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Every Minute Counts…

“The hack at Hollywood Presbyterian forced doctors to use pen and paper in an age of computerization. News reports said its fax lines were jammed because normal e-mail communication was unavailable, and some emergency patients had to be diverted to … Continue reading

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Lotan Announces Partnership with IVRI from Italy

Lotan Group is proud to announce its partnership with IVRI, Istituti di Vigilanza Riuniti d’Italia (http://www.ivri.it/ ), who are a leader in the security field throughout Italy, with specific expertise in the design of integrated services of surveillance, transport of … Continue reading

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Suicide Bomber from U.S. flew Home

Law enforcement and intelligence agencies estimate that the threat of using suicide attackers to attack targets in the U.S or Europe is no longer considered a low probability event. The US born terrorist Abu-Salha had returned to the United States … Continue reading

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When Will the First “Dirty-Bomb” Explode?

written by Itay Levin & Dotan Sagi Looking at the chain of events in the past few years, we find ourselves asking many questions: Can we predict the adversary M.O? Will the Sochi winter Olympic Games be bloody? When will … Continue reading

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The next Christmas Attack? – The threat of 3D Printer attacks

Written by Mr. Itay Levin I have to say that I don’t have any information at this moment regarding any plot targeting civil aviation for the coming Christmas but the history of civil aviation is full of examples of attacks … Continue reading

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The Checkpoint of the Future – Validating the Need for Change

Written by Mr. Itay Levin It is a perfectly simple matter to explain the need for a change in the current approach to airport checks on passengers and the hand luggage they carry. A review of the attacks and attempted … Continue reading

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Black Swans in the Security World

In 17th century Europe, they would use the expression “Black Swan” to refer to something impossible, because obviously only white swans exist and there are no black swans in nature. However, in 1697 the western world was astonished by the … Continue reading

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Counter-Terrorism Legislation in the Western World and Airport Security and All that is In-Between…

written by Mr. Oded Raz Introduction Not too long ago an extended panel of Supreme Court judges in the United States, ruled by a majority of five to four that the law enforcement agencies in the United States can make … Continue reading

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Securing the Global Freight Transportation

Written by Mr. Itay Levin Prologue The September 11 2001 terror attacks highlight the importance of securing the global transportation system from acts of unlawful interference. It was not the first time terror had identified the aviation industry in particular … Continue reading

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PROFILING – THE NEXT GENERATION

Written by Mr. Itay Levin THE COURSE OF EVENTS A car with its three passengers glides smoothly in the direction of the airport, exits the freeway, and decelerates onto the road connecting to the passenger terminal of the national airport. … Continue reading

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