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While some security experts spotlight transportation, electricity, and communications infrastructure for more protection, recent attacks on water treatment plants worry them, too.

The alleged scam targeted customers who often paid with American Express Black cards and other high-limit credit cards.

A nationwide emergency alert test last week proved less than perfect with a number of technology and local coordination mistakes.

As skimming grows, the good news is that two men were arrested November 1 on charges of conspiring to produce, use, or traffic in one or more counterfeit devices, following a lengthy U.S. Secret Service investigation.

Four men intended to use an online novel as a script for a real life wave of terror and assassination using explosives and the lethal toxin ricin so they could carry out targeted attacks on government buildings and employees.

A majority of security professionals believe that there is much to gain by integrating data from traditional physical security devices and systems, including access control, video, RFID, GPS, sensors and building management systems, in to one common operating picture.

In its short history, the potential of video analytics has progressed from use in limited, niche applications to its current potential as a mainstream tool within the reach of any video end user.