Thursday, April 22, 2010

Chemical Security News

While Congress continues to dither on CFATS legislation, the publishing industry is certainly discovering CFATS. In an earlier blog I noted that there was a new chemical security blog at ChemicalProcessing.com and it looks like there will be a new posting there every Tuesday. Today the same web site has an ‘email preview’ of a new newsletter, CFATS E-News; no specific word on whether or not this will be a regular publication.

I recently received an email from Rick Neigher at 1105Media.com telling me about their new newsletter, CFATS News, that will soon start publishing. Three years into the CFATS program it is nice to see the increasing attention to this critical topic. With almost 7,000 chemical facilities regulated under CFATS, an un-documented number covered under the MTSA rules, and then a sub-set of those two covered under TSA rules for freight rail security rules, it certainly seems to me that there is a significant potential market out there. Especially if you add in all of the security consultants, integrators, suppliers and vendors that will be supporting those facilities.

As the ‘senior’ electronic publication in this sector, I welcome all comers. The more people in the chemical security community participating in the discussion, the better it is for all concerned.

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