Global Security Newsletter // October 28

October 28, 2019

Global Security Bechtel's Peggy McCullough to Receive the 2019 ASME Henry Laurence Gantt Medal - Yahoo Finance No Country Fully Prepared For Large Disease Outbreaks, Global Health Security Index Shows - Kaiser Family Foundation DESI opens its 5000 eyes to capture the colors of the cosmos - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory New SecureTrust Report Assesses Process Maturity Across Major Industries for Continual Security Improvement - Yahoo Finance Washington Post faces backlash for calling terrorist 'austere religious scholar' - Yahoo News Bechtel's Peggy McCullough to Receive the 2019 ASME Henry Laurence Gantt Medal - Yahoo Finance Senior Vice President Recognized for Achievements in Engineering and Contributions to Society RESTON, Va., Oct. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Bechtel senior vice president Peggy McCullough has been awarded the 2019 American Society of Mechanical Engineering (ASME) Henry Laurence Gantt Medal, the organization has announced. more › No Country Fully Prepared For Large Disease Outbreaks, Global Health Security Index Shows - Kaiser Family Foundation Homeland Preparedness News: Few countries prepared for global disease outbreaks “Countries are not prepared for the possible international spread of new or emerging pathogens or for the deliberate or accidental release of dangerous agents, according to a new index that assesses the capabilities of 195 nations. more › DESI opens its 5000 eyes to capture the colors of the cosmos - Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument seeks to further our cosmic understanding by creating the largest 3-D map of galaxies to date. Below is a press release issued by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announcing first light for this extraordinary instrument. more › New SecureTrust Report Assesses Process Maturity Across Major Industries for Continual Security Improvement - Yahoo Finance CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Comprehensive Analysis Based on 400 Organizations Depicts Stark Shortcomings on Processes and Procedures Needed for Keeping Data and Users Protected SecureTrust, a division of Trustwave, today released the 2019 SecureTrust Global Compliance Intelligence Report, which reveals maturity ratings by industry for critical security processes from its Global Compliance and Risk Services assessments from July 2018 to June 2019. more › Washington Post faces backlash for calling terrorist 'austere religious scholar' - Yahoo News The Washington Post is facing backlash after publishing a headline that characterized the Islamic State leader who was killed in a U.S. raid over the weekend as an "austere religious scholar." The headline was quickly changed, but critics say it skimmed over the terror inflicted by Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. more ›

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