American Military University (AMU) has partnered with several statewide law enforcement associations to develop an academic program that prepares police chiefs and other key law enforcement command personnel for their leadership roles.
Formalizing a partnership with the KEYW Corporation, the University of Maryland Center for Health and Homeland Security (CHHS) was awarded a contract to pilot a cybersecurity policy training course. Under the contract, CHHS will develop and deliver a pilot program on cybersecurity policy for KEYW clients, which include the intelligence, law enforcement, and private sector communities.
Immunovaccine Inc., a clinical stage vaccine and immunotherapy company, recently announced that three different recombinant protective antigen (rPA) vaccines formulated with its novel DepoVax enhancement technology protected animals against a lethal anthrax challenge after a single vaccination.
Dr. Margaret Chan, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), gave a report to the United Nations agencys Special Session of the Executive Board on Ebola, in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25 January 2015. WHO shared this transcript of the report.
School Specialty Inc. recently announced the launch of SSI GUARDIAN, a new curriculum-based security initiative designed to keep schools and children safe. SSI GUARDIAN provides schools, school districts, and those responsible for the safety of children, with current, credible, and Ph.D.-authored content that will better prepare them to cope with crisis scenarios.
A new online resource, called the Biosurveillance Gateway, is in place at Los Alamos National Laboratory, providing a centralized portal for all news, information, resources, and research related to biosurveillance at the laboratory. The site offers a variety of Los Alamos-developed tools that can be used for decision support in disease surveillance.
American Military University is offering an undergraduate certificate in emergency management that will provide the core knowledge needed to manage disaster planning and emergency operations in corporations, organizations, and communities.
There is a downward trend of new cases in Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Ebola management centers across Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, with just over 50 patients currently in MSFs eight centers. Although this is a promising development, the medical-humanitarian organization cautions that loss of vigilance now would jeopardize the progress made in stemming the epidemic.
With growing interdependency between the public and private sectors in critical infrastructure, students at all levels of higher education must encounter the concepts of security and resilience early to prepare them to meet the challenges of the ever-changing risk, policy, and operational critical infrastructure environments.
According to Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, cyber vulnerabilities in the private sector pose a serious threat to national security. He also said that cyber legislation is needed to protect the nation and to allow information sharing between the government and the private sector while safeguarding civil liberties.
