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Improving Aviation Security Measures, The Global Security Professional Group

This position paper is a collaborative effort to apprise decision makers in both the private and public sector; as to how security professionals view the current state of our global Aviation Security, and the measures that we recommend be taken, starting now, to make improvements. Read more....

Out of Adversity Comes Opportunity: Global Public-Private Security Efforts, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Out of Adversity Comes Opportunity: Global Public-Private Security Efforts
January 25, 2010 - by Kevin McCarthy

During his formative years, Founding Father Ben Franklin is reputed to have said, “out of adversity comes opportunity.” From a homeland security standpoint, we saw this parable in operation over the past week. Read more....

Moore’s Law and Whole Body Imaging: Moving Technology to the Next Level, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Moore’s Law and Whole Body Imaging: Moving Technology to the Next Level
January 12, 2010 - by Kevin McCarthy

The news cycles, talking heads and many elected officials seem to be in a bit of a tizzy over the images created Whole Body Imaging (WBI) systems. Current technology produces a de-identified raw data image of the human form with items of concern as they appear. The technology will only be of value, however, if it is deployed and used to its maximum capability. Read more....

Failed Bomber and the Use of Whole Body Imaging, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Failed Bomber and the Use of Whole Body Imaging
January 7, 2010 - by Kevin McCarthy

Now that the Administration has fully engaged in evaluating the systems failures, which allowed Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, a Nigerian Islamic terrorist, to board a US airliner with a bomb concealed in his underwear, I feel compelled to contribute my insight. Read More....

Maritime Security: Fighting Piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Beyond, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies

The Heritage Foundation’s Maritime Security Working Group—composed of representatives from academia,
the private sector, research institutions, and government—produces cutting-edge policy recommendations for making
the seas safer for the United States, its friends and allies, and global commerce. The fourth occasional report by
the group addressing the most pressing issues confronting maritime security examines the issue of piracy in the Gulf
of Aden and the appropriate U.S. response. Read More...

Resilience starts in the community, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Resilience starts in the community
March 13th, 2009 - by Kevin McCarthy

National resilience is truly a community effort. I split my time between an office in DC and a home in the mountains of Utah, and one of the most important messages that Washington needs to learn these days is that resiliency begins at home. Communities like mine across the country are studying, training and learning lessons about how to strengthen their ability to respond to disruptive events. Read More...

Bioviolence and Aviation Security, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Bioviolence and Aviation Security
February 23rd, 2009 - by Kevin McCarthy

I spent last weekend reading Bioviolence: Preventing Biological Terror and Crime, Barry Kellman, Cambridge, 2007 (reviewed last year by Foreign Affairs). I am impressed with the deep analysis and research that Professor Kellman has put into this issue. I understand his definition of Bioviolence as, “human interaction causing a disease or pathogen to attack mankind in some way that would not have naturally occurred.” Read More...

Working Harder, Not Smarter on Cargo Security, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Working Harder, Not Smarter on Cargo Security
February 10th, 2009 - by Kevin McCarthy

With the best of intentions, the United States Congress approved the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 on August 3, 2007, which mandates 100% screening of ALL air cargo traveling on passenger aircraft by 2010.

You might ask: how can anyone not be in favor of 100% security screening? Read More...

Rumor control: Randy Babbitt to be FAA Administrator, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Rumor control: Randy Babbitt to be FAA Administrator
February 6th, 2009 - by Kevin McCarthy

As a veteran of the airline industry, I have had the opportunity to work with and for many leaders of industry, both in the public and private sectors. Seldom have I seen the professionalism continuously demonstrated by Captain Randy Babbitt, who is reportedly the leading candidate to head the Federal Aviation Administration. Read More...

Fuel Prices: The Latest National Security Concern, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Fuel Prices: The Latest National Security Concern
June 9th, 2008- by Kevin McCarthy

The airline industry in the United States is a significant portion of our critical infrastructure and it is on brink of implosion with little more than the occasional mention in the news. This week United and Continental airlines announced significant reductions in their fleets to try to staunch the financial hemorrhage. Lesser air carriers are fast approaching cessation of operations while six or seven carriers have already shutdown. Read More...

Airlines: Collapsing from Within, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Airlines: Collapsing from Within
April 11th, 2008- by Kevin McCarthy

And another one bites the dust…

This morning, Denver-based Frontier Airlines announced it was filing for bankruptcy protection - less than 24 hours after Oasis Hong Kong Airlines canceled all flights amid an unexpected liquidation process that became public on Wednesday. Read More...

Airlines: Still A Target for Terrorists, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Airlines: Still A Target for Terrorists
April 4th, 2008- by Kevin McCarthy

The TSA got it right - this time anyways!

A number of security events have occurred in the airline industry over the past week that warrant mention and evaluation – some of them show sound judgment by TSA and other government agencies while others show that we still have a lot of work to do: Read More...

Technology Will Prove Crucial to Air Cargo Security, Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

Technology Will Prove Crucial to Air Cargo Security
February 6th, 2008- by Kevin McCarthy

Every one of us wants more robust security measures and I applaud the House Homeland Security Committee for their tireless oversight on behalf of all Americans. However, taking the 9/11 Law’s definition of screening to mean a physical examination is unrealistic. Read More...

"Kevin McCarthy Joins CoroWare's Board of Advisors" Reuters.com, Jan. 23, 2008

CoroWare Expands Advisory Board to Meet Needs of Homeland Security Customers

CoroWare, Inc., an Innova Robotics & Automation company (OTCBB: INRA), announced today it has added Kevin McCarthy to its ensemble of corporate advisors.

McCarthy is a proven executive on Homeland and National security solutions, serving in numerous advisory and consultancy roles to both the public and private sector on geospatial intelligence operations, Read more...

"100 Percent Scanning and Air Cargo Security" Adfero Group Homeland Security Services

100 Percent Scanning & Air Cargo Security
December 10th, 2007- by Kevin McCarthy

Secretary Chertoff has articulated many times in differing formats that there is no such thing as 100% security. We need to apply these lessons to the current debate on air cargo security. We need to understand that resilience is best enhanced through risk assessment and resource allocation. Read more...

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