A double agent, reportedly working for Saudi intelligence, has foiled a plot by al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula to smuggle a suicide bomber equipped with an improvised “underpants” bomb on board a plan inbound for the U.S. and detonate it.
Lawrence Dietz Appointed to Cyberspace Law Committee
Esq. Lawrence D. Dietz, TAL Global’s General Counsel and Managing Director, Information Security, has been appointed to the Cyberspace Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California.
Continue Reading →The TSA is Inept
This is the response of Debra Burlingame, a co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America and the sister of Capt. Charles F. Burlingame, III, pilot of American Airlines Flight 77, in this weekend’s WSJ to former TSA administrator Kip Hawley, who stood up the TSA in 2002.
Continue Reading →The Transportation Security Administration has started a pilot project designed to test and evaluate the usefulness of new technology aimed at helping better ensure the identity of passengers by comparing and verifying their boarding passes and IDs.
Continue Reading →The latest shooting brings to 16 the number of fatalities resulting from school shootings, in six separate incidents, in 2012 alone. This is a statistics that should gain the attention every person involved in education and school security in this country.
Continue Reading →The Challenge – Proactive Hospital Security
Medical Centers and other healthcare facilities face a growing need to manage a spectrum of security issues ranging from workplace violence, through crimes against assets and people, to cyber incidents and even terrorist threats…
Continue Reading →Contracting Tips – Prepare to Negotiate with IT Vendors
The following comments and tips should be helpful to customers as they prepare to negotiate with IT vendors, especially with cloud services vendors. TAL Global does not provide legal advice, but we are delighted to work with your General Counsel to assist in the process or help with vendor contract problems.
Continue Reading →TAL Global Leading Edge InfoSec Presentations at RSA Conference 2012
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.
Continue Reading →TSA Pre✓™ Pilot to Expand to Busiest U.S. Airports
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Administrator John S. Pistole today announced the expansion of TSA Pre✓™, a passenger pre-screening initiative, to some of the busiest airports across the country following the program’s success at seven pilot locations.
Continue Reading →Recent News & Posting:
- Screening machines to detect nonmetallic bombs not tested
- The Conversation: Time to Mobilize for Cyberwar
- TSA Idled $184 Million in Screening Equipment, U.S. Says
- TSA screeners allegedly let drug couriers through LAX for cash
- Concerns Over Cargo Terror Continue
- Montana airport gets rare TSA concession: Private screeners
- Al-Qaida in decline, but threats to US multiply