Tag: Barack Obama
Pinky Swear
January 25, 2023Ken Showers, Managing Editor
It’s that time of the week where I look at what’s happening in the security world and I tell you what’s interesting.
First up, I can’t believe I’m mentioning Pinkerton for a second time in this blog space. It’s kind of like seeing living dinosaurs, only for a second time now and they’re wearing people clothes. That is what I’m going to do, however, because the old once upon a time detective agency turned protection racket and corporate...
Former Microsoft CSO, U.S. Secret Service director join RaySecur advisory board
February 7, 2022SSN Staff
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—RaySecur, a security imaging company with the world’s first DHS Safety Act-designated millimeter wave (mmWave) desktop scanner for mail and package threat detection, announced that former Microsoft CSO Mike Howard and former U.S. Secret Service director Mark Sullivan have joined its advisory board.
Both bring a wealth of experience in their respective fields of corporate security and executive protection. Their addition to RaySecur’s advisory board further highlights...
SIA supports school security initiatives in letter to Obama
February 5, 2013SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—Jay Hauhn, chairman of the board of directors for the Security Industry Association, sent a letter to President Barack Obama urging “a comprehensive solution” concerning security in the nation's schools, according to a statement from SIA.
In the letter, Hauhn affirmed SIA's commitment to working with the administration, Congress, law enforcement and the education community to develop public policy solutions that may help avert another crisis like the one that...