeping 

things running smoothly hinges on real-time collaboration 

and coordination, so LAX sought a faster and more 

efficient method for various stakeholders within the 

Airport Response Coordination Center (ARCC) and field 

operations to share information. 

LAX recently deployed an innovative new situational 

awareness tool that does exactly that. The airport has 

implemented the NICE Situator Enterprise Geographical 

Information System (EGIS), a web application that 

extends situation management capabilities from the 

control room to the field. The solution, jointly devel- 

oped by NICE and AECOM, provides real-time information 

about all aspects of the airport to airport operations 

field staff, the ARCC, and other airport officials, creating 

a shared environment for managing incidents as well as 

promoting collaboration and coordination. The system 

handles security, safety, and operations, including everything 

from emergency response to ensuring compliance 

with federal regulations. 

The Web application uses the sophisticated geospatial 

and mapping capabilities of Esri’s ArcGIS Server to 

provide customized, layered views of airport buildings, 

property and infrastructure. All relevant incident stakeholders 

can visualize the same incident on a map and 

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engage in interactive dialogue via the comments log, 

enabling better communicate as events unfold. They can 

also share response plans, even an evacuation route, by 

drawing on the map, annotating it, and saving it to the 

system. 

Field personnel can also immediately pull up assets in 

an impact zone – for instance, a video camera within 

100 feet of the incident – or use the application’s robust 

search engine to search for nearby geospatial assets, 

like the exits closest to an incident location. They can 

also create new incidents, manage ongoing ones and 

complete specific tasks assigned to them, which reduces 

reliance on radio communications and enhances compliance. 

The Web application is also helping field operators more 

efficiently manage day-to-day tasks, such as Federal Aviation 

Administration-mandated Part 139 airfield inspections. 

Under Federal Aviation Regulations Part 139, United 

States commercial service airports are required to 

conduct various assessments of each runway; examine 

pavement markings, lighting, signs and safety areas; and 

oversee ground vehicle operations. If an issue arises, 

field operators can easily create a new incident on their 

mobile devices, which is resolved through Situator’s 

workflows and recorded for compliance purposes. 


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http://www.lawa.org/welcomelax.aspx 



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http://www.nice.com/lax-extends-incident-management-field-operations-nice-situator-webapplication 

Link to Web page or Document with independent 

media coverage, with brief description: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

News story: http://mobileenterprise.edgl.com/ 

news/LAX-Ups-Situational-Awareness,-Mobilizing-Operations97734 



organization: 

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NICE Systems 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(203) 481-4168 

“The NICE-AECOM solution is allowing us to transform 

the way we manage safety, security, and operations at 

LAX,” said Dominic Nessi, Deputy Executive Director/ 

Chief Information Officer at Los Angeles World Airports. 

Based on our ongoing success with NICE Situator, we 

sought a way to apply these capabilities to our field 

operations. Now, not only are we able to maximize the 

use of our existing PSIM, situation management and GIS 

technologies, we are strengthening our entire security 

and operations apparatus.” 

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Address of nominating contact’s organization: 

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461 From Road 

Paramus NJ 07652 

USA



Naftoport Ltd, Gdańsk, Poland – 

2014 Gold Winner 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Most Notable Maritime/Seaport Security Program 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Naftoport Port Security Initiative 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– and sensors for detection and physical security. This 

Naftoport is the only crude oil and liquid fuels terminal 

in Poland. It performs transhipments of crude oil and 

refined oil products in the Port of Gdańsk. The company 

is a critical part of the petroleum supply chain for Polish 

and German refineries and crude oil transit from Russia 

and Kazakhstan to the ports of Western Europe, the 

United States and the Far East. 

Due to Naftoport’s close proximity to Poland’s border 

and the nature of its activities, the port has heightened 

security needs that include the threat of terrorist and 

activist attacks as well as unauthorized entry into the 

Naftoport facility. 

As a result of expansion over the years Naftoport had a 

large number of non-integrated legacy security systems 

caused problems with the speed of reaction with each 

operator having to act manually to play back incidents 

in order to find out what took place. 

The primary purpose of this project was to integrate 

these siloed security systems and sensors, so that security 

officers could more effectively track and analyze 

information and respond to threats in real time. Naftoport 

also wanted to empower security operators with 

the ability to respond to events consistently, regardless 

of their experience or capabilities. 

The port has successfully deployed NICE Situator PSIM 

and NiceVision VMS with intrusion detection video analytics 

to protect its critical resources. “Our new video 

analytics greatly increases facility security. We’ve achieved 

our goal of being able to reliably detect intruders inside 

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the perimeter,” said Cezary Jozwiak, Chief Security 

Officer – Port Facilities Security Officer, Naftoport. 

integrates all of our security systems and processes,” he 

continued. “It has made us much more efficient.” 

NICE’s advanced situation management solution, NICE 

Situator, offers a single, centralized interface and automated, 

adaptive workflows that are helping port authorities 

respond quicker and more efficiently to unfolding 

incidents. 

Working together, NICE and system integrator ISM EuroCenter 

S.A. leveraged PSIM to integrate nine security 

systems for enhanced situational awareness. These 

included: NiceVision intrusion detection analytics, surveillance 

cameras, radar, intruder and hold up alarms, 

passive infrared, ACS, GPS and automatic identification 

systems. Even sonar is being fed into Situator to detect 

intrusions from underwater. “Through our NICE Situator 

PSIM solution, we were able to successfully integrate 

nine security subsystems working in parallel, with mutual 

correlation and dedicated procedures,” explained 

Jozwiak. 

The NICE solutions are also being used by Naftoport 

to optimize day-to-day security operations, minimize 

downtime and ensure operations continuity. Roughly 40 

procedures have been automated through Situator. 

“Integrating our disparate security systems within NICE 

Situator has made our security team more efficient, 

effective, and agile by automating response processes 

and administration,” said Jozwiak. “It gives them a single 

operating platform through which they can proactively 

monitor, manage, and maintain the safety and security 

of the port, reduce risks and improve incident management.” 

“It has simplified our operations because our security 

operator is now able to interact with one interface that 


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http://www.naftoport.pl/en/ 



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Press release: http://www.nice.com/naftoportprotects-global-petroleum-supply-chain-nicesecurity-solutions 



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Naftoport video: https://www.youtube.com/ 

watch?v=lkyQoodVYiY 



organization: 

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NICE Systems 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(203) 481-4168 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

461 From Road 


USA 

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Port Freeport – 

2014 Silver Winner 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Most Notable Maritime/Seaport Security Program 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Smart Safety & Security Alerts - Port Freeport 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Give staff the power to hit a duress button on their personal 

smart phone or tablet in case of emergency. This 

allows for emergency personnel to immediately find 

your location via GPS tracking and share your emergency 

event with other management personnel. The 

personnel at Freeport have referred to this as the “get 

me out of here” button where help is just one touch 

away – highlighting the importance of safeguarding all 

employees both remote and on-site. Push notifications 

on the smart application allow for reliable and speedy 

delivery times. No data-plan necessary. 

Specifically, Port Freeport utilizes: 

• Mobile Duress Buttons & Field Reporting, with GPS, 

for 50 Key Staff Members. 

• Push Notifications, SMS text, Email, & Phone calls 

for 100 Users. 

• Field reporting of incidents from smart apps 

• Accountability of staff by location and status. 

• Web-based & Smart App-based alert publishing for 6 

Operators. 

• 1-888-GO-ATHOC 24/7 support 

• Fully hosted service 

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.portfreeport.com/about.htm 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Fully integrated crisis communication capabilities for 

public safety – 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.pdfio.net/k-46504532.html 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (801) 361-4610 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

sherriw@connectmarketing.com 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

881 West State Street, #140-102 

Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Sherri Walkenhorst, Senior Partner 

Connect Marketing 

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NJ TRANSIT – 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Most Notable Railroad/Mass Transit Security Program 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

NJ TRANSIT Integrated Mobile App 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Video surveillance cameras can’t be everywhere, but 

people can. By extending an Integrated Mobile App to 

its field personnel for daily use and to transit ambassadors 

for large events, NJ TRANSIT is deploying innovative 

technology to ensure the highest levels of security, 

safety, operational efficiency and customer service for 

its passengers. It’s a model in mobile technology innovation 

that other transit agencies will surely want to 

emulate. 

NJ TRANSIT is the nation’s largest statewide public 

transportation system providing more than 915,900 

weekday trips on 262 bus routes, three light rail lines, 

12 commuter rail lines and through Access Link paratransit 

service. It is the third largest transit system in the 

country with 165 rail stations, 62 light rail stations and 

more than 19,000 bus stops linking major points in New 

Jersey, New York and Philadelphia. 

The Mobile App solution, created for NJ TRANSIT by 

NICE Systems and CloudScann, turns smartphones into 

reporting tools to document incidents as they happen, 

allowing officials to act faster to resolve them. 

The solution combines NICE’s situation management 

solution, Situator, with CloudScann’s hosted See It Send 

It Mobile App. By using the app on their smartphones, 

field personnel can report incidents, including sending 

video and photos, to a centralized command center 

through NICE Situator. Communication is bi-directional, 

so Situator can also push incident alerts, task lists, and 

links to live video feeds to the Mobile App. This will 

extend the real-time awareness of safety, security, and 

operational issues for the largest statewide public transportation 

system in the U.S. 

Situator pinpoints the GPS location of the sender’s 

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phone or TETRA radio as the incident location, and 

can then pull up video feeds from nearby surveillance 

cameras. The command center operator immediately 

sees who’s sending the alert, where it originated, what’s 

happening, and what actions to take. The App is also 

equipped with a panic button. 

NJ TRANSIT used the solution for the first time during 

Super Bowl XLVII to streamline communications 

between the command center and NJ TRANSIT ambassadors. 

In addition to reporting incidents, ambassadors 

were able to use the App to look up 

schedules and other information to assist 

passengers. Following the successful 

Super Bowl rollout, NJ TRANSIT plans 

to deploy the solution during other 

major events. 

NJ TRANSIT will also extend the Ambassador Mobile 

App to its maintenance, customer service and transit 

police personnel. For example, maintenance staff will 

be able to view assigned work orders, their location, 

and related video, and report back to the control room 

when resolution is complete. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

www.njtransit.com 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.nice.com/situation-management/ 

nice-situator http://www.cloudscann.com/ 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Refers to NJ TRANSIT Ambassador Program: 

http://njtransit.com/AR/files/assets/basic-html/ 

page7.html 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


NICE Systems 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(203) 481-4168 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

461 From Road 


USA 

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Denver Regional Transportation 

District – 2014 Silver Winner 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Most Notable Railroad/Mass Transit Security Program 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Denver RTD Mobile Video Surveillance Initiative 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

The Denver Regional Transportation District (RTD) 

operates almost 1,100 buses, traveling over 100,000 

miles and serving an average of 330,000 passengers each 

day. To help keep passengers and operators safe, RTD 

Transit Police rely on mobile video cameras installed 

on RTD’s bus fleet. Video is a vital tool for investigating 

crime, claims, ADA complaints and other incidents that 

occur in transit. 

Unfortunately, RTD’s older analog video system had a 

30% failure rate. Even when the cameras were working, 

poor quality video sometimes made it difficult to reliably 

identify people or understand what really happened. 

The cameras also recorded to an analog digital video 

recorder (DVR) on the bus. This meant that every time 

video was needed for an investigation, a technician 

would need to drive to the assigned bus division and 

pull the hard drive to physically retrieve video. 

Given that RTD does thousands of investigations annually, 

this was a significant problem. Working with partners 

NICE Systems and Panasonic, RTD came up with an 

innovative solution. The result was a high-quality digital 

video system that enabled RTD to download video wirelessly 

off a bus, so investigators could access it without 

leaving their desks. The first 

of a kind mobile video surveillance 

solution uses NiceVision 

software. The NICE software 

runs on hardware from Panasonic 

Corporation and includes 

specialty cameras and 

a mobile recording platform 

specially designed to withstand 

vibration and weather 

extremes. 

RTD has already retrofitted 

250 new buses, and over the 

course of the next three years, 

plans to retrofit about 800 

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more buses with the innovative mobile video solution. 

What makes the solution unique is that it automatically 

downloads video via Wi-Fi whenever a bus pulls into a 

depot, passenger concourse, or RTD facility. 

The new system also gives RTD Transit Police investigators 

high definition video, which was not available before. 

RTD redesigned the camera layouts, and the new system 

can support up to nine cameras. 

But the biggest benefit, given the thousands of investigations 

RTD does annually, is the ability to access the video 

remotely through the NICE Inform solution. Instead 

of going to the depot to manually remove hard drives, 

investigators can just type in the bus number, date, and 

time range into Inform. When the bus pulls into the 

depot and connects with Wi-Fi, the video download 

process automatically starts. The mobile video recordings 

can also be combined with radio recordings, and 

fixed surveillance video to create a complete incident 

timeline. RTD can also email case file links to other law 

enforcement agencies involved in an investigation. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.rtd-denver.com/ 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.nice.com/nice-provides-denverregional-transportation-district-mobile-videorecording-and-investigation-solut 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

News story: http://www.securityinfowatch.com/ 

article/11375266/nice-systems-provides-enhanced-mobile-surveillance-capabilities-to 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


NICE Systems 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(203) 481-4168 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

461 From Road 


USA 

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U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) in Bavaria – 

2014 Silver Winner 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Most Notable Critical Infrastructure Protection Program 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Bavaria Interagency Deployment 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Founded in 1999, AtHoc pioneered interactive crisis 

communication. Today, the company protects millions 

of people around the world – including more than 75% 

of U.S. Military and Homeland Security personnel, as 

well as leading corporations and universities. 

The U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) in Bavaria provides protection 

to those in their community by utilizing AtHoc’s 

product. The USAG Bavaria strives to provide a quick, 

effective response to crisis in order to ensure the security 

of their infrastructure. They recognize that emergencies 

do not occur in isolation, and that efficient communication 

with the greater community is paramount in assuring 

the safety of the community in times of crisis. However, 

the Garrison had previously encountered many 

problems as it attempted to establish an effective way 

to communicate within a community of organizations 

that covers 180 miles. It lacked the efficiency to communicate 

between organizations, without having to alert 

external points of contact, in order to distribute alerts 

internally. In addition, USAG Bavaria was challenged 

with the prospect of maintaining an up-to-date list of 

inter-organizational contacts, gathering them manually, 

a time consuming task at the very least. 

USAG Bavaria uses AtHoc’s cross-agency communication 

system or “Connect” to connect its numerous organizations 

via cloud. With this system in place, the commander 

responsible for safety and security will now be able 

to invite 13 tenant commands and components (such 

as the DoD school system, Morale Welfare and Recreation 

facilities, NATO schools, USO), as well as off-site 

but contiguous affected organizations, to join a secure 

network of communication in which the tenants will 

“connect” with the host command. This allows them to 

communicate directly with all desired organizations and 

external contacts in times of crisis, without the timeconsuming 

task of relaying the alerts to key contacts in 

other organizations. Additionally, each organization has 

the ability to enter and manage their own personnel’s 

data. All of this allows USAGA Bavaria to communicate 

effectively and efficiently between their organizations, 

and ultimately, within their entire community. 

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.grafenwoehr.army.mil/ 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www2.athoc.com/connect 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

No media coverage yet. It hasn’t officially launched. 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Sherri Walkenhorst, Senior Partner 

Connect Marketing 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (801) 361-4610 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

sherriw@connectmarketing.com 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

881 West State Street, #140-102 

Pleasant Grove, UT 84062 

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Northern Command/NORAD – 

2014 Platinum Winner 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Most Notable Emergency Response Implementation – 

Federal/State or Local 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Northern Command / NORAD Enterprise MNS 

Network Alert System 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

For the first time in the existence of Northern Command 

/ NORAD, the entire command is now retro fitted with 

network alerting to protect over 25,000 personnel. The 

system selected enables emergency operators to alert all 

25,000 personnel in ‘less than one minute’. The system 

is also integrated with the National Weather Service 

using the Common Alerting Protocol. During a severe 

weather event, all targeted personnel are alerted automatically 

without operator assistance in less than 

one minute. The system also integrates with the base 

on-premise phone system. 

With a single mouse click, in seconds personnel are 

reached by e-mail alerts, desktop popups, text messages, 

phone calls and mobile apps. The implementation has 

augmented emergency response capability substantially 

and was recently reviewed and lauded by Maj. Gen. Jack 

Briggs, currently the Director of Operations for Headquarters 

U.S Northern Command, Peterson Air Force 

Base, Colorado. 

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The implementation of the Desktop Alert MNS enables 

interagency communication during an emergent domestic 

event between the following US 1st in line 1st 

Responders: 

• FEMA HQ- ALL LOCATIONS NATIONWIDE (58K 

personnel) 




• U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) 

(10k Personnel) 

• U.S. Army Special Operations Command at 

Fort Bragg 


The improved ability to attain actionable intelligence 

across all of these agencies in less than one minute 

during an emergent event provides immense dividends 

to the safety and protection of the homeland. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.northcom.mil/ 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.prweb.com/releases/NORAD/ 

NORTHERNCOMMAND/prweb9115614.htm 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.northcom.mil/Portals/28/Documents/IA%20CND%20(33-141).pdf 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 




phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(973) 580-3447 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

howard@desktopalert.net 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


346 Main Street 

Chatham, NJ 07928 

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South Bend, Indiana Police Dept. – 

2014 Platinum Winner 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Most Notable Municipal/County Security Program, 

Project or Initiative 


or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

ShotSpotter in South Bend, Indiana 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

South Bend PD wrestled with how to best control an 

increasing amount of gunfire activity to reduce crime 

and make the community safe. To combat this problem, 

it implemented SST’s ShotSpotter technology SST. Now, 

police are alerted in seconds of authenticated gunfire 

incidents, and given location data pinpointed and reliable 

to within 25 meters – saving a tremendous amount 

of time responding. This time could be the difference 

that could save a victim’s life and greatly increases its 

chances of apprehending the perpetrator. After the first 

nine months of using SpotShotter, Chief Teachman has 

seen significant improvements in South Bend. First, the 

number of 911 calls in the hotspot area has increased 

from approximately 8% to 25%. This is a tremendous 

help to officers as the addition of citizen’s reporting 

helps bolster the effectiveness of SpotShotter in solving 

crime. Secondly, South Bend has seen an increase in evidence 

collection from just 5% of the 911 gunfire calls to 

50% of those calls when accompanied by a ShotSpotter 

alert. Thirdly, the summer season usually has the most 

incidents of gun activity in all cities, and in South Bend 

the past summer saw a marked decrease by some 38% 

from the average of the four years prior. Responding officers’ 

safety is also improved as they can be better prepared 

when arriving on the scene knowing the number 

of gunshots, the locations of each, and the movement of 

the suspect or suspects. 

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

www.southbendpolice.com 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

www.shotspotter.com 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

www.shotspotter.com 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Lisa Hendrickson, PR Consultant 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (516) 643-1642 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

lisa@lchcommunications.com 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

SST 

7979 Gateway Blvd,Suite 210 

Newark, CA 94560-1156 

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Cit y of Philadelphia, PA – 



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or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Department of Parks and Recreation Video Surveillance 

Initiative 


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Committed to its young people, the City of Philadelphia 

operates recreation centers all over the city that serve 

as gathering places for the community and venues for 

after-school activities including sports and the arts. To 

ensure the safety of those using the recreation centers, 

the City has installed hundreds of Hikvision cameras. 

Pedro Pinto, the city’s Chief Engineer, and Susan 

Slawson, Deputy Commissioner of Parks and Recreation, 

worked closely with Fidelity Alarm and Arora Engineers, 

Inc. to design a total security solution including IP cam- 

eras, NVRs, and VMS software by Hikvision. 

The highly scalable system allows for a link into a central 

management system, and can remain intact as existing 

infrastructure is gradually upgraded. This flexibility 

ensures longevity of the video surveillance solution and 

ensures that the Department of Parks and Recreation is 

prepared for future upgrades as circumstances require. 

Since the cameras have been installed, incidents of 

vandalism, loitering, and burglaries have decreased, and 

the range of the cameras is so broad they can even cover 

the surrounding streets, offering support to the Philadelphia 

Police Department. 

“Fun Safe Philly Summer,” the slogan for Philadelphia’s 

Summer 2014 initiative that offered free and low-cost 

summer activities to Philadelphia residents, may well be 

shortened to “Fun Safe Philly,” as the City has pledged 

to include video surveillance systems across all 140 rec 

centers by 2016. 

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http://www.phila.gov/ 



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N/A 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://us.sourcesecurity.com/news/articles/co- 

3425-ga.15124.html 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Anna Boudinot, Content Manager 

Hikvision USA 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (323) 470-7772 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

anna.boudinot@hikvisionusa.com 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Hikvision USA 

908 Canada Court 

City of Industry, CA 91748 

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Communit y Safet y Glasgow, Scotland – 



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or Program: 

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Community Safety Glasgow Initiative 


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The Glasgow Operations Center is a state of the art facility 

that integrates a range of pivotal services designed 

to ensure the safety and security of the City. The Center 

is leading the way both nationally and internationally 

in redefining service delivery for the public and private 

sectors. The Glasgow security initiative involved the colocation 

of services, multi-agency functionality, tracking, 

monitoring and dispatching of assets in real time. These 

factors, along with the collection of intelligence, were 

all driving principles throughout the project. 

The Operation Center combines Public Space CCTV, 

Security for the City council’s museums, art galleries, 

schools, as well as Traffic Management and Police Intelligence. 

Integration of council services and Police Scotland 

enables a seamless approach as part of a smart city 

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management strategy. 

NICE Systems was chosen as 

the technology partner for 

this project for its innovative 

PSIM solution (NICE Situator), 

Video Management System 

(NiceVision) and cutting 

edge Video Analytics (NICE 

Suspect Search). The resulting 

intuitive and scalable 

technology platform uses NICE’s market leading PSIM 

solution to integrate multiple fragmented systems into a 

single user interface. 

The project has delivered: 

• Cutting edge technology including intelligent 

detection video analytics 

• Renewal of 500 cameras to HD 

• Asset management, monitoring and dispatch 

• A swifter, safer system for handling images and 

integration of data

• Live vehicle streaming of CCTV 

• Secure sharing of data for effective intelligent 

management of security 

“Our operators can pull up and display 10 – 500 

images, seamlessly from across our integrated camera 

network,” said Kalim Uddin, Operations Manager at the 

Glasgow Operations Center. “You can never replace an 

operator, but what we can do is to make the operator a 

lot more efficient, and we have achieved that with this 

project. The new functions we have facilitate ease of 

access to a much broader suite of cameras, communication 

with key partners, tracking of individuals, and the 

ability to look at incidents from a traffic point of view.” 

“Community Safety Glasgow’s vision, combined with 

the latest technology from NICE Systems, makes the 

Glasgow Operations Center the most advanced Safe City 

control room in the UK,” said Philip Walker, Managing 

Director of Community Safety Glasgow. “Technology 

is the future for smart cities in terms of delivering 

better and more effective services and Glasgow is a 

benchmark and a role model for other cities around 

the world. Working in partnership with NICE we were 

able to address a broad spectrum of safety and security 

requirements across the city of Glasgow. What’s more, 

the solution can be further scaled in the coming months 

and years to help us further improve city services and 

bolster crime prevention.” 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.saferglasgow.com/ 



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Glasgow Case Study video: http://www.nice.com/ 

nice-situator-video-case-study-communitysafety-glasgow 



organization: 

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NICE Systems 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(203) 481-4168 


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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

461 From Road 


USA 

Through this initiative, Glasgow has demonstrated how 

a Smart City Operations Center can look and function. 

In fact, the operation center served the strategic hub 

and Tactical command for City Operations during the 

“best Commonwealth Games ever” this year in Glasgow. 

The Center is also future proofed to add functions such 

as intelligent lighting and flood prevention as part of 

Glasgow’s future city program. 

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New York State Criminal Justice 

(DCTS) – 2014 Gold Winner 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Most Notable State Government Security Program/ 



or Program: 

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New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services 

(DCJS) – Crime Analysis Centers 


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The New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services 

(DCJS) organized the N.Y. Crime Analysis Centers in 

order to assist law enforcement efforts to target, solve 

and prevent crime, enhance public safety and build safe 

communities. 

The purpose of the Crime Analysis Centers – and the 

technology deployed--is to aid in the reduction of 

violent and property crimes and to promote safe communities. 

The establishment of Crime Analysis Centers 

combined with powerful search and analytic tools 

provides a powerful new platform for intelligence-based 

policing and inter-jurisdictional cooperation. With the 

impetus created by this project, information sharing has 

become a policy, not an informal practice. 

This program connects the data sources previously not 

available or primarily used separately by police departments 

and law enforcement; 64 agencies now participate 

in data sharing across the Centers’ communities. It promotes 

greater success in crime prevention, deterrence 

and officer safety by providing nearly all-source information 

access and analysis. 

The centers support the work of nearly 90 crime analysts 

throughout the state – analysts who are responsible for 

the strategic, tactical and administrative management of 

law-enforcement data to serve nearly six million New 

Yorkers in the participating counties. 

Since the centers launched in 2009, total incidents in 

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these communities are down by 12%, and violent crime 

is down by 11%. 

But the outcomes go far beyond numbers as the state of 

New York has greatly augmented the overall sophistication 

of its public safety presence. 

The Centers use a customized browser-based search 

tool, called Digital Information Gateway (DIG), designed 

for investigative agencies to quickly compile 

information on a single subject from all sources. It deploys 

DIG and other solutions at the centers to pursue 

intelligence-led policing, which is grounded in principles 

of risk assessment, pattern analysis, community visibility 

and continuous improvement. For New York, this 

drills down into the three core components of incident 

prevention: description (identifying what the problems 

are), prediction (determining when and where they’ll 

happen) and prescription (coming up with strategies 

and tactics to deter crime). 

With regard to solving (and closing) cases, here’s just 

a small sampling of both quantitative and anecdotal 

highlights: 

in the state of Virginia. DIG and other center re 

sources were able to help police conclude that the 

suspect was on his way back to Virginia on a Grey 

hound bus. Police stopped the bus in Rochester and 

detained the suspect, who confessed to the murder. 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.criminaljustice.ny.gov/ 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

N/A 



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N/A 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Claudia Berth, Product Marketing Manager, Analytics 

Raytheon Cyber Products 

• Since the DIG implementation, DCJS has reported 

a 300 percent gain in efficiency with respect to the 

time it takes to gather all information sought for a 

person of interest in a case. 

• In Syracuse, DIG has helped analysts cross-reference 

large lists of pawn shops with incident reports, 

resulting in the successful recovery of stolen property 

in 47 investigations since Jan. 1, 2013 – and the 

majority of those cases have produced arrests. 

• In Buffalo, DIG played a lead role in the capture 

of a suspect in a stabbing death. It flagged a series 

of domestic incidents between the suspect and the 

victim, and revealed that he had an arrest record 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(703) 537-7565 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

cberth@trustedcs.com 

(backup - evan@w2comm.com) 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

12950 Worldgate Drive, Suite 600 

Herndon, VA 20170 

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Center for Homeland Defense & 

Securit y – 2014 Platinum Winner 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Most Notable Federal Government Security Program/ 



or Program: 

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Center for Homeland Defense & Security (CHDS) 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

The Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) 

is located at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) in 

Monterey, California. Since 2002, CHDS has conducted 

a wide range of graduate-level educational programs focused 

on assisting homeland security leaders to address 

current and emerging threats to the nation’s security. 

The programs are developed in partnership with and 

are sponsored by the National Preparedness Directorate, 

FEMA. 

CHDS consistently develops critical thinkers who 

implement their education within their agencies. Unlike 

other graduate institutions, CHDS only accepts applicants 

who are in a position to impart change and are 

capable of forming new partnerships and reevaluating 

their organization’s strategies and policies. The success 

of CHDS is realized through the student, alumni, and 

program involvement in national events such as the 

Oso, Washington, landslide, the Washington, D.C., Navy 

Yard shooting, and the Boston Marathon bombing. The 

CHDS fingerprint is seen in the response to these types 

of events through critical thinking, cross-disciplinary 

knowledge, and multi-agency relationships cultivated by 

CHDS. 

The CHDS Master’s degree program is the first of its 

kind, having been established as the first accredited 

homeland security degree program in the U.S. Students 

are selected from a pool of highly qualified candidates 

representing a diversified group of homeland security 

disciplines. Courses are taught by faculty and SMEs who 

administer a constantly evolving curriculum in the form 

of classroom discussions, projects, and network-based 

learning. Students develop theses that are directly applicable 

to the problems and challenges of their respective 

organizations. 

As the definition of homeland security has expanded, so 

too has CHDS course offerings. The Executive Leaders 

Program (ELP) connects senior local, state, tribal, 

territorial, federal, and private sector leaders to create 

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elationships across jurisdictional and disciplinary lines. 

An outgrowth of the ELP program called the Pacific 

Executive Leaders Program (PELP) was designed to 

meet homeland security challenges in the Pacific region. 

Lastly, the Fusion Center Leaders Program (FCLP) was 

created to enhance practices of fusion center leaders to 

collect, analyze and distribute information pertaining to 

crime and terrorism related activities. 

CHDS has led homeland security education through numerous 

additional initiatives. The University and Agency 

Partnership Initiative Program (UAPI) freely shares the 

Center’s programs and resources with educational institutions 

nationwide. This “multiplier effect” has created 

a network of over 300 partner institutions and expands 

the Center’s academic programs beyond the institution 

and across the nation. Additionally, CHDS has conducted 

280 Mobile Education Team (MET) seminars, which 

are tailored to senior leadership at state and local levels 

to address homeland security challenges unique to their 

jurisdictions. 

While not a large institution, CHDS has a profound 

national influence on homeland security education 

with minimal operational overhead. Its overall reach 

includes 700 Master’s alumni, 450 ELP alumni, 10,500 

MET program participants, 12,000 Self Study program 

participants, 338 UAPI partners, and 136,000 Homeland 

Security Digital Library documents to date. 

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–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.chds.us/ 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6TbDti- 

FacQ 



–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/01/in_war_on_terrorism_ 

us_government_finds_allies_on_campus/ 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Heather Issvoran, 

Director of Strategic Communications 

CHDS 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 


cell: (831) 402-4672 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

hissvora@nps.edu 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

1 University Circle 

Building 220, Room 64 

Monterey, CA 93943



U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

– 2014 Platinum Winner 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Most Notable Federal Government Security Program/ 



or Program: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Securing America’s Borders: The Non-Intrusive 

Inspection (NII) Systems Program, Southwestern Ports 

of Entry 


–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

There are many challenges to CBP’s mission of securing 

America’s borders, including smuggling of drugs, currency, 

weapons, ammunition, illegal goods, and humans. 

The Southwestern border is extremely difficult to 

protect, 2,000 miles long and one of the world’s busiest 

borders, with more than 5 million trucks and 166 million 

people crossing each year*. Drug trafficking organizations 

pose a grave threat to border security, as Mexico is 

the source and/or transit country for heroin and most of 

the cocaine, marijuana, and methamphetamine illegally 

imported into the U.S. Those same organizations also 

attempt to smuggle currency and weapons back into 

Mexico. 

To address these threats, CBP has implemented a 

layered security strategy which involves thousands 

of personnel, canine teams, and air/maritime/remote 

surveillance, and state-of-the-art detection technology. 

One component, the Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) 

Systems Program, utilizes advanced inspection technology 

to more effectively screen conveyances/cargo while 

improving processing time. As of 2013, 310 large-scale 

NII systems were deployed on U.S. borders.** Many NII 

systems are deployed along the Southwestern border, 

including 26 Z Portal ® cargo and vehicle inspection 

systems and 61 Z Backscatter ® Van (ZBV ® ) mobile cargo 

and vehicle inspection systems, both manufactured by 

American Science and Engineering, Inc. (AS&E). 

In order to bolster its detection capabilities without 

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impeding the flow of legal traffic, CBP added Z Portals 

to the Southwestern border starting in 2011. The NII 

Program Office worked closely with the Interdiction 

Technology Office to ensure an efficient, well-managed 

project, averaging one deployment per month. Both the 

Z Portal and ZBV systems have proven very successful, 

expediting operations and using low-energy Z Backscatter 

technology to quickly detect organic materials (e.g. 

explosives, drugs, currency, etc.). By expanding NII 

operations to include more Z Portal systems, CBP can 

now inspect cars much more rapidly, enabling scanning 

of almost 100% of cars designated for secondary inspection. 

“[Z Portal/ZBV technology] has been a tremendously 

effective tool for us in identifying and seizing additional 

illicit drugs … [The Z Portal/ZBV systems] are more 

efficient because they work faster and they have a lower 

energy level that allows us to put more vehicles through 

them … we have been able to benefit from an improving 

continual technology.”*** 

Notable Z Portal/ZBV detections along the Southwestern 

border include: $1.1 million of heroin inside an SUV’s 

hidden compartment; more than $900,000 of cocaine 

hidden in a truck bed; and more than $500,000 (656 

lbs) of marijuana concealed in the floor and bed area of 

a pickup truck. 

Overall, the NII Systems Program has had a significant 

impact on the detection of drugs, currency, and weapons 

along the Southwestern border. For example, during 

FY 2009-12, CBP seized 71% more currency, 39% more 

drugs, and 189% more weapons along the Southwestern 

Border than FY 2006-8.** 

* U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative 

Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics 

**CBP testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security, 

Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, 2/26/2013 

***CBP testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security, 

Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, 3/20/2013 


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http://www.cbp.gov/ 



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http://www.cbp.gov/border-security/portsentry 

http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/ 

documents/z_portal_2.pdf 



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http://www.as-e.com/uploads/media/CBP_Z_ 

Portal_and_ZBV_Seizures_2014.pdf 



organization: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

Laura Berman 

Vice President, Corporate Communications 

AS&E 


phone: 

–––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– 

(978) 262-8700 


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lberman@as-e.com 


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American Science and Engineering, Inc. 

829 Middlesex Turnpike 

Billerica, MA 01821 

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The News Leader in Physical, IT and Homeland Security 

Publisher: 

Michael Madsen 

(O) 212-344-0759, X1 

(C) 732-233-8119 

mmadsen@gsnmagazine.com 

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(O) 212-344-0759, X2 

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