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SP's MAI October 01-15, 2011 - Internal Security Updates

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Network of radars to secure coastline: Antony

  The Minister for Defence A.K. Antony has said that all efforts are being made to secure the country’s vast coastline with a network of radars. Addressing the 30th Annual Coast Guard Commanders’ Conference in New Delhi recently, the Minister said that the project has been taken up on priority.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Railway security review in J&K

  The DIG Railways (Security) Jammu & Kashmir, A.K. Atri recently reviewed security along the Srinagar-Baramulla section. Atri traveled by train to Baramulla and paid a visit to GRP Police Station.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Strong growth for embedded biometric security solutions

  A new study says that the conditions are now right to create a strong market for mobile phone embedded biometric security solutions; the current global user base of four million users in 2011...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Actor Mark Ruffalo on ‘terror watch list’

  In 2010, the US authorities reportedly placed Hollywood star Mark Ruffalo on a terror watch list after he organised screenings for a new documentary about natural gas drilling.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Conman who posed as an MI5 spy

  A conman who posed as an MI5 spy during a £1 million “odyssey of deceit” was jailed for life in 2005. Robert Hendy-Freegard, a 34-year-old semi-literate former car salesman nicknamed “The Puppetmaster”, seduced and ruthlessly exploited his victims during a 10-year period.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  MIT students crack ‘blackjack’

  They used their brain power to make a clean sweep of some of the casinos in the US and they did it successfully.

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  DRS Technologies develops imaging camera for surveillance

  DRS Technologies, announced that its Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (DRS RSTA) Group has developed a compact, low power, digital thermal imaging camera, specifically developed for commercial applications.

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  Disaster management measures

  Areview meeting was organised recently on ‘Flood Early Warning System and Mitigation Measures’ in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, chaired by M. Shashidhar Reddy, Vice Chairman, National Disaster Management Authority.

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  Rolls-Royce to supply water jets for Indian Coast Guard

  Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a contract from Cochin Shipyard to supply 60 water jets for a new fleet of 20 fast patrol vessels (FPVs) for the Indian Coast Guard.

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  India, Bangladesh commence border discussions

  For a week in Dhaka, officials of India and Bangladesh are discussing cross-border terror and effective patrolling of frontiers.

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  US and Australia cyber defence pact

  The United States and Australia announced a mutual defence treaty that declared a cyber attack on one would result in retaliation by both nations; this new agreement appears to be the first instance of a mutual defence treaty in the cyber realm.

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  Enhanced secure network to protect government data

  BSNL and MTNL have plans of further securing networks of government departments.

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  TSA sacks officials for lax airport screening

  The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) recently sacked 28 employees after investigation revealed laxity in screening of checked luggage at the Honolulu airport.