Business news.The Department of Homeland Security Noun 1. Department of Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States recently sponsored the 2007 Chemical Security Summit, convened by the Chemical Sector Coordinating Council. The forum dealt with chemical security, infrastructure protection, and the impact of the new Chemical Facility Anti Terrorism Standards. Among topics covered at the event were security awareness Security awareness is the knowledge and attitude members of an organization possess regarding the protection of the physical and, especially, information assets of that organization. training, security vulnerability analysis In information operations, a systematic examination of an information system or product to determine the adequacy of security measures, identify security deficiencies, provide data from which to predict the effectiveness of proposed security measures, and confirm the adequacy of such , site security plans, secure distribution of chemicals, terrorism triggers and tactics, and risk based performance standards. At the summit, three companies announced an open consortium to move U.S. chemical facilities toward open standards. ARINC ARINC Aeronautical Radio, Inc. ARINC Aircraft Radio Incorporated ARINC Aeronautical Research Incorporated Incorporated, BroadWare Inc., and Hirsch Electronics have formed the Open Standards Security Alliance. They have integrated their security technologies to provide an open ended security solution for chemical facilities that ad dresses the new standards. Based on ARINC's Advanced Information Management command and control plat A map of a town or a section of land that has been subdivided into lots showing the location and boundaries of individual parcels with the streets, alleys, easements, and rights of use over the land of another. form, it offers video management software from BroadWare and access control technology from Hirsch. |
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