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When it comes to the subject of software solutions, you may think you would be hard pushed to find a more boring subject. However, software solutions are a subject that affect each and every one of us. That’s because of the technological age that we live in. The world is accessible to all from the comfort of your own living …

Drug dealers, anonymous terrorists and other anti-social individuals and groups have used drugs as the major method of creating disaster and chaos in society. The anonymous and hidden nature of drug pushing can only continue IF the purveyor (seller) remains secret or hidden from direct view. Drug Abuse and drug pushing has been directly connected to terrorism. The funding of …

Terrorism has now reached the point that it has entered into every aspect of daily life. All over the world terrorist activities threaten the safety of civilians and military personnel alike. Regardless of who commits these terrorist actions, whether jihadists or other types of violent extremists, the need for qualified individuals to combat and prevent them is increasing. Anti-terrorism officers …

The pervasive threat of terrorism in the 21st century requires those on the front lines in the law enforcement, military and intelligence communities to possess advanced counterterrorism skills. To better understand how to combat terrorism, counterterrorism professionals need to recognize long-term trends in terrorist activity and learn how to develop proactive strategies to mitigate emerging threats before they become a …

It can be argued that there are two separate ways of using terror as a weapon; one is to maintain the status quo and the other is to change something, usually in terms of a political and/or economic regime. The question is, does the use of terror achieve these ends in either case? The answer, surprisingly, seems to be ‘yes’ …

Even before 9/11, law enforcement agencies have kept tabs on people considered to be as potential threats to the United States. This involved following the subject on the ground as well as infiltrating the organization. There has never another devastating attack on US soil ever since that tragic day. Surely, people have heard about the train bombing that killed almost …

According to the data, almost 60 percent of those surveyed by Gartner said they are concerned or very concerned about online security. … A recent survey commissioned by IBM states that overall user confidence in the Internet is going down as the result of increased phishing and pharming attacks. Phishing (fish´ing) (n.) The act of sending an e-mail to a …

The Real ID Act is an invasion of privacy and threatens national security. Imagine a country in which every citizen carries a national identification card, each of which is embedded with a chip that holds all of an individual’s personal information. To some, this may sound like a great convenience, to others, an invasion of privacy. This issue has sparked …

The United States Institute of Peace (USIP) recently held a briefing with top counter terrorism and Middle East policy researchers and experts on the future of Iraq and the Obama administration. Many of these experts agreed that the U.S. troop withdrawal plan over the next few years must rely upon both continued Iraqi security force training to improve regional stability …

Is terrorism preventable? The answer, sadly, is no. The drive and motivation of today’s terrorist combined with the almost unlimited target opportunities make terrorism a threat that is unlikely to go away. While terrorist attacks are not preventable, there are actions that can be taken to protect a specific facility, building or organization from a terrorist act. Terrorist acts are …