by Mickey McCarter | Oct 1, 2014 | News
As manager of the Security and Emergency Management Office at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Thomas Komola benefits from the input of a lot of very smart people.”I’m fortunate. At MIT, it’s geek central,” Komola quipped....
by Mickey McCarter | Sep 2, 2014 | News
Project managers dealing in electronic security face a lot of challenges, especially those related to convergence and enterprise IT integration.Integrators are very aware of these risks, as they are usually responsible for managing large enterprise projects. As a...
by Mickey McCarter | Aug 7, 2014 | News
Researchers at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) want to improve communications with the private sector, and the Security Industry Association (SIA) is helping them do it.DHS undersecretary Dr. Reginald Brothers, who manages the department’s Science and...
by Mickey McCarter | Jul 23, 2014 | Insights
A new video game called “Watch Dogs,” released May 27, features a protagonist who can hack into the city infrastructure of Chicago and thus control or destroy physical systems, among other things.In remarks at ISC West in April, Steve Van Till, president...
by Mickey McCarter | Jul 18, 2014 | News
When the town of Plainfield, Ind., initiated construction of a new high school facility, its school district hired a technology specialist from Schmidt Associates, an architecture and engineering firm, to design the building and manage technology deployment for the...
