Homeland Security Projects Archives - Page 7 of 7

CCICADA Briefs US Coast Guard’s Third-in-Command on Its Work to Help the Agency Deal with Homeland Security Threats

CCICADA executives and researchers briefed Rear Admiral Charles D. Michel, third in command in the US Coast Guard, on the success of collaborative efforts to make the agency [Read more...]

May 12, 2014

Taxis might be used for nuclear detection, based on CCICADA research.

Nuclear Detection: Are Taxis the Answer to an Effective Detection Strategy in Manhattan and Other US Cities?

Terrorist nuclear attack is a potentially devastating threat to homeland security. It is increasingly important to have the capability to intercept illicit nuclear materials [Read more...]

May 9, 2014

CCICADA Works Closely with Law Enforcement to Prevent Sex Trafficking of Children

CCICADA’s Proprietary Algorithms Sort through Millions of Bits of Online Data, Sniffing Internet Ads for Clues Thwarting one of the world’s fastest growing criminal [Read more...]

May 9, 2014

A Coast Guard vessel prepares to board a fishing boat to inspect its compliance with fisheries regulations.

Fisheries Enforcement: US Coast Guard Is Sharpening Enforcement Tools with Big-Data Help from CCICADA

With 3.4 million square miles of ocean to patrol and protect, the US Coast Guard faces perhaps the most daunting task of any agency tasked with protecting the American public [Read more...]

December 20, 2013

Superstorm Sandy: CCICADA Leads Post-Sandy Research

From the CCICADA Newsletter, May-June 2013 issue Notes from the Director October 29, 2012. Those of us in New Jersey, our neighboring states and the full stretch of the [Read more...]

June 1, 2013

"flood4" by Vik Nanda from Flickr.com. Used under Creative Commons 2.0 License.

Flood Mitigation on the Raritan River: A FEMA Region II Project at CCICADA and the NTSCOE

An overwhelming majority of the emergency response efforts addressed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency involve flood related issues. Therefore, understanding flood [Read more...]

September 1, 2012

"Wet Weather Overflow" by Dendroica cerulea from Flickr.com. Used under Creative Commons 2.0 License.

FACT SHEET: Flood Mitigation and Other Projects with FEMA

Overview CCICADA is involved in several projects in partnership with FEMA Region II (which covers NJ, NY, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands). CCICADA research and methods [Read more...]

January 1, 2012

Fact Sheet: Prevention of Sex Trafficking of Children

Overview The abhorrent practices of human slavery and forced prostitution and child labor still exist in the modern world of the twenty-first century. Under the general [Read more...]

January 1, 2012