The Department of Homeland Security has been given the go-ahead to hire up to 1,000 new cybersecurity pros over the next three years.

The new hiring authority will let DHS, a key agency in the nation's cybersecurity strategy, fill positions in risk and strategic analysis, incident response, vulnerability detection, intelligence, investigation, and network and systems engineering.

Read more about this at IInformationWeek Government.

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Wii Fit Balance Boards are being investigated as the newest tools for detecting signs of tension or anxiety in airport security lines. The Department of Homeland Security is leading the research on the worthiness of this product's use in terror attack detection. The Wii Balance Board can detect your precise balance point, including rapid shifts in balance, which are attributes the Future Attribute Screening Technology project hopes will identify those passengers who may have hostile intentions.

Nervous flyers look out.

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The October 2009 issue of the Homeland Security Report (HSR 202) is available for free download. The first free issue went out 8 years ago this month.

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American Public University System (APUS) will present a live webcast, Oct 20 11 a.m. - 12 p.m., featuring members of the academic and corporate communities specializing in the transportation and logistics industry for an interactive discussion on Trends, Issues and Career Opportunities in Hazardous Materials Transportation.

Speakers Include:

• Shannon Schick - Hazardous Materials Safety Manager, Schneider National Inc.
• Tom Cuthbertson - Member, Board of Directors - Information Technology and Logistics Council, American Trucking Association and Director of Production Systems Operations and Support, XATA Corporation
• Irvin Varkonyi, CSCP, P.Log. - Professor, American Public University's Transportation & Logistics Programs

Topics & Agenda:

An overview of issues and trends in hazardous materials from the vantage point of leaders in the transportation field, including:

• The impact of homeland security and emergency management issues on this sub-market in the transportation and logistics industry
  
• Social media venues and communications channels that industry leaders leverage to share ideas and best practices

This event is the first of a five-part series of webcasts addressing issues and trends in the public service sector, sponsored by APUS to be held in Fall/Winter 2009.

For more details and registration information, visit http://www.studyatapu.com/web-cast/tlm/index.htm.

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