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Automatic Starter Immobilization The vehicle starter is automatically disabled when the security system is armed, or 20 seconds after you exit the vehicle. This feature protects your vehicle even if you forget to arm your security system. All entrances protected Opening any door or entrance protected by the security system triggers the alarm's 125db siren and flashes the vehicle parking lights. Impact Detector The impact detector senses any jolts or bumps associated with vehicle intrusion. Personal Protection Feature (Panic) The Panic feature sounds the siren and flashes the vehicle parking lights, bringing attention to your vehicle and surrounding area. Interior Status Indicator The bright-red warning light is an effective visual deterrent to a would-be thief. Illuminated Entry Vehicle courtesy lights turn on for one minute when the system is disarmed. Remote Keyless Entry Doors conveniently lock and unlock* when the alarm system is armed and disarmed. ...

A national security strategy that relies on classified maps might not be the best idea. By  Kelsey D. Atherton   Posted 07.29.2014 at 9:00 am   Detail From Top 10 Mapathon India Winners  The number one is in Pathankot, which is very near the disputed territory of Kashmir.  Google India's Central Bureau of Investigation is questioning an open-source map project sponsored by Google. Google's  possible crime : Revealing information about sensitive military installations. Relying on locals to document the area around them, Google's contest may have documented what was known to locals but unavailable on previous maps of India. India, like most countries engaged in a long and frustrating military stalemate over territory disputed by a nuclear-armed neighbor, wants to keep details about its own military installations out of the public eye. The government's Survey of India is responsible for maps, and  that ...

We were recently commissioned by  Magnetic Automation  to perform a crash simulation on one of their rising step barriers, using  Finite Element Analysis (FEA) . The rising step barrier is installed at site entry roads to prevent unauthorized vehicular access, and must be able to withstand the impact of a vehicle hitting the barrier at speed. Magnetic wanted to assess how their barrier design would perform to PAS68:2010, which is a standard test specification for impact testing of vehicle security barriers. In this case, the test involved a 7.5T truck hitting the barrier at 64km/h. FEA was chosen to assess the design due to the expense of a physical test, which would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to perform. We used a deformable model of a full truck assembly to give the most realistic results possible. To simply impact the barrier with a rigid mass would transfer too much energy into the structure, and would lead to an over engineered desi...

August 11, 2010 By  Marc. Caspe, Jun Ji, Lin Shen, and Qian Wang Abstract   Anti-terrorism physical barrier techniques and applications have become highly desired to protect critical facilities and human lives in recent years. Based on in-depth review and practices, the systemic criteria are proposed here for selection of security barriers specifically against terrorist attacks with truck-borne explosives.  Motivated from the survey and evaluation of typical perimeter security systems, a highly secured Surface Barrier and associated technologies developed recently are presented in details. In contrast to most conventional barriers with a fixed base, the proposed new Surface Barrier technology employs an innovative “calibrated” energy-dissipation concept to decelerate a crashing vehicle gradually instead of relying on rigid impact. The impact force transferred to the base is controlled to such a low level that deep or massive foundations are not needed...

By Fred Langa If your Wi-Fi router supports Wi-Fi Protected Setup (WPS) — and most newer home/small-business routers do — it might easily reveal its passwords to a readily available hacking tool. You can use that tool to be 100 percent certain your router isn't vulnerable to malicious WPS hacking. Here's how. Recap: Why WPS routers are typically not secure Think your Wi-Fi router's safe because you use a long and complex passphrase? Think again! In the Dec. 13  Top Story , I discussed a fundamental security flaw in most routers using WPS technology. In short, all WPS-enabled routers have a built-in, easily hackable back door: a simple, vendor-assigned PIN (personal identification number) of just six to eight numerals. This PIN can easily be guessed by free hacker tools that run on ordinary laptops — or even smartphones. A hacked WPS PIN opens the door to your entire Wi-Fi network. With the correct PIN, an attacker can recover a router's passphrase, giving...