Homeland Security: Inside & Out

This week: Herd intelligence, information security training, state-level emergency preparedness, tuberculosis, sports event security, Sweden's approach to civil security, civilian biodefense, and homeland security studies

Tuesday, January 29, 7 p.m. CST (KAMU 90.9 FM, College Station)

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1. News Media, Take One

Matt Hines of InfoWorld, describes how security software companies are using their customers' computers to gather "herd intelligence" to combat customized "malware."

2. Inside the Beltway

Alan Paller is the director of research for the SANS Institute, one of the world's largest sources for training, certification and research information security. He is responsible for overseeing all research projects ranging from the SANS Step-by-Step guides to the SANS digests to the Top Twenty Internet Security Threats. He discusses counter-terrorism efforts to defend against intentional attacks on computers with malware.

3. Outside the Beltway

Dr. Eric Toner, a senior associate at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, discusses the implications of tuberculosis to public health and homeland security. He examines a second, less publicized case of an airline passenger traveling with a highly infectious case of tuberculosis.

4. News Media, Take Two

Steven Reinberg of U.S. News and World Report discusses a new report that points to a lack of progress in emergency preparedness at the state level.

5. Spotlight

• Gustaf-Wilhelm Hellstedt of the business consorsium Swedish Association of Civil Security discusses products that Sweeden is generating to support early responders.
  
• Dr. Lou Marciani is the director of the Center for Sports Event Security Management at the University of Southern Mississippi.
  

6. Perspectives

Dr. D.A. Henderson, director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies answers the question, "If you had five minutes with the presidential candidates, what would you tell them?"

7. HLS at Home

Todd Kent, a Fellow with the Integrative Center for Homeland Security at Texas A&M University, teaches the government and homeland security course in the graduate Certificate in Homeland Security program at the George Bush School of Government & Public Service. Kent discusses the challenges of teaching through distance learning.

This week: The FBI's biometrics database, the UK's counter-terrorism strategy, cyber-security standards, energy and security, research at DHS, and an update on homeland security education

Tuesday, January 22, 7 p.m. CST (KAMU 90.9 FM, College Station)

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1. News Media, Take One

Ellen Nakashima, staff writer for the Washington Post, discusses plans by the FBI to assemble a massive biometrics database to help thwart terrorists. She examines whether the FBI's database has the potential to invade the privacy of American citizens. Nakashima covers privacy, technology and security for the Post.

2. News Media, Take Two

Matt Harwood, assistant editor of Security Management magazine, talks about the United Kingdom's approach to fighting terrorists.

3. Outside the Beltway

Bryan Singer, vice president for professional services for WurldTech Security Technologies, discusses setting cyber-security standards for industrial technology, automation and control systems. He is charged with leading the security team focused on improving the overall reliability, efficiency, and security of the systems and networks that operate industrial automation and critical infrastructure worldwide.

4. Inside the Beltway

Robbie Diamond, president and founder of Securing America's Future Energy, discusses the connection between energy policy and homeland security.

5. Spotlight

Dr. Starnes Walker, director of research for the Science & Technology Directorate at DHS, discusses his office's role in finding new technology to bolster homeland security in collaboration with the DHS Centers of Excellence.

6. Perspectives

Kay Goss, director of emergency management and crisis communication for SRA International, answers the question, "If you had five minutes with the presidential candidates, what would you tell them?"  She previously served as associate director for FEMA during the Clinton administration.

7. HLS at Home

Dave McIntyre provides an update on the online Certificate in Homeland Security at the George Bush School of Government & Public Policy. He also discusses progress in launching as master's degree program in homeland security at Texas A&M University.

This week: Protecting infrastructure, terrorism insurance, quarantine laws, border protection, innovation for homeland security, and exotic animal diseases

Tuesday, January 15, 7 p.m. CST (KAMU 90.9 FM, College Station)

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1. Inside the Beltway

This week, we devote two segments to an interview Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection Robert B. Stephan from the Department of Homeland Security.

2. News Media

Staff Writer Jessica Holzer of The Hill discusses her recent story about a  legislation to extend federal support for terrorism risk insurance.

3. Outside the Beltway

Monty Waters, assistant general counsel for the Texas Department of State Health Services, discusses the legal challenges of placing quarantines on places, property and people.

4. Spotlight

Capt. David Newton is the acting director for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate’s Border and Maritime Security Division. Dr. Roger D. McGinnis Sr. is the director of innovation and of the Homeland Security Advanced Research Project Agency. Each discusses his organization's mission and projects.

5. Perspectives

Lloyd Salvetti of Security Technologies answers the question, "if you had five minutes with the presidential candidates, what would you tell them?"

6. HLS at Home

Dr. Tom Powdrill, assistant director for external affairs at the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense, discusses the FAZD Center's efforts to improve training and education in exotic animal diseases that may threaten the nation.

 

This week: The TSA's administrator, weather forecasts for critical locations, guarding the nation's water supply, education and business in the aftermath of catastrophes, a message for the presidential candidates, and protecting city water

Tuesday, January 8, 7 p.m. CST (KAMU 90.9 FM, College Station)

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1. Inside the Beltway, Take One

This week, we devote two segments to an interview with Kip Hawley, administrator for the Transportation Safety Administration. Hawley discusses the TSA's response to the demands for homeland security, what it has learned, and its vision for the future.

2. Outside the Beltway

John Bodie of Weatherbug explains how his company's technology can provide weather updates and forecasts to the public for specific traffic intersections and critical locations.

3. Inside the Beltway, Take Two

Benjamin H. Grumbles is the assistant administrator for water at the Environmental Protection Agency. In this interview, he discusses the challenge of providing security for the nation's water supply.

4. Spotlight

Cam Carlson, the emergency manager for the University of Alaska System, talks about dealing with the issues of how continue operations in the face of an extreme event. Paul Dimond is the manager of the Office of Business Resumption at the University of California, Berkley. He discusses business continuity in the aftermath of a catastrophe.

5. Perspectives

Tim Wilson, editor for IT security site Dark Reading, answers the question, "if you had five minutes with the presidential candidates, what would you tell them?"

6. HLS at Home

Jennifer Nations, resources coordinator for the city of College Station (Texas,) discusses protection for municipal water supplies.

 

The Best of 2007: Highlights from our program

Tuesday, Jan. 1, 7 p.m. CST (KAMU 90.9 FM, College Station)

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The Jan. 1 edition of "Homeland Security: Inside & Out" was our annual "Best of ..." program. The show featured interviews with Michael Chertoff, the U.S. secretary of homeland security, and former U.S. Sen. Gary Hart, an early proponent of defending the nation from a 9/11-style attack.

The program also includes interviews with:

• A bomb disposal expert who made use of homeland security funding.
• An educator who directs a program for the next generation of emergency managers.
• A New York Times reporter who wrote a story about using new technology to "strip search" airline passengers at boarding.

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