Tag: executive order (E.O.)
Titan Protection releases comment framework for FAA Part 108 BVLOS rulemaking
October 1, 2025SSN Staff
KANSAS CITY, Kan.—Titan Protection has released a public comment framework designed to help security industry operators participate in the FAA's proposed Part 108 rulemaking for Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations.
The proposed rule, published in August 2025, represents the most significant advancement in commercial drone regulations in over a decade. However, security-specific operational requirements have received limited attention in the rulemaking process.
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Herculean task force
August 6, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
The Olympics are coming! Maybe, in three years, if we last that long. In anticipation, the White House has already begun preparing security measures for the event.
This week, it issued an executive order, since I guess that’s how we government now, with its intent to establish a task force with the president at its head and a rogue’s gallery of most of the other members of his cabinet joining him.
It’s not a shock to see the government intervening to keep a renowned public...
The limits of AI: Texas tragedy highlights infrastructure failures
July 9, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
HUNT, Texas — Devastating floods swept through Texas in early July, killing more than 100 people and revealing critical gaps in the AI-powered public safety measures used to respond to emergencies.
The tragedy at Camp Mystic and across the Texas Hill Country has sparked public concern over emergency preparedness, especially after deep staffing cuts to agencies like the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS). These agencies...
Drone executive orders ‘an important step to increase homeland security,’ expert says
June 11, 2025Ken Showers, Managing Editor
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A pair of executive orders issued by the White House on June 6 purport to “Restore American airspace sovereignty” and “Unleash American drone dominance.”
The orders direct the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to, among other things, “expand drone operations by enabling routine ‘Beyond Visual Line of Sight’ drone operations for commercial and public safety missions, and to accelerate the development, testing, and scaling...
Allied Universal nails assessment amid push to secure ports
March 13, 2024Ken Showers, Managing Editor
IRVINE, Calif. — Allied Universal’s client, the Helen Delich Bently Port of Baltimore, has received a top U.S. Coast Guard security assessment for the 15th consecutive year, a noteworthy accomplishment as the nation begins a push to better secure its ports.
In late February, the White House issued an executive order (E.O.) designed to strengthen its maritime cybersecurity, supply chains and industrial base, and improve onshore domestic manufacturing. The White House is putting...