As Somali Piracy Grows Bolder, NATO Stays the Course
Despite Defense Department budget cuts and ongoing military operations, pirates in the waters off the coast of Somalia won’t see a decrease in naval military presence any time soon. NATO allies recently agreed to continue through 2014 the Ocean...
DetailsThe Right Name for a Very-Right Award
I have to admit, when I got the e-mail notice that DHS Secretary Napolitano had established the Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience, I went, “Huh? What’s this about?” I drew a complete blank at the name, but then...
DetailsDon’t Let Hearing Titles Fool You – TSA Does Some Things Very Well
If Congress paid even one-tenth the amount of time trying to "fix" its own problems as it does in its petty meddling in the operations of TSA, the general public would have greater confidence in both organizations. Both entities...
DetailsMake Water, Not War
Ten years from now, global water shortages are likely to threaten U.S. security interests. Ask the Director of National Intelligence, the Defense Intelligence Agency or someone from the Central Intelligence Agency; better yet, read the most recent National Intelligence...
DetailsA Questionable “Word of Caution” at House Homeland Security Hearing
A brief exchange between Chairman Peter King and Ranking Member Bennie Thompson on Wednesday was strange. Rep. Thompson questioned the committee's jurisdiction to hold a hearing on whether Iran and Hezbollah pose a terrorist threat to the U.S. homeland....
DetailsNational Security vs Paperwork – EPA Plan Threatens Water System Security
There comes a time when sharing too much information is a dangerous thing, and this is what the Environmental Protection Agency is about to do. In June, the EPA plans to establish Internet access for the public to view...
DetailsCatalyst Partners Adds Business Development Experts to Serve Global Clients
Defense and security consulting firm Catalyst Partners announced today that Akmal Ali and Steven Krause joined the company as principals in January 2012. These additions represent the latest moves in the firm’s continued expansion of its defense and homeland...
DetailsCatalyst Partners Lends Expert Insight in Latest Year in Homeland Security Magazine
The latest edition of the Year in Homeland Security magazine covers a range of homeland issues, offering expert voices that include Catalyst Partner principals Randy Beardsworth, Vance Taylor and Rich Cooper. Beardsworth and Taylor lent their perspective on the...
DetailsHomeland Security Budgets In FY 2013
In the 2013 budget requests, states, localities and the Science and Technology (S&T) directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are expected to see a “buzz cut” in funding, Rich Cooper, a principal in Catalyst Partners LLC, told...
DetailsPiracy is Alive and Well and More Than Your Wallet is at Risk
If you mention the word “piracy” to someone, chances are images of Johnny Depp’s character from Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, but the sobering facts are that savagery on the high seas is very real and becoming a...
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