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  • The SPADE Defense Index® - (AMEX: DXS) is a modified capitalization-weighted index comprised of publicly traded companies that benchmarks the performance of companies involved with the defense, homeland security, and space marketplace. Listen to Scott Sacknoff, President of the SPADE Defense Index as he provides monthly homeland defense and security industry and fund updates.
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  • The Changing Face of the Defense Industry; an Exclusive Interview with Mr. Brian W. Ruttenbur, Managing Director at Morgan Keegan

    Analyst Interview on Defense Budget and Commentary from Defense Company, Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: OPXS)

    POINT ROBERTS, Wash., DELTA, B.C. - July 15, 2009 - www.HomelandDefenseStocks.com, a leading global investor and industry portal for the defense and security sector, within Investorideas.com, provides investors and defense industry participants, new Defense Budget commentary from defense analyst, Mr. Brian W. Ruttenbur, Managing Director at Morgan Keegan.

    Mr. Ruttenbur discusses the recent changes in the defense budget and the changing face of the defense industry and how it impacts both companies and investors.

    One public company, Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB: OPXS), continues to see the flow down of these trends in government spending. According to Danny Schoening, Chief Operating Officer, "The army is committed to a rigorous maintenance and repair program in these very harsh operating conditions in addition to their new vehicle supply. Further, the demand for night vision equipment and weapon sights remains high."

  • Cyber Security: The Next Great Defense Opportunity

    Lisa Springer CFA, Equity research analyst and financial writer

    Defense Stocks: Lockheed Martin (NYSE:LMT), Raytheon (NYSE:RTN), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), AeroVironment (NASDAQ:AVAV), Optex Systems (OTCBB: OPXS), General Dynamics (NYSE:GD)

    Many defense contractors look for huge growth opportunities in the market for cyber security. Bruce Tanner, the CFO of Lockheed Martin, recently identified cyber security as the quickest, near-term defense opportunity, with market growth well exceeding DoD growth rates. Tanner also believes cyber security margins will be comparable to DoD contracts. Lockheed has begun focusing M&A activity in the global security area and anticipates additional cyber security acquisitions this year.

  • Defense Budget Winners and Losers

    Lisa Springer CFA, Equity research analyst and financial writer

    How Defense Companies Boeing (NYSE:BA), Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC), General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), Optex Systems Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:OPXS) and others are Impacted

Homeland Defense & Homeland Security News

Homeland Defense Stock Research and Articles

  • George Adams, CEO, SSH Communications Security, Inc. will discuss Operational Risk Management at the 2008 Financial Services Technology Forum - click here
  • RNCOS Releases a New Report- Global IT Security Market Forecast to 2012 - click here
  • Asia-Pacific to Control CCTV Market Growth in Near Term - click here
  • Homeland Security Research Corporation- Saudi Arabia - 2nd largest HLS market in the world - click here
  • CON-SPACE Communications Ltd. (TSX-V: CCB) – Q1 Results Disappointing; Q2 PreliminaryResults More Optimistic - click here
  • RNCOS Releases Report on Global Aerospace Market - click here
  • RNCOS releases Report on Global Electronic Surveillance Market Outlook - click here
  • RNCOS Releases Report on Global CCTV Market - click here
  • RNCOS Releases Report on UK CCTV Market - click here
  • Rescue from Identity Fraud - IAM Industry to Grow Massively by 2011 - click here
  • India and China Providing Escape Velocity to Global Aerospace - click here
  • US Aerospace Industry Analysis - click here
  • Global Biometric Industry to Witness Remarkable Growth - click here
  • Technological Advancements Pushing Global Electronic Surveillance Industry High - click here
  • Graying Workforce - A Looming Threat for US Aerospace Industry - click here

Featured Articles By Industry Participants

  • Video Surveillance Software Market: En Route Success -Video surveillance technology, employed Initially for reporting and monitoring everyday law violations, has evolved into security gadgetry against the brutal face of modern terror campaigns. With galore instances of bombing and increased criminal activities, the demand for access control technologies and video surveillance systems like closed-circuit televisions are going to increase by leaps and bounds. click here
  • SSL VPN Market Shows a Strong Growth Rate - In 2005 the SSL VPN Segment of the IT Security market demonstrated momentous growth. Worldwide sales of IT security products have shown phenomenal increase, with a sequential growth of up to three percent and an average annual growth rate of 19 percent. Sales of SSL VPN were up 12 percent in the first quarter of 2005, with an annual average growth rate of 41 percent. click here
  • Security: A Major Concern Worldwide - September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America shook the entire world. As a consequence of it, security agencies worldwide are prompted to take on measures that'll ensure infallible security of important places. click here
  • Forward Deployment of Medical Counter-Measures: The Role of the States and the Availability of Federal Funding© - “In response to a recent 60 Minutes segment concerning the federal government’s lack of progress in deploying an available counter-measure to a radiological or nuclear attack, a number of states have begun efforts to procure this drug from their own funds.” To Read The Houseman Group’s White Paper Click Here
  • IP Video Surveillance Market: Growing Exponentially - Worldwide shipment of IP surveillance cameras was valued at $2.1Bn in 2005. However the same is expected to grow at a CAGR of 88% till 2010 making it to $4Bn. click here
  • Video Surveillance Software Market: En Route Success - Video surveillance technology, employed Initially for reporting and monitoring everyday law violations, has evolved into security gadgetry against the brutal face of modern terror campaigns. With galore instances of bombing and increased criminal activities, the demand for access control technologies and video surveillance systems like closed-circuit televisions are going to increase by leaps and bounds. click here
  • SSL VPN Market Shows a Strong Growth Rate - In 2005 the SSL VPN Segment of the IT Security market demonstrated momentous growth. Worldwide sales of IT security products have shown phenomenal increase, with a sequential growth of up to three percent and an average annual growth rate of 19 percent. Sales of SSL VPN were up 12 percent in the first quarter of 2005, with an annual average growth rate of 41 percent. click here
  • Security: A Major Concern Worldwide - September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America shook the entire world. As a consequence of it, security agencies worldwide are prompted to take on measures that'll ensure infallible security of important places. click here
  • Forward Deployment of Medical Counter-Measures: The Role of the States and the Availability of Federal Funding© - “In response to a recent 60 Minutes segment concerning the federal government’s lack of progress in deploying an available counter-measure to a radiological or nuclear attack, a number of states have begun efforts to procure this drug from their own funds.” To Read The Houseman Group’s White Paper click Here

News and Resources

Defense Research Institutions

  • Armed Foces Research Institute
  • Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is the central research and development organization for the Department of Defense (DoD). It manages and directs selected basic and applied research and development projects for DoD, and pursues research and technology where risk and payoff are both very high and where success may provide dramatic advances for traditional military roles and missions.
  • Harvard Sussex Program - HSP is a collaboration between faculty at Harvard University in the United States and at the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom that began in 199, building on 25 years of prior collaboration between its two co-directors.
  • Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies - The purpose of the Inter-University Center for Terrorism Studies is to provide diverse interdisciplinary opportunities for students, scholars, and professionals to understand the nature, impact, and control of domestic and international terrorism.
  • Johns Hopkins University Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies - Increase national and international awareness of the medical and public health threats posed by biological weapons, thereby augmenting the potential legal, political and moral prohibitions against their use.
  • Lawrence Livermore Nationa Lab. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, LLNL, is a premier applied-science national security laboratory managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy.
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory. We at Los Alamos National Laboratory are proud of our service to the nation over the past 58 years.
  • National Defense University
  • Sandia National Laboratories. Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major research and development responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies, and economic competitiveness. Sandia is a multiprogram laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a Lockheed Martin Company, for the United States Department of Energy under contract DE-AC04-94AL85000. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major research and development responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies, and economic competitiveness.

Additional Homeland Defense News

  • Coda Octopus Makes Donation to the College of Marine Science of the University of South Florida’s ‘Bridge to the Doctorate Endowed Graduate Fellowship’ - dated May 9th, 2006 click here
  • Coda Octopus Opens New Office in Florida to Accommodate Planned US Sales Team Expansion - dated May 05, 2006 click here
  • Honeywell Reports First Quarter Sales Up 12% to $7.2 Billion; Earnings Up 24% to 52 Cents Per Share - dated April 19, 2006 click here
  • Popular Science Magazine Features The Aethlon Hemopurifier(TM) - dated March 14, 2006 click here
  • Showdown looms over U.S. ports deal - Edward Epstein, Chronicle Washington Bureau - dated February 23, 2006 click here
  • Fact Sheet: Securing U.S. Ports - The Administration has dramatically strengthened port security since 9/11. Dated Feb. 22, 2006 click here
  • Port Security Concerns - Washington, D.C. - The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee wants to know how an Arab company is going to prevent al-Qaida operatives from being hired at US ports under its control. It's one of the questions raised by Republican Peter King following the Bush administration's decision to allow an Arab company to take over port operations in six US cities including New York and Miami. For one thing, King says the conditions imposed by the government don't deal with who is hired. Full story click here
  • Fact Sheet: U.S. Department of Homeland Security Announces Six Percent Increase In Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request - dated February 6, 2006 click here
  • China to speed development of science and technology in its industry and military - China announced an ambitious plan Thursday to speed development of science and technology in its industry and military, vowing to double research investment over the next 15 years to increase "overall national strength." The strategy, outlined by the State Council, or cabinet, urged defense companies to join in development of new technologies for the civilian economy and civilian firms to participate in military research and supply the People's Liberation Army with high-tech equipment. A new mechanism will be established to foster such civilian-military cooperation and "integrate research and development forces," it said. Dated Feb 10, 2006 Full story click here
  • Viisage to Acquire Leading Iris Recognition Company SecuriMetrics, Creating the Industry's Only U.S.-Based Finger, Face and Iris Multi-Modal Biometric Offering - dated Feb 6, 2006 click here
  • Pentagon prepares for 'long war' in new strategy - Plan envisions more Special Ops forces, unmanned drones to fight terrorism in many countries at once Ann Scott Tyson / The Washington Post WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon laid out a new 20-year defense strategy Friday that envisions U.S. troops deployed, often clandestinely, in dozens of countries at once to fight terrorism and other untraditional threats, readying for what it calls a "long war." Full story click here
  • CODA OCTOPUS AND THE CENTER FOR OCEAN TECHNOLOGY (COT) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA JOINTLY DEMONSTRATE THE MARITIME SECURITY CAPABILITIES OF THE WORLD’S FIRST COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE 3D SONAR - JAN 30, 2006 click here
  • Lockheed Martin Announces 2005 Fourth Quarter and Year-End Results - dated Jan 26, 2006 click here
  • MSA Declares First Quarter Dividend - dated Jan 17,2006 click here
  • Viisage and Identix to Merge to Create Biometric Identity Solution Leader - dated Jan 12, 2005 click here
  • 2005 Review: M&A Market for Federal and Defense Services Steams Onward, According to Minuteman Ventures - dated January 11, 2005 click here
  • SPADE Defense Index Outperforms S&P 500 for Sixth Consecutive Year - dated January 3, 2006 click here
  • Elbit Systems' Subsidiary, Tadiran Communications, Signed an Agreement Valued at $55M With an Asian Customer - dated Jan 02, 2006 click here
  • Statement by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on Senate Confirmation of George W. Foresman as Under Secretary for Preparedness - dated Dec 19, 2005 click here
  • American Science and Engineering, Inc. Establishes Marketing and Distribution Channel in China for the ZBV with Nuctech; AS&E to supply ZBV X-ray Sub-Systems to Nuctech Company Limited - dated Dec 19, 2005 click here
  • Anteon to be Acquired by General Dynamics for $55.50 Per Share - dated Dec. 14, 2005 click here
  • San Diego-based JMAR Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq:JMAR, ) will install it's BioSentry in a major U.S. city for the purpose of monitoring drinking water for potentially harmful microorganisms in the device's first application as direct support for homeland security - dated Dec 01, 2005 click here
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security Awards U.S. Genomics up to $16.2 Million for Phase II Biodefense Contract - Nov 30, 2005 click here
  • Terror Suspect Indicted After 3 Years in Jail - dated Nov 23, 2005 click here
  • General Dynamics Joint Biological Point Detection System Receives Homeland Security SAFETY Act Designation - dated Nov 17, 2005 click here
  • $1 Billion a Year Being Spent on Technology/Services to 'Connect the Dots' - dated Nov 17, 2005 click here
  • Chairman King Introduces Border Security Bill - dated Nov 15, 2005 click here
  • Minimizing the Risk of Terrorism Drives Food Researchers - Says Institute of Food Technologists Nov 07, 2005 click here
  • DHS Announces Long-Term Border and Immigration Strategy - dated Nov 2, 2005 click here
  • PowerShares Capital Management Introduces Aerospace & Defense Exchange Traded Fund - New ETF Tracks the SPADE Defense Index dated Oct 21, 2005 click here
  • Nano-Technology's Potential - for Addressing Chemical and Biological Defense and Homeland Security Needs Unveiled at DOD/DHS Workshop Hosted by Unconventional Concepts, Inc. dated Oct 20, 2005 click here
  • Remarks President Bush - at Signing of the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for 2006 dated October 18, 2005 click here
  • Congressional negotiators OK Homeland Security budget - WASHINGTON (AP) - House and Senate negotiators approved a $31.9 billion measure Thursday for the Homeland Security Department for the budget year that starts on Saturday, directing a higher percentage of first-responder grants to states with greater risks of disaster. The measure, which faces a vote next week, would boost the agency's budget by about 5 percent. Democrats said it still would shortchange homeland security, especially after the London subway bombings in July and the recent hurricanes that struck the Gulf Coast dated Sept 29, 2005 click here
  • SafeNet Announces $150 Million Dollar Contract from Department of Defense - dated Sept 29, 2005 click here
  • National Cyber Security Alliance and Department of Homeland Security - Promote Online Safety for National Cyber Security Awareness Month dated Sept 27, 2005 click here
  • Tech Companies Reaching for Slice of Homeland Security Pie - dated Sept 27, 2005 click here
  • Terrorism Could Hurl D.C. Area Into Turmoil Despite Efforts Since 9/11, Response Plans Incomplete - By Sari Horwitz and Christian Davenport - The U.S. Capitol and the White House have been fortified, police forces strengthened, high-tech security equipment purchased, vulnerable streets closed and checkpoints and barriers erected. In all, federal, state and local governments have spent more than $2 billion to protect the Washington area since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks dated September 11, 2005 click here
  • Office for Domestic Preparedness Director Awards $11.4 Million Security Grant to the Port of Los Angeles; Los Angeles/Long Beach Port Complex Receives $24.2 Million dated Sep 16, 2005 click here
  • City establishes Homeland Security Office - COLUMBIA - The first job of the city of Columbia's new Homeland Security Office will be to coordinate local relief efforts for victims of Hurricane Katrina. City officials will discuss the creation of the office and how the city will make itself available, if needed, to assist in the recovery effort at a news conference today. click here
  • Secretive SAIC Goes Public - The federal contractor that works on many hush-hush military and security projects has filed for an IPO. The big winners: Its workers dated Sept 06, 2005 click here
  • Homeland security firm to list on ASX dated September 6, 2005 - click here
  • Homeland Security Chief Warns of 'Ugly Scene' in Katrina Aftermath dated Sept 04, 2005 - click here
  • SAIC plans $1.7b IPO dated Sep 1, 2005 - click here
  • Celerity Names Homeland Security Industry Leader C. Thomas McMillen as New CEO dated Aug. 30, 2005 - click here
  • The National Homeland Security Knowledgebase (NHSK) Sponsors Upcoming Homeland Defense Stocks Online Conference September 21, 2005 - click here
  • Fortress America Acquisition Corporation Announces Exercise of Over-Allotment Option by Underwriters dated Aug. 25, 2005 - click here
  • U.S. toughens stance on illegal immigrants - Homeland security chief proposes action after New Mexico, Arizona crackdowns dated August 24, 2005 click here
  • What Price Homeland Security? Dated Aug 23, 2005 - click here

Homeland Defense Industry Associations

  • The Assembly of WEU - Europe's only interparliamentary security and defence assembly, was founded in 1954 when the 1948 Brussels Treaty was modified. The Treaty contains an unconditional mutual defence clause (Article V) and provides an organic link to NATO (Article IV). It established the Assembly, to which some 40 European countries send their parliamentary representatives. These include all the EU member states and the European NATO countries as well as Russia, Ukraine and all the Balkan states. The Assembly scrutinises and supports European intergovernmental activities in all areas of security and defence, including armaments cooperation. Following the transfer of WEU's operational activities to the EU, the Assembly also serves as the interparliamentary platform for the European Security and Defence Policy (ESDP) on the basis of the parliamentary instruments for which the treaty legal framework makes provision.
  • IDHS - The Institute for Defense and Homeland Security  was established by and is operated by Virginia's Center for Innovative Technology (CIT), a state-chartered nonprofit corporation that accelerates Virginia's next generation of technology and technology companies. IDHS Mission: To deliver world-class science and technology solutions in response to national defense and homeland security requirements through a consortium of university, industry and federal research and development activities. http://www.cit.org/idhs/index.html
  • Homeland Security Industries Association - The Homeland Security Industries Association (HSIA) is a non-profit corporation established in August, 2002. Our mission is to provide a mechanism for government and the private sector to coordinate on a wide range of homeland security issues. The four principal goals of HSIA are: Monitoring and analyzing of legislation, regulation and related hearings concerning homeland security; Coordinated identification and dissemination to members of information regarding federal, state and local requests for proposals (RFP) related to homeland security procurement; Development of position papers reflecting industry positions and concerns that may be shared with federal and local official; and Networking among industry representatives.
  • Security Industry Association - The Security Industry Association Formed in 1969, the Security Industry Association (SIA) provides its members with a full-service, international trade association promoting growth, expansion, and professionalism within the security industry by providing education, research, technical standards, representation, and defense of our member's interests. SIA has over 300 member companies representing manufacturers, distributors, service providers, integrators and others. SIA members are involved in several market segments such as, CCTV, access control, biometrics, computer security, fire/burglar alarms, home automation, just to name a few. Members work together to address issues facing the industry and develop programs to enhance the environment in which they sell products and services.
  • National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) - Vision: America’s leading Defense Industry association promoting National Security. http://www.ndia.org/
  • The Canadian Defence Industries Association (CDIA) - http://www.cdia.ca/
  • The International Biometric Industry Association (IBIA) - is a trade association founded in September 1998 in Washington, D.C. to advance the collective international interests of the biometric industry. IBIA is impartially dedicated to serve all biometric technologies in all applications. IBIA speaks with authority for the biometric industry to the public opinion leaders, and government officials in the U.S. and abroad. The organization is formally incorporated under Section 501(c)(6) of the U.S. tax code as a nonprofit trade association that is qualified to take collective action on behalf of the biometric industry in compliance with antitrust, tax, and lobbying laws. IBIA is staffed by professional experts in biometrics, trade association management, and the complex disciplines of education and advocacy required by a multinational high-tech industry.
  • The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) - is a central clearinghouse for cyber security awareness and education for home users, small businesses, and the education community. A public-private partnership, NCSA sponsors include the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Trade Commission, and many private-sector corporations and organizations. For more information, and to review the top 8 cyber security practices, visit www.staysafeonline.org.
  • The Security Network - The mission of The Security Network is to advance U.S. security by "Fostering Innovation Through Collaboration" on a national level. The non-profit, non-partisan Security Network will promote rapid commercialization of dual usage security technologies and development of effective regional security. http://thesecuritynetwork.org
  • The Smart Card Alliance - The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for profit, multi-industry association working to accelerate the widespread acceptance of multiple application smart card technology. Our membership includes leading companies in the banking, financial services, computer, telecommunications, technology, healthcare, retail, and entertainment industries, as well as a number of government agencies. The convergence of these major industry players is unprecedented and represents a shared vision and commitment to providing an interoperable platform for the delivery of a new generation of products and services based on smart card technology.

Industry Analysts and Experts

HOMELAND SECURITY EXPERTS, CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

HOMELAND SECURITY EXPERTS

  • Aerospace Security Solutions - (click here)
  • Ancora Advisors - Denis Amato, CFA, manages the Ancora Homeland Security Fund (ANHCX).(click here)
  • Bear, Stearns & Co - (click here)
  • Criterion Research Group - an independent research firm covering both corporate equities and debt, announced today that it has initiated coverage of the Homeland Security sector. Senior analyst Brian Russo will lead the coverage. (more info)
    About Criterion Research Group: Founded in November 2002, New York-based Criterion is an independent firm providing fundamental research on the stocks and bonds of companies in various industries, including healthcare, telecom, insurance, power and utilities, diversified industrials, and banking. The firm's institutional subscribers are its only sources of revenues; it doesn't offer investment banking, brokerage, or money management services. Institutional investors interested in subscribing can visit www.criterionllc.com.
  • Frost and Sullivan Aerospace & Defense Industry Portal - http://www.frost.com/
  • Homeland Security Research Corporation (HSRC) - is a Washington DC based company dedicated to studying, analyzing, developing innovative technologies, and creating actionable knowledge about the homeland security industry and its products www.hsrc.biz
  • Mallon and Associates, Division of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin - Mr. Jack Mallon - Mallon and Associates,Division of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin - Publisher of leading industry financial newsletter, Mallon's Security Report www.mallonassociates.com Senior Managing Director: Mallon Associates, a division of C.E. Unterberg, Towbin. Mr. Mallon has more than 25 years of financial, legal and operational experience in the security industry. Before joining C.E. Unterberg, Towbin, he was the founder and managing director of Mallon Associates, an investment banking firm exclusively serving the Security & Crime Control Industry. The firm initiated, structured and advised on mergers & acquisitions, raised capital and performed industry research and strategic consulting services. Mr. Mallon also publishes Mallon's Security Report, a quarterly financial newsletter providing information on investment opportunities, news and commentary on important transactions, events and executives in the security industry . He was a co-founder and President of IBI Security Service, Inc. a former public company engaged in alarm, guard and armored carrier services. As a member of the bars of the states of New York and Connecticut, he also performed legal services in the industry, representing security companies in labor and securities matters. Mr. Mallon commenced his work career as a journalist and was a police and investigative reporter for the New York Daily News while attending college and law school. He received his B.S. degree from Colombia University, a LLB (law degree) from St. John's School of Law and did graduate work in securities and labor law at New York University Law School.
  • MILITARY, HOMELAND SECURITY Market Analysis, Data & Figures - http://www.gii.co.jp/press/vd12806_en.shtml
  • Morgan Keegan - Brian Ruttenbur - Equity Research Analyst, Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc (http://www.mprgankeegan.com): Homeland Security Technology. Brian Ruttenbur joined Morgan Keegan in June 2000. As Managing Director, Mr. Ruttenbur follows the homeland security technology sector. Prior to joining Morgan Keegan, he was a senior analyst with SunTrust Equitable Securities from November 1995 to May 2000. From August 1993 to March 1994, he was a staff consultant with Anderson Consulting. Mr. Ruttenbur holds a B.A. from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and a M.A.S. from the University of Montana, Missoula. He also served as a commissioned officer in the United States Air Force.
  • Purdue University - (click here)
  • Spear's Security Industry Analyst - A niche publication dedicated to the security and homeland defense industry called Spear's Security Industry Analyst, and several other financial newsletters including The Spear Report (www.spearreport.com) a consensus approach to stock-picking that tracks the performance of 125 of the world's top performing stock analysts and delivers a weekly Buy List of stock picks weighted by the ACTUAL PERFORMANCE of the recommender!
  • Stephens Inc. - Investment Bankers - Security and Defense IT Services group focuses on companies that offer products or technology-related services to the defense, intelligence, and homeland security markets. http://www.stephens.com/
  • The George Washington University - Homeland Security
  • Who's Who in Homeland Security - Lists over 1,500 individuals whose job function involves homeland security and national security. Whether you are searching for the Chief of Police of New York City, the head of the Office of Homeland Security, or the Chief of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. http://www.leadershipdirectories.com/security.htm

CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS

  • Bill Chu billchu@uncc.edu - Professor and Chairman, Software and Information Systems Department, UNC-Charlotte, Designated as Center of Academic Excellence for Information Assurance Education by National Security Agency
  • Dorothy Denning denning@cs.georgetown.edu, 202-687-5703 - Callahan Family Professor of Computer Science, Georgetown University; Director, Georgetown Institute for Information Assurance; Author, Information Warfare and Security
  • John Davis john.davis@mitretek.org, 703-610-1945 - Director, Information Security and Privacy Center, Mitretek Systems; Former Director, National Computer Security Center, National Security Agency; Former Commissioner, President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection
  • Neal Katyal neal.katyal@yale.edu, 203-432-4825 - Professor, Yale Law School; Former National Security Adviser to the Deputy Attorney General
  • Alan Paller AlanPaller@aol.com, 301-951-0102x108 - Director, System Administration, Networking and Security Institute

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

  • Dr. Carl Schultz, professor of emergency medicine, is a nationally recognized expert in bioterrorism and medical responses to disasters. He is a member of the State of California Disaster Advisory Group, serves on two national task forces on terrorism and is a consultant to the national ANSER Institute for Homeland Security. He has published several papers on hospital preparedness both for incidents of bioterrorism and earthquake preparedness. He has commented frequently on the similarities between responses to earthquakes and preparations for a bioterrorist attack. Contact: Carl Schultz, 714-456-5239, schultzc@uci.edu Additional contact: Tom Vasich, 949-824-6455, tmvasich@uci.edu

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