Mr. Johnathan Tal, TAL Global’s President and CEO, and the company’s General Counsel and Managing Director, Information Security, Mr. Larry Dietz will both lead Peer2Peer Sessions at the upcoming RSA Conference 2012, February 27 to March 2 the Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA.
Erroll Southers, TAL Global’s Managing Director for Counter-Terrorism and Infrastructure Protection was the keynote speaker at the 8th European-American Sheriff’s Advisory Council (EASAC) and European Consular Corps event.
Continue Reading →New Book: “Security and Game Theory”
TAL Global Managing Director’s chapter, “LAX Terror Target: the History, the Reason, the Countermeasure” describes the pilot project leading to the innovative research transition program known as ARMOR (Assistant for Randomized Monitoring Over Routes).
Continue Reading →Larry Dietz on IT Security: Shady Rat Revisited
In August we published a commentary on Project Shady Rat, a research project orchestrated by McAfee (now part of Intel). We recently attended a meeting of the Silicon Valley Information Security Association, hosted by McAfee and where the features speaker was Vincent Weather, Sr VP of Engineering & McAfee Labs who previously was a senior research with Symantec.
Vincent had some interesting things to say which I would like to pass along.
A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform
On November 16th, 2001, the Joint Majority Staff of the 112th Congress published a report titled: “A Decade Later: A Call for TSA Reform”.
Continue Reading →Richard Clarke: “Cyber Weaknesses Should Deter U.S. from Waging War”
Former top Presidential adviser, Richard Clarke, said the United States’ economic system is vulnerable to a retaliatory cyberattack should the United States attack a country such as Iran or North Korea.
Continue Reading →From “See Something, Say Something” to Community Resilience
TAL Global lauds the TSA’s recent decision to encourage hotel guests to be vigilant and to report suspicious activity that may be linked to terror threats.
Continue Reading →Gadhafi’s Gone: What’s Next?
After 42 years of despotic tyranny, the Libyan people, indeed the entire world watches the end of the Gadhafi regime with fascination and some understandable trepidation; the future of the Libyans, as well as the security of Northern Africa, Europe, and the Middle East will be influenced to a great extent by what takes place in Tripoli in the near and mid-range future.
Continue Reading →Southers Examines The Future of Aviation Security at AVSEC 2011
TAL Global Managing Director of Counter-Terrorism and Critical Infrastructure Erroll Southers was an invited speaker at AVSEC World Conference 2011, in Amsterdam. The event is IATA’s (International Air Transport Association) premier annual aviation security and facilitation conference, celebrating its 20th Edition this year with Amsterdam hosting for the first time. AVSEC World gathers global leaders [...]
Continue Reading →Recent News & Posting:
- Hackers attack U.S. railways
- Forbes: Cyber Threat to Power Grid Puts Utility Investors at Risk
- Not All International Cargo Screened for Explosives Under Cargo Screening Mandate
- Securosis.com: How Regular Folks See Online Safety, and What It Says about Us
- Security sector faces shifts as 9/11 demand peters out
- GAO: US Airport Bomb Screening Needs Update
- Expert Evaluates Bin Laden's Legacy
- Bloomberg: "Human Errors Fuel Hacking as Test Shows Nothing Stops Idiocy"
- Insurance Recovery for Loss or Liability Arising from Cyberattacks