Posts by Chameleon
More Things, More Trouble
The Internet of things (IoT) is (Wiki definition) the inter-networking of physical devices, vehicles (also referred to as “connected devices” and “smart devices”), buildings, and other items—embedded with electronics, software,…
Read MoreThe Spirit of the Law
How can security personnel know what to do when doing the right thing contradicts the rules? After all, life is often complicated and things are rarely black and white. Here…
Read MoreLaptop Bombs are Not New
Bringing an airliner down has been a big prize of terrorists since .. forever. It is hardly a new goal. The most recent U.S. security shift is a ban in…
Read MoreNational Security Strategy
A National Security Strategy has been produced every few years going back to 1987, under the Reagan administration. The latest NSS was published in 2002 and 2006 by President Bush,…
Read MoreRole Playing for Red Team Testing
A key element of security training is testing. And the best testing is in the form of red teaming or simulated adversarial tests. You may already be familiar with the…
Read MoreNo Such Term as Active Shooter
The term Active Shooter is not used in Israel. That might seem surprising to hear, given the terrorist threats against that country. Although there is an ebb and flow in…
Read MoreBorder Security that Trumps
Some people are comparing Trump’s vision for a fence along the Mexico-U.S. border with the Security/Separation Fence that runs along the West Bank in Israel. A far better example that…
Read MoreThe Method to the Madness of Criminal Intent
Late in the summer of 2015, open source news reporting indicated that Chinese hackers may have been to blame for the breach of information at USIS, which is the major…
Read MoreTrump’s Homeland Security Efforts Fall Short
With any large influx of people or for that matters goods, our ability to control and identify the traffic is challenged. Through the decades, anyone involved in securing these flows…
Read MoreThe Controversy around the Real ID Act
The Real ID Act was first enacted back in 2005, in response to recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission to combat fake IDs, a critical terrorist tool. Starting in 2015,…
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