Dr. James Hall is an American business entrepreneur and military veteran. He is the founder and CEO of Security 2.0, Inc., “Next-Gen Digital Solutions Through Innovation,” and the security content publishing platform Security Television Network.
He is also a powerful voice and thought leader on the transformative role of digital media in security news, programming, and how news impacts society.
Below is his academic journey, which spans from the west to the east coast during his 23-year career as a veteran in the military.
- Seattle University, BA (Communications)
- John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Masters (Public Health)
- Capitol Technology University, Masters (Network Security)
- Capitol Technology University, PhD (Cybersecurity)
Dissertation
Internet Kill Switch (IKS) Emergency Preparedness: A Focus Group Study on Telemedicine Emergency Planning
Adjunct Professor
- Lectures on Healthcare Info System Security (IAE 690)
- Lectures on Professional Ethics, Technology, and Leadership (PHL & RSC 813)
- Lectures on Ethics and Philosophy of Research & data Collection (TEC 710)
- Lectures on Business Analytics and Decision Sciences (DSM 905)
Safety & Occupational Health
Reduced injury, increased productivity, and operating with a collaborative management style is Dr. Hall’s expertise. At the same time, he understands the importance of analytics to identify hot spots, whereas his approach helps to drive safety and occupational performance.
He served as lead consultant representing Federal Occupational Health (FOH) to the Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Commerce, and United States Marshalls Service. His managerial duties included oversight of contractual agreements for the delivery of health services to federal employees. FOH is a non-appropriated agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) which provides occupational health and wellness services to federal employees. As a consultant, Dr. Hall worked in partnership with federal organizations nationally and internationally to design and deliver comprehensive solutions to meet their occupational health needs.
As a Public Health Service Officer, and government bioterrorism subject matter expert, Dr. Hall managed the FBI’s national U.S. Postal Service mail delivery bioterrorism safety program during the fatal, Bruce Ivins, Anthrax Attacks throughout the United States, which killed five people. He provided bioterrorism protection for over 1000 public and covert federal facilities.
Dr. Hall was the Safety & Occupational Health Program Manager for U.S.C.G. Headquarters Marine Safety and Security Directorate, served 12 Regional Safety and Environmental Health Officers, comprised of a 43,000 personnel workforce. Developed national Policies and Standards for maritime safety & occupational health. In this capacity, Dr. Hall was the U.S.C.G’s national board member representative of OSHAs Maritime Advisory Council for Occupational Safety & Health (MACOSH). MACOSH was established to advise the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, Department of Labor. As the United States Coast Guard liasion to MACOSH, Dr. Hall assisted the Secretary of Labor (John Henshaw) with Occupational Safety and Health issues for workers involved in shipbuilding, ship breaking, ship repair, and long shoring in the maritime industries. He also served as the Coast Guards Board member representative for the National Fire Protection Association for Gas Hazards, and directly formulated & submitted the Marine Safety Circular to the International Maritime Organization on the Basic Elements of a Shipboard Occupational Safety and Health Program: Sub Committee on Bulk Liquids and Gases. Dr. Hall represented the U.S.C.G. as an advisor to the joint federal agency review/modification of the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations.
Security
As a junior officer in the United States Coast Guard, Dr. Hall participated in the initial design and architecture of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Originally chartered by Congress as the Homeland Security Institute (HSI), Dr. Hall served on the ANSER team, with other joint military service liaisons, from initial review of the DHS white-paper to the final completion and launch of the DHS.
Dr. Hall was the Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative (COTR) for the architectural design and planning effort for the National Port Geographic Information System. He conducted market analysis and a through and vigorous solicitation effort, refined requirements to mitigate cost overruns, and participated in daily project management. He consulted with, lead, and sub-contracted with multiple private businesses, local, state, and federal entities to ensure continuous tracking and oversight of the contract. He coordinated the transition to support a wide range of stakeholders among end users at Marine Safety Field Offices, and effectively met end-user requirements by creating sensitive compartmented information facilities.
Dr. Hall assisted Infrastructure Protection Teams in evaluating physical security and vulnerable IT interconnected infrastructures, such as telecommunications, energy, transportation, and essential government services. He conducted Security Audits of several Texas Chemical Plants, the nation’s oil reserves, Hoover Dam, and Private Business’ in San Diego, Port of San Diego, and the Port of Philadelphia. As COTR, he teamed to develop and support physical security risk analysis tools, threat scenarios, and mapped the IT Architecture of significant infrastructures across the United States; including having consulted on the following areas to ensure these infrastructures were protected: 1) documented security policy, 2) allocation of security responsibilities within the organization, 3) training, 4) Security Incident reporting & response, 5) incident reporting & response, 6) Business Continuity Planning, 7) Record Management, 8) Virus Detection & Prevention, 9) Firewall Protection, and 10) Compliance Reviews.
Dr. Hall directly organized counter-terrorism security teams as the Assistant Branch Chief of Weapons of Mass Destruction Department (WMD), and used international diplomacy and negotiation to access the Port of Dubai for a security assessment, at the United Arab Emirates, and Mombasa, Kenya port facilities. Dr. Hall coordinated with Department of State and U.S. Embassies in the United Arab Emirates and Kenya to assure the successful completion of a diplomatic mission to protect U.S. citizens traveling internationally on cruise ships. His duties included the evaluation of interconnected port systems and advising international countries on the best methods for securing their ports, physical assets, and IT systems against cyber terrorism, and theft of vital commerce information. His efforts were successful with those ports he accessed, allowing for real-time, accurate Department of State Travel Advisories and new or continued commerce among U.S. and foreign States.
Dr. Hall coordinated the U.S.C.G. personnel security effort to support its functions for the Salt Lake City Olympics with the National Security Council, the President’s of the United States principal forum for considering national security and foreign policy matters with senior national security advisors and cabinet officials. He defined the scope, duties, and date for implementation of the CG Interagency liaison with the FBI. This initiative required WMD assistance, a Coast Guard Strike Team, and local, state, and federal first responder planning, training, equipping, table top exercises, and a review of safety and health issues surrounding the event.
He Negotiated the first element of the WMD First Responder Program for the U.S.C.G., as the Assistant WMD Branch Chief, and COTR, who vetted vendors, planned and coordinated a $500K contract with Soldier Biological & Chemical Command (SBCCOM). SBCCOM conducted WMD Awareness and Operations Training for over 1200 local, state, and federal First Responders and Hospitals, in twelve cities throughout the United States.
Dr. Hall participated in the Intra-Agency analysis of the USS Cole Commission and the U.S.C.G. support of Future Force Protection Initiatives. Part of the outcome of this initiative resulted in the development of Port Security Units to protect militarily and economic strategic ports and DOD assets.
Dr. Hall was the initial author of the International Maritime Security Code, Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Chapter XI, Part B:15, 2001. He created the initial architecture for the 21st Century global standard for securing maritime borders, which was adopted by the United Nations in his Herndon, VA, townhome basement. He was advised to complete it and return to United States Coast Guard headquarters with it completed in a weeks time to allow for the United States to lead all other nations in setting policy for security worldwide.
Publisher
Dr. Hall’s efforts transformed the streaming of digital media in the security industry. In 2007, Dr Hall lead an effort to market streaming video for a DHS conference and was met with the following statement from Chris Christopher:
The live video on the DHS website is probably a bridge too far – the security guys over there would probably keel over in a dead faint. However, let’s talk about it.
Innovative ideas, shared appropriately, offer a path that may become a solution for customers. While, ultimately, the stream was served on a company server, the effort provided the DHS S & T Stakeholders Conference with an entirely new way to connect to its audience. Dr. Hall also delivered for the Pentagon’s Soldiers Media Center, delivering streaming media for the Army Newswatch newscast, working closely with the Pentagon’s visionary Melody Day. Again, a first for streaming media delivery in the Department of Defense news media by an affiliate broadcast.
With over 27 years of experience developing innovative strategies and shaping digital media use in the security industry, he leads a dynamic company that empowers telling the story of victims, criminals, justice, security business and financial market news.
Mission
Our mission is to innovate digital media to empower, protect, and safeguard the world.
Our challenge is that our great country is being dangerously divided by political ideology, race, wealth, abortion, and the simple right as a collective of people in the greatest country in the world to feel secure.
The second paragraph of the United States Declaration of Independence, however, lets us know and we shall remember that:
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, and that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness.
While these words and ideals are enshrined in our collective culture as Americans, we’re blitzed by sensational and exploitative soundbite news, the nationalization of media, thousands of news outlets with varying levels of quality and integrity, and what appears to remain are ideological debates, which fail to embrace the promise of a shared destiny. While I’m hopeful, it’s clear our common stories that unite and connect us as people, are under siege.
America, is where I was born and raised. I grew-up living on the fence line of a strawberry farm in Norwich, CT. Life quickly changed, however, when my mother, a single mom of five children, became one of the first women welders at General Dynamics, working night shifts in subzero temperatures to weld the hull of a “Trident” nuclear submarine. Since this time, I became well aware of what it would take to keep a country safe, and how the creation of might can be a deterrent to war, not invite war. The Big Stick Ideology by, President Theodore Roosevelt’s foreign policy: “speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far.”
In 2023-2024, Security 2.0, Inc., briefly partnered with CNN. Our news staff, and writers gained a valuable experience accessing CNN technology, broadcasters and international journalists.
Security TV news coverage:
Immigration – We need common sense border controls and an immigration policy that works for America and the future of all Americans.
Gun Violence Epidemic – Full disclosure, the founder of Security TV, Dr. James Hall, joined the NRA before he became a teenager, raised on the belief that owning a gun is an American value. He grew up hunting and fishing but no longer has an interest in shooting animals. Today, his values of safety and gun ownership are challenged by gun violence, which is a public health epidemic. Many innocent people have died as a result of firearm injuries every year in the United States, while so many others are wounded. How do we balance these competing values of safe gun ownership and the gun violence epidemic? It’s time to move past single events, dig deeper into the root cause(s) of this epidemic, and deliver the long-form news to allow for real-change. In fact, 39,707 Americans died from gun violence in 2019. This equates to over 3,300 gun deaths each month, over 763 gun deaths a week, and nearly 109 people killed with guns every day. The numbers are staggering, and we must never forget that behind them are very real stories of people with stories of their own. Individuals who are no longer with us because of a preventable tragedy.
Domestic terrorism – Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups to further ideological goals stemming from domestic influences, such as those of a political, religious, social, racial, or environmental nature.
International terrorism – Violent, criminal acts committed by individuals and/or groups who are inspired by, or associated with, designated foreign terrorist organizations or nations (state-sponsored).
Cybersecurity – The practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks. These cyberattacks are usually aimed at assessing, modifying, or destroying sensitive information; Ransomware: extorting money from users; or interrupting normal business processes.
Consumer privacy – This involves the handling and protection of sensitive personal information provided by customers in the course of everyday transactions.
Global health security – How strong and resilient is our public health system, which should be able to prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease threats, wherever they occur in the world?
Election security – The heart of our democracy is the protection of elections and the voting infrastructure, keeping it safe from cyberattack or cyber threat – including the tampering with or infiltration of voting machines and equipment, election office networks and practices, and voter registration databases. Election security also includes voter suppression and the efforts to erase voting rights for millions of people, which has escalated across the country.
Community policing – Community-oriented policing (COP), a strategy of policing that focuses on developing relationships with community members. The central goal of community policing is for police to build relationships with the community, including through local agencies to reduce social disorder. Security TV coverage news coverage will also include Police misconduct, referring to inappropriate conduct and illegal actions taken by police officers in connection with their official duties, and America’s commitment to justice.
National security – The security and defense of the United States, including its citizens, economy, and institutions, is a function of the federal government. This role includes defense, arms control, nuclear proliferation, caring for military families, space force, immigration & border security, among other aspects of protection.
Diplomacy or International Relations – The practice of influencing the decisions and conduct of foreign governments or intergovernmental organizations through discussion, negotiation, and other nonviolent more thoughtful means.
Global action on Global Threats – The global challenges facing the United States—from climate change and mass migration to technological disruption and infectious diseases—have grown more complex and more urgent, while the rapid advance of authoritarianism, nationalism, and illiberalism has undermined our ability to collectively meet them.
Violence against women (VAW) – Gender-based violence and sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV), which are violent acts primarily or exclusively committed against women or girls are crimes. Such violence is often considered a form of hate crime, committed against women or girls specifically because they are female.
Hate Crimes – Traditional offenses like murder, arson, or vandalism with an added element of bias. For the purposes of collecting statistics, the FBI has defined a hate crime as a “criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.” Hate itself is not a crime—and the FBI is mindful of protecting freedom of speech and other civil liberties.
Drug-related crime – Possession, manufacture, or distribution of drugs among so many other topics of concern to citizens. It’s time to re-balance these citizen concerns with long-form investigative journalism – giving stories the air time they deserve!
It’s time to balance these concerns with the time they deserve.