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Disaster Preparedness 2011: The “Layered” Cake—Preparing For Port and Cargo Disasters

November 9, 2011

Port security seems to be the forgotten child when it comes to preparing for disasters, at least in the public eye. Potential threats to aviation and mass transit generate many more conversations, and for good reason, but the risks posed…

Rapiscan’s Kant Sees Growth in Security Systems Market

September 9, 2011

Peter Kant, executive vice president of OSI Systems Inc.\'s Rapiscan Systems Inc. division, talks about the impact of U.S. defense budget changes on the company\'s sales. He speaks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television\'s \"Taking Stock.\" Watch the interview here.

After 9/11: Ten Years of Tech Made Airports Safer, Experts Say

September 8, 2011

By hijacking planes from U.S. airports on Sept. 11, 2001, and flying them into the Pentagon and the World Trade Center, terrorists killed thousands of innocent people and first responders and revealed an ugly truth: Our airports were not…

9/11: A Windfall for Homeland Security Companies

September 8, 2011

While there’s certainly an argument to be made over whether government spending on homeland security since 9/11 has made the nation safer, companies like Rapiscan Systems, makers of security screeners for passengers and cargo, have seen a decade of financial…

A Decade After 9/11, Airport Security Shifts Focus

September 8, 2011

Peter Kant talks to MarketWatch about airport and aviation security 10 years after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001 and what we can expect to see next. Read the full article at MarketWatch.com.