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Fact Sheets Collection

Short documents with information about a particular issue or topic.

  • Detection Canine Program Person-Borne IED Initiative Fact Sheet and Video

    The Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) recognizes that a dog's sense of smell is a million times more sensitive than a human’s. Canines can be trained to detect a wide variety of specific odors, such as explosives, humans, drugs, and even fruits and vegetables. Dogs are trained to alert to the presence of these odors with a learned response such as sitting or lying quietly.

  • DHS Lexicon

    The DHS Lexicon is a unified controlled vocabulary that DHS and its Components use when communicating and sharing data.  It was created by combining and standardizing the different vocabularies used by the Department.  By providing a common definition for the terms used every day, the Lexicon reduces the possibility of misunderstandings when communicating across the Department and helps DHS to develop and manage knowledge, information, and data.  The DHS Lexicon is the official source for terms and definitions supporting the Department and the homeland security community.

  • DHS NYC Subway Tracer Studies Fact Sheet

    This study is part of a five-year (2012-2017) program to develop and promote technologies and methods to help urban transit systems restore service rapidly in the event of a biological agent attack.

  • DHS S&T’s Flood Apex Program Fact Sheet

    S&T created the Flood Apex Program at the request of the FEMA administrator.

  • Distributed Denial of Service Defense Fact Sheet

    Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are used to render key resources unavailable. Hackers accomplish a DDoS attack by literally sending so much web traffic at a target that it is unable to function. A classic DDoS attack disrupts a financial institution’s website and temporarily blocks the ability of consumers to conduct online banking. A more strategic attack makes a key resource inaccessible during a critical period. The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Distributed Denial of Service Defense (DDoSD) is working to increase deployment of best practices that would slow attack scale growth, seeking to defend networks against one terabit per second (Tbps) scale attacks through development of collaboration tools suitable for medium-scale organizations and working to defend emergency management systems—both current 911 and Next Generation 911 systems—from Telephony Denial of Service (TDoS) attacks.

  • Distributed Environment for Critical Infrastructure Decision-Making Exercises (DECIDE) Fact Sheet

    In 2008, based on the need of the Financial Services Sector, S&T began funding the DECIDE project. DECIDE is a software suite that significantly advances state-of-the-art critical infrastructure protection exercises.

  • EMERGE Accelerator Program Fact Sheet

    S&T is looking for innovative technology and opportunities to reach more entrepreneurs. The EMERGE Accelerator program is one part of S&T’s overall strategy to continue to further federal government research and development.

  • Facilitating Private Sector Engagement with Fusion Centers

    This fact sheet provides private sector partners with an overview of how their organization can best collaborate with the fusion center in their local area.

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  • Fact Sheet - International effort helps bolster Polar Icebreaker fleet: Office of Test and Evaluation facilitates Polar Icebreaker partnership between Coast Guard and Canada

    The United States Coast Guard heavy polar icebreaking fleet includes two 399-foot heavy icebreakers.