Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Security Director Alert: GPS Jammers - The Next Big Threat?

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Security Directors: Give some thought to how GPS is used in your company. Create a plan for when it dies. ~Kevin

Important...
Signals from GPS satellites now help you to call your mother, power your home, and even land your plane – but a cheap plastic box can jam it all... (more) (How GPS works.)

GPS jammers...
One manufacturer claims production of 50,000 units per year. Cheap. (ebay)

FutureWatch...
Although the GPS disruption threat is not new, we are reaching critical mass - product-wise and incentive-wise. The next terrorist, activist, protester, prankster threat - salt an area (like an airport) with hundreds of these. It will take a while to find them all. Have a security plan ready. Idea: Install a GPS frequency monitor alarm in mission critical areas. (advice from Los Alamos National Laboratory) (more)