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One of the most important lessons from the first Industrial Revolution is that periods of far-reaching technological change require an equally radical transformation of the state. Sadly, too many politicians have clung to the rhetoric of retrenchment instead of embracing what the new technological dispensation has to offer.

LONDON The following account should sound familiar. Over the course of decades, feats of innovation re-engineer society, diffuse across countries and regions, and fundamentally alter every facet of life. Politicians, slow to respond to new challenges, centralize power and pursue older, more familiar forms of control, be it traditional statism, aggressive nationalism, or both. But technology continues to force change, and inevitably re-orders the political, economic, and social settlement.

This description applies both to the first Industrial Revolution and to our current moment. One way or another, the wave of technological revolution underway today will require a new theory of state.

In the nineteenth century, a confluence of social, scientific, and economic factors created the conditions for the rise of the modern nation-state. And within a couple of generations, life had changed dramatically, with population growth skyrocketing, incomes rising, and life expectancies increasing substantially. In the United Kingdom, the 1832 Great Reform Act and various innovations in media brought far more people into the political process. Newspapers like The Guardian and The Economist became increasingly influential in shaping public debate. But the reforms of the period were mostly in response to crises, rather than the result of dispassionate analysis and careful deliberation. Having been born of revolution, democratization always threatened revolution anew.

Initially, the Industrial Revolution was met with a policy of extreme laissez-faire, because that was the best way for the land-owning aristocracy to safeguard its privilege. Not until the rise of the Liberal Party, under the guidance of thinkers such as Leonard Hobhouse, did collective action start to yield more positive freedom for average citizens. These progressive forces, including some of the founders of the Labour Party, ushered in an era of radical policymaking that would eventually yield a new social contract.

Like today, this earlier period was marked by political divisions between old and new, tradition and modernity, and open and closed systems. And, like today, the political movements that proved most effective were those that understood the nature of the change that was occurring.

Technology is once again upending longstanding institutions and bypassing traditional gatekeepers. Those who can master the dynamics of the current revolution and offer a new model of state will become the next great force in politics.

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At the heart of todays revolution is the process generally known as globalization. Never before has it been so easy to move people, information, capital, and goods around the world. In the first Industrial Revolution, a new middle class came to be regarded as social fields for the imported pineapple to conquer. Today, countless goods are just a click away.

Meanwhile, societies that have opened up their digital borders can now import a vast cornucopia of information. The Internet is an imaginarium facilitating the constant generation of new ideas and enrichment of knowledge. Those who make the best use of it will thrive in the economy of the future.

But, as always, there are tradeoffs. The Internet has also provided a platform for extremists and demagogues to sow discord and polarization. And in closed societies, the digital revolution has become a centralizing force, providing authoritarian regimes with even more powerful methods of social control.

Confronted with rapid technology-driven change, forces on both the political left and right have seized on different forms of discontent. On the right, the dominant response has been nationalist, capitalizing on the sense of security that many people derive from group identity during periods of deep uncertainty and loss of control. On the left, originally the champion of labor during the Industrial Revolution, the focus has been on workers left behind by globalization. This reaction has also fallen into a typical pattern, with the proposed solution being to turn back time and give the state greater control, rather than pursue modernizing reforms.

Against this backdrop, very few politicians are talking about how technology can be used to transform society for the better. Debates about whether the state is too large or too small are outdated; the question is whether the modern state is agile enough to foster innovation, competition, and broad-based flourishing in the new economy.

To that end, governments should be reorienting themselves around the new technologies, cultures, and operating models that are already evolving organically on their own. And they should be exploring new avenues of innovation in areas such as education, health care, and climate policy. One way or another, the widespread adoption of artificial intelligence is coming, and policymakers will have to resolve thorny questions about data governance, privacy, and regulation. And beyond taxation, spending, and traditional regulation, existing systems for delivering public services will have to be adapted to changing realities.

This vision reflects not technological utopianism, but conditional optimism. We should maintain faith in the power of human ingenuity to improve society. And we should encourage progressive leaders to put technology at the center of their political programs, to show that they stand for modernization rather than retrenchment or a return to historically exhausted ideas.

The first Industrial Revolution taught us that the power of technology ultimately rests with people, and that the energy it unlocks should not be held back, but guided toward constructive ends. Those who adapt first will be best positioned to shape the future.

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On Monday, at the opening of one of the worlds largest gatherings of AI researchers, Celeste Kidd addressed thousands of attendees in a room nearly twice the size of a football field. She was not pulling her punches.

Theres no such thing as a neutral platform, the influential scientist and prominent #metoo figurehead told those gathered at the NeurIPS conference in Vancouver. The algorithms pushing content online have profound impacts on what we believe.

Kidd, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, is known within her field for making important contributions to our understanding of theory of mindhow we acquire knowledge and how we form beliefs. Two years ago, she also became known to the wider world when Time named her Person of the Year among others who spoke out against sexual abuse and harassment.

On stage, Kidd shared five lessons from her research and demonstrated how the tech industrys decisions could influence people to develop false beliefsdenying climate change, for example. Near the end of her talk, she also shared her experience with sexual harassment as a graduate student and directly addressed some of the misunderstandings shed heard about the #metoo movement from men.

It may seem like a scary time to be a man in tech right now, she said to the conference goers, roughly 80% of whom are men this year. Theres a sense that a career could be destroyed over awkward passes or misunderstandings.

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What I want to say today to all of the men in the room is that you have been misled, she said.

Her talk received a standing ovationa rare moment in the conferences history.

Kidds remarks come at a time when the AI communityand the tech industry more broadlyhas been forced to reckon with the unintentional harms of its technologies. In the past year alone, a series of high-profile cases have exposed how deepfakes can abuse women, how algorithms can make discriminatory decisions in health care and credit lending, and how developing AI models can be immensely costly for the environment. At the same time, the community has been rocked by several sexual abuse and harassment scandals, including some over incidents at previous years of the conference itself. It has also continued to suffer from appalling diversity numbers.

But Kidds talk highlighted an important shift that has begun to happenone that was felt palpably in the room that night. After her talk, dozens of people lined up at the microphones scattered around the room to thank her for speaking out about these issues. Dozens more gathered around her after the sessionsome just to shake her hand in gratitude. To attendees who remember the annual gathering even two years ago, there is a new openness to acknowledging these challenges and a renewed focus on doing better.

The day after her talk, I sat down with Kidd to talk more about the two messages she delivered, how they are related, and her hopes for the future.

This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.

In the research portion of your talk, you ended with your message: Theres no such thing as a neutral platform. How did you arrive at this conclusion from your research?

Something Ive only realized in the past few yearsbecause of my interactions with my two graduate studentsis theres not really a distinction between knowledge and beliefs. Those are the same thing, basically.

Now were moving toward understanding how these dynamics that weve observed in lab experiments extend to the real world. When somebody goes to the internet not sure of what they should believe, what do they tend to walk away with from these neutral searches? Can we use those same kinds of ideas to try to explain why people believe the earth is flat, and why those misconceptions dont get corrected? Thats not an area that I have seen a lot of attention on, but its one that I think is very important.

Why was it important for you to share your message at this conference?

So much of what we believe now comes from online sources. Especially kidsthey are forming the building blocks of knowledge that will later shape what they believe in, what theyre interested in learning about downstream. For young kids, theres also reason to expect that they are consuming more autoplay and suggested content than adults. So initially theyre more at risk of being influenced by the algorithm pushing content, because thats their only choice.

My talk was intended as a message to people working on the systems to be considerate about how those back-end decisions influence an individual persons beliefs, but also society as a whole. I dont think theres enough sensitivity in tech to how the decisions that you make behind the scenes about how to push content impact peoples lives.

Theres a common battle cry when questions come up about how content is offeredthe claim that platforms are neutral. And I think thats dishonest. The back-end decisions that you make directly influence what people believe, and people know this. So to pretend like thats not a thing is dishonest.

When we change peoples behavior, what we are doing is changing their beliefs. And those changes have real, concrete consequences. When a parent searches for information about whether or not they should vaccinate their childif they walk up to their laptop undecided and they walk away decided, it really matters what content was offered, what views were represented.

I dont think it's reasonable to say you dont have any responsibility for what a mother does to her childwhether she decides to vaccinate them or notbecause that was not something you considered when you built the system. I think you have a responsibility to consider what the repercussions are of the back-end decisions.

You mentioned in the private Q&A after your talk that youve never presented both your research and your experiences of sexual harassment in a public forum. Why do you usually separate those two, and why did you decide to combine them together?

Ill start with the second oneI made an exception to the rule in this case because I thought it was very important for this community to hear that message. Computer science is a field where women have had a really difficult time for a long time getting traction and breaking in. Theres a high degree of interest early on, and then theres a leaky pipe. And I know that one of the things that make it very hard to do well as a woman in this field is less mentorship opportunities.

I know that its very common that men in computer science with good intentions are worried about offending women. The downstream implication of that is that women are losing out on training opportunities, but also the men are losing out on the ideas and innovation that the women would bring. Empirical studies show that diversity leads to higher rates of innovation. And the opportunity to talk to a large portion of these men in one room all at onceI felt like it was important, and I had to do that.

The reason why I usually dont mix them: I didnt choose what happened to me my first year of grad school at Rochester. I didnt choose what the universitys response would be. I wanted a career in science and I want to protect that, so I dont want to do less talking about science because Ive spoken out on this issue. But Im also aware that most people dont get the opportunity, they dont get a platform to speak out. Usually what happens to people that were sexually harassed early in their careers and had their institution retaliate against them is they disappear. I wouldnt feel okay doing nothing. People who have privilege need to use it where they can. And this was an opportunity to use the privilege of giving a talk at NeurIPS to help the more junior women who deserve equal treatment.

Were you worried about the way these comments would land?

Of course. But being afraid of the response is not a reason to not speak. I talked a little bit about privilege. Im also in a relatively privileged position at this particular conference because there are so many people in industry, and I think the pressures to keep people silent are greater at companies than they are in academia, at least in tech right now. So if I was worried about being fired, that would be an extra thing keeping me quiet. UC Berkeley was aware of my speaking out on these issues before they hired me, and theyve shown me nothing but support and encouragement in fighting for equity. By being in a place that supports me like that, I can say things without fear of losing my job and not being able to pay for food for my child. And thats the other reason I felt like I should speak.

I was fully expecting some people to be angry. Its 13,000 people. Of course some people may misunderstand me. I literally talked about how when we use words, theyre ambiguous and people activate different concepts. It's not possible to convince all of the people exactly what you have in mind.

Even though you usually separate your talks about your research and your activism, and you separated it in two sections at NeurIPS, to me they really address the same thing: how to develop responsible technology by taking more responsibility for your decisions and actions.

Right. You mentioned to me that theres more talk in the AI community about the ethical implications, that theres more appreciation for the connection between the technology and society. And I think part of that comes from the community becoming more diverse and involving more people. They come from a less privileged place and are more acutely aware of things like bias and injustice and how technologies that were designed for a certain demographic may actually do harm to disadvantaged populations.

I hope that continues. We have to be talking to each other in order to make progress. And we all deserve to feel safe when interacting with each other.

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Fintechthe nexus of finance and technologyis undeniably a huge investment opportunity. But a major factor in whether investors are successful is how they define fintech.

After all, theres a big difference in between a fintech investment strategy that bought shares of credit card and digital payments companies Mastercard (ticker: MA), PayPal (PYPL), Square (SQ) and Visa (V), and one that invested in pure-play fintech lenders Elevate Credit (ELVT), LendingClub (LC), and On Deck Capital (ONDK). With the former portfolio, youd be hard-pressed to find a way not to reap triple digit-returns over the past few years. With the latter, itd take extraordinary market timing just to stay out of the red.

But fintech isnt a type of company or even a subset of finance, KBWs Hari Sivakumaran wrote in a note to clients on Monday. Instead, it refers to a companys state of technological innovation and can be measured quantitatively and qualitatively as business models adapt to technologically-based products, services, and operational infrastructure, he wrote.

He used that definition to look at more than 650 financial stocks in Europe and the U.S. and highlighted stocks of companies that are well-positioned to take advantage of key industry and consumer trends.

In the U.S., Sivakumaran highlights real estate as one of the industries on the cusp of a digital sea change. Venture capital investments in real estate technology through the first nine months of 2019 hit $13.8 billion, up from $7.9 billion over the same period last year.

This is forcing real estate incumbents to re-examine their digital strategies and recognize that technology is no longer just a back-office function used to keep the lights on, he wrote. Rather, it presents an opportunity to revolutionize antiquated processes and improve client results, potentially augmenting expected returns for real estate overall.

In the so-called proptech space, KBW has Outperform ratings on CoStar Group (CSGP), a real-estate data and analytics company, and RealPage (RP), a property management software company.

Another area highlighted by Sivakumaran is the continued digitization of fixed-income trading. To give a sense of just how big an opportunity this is, he pointed out that just about a quarter of the total notional volume in the high-grade corporate bond market was executed electronically last year. In the high-yield bond market, that number was just 10%. He highlights MarketAxess Holdings (MKTX) and Tradeweb Markets (TW) as two companies will benefit from the push toward e-trading in the bond market.

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"New innovations and technologies across multiple industries are evolving to create fresh ideas and solve big picture problems every day..."

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Advancements with Ted Danson will broadcast Nationwide via CNBC on Saturday, December 21, 2019 @1:30pET. Check local listings for more information on this program.

This episode will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming nearly every business on the planet. With a focus on Agorai a global platform that provides an inventory of turnkey software solutions, technology, and data the segment will discover how it is delivering the AI economy to more companies around the world through its AI marketplace, which enables people building AI tools and applications to access and share assets that would be otherwise unavailable to them.

On a mission to create game-changing surface coatings that enhance lives and create value for people around the globe, Irish company Kastus is on the cutting-edge of innovation. This segment will teach viewers how Kastus revolutionary antimicrobial coating technology is applied during the glass manufacturing process to create touchscreens with 24/7 germ-free protection for life. It will also uncover how, once activated, this intelligent technology reacts with moisture in the air to form reactive oxygen species. These agents constantly attack and destroy the harmful bacteria they encounter, leaving a super hygienic, germ free surface. Transforming glass into an antimicrobial, easy-clean surface, Kastus coating technology is scientifically proven to eliminate up to 99.99 percent of harmful bacteria for the life of the underlying product.

As the burgeoning 3D printing landscape continues to expand, companies like 3D Universe are at the forefront. Watch to explore how 3D Universe is making 3D printing and digital fabrication accessible to everyday people as well as professionals. Showcasing what makes 3D Universe innovative, viewers will also discover its relationship with the e-NABLE volunteer community, which makes free 3D printed prosthetic devices for people around the globe.

Bringing advanced technologies into the world of venture capital is changing the industry by combining the best of both humans and machines to help investors better find top startups, and to level the playing field for more innovators worldwide. This segment will examine the business of venture capital and will educate about how companies like WR Hambrecht Ventures are using technology, big data, machine learning, and data science to turn the venture capital model upside down.

Innovation and technologies across multiple industries are evolving to create fresh ideas and solve big picture problems every day, said Chad Densen, production manager for the Advancements Series. We look forward to exploring how these ideas and technologies are taking shape.

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Mambu has announced a partnership with modern card issuing platform, Marqeta with an aim to offer its customers access to the latters card processing technology, thus enabling their control through open APIs and accelerate speed to market.

Mambu is providing a world-class platform addressing key challenges around how to continually deliver and accelerate innovation in the payments space without consistently being restrained by technology, said Ian Johnson, Head of European Growth at Marqeta. Theres a strong alignment between our two organisations, not just in terms of our product vision but culturally too. We are very excited by the power of our joint proposition and the significant benefits customers will derive from it.

According to the supplier, customers will be able to leverage Marqetas processing platform by signing up to the sandbox and then building and testing card functionality.

Mambu is focused on creating a rich ecosystem of payment pioneers, providing our customers with fast and easy access to services that allow them to create compelling products for their end-customers, said Ben Goldin, Chief Technology & Product Officer at Mambu. We are delighted to welcome Marqeta into this ecosystem and see them being a valuable partner in allowing our customers to rapidly drive innovation with their card product portfolio.

Mambu, recently, was selected by ODX, a provider of small business digital lending solutions for financial institutions, and a subsidiary of OnDeck (ONDK), to provide servicing technology for ODXs digital lending platform.

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In todays criminal justice system, a Play Station and iPhone are just as important pieces of evidence as eyewitness accounts. Yet, there isnt a strong understanding as to how police officers identify digital evidence everything from a laptop to a smart television in the field.

Thomas Holt, professor of criminal justice at Michigan State University, is among the first researchers to capture how well police officers recognize digital evidence, as well as what to do with it.

Digital evidence isnt part of the core police academy training, which is the baseline training all police recruits have when first going into the field, Holt said. Since this training isnt consistently provided to them, how well would they recognize these critical pieces of evidence?

The study published in Policing: An International Journal is based off a survey Holt conducted of 258 active state troopers and officers in the field. Holt gave the police a crime scene scenario in which they responded to a domestic violence call. From there, the police answered how they would respond and collect specific evidence on the crime scene.

Here are Holts key findings:

1) Most but not all officers know whos the expert to call for support.

70% of the respondents said that they should contact the district prosecutor's office to ask what to do in a specific crime incident.

88% of officers said they knew who in that office is the right person.

We can see that there's fairly consistent messaging around who to call in the event of a question, Holt said. With digital evidence, it's difficult to know what to seize, or how to interact with it in a way that wont affect the information it holds. Its critical that all officers are aware of who the expert is to guide them in a delicate crime scene.

2) Not all officers know exactly what to look for.

76% said digital evidence could be anywhere in the scene.

43% said either on the wingspan of the suspect and victim or on the suspects or victims person.

We found that those who were familiar with digital evidence and seizing procedures were more likely to have responded recently to a scene where digital evidence was present, Holt said. One big takeaway for us is that situational experience can help break down barriers and improve how police understand what to look for and where.

3) In the age of tech and smart homes, infinite pieces of evidence lay around the scene.

50% said to immediately seize all electronic items

91% said to secure mobile devices

90% said to secure any laptops

89% said to secure media storage devices

70% said to secure Amazon Echo/smart speaker

41% said to take the television

There's a greater degree of recognition of what to do in the scene than I would have thought, like grabbing the Echo, the router or the TV, Holt said. Its a very positive sign to see police knowing that storage devices are of great importance because any crimes that involve some sort of online activity or transactions such as cyber security, child pornography or baking could have evidence.

Holt explained that seeing degrees of digital evidence recognition and it not varying across different age groups is a positive sign, but theres work to be done.

Our hope is that our research acts as baseline information for state agencies across the country, Holt said. The huge takeaway or suggestion would be increasing training and awareness. We want them to start asking how well they train cadets to recognize devices in the field, what to do with it and how to improve as technology advances."

ReferenceHolt, T., Clevenger, S. and Navarro, J. (2019), "Exploring digital evidence recognition among officers and troopers in a sample of a state police force", Policing: An International Journal, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/PIJPSM-07-2019-0119.

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NAPLES, Fla. We are in the midst of an information technology revolution. And while that may feel disruptive, it should not be surprising as we are always in the middle of some form of revolution, according to opening keynote speaker Mark Zinder.

However, understanding the processes that unleash and the stages such revolutions go through can arm leaders with the ability to better navigate them.

Zinder identified five individual revolutions that have occurred in the U.S. over the past 100-plus years, including the Industrial Revolution, Railroad Revolution, Electrification, Mass Production and Information Technology. Each of these, he noted have traversed the same eight steps, and as each came to its conclusion, yet another revolution was set in motion.

The steps Zinder identified included: Idea, Exotic Curiosity, Early Adoption, General Acceptance, Frenzy, Collapse, Final Build Out and It Becomes Invisible.

He noted that the Idea phase often consists of an Aha moment borne of necessity and lasting 25 to 50 years. Zinder used the now ubiquitous electronic strike zone that baseball fans see today on any major league telecast as one such example.

While many think of this as a quintessentially current technology, Zinder noted that the first electronic strike zone was tested in 1950 and quickly led to the second stage of a revolution: Exotic Curiosity. This is often characterized both by early success in demonstrations and a corresponding fear of the new technology.

During the third revolutionary stage, Early Adoption, a transition occurs from what may be possible to what is possible. At this stage, Zinder noted, new businesses are started based on the new idea.

The next stage, General Acceptance, is characterized by a technical free for all, in which government regulations are largely absent. One of the most recent examples is evident in the early days of the Internet, a stage that has since passed.

During the so-called Frenzy stage, the number of successes mount, the public starts to speculate, and new technology becomes an engine of growth resulting in wealth creation. This is followed by what Zinder described as the Collapse, a period where the stock market starts to fall and fortunes are lost.

It is in the Final Build-out stage where jobs are lost. Here, new technology is no longer a novelty, and profits reflect the real return of the new technology. It is this stage we find ourselves in today when it comes to information technology, with the final becomes invisible stage on the near-term horizon.

Zinder noted that each of these revolutions typically lasts between 45 and 60 years, and we are now approaching the last stage of the microprocessor or information technology revolution. So what happens next?

Zinder cited several possibilities, including things like biotechnology, artificial intelligence, the creation of entirely new materials such a graphene or even 3D printing. Anyone of these things could be the spark that ignites the next revolution, he noted.

The one thing that is certain, according to Zinder, is that when one revolution ends, the next one quickly begins.

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At CES 2020 in Las Vegas, Central Hall, booth #12401 from January 7 to 10, 2020, Bosch is presenting connected products for mobility and the home. Among the highlights at the trade fair are solutions that either make use of artificial intelligence (AI) or that were developed or manufactured with its help. The international supplier of technology and services wants to make AI safe, robust, and explainable, whether in manufacturing, smart homes, or automated driving.

In the run-up to CES 2020, Bosch twice received the highest score in the Innovation Awards and was also a three-time Honoree. The CES Innovation Awards are an annual program run by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) covering 28 categories, and serve as an indicator of future trends. In addition to the 3D display for cars, a world first from the Car Multimedia division also received the coveted Best of Innovation award. Details will be provided when the show starts. Both innovations were also designated Honorees in one additional category. The third Honoree will also be announced at the start of the show. It concerns a Bosch solution from the healthcare sphere.

3D display bringing the third dimension to the cockpit: The new Bosch 3D display uses passive 3D technology to generate a realistic three-dimensional effect for images and warning signals. This allows visual information to be grasped faster than when displayed on conventional screens, reducing driver distraction. Furthermore, this display system with spatial depth works completely without additional features such as eye tracking or 3D glasses.

SoundSee intelligent ears for the ISS (AI inside): Barely bigger than a lunch box, Boschs SoundSee is packed with state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI). SoundSee is already in orbit and will soon be deployed onboard on the International Space Station (ISS.) Riding on NASAs flying autonomous Astrobee robot, the SoundSee uses integrated microphones to capture ambient noise in space and then analyze the audio using AI-driven analytics. By using artificial intelligence, SoundSee can analyze audio data to spot potential anomalies and give an indication of when maintenance work is needed. In early 2020, audio data captured by SoundSee will be delivered to a NASA-specd ground control facility built into the Bosch Research Center in Pittsburgh, PA. SoundSee was developed together with Astrobotic as part of a NASA research collaboration.

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TheSecure Technology Alliance announced a newtraining and certification program for professionals responsible for implementing Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) security in the U.S. TheTransportation Security Certified Identification Professional (TSCIP)program is the industrys only standardized certification program recognizing professionals with knowledge and experience in the use of advanced TWIC identity credentials for access security.

This certification, which is the newest addition to the Alliance suite of training and certification programs, is intended for professionals focused on administering U.S. government-specific security programs that grant access to secure areas of maritime facilities or vessels.TSCIP program dates can be found on the Alliance website, with the next training session scheduled for January 30, 2020.Professionals interested in earning this certification can find more information athttps://www.securetechalliance.org/tscip/.

Successfully completing this new training and certification program, geared towards our nations port operations security personnel, demonstrates to the industry these professionals have the most up-to-date knowledge of TWIC card technology, access control readers, and best practices for securing maritime facilities and vessels. It also emphasizes their commitment to proper security implementation, said Randy Vanderhoof, executive director of the Secure Technology Alliance. The Alliance has long been recognized as a source of education, training and certification of the proper use of secure credentials and advanced access control systems this program is a continuation of those efforts.

Professionals participating in the TSCIP program will benefit from:

The Secure Technology Alliance offers various educational and certification programs for members and non-members. For more information on these programs, visit https://www.securetechalliance.org/activities-education-and-certification-programs/.

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