Homeland Security Monitoring

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Infrastructure resilience assessment through control design

Infrastructure resilience is a priority for homeland security in many nations around the globe. This paper describes a new approach for quantitatively assessing the resilience of critical infrastructure systems. The mathematics of optimal control design provides the theoretical foundation for this methodology. This foundation enables the inclusion of recovery costs within the resilience ...

NATO and Old Dominion University co-host disaster and incident management symposium

The 2008 Azalea Festival Symposium entitled, 'Katrina over Hampton roads: are we ready?' was held 15?16 April at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia and brought together over 250 attendees ...

Chelsea Technologies Group is working to stop ocean stowaways

Ballast water is critical to the safe operation of ocean-going vessels. However, during ballast water exchange, thousands of aquatic organisms and pathogens can stowaway and be transported from one part of the world to another. The transfer of these ...

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Chemical Agent Monitor (OCAM)

The Owlstone Chemical Agent Monitor is a first of its kind next generation facility air monitor. Continuous (24/7) air monitoring provides chemical detection well below IDLH levels. The Owlstone Chemical Agent Monitor (OCAM) is a first of its kind next generation facility air monitor. Providing rapid and reliable detection of chemical threats, it enables security personnel to confidently ...