Blogs
Four dead in NYC
July 30, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
For the second time in nearly eight months, a senseless, tragic shooting in NYC has brought the issue of protecting our most important assets – people – into the national spotlight.
Less than 48 hours ago, a gunman casually strolled into a Park Avenue commercial building with an assault rifle, killing four people and critically wounding another.
While the shooter’s motive was apparently outlined in his suicide note, the real question coming out of this mass shooting is how...
Show, don’t tell
July 23, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Let me just say that in these fraught and uncertain times, I am absolutely thrilled to write a security blog discussing two chuckle heads caught on kiss cam.
Yes, you really can’t escape it this week, the workplace drama is strong! And I think everyone was happy for some distraction. If nothing else the shock and realization on the faces of Astronomer CEO Andy Byron and Chief People Officer Kristin Cabot as they were caught in elicit embrace at a Coldplay concert will give me a warm little...
Security gives back
July 16, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
The devastating Texas floods that have killed over 130 people – including nearly 40 children – and left more than 100 missing since the Fourth of July have sprung the security industry into action, with immediate support to the ravaged areas.
Mission 500’s mission is to serve the needs of children and communities in crisis here in the United States, and we at Security Systems News are proud supporters of this nonprofit organization through the various events they host, including...
One, two, buckle my shoe
July 9, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
Nineteen years of security precedent were overturned on July 8 as the TSA repealed the rule requiring passengers take off their shoes for security screenings.
Foul things are afoot with this recent ruling that much is sure. I can’t say it hurts my feelings to not have to go through the extra effort of removing my shoes every time I go through airport security anymore. Any frequent flyer can recognize the TSA line for the inconvenient quagmire of human misery that it appears to be. However,...
Beware the lone wolf
July 2, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
As Americans get ready to celebrate the nation’s 249th birthday this Fourth of July weekend, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) warn law enforcement officials to be on alert for what the agencies call “lone wolf attacks” in light of recent attacks at home and abroad.
Intelligence bulletins released this week by the FBI and DHS say that these lone wolf attacks pose the biggest threats to July 4 celebrations across the U.S.,...
Cheddar
June 25, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
This week the security industry showcases the latest in theft protection and prevention at NRF Protect 2025.
Judging by how eye watering my last grocery bill was I’d say retail entities attending the National Retail Federation's (NRF) conference have a lot of expensive merchandise to protect. The battle to deter theft has two front lines as well now, thanks to the explosion of online retail. We should also consider that the rise of AI-assisted tools has...
Intercepted
June 18, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw spent his entire career looking to avoid getting picked off, but he could not avoid getting intercepted by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials at Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri.
The 76-year-old FOX NFL Sunday broadcaster was the “chosen one” to get screened prior to boarding a flight on June 16. Bradshaw’s traveling companion decided to film the entire TSA screening process to share on social media,...
A view to a kill
June 11, 2025SSN Staff
Drones are in the news this week, and while not as much as some other topics, I had a fool’s hope that they would remain separate.
They didn’t obviously, but we’ll get there. Last week the White House issued two executive orders aimed at expanding commercial and public safety use of drone operations domestically and establishing a drone task force to evaluate drone threats. That preceding sentence is as innocent as it could possibly be written and if you can’t...
Cold as ICE
June 4, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
It appears that federal immigration authorities are utilizing state and local law enforcement agencies across the U.S. as a conduit to help their mass deportation efforts, and a manufacturer of license plate readers is caught in the middle.
A report released by independent website 404 Media on May 27 revealed that state and local law enforcement agencies across the U.S. are helping U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) investigations by using AI-powered automatic license plate reader...
Summer doldrums
May 28, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
No news is good news as they say, but "they" are wrong, and I think we could use some exciting developments to shake things up.
Okay, that came out slightly more cursed than I was intending, I realize that things are a little too exciting all the time right now, but I mean in a fun way, not a log into my email and see just what went wrong today way. There have been a couple of high-profile acquisitions of course, but I see that all the time now. Show me the exciting new tech! Show...