Tag: Rob Reiter
Barriers to protection
January 8, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
Two senseless vehicular attacks to round out 2024 and usher in 2025 made for anything but a happy holiday season for the families impacted by the death and destruction created by two perpetrators with intent to kill.
The German Christmas market attack on Dec. 20 killed six people and injured more than 200 in the city of Magdeburg, while a suspected terrorist drove his pickup truck onto Bourbon Street in New Orleans and slammed into revelers on New Year’s Day morning, killing 14 and injuring...
Recent vehicle attacks highlight need for ‘deterrence and prevention’
January 7, 2025Cory Harris, Editor
YARMOUTH, Maine— The recent vehicle attacks in Germany and New Orleans that caused mass chaos and devastation could have been avoided if perimeter security measures were already in place, security experts say.
Rob Reiter, principal at Reiter and Reiter Consulting, says "deterrence and prevention” are needed to keep vehicles out of places they shouldn’t be.
“The reason it's so easy is because it is,” explained Rob Reiter, principal at...
Security Industry Association reveals program for 2022 SIA GovSummit
April 18, 2022SSN Staff
SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has announced the schedule, speaker lineup and program for the 2022 SIA GovSummit, SIA’s annual public policy and government security technology conference.
SIA GovSummit 2022 will be held May 24-25 as an in-person conference at the National Association of Home Builders headquarters in downtown Washington, D.C.
Each year, SIA GovSummit brings together government security leaders with private...