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- Deadlines near for new ID cards for feds
- Two federal agencies have announced they will make some big decisions on smart ID cards early this year, The Washington Post reports. The Transportation Security Administration said it will pick a contractor to supply new identification cards for transportation workers soon. The winner would be responsible for screening the backgrounds...
- Tags: ID card, card, U.S. General Services Administration, GSA, Contracting, DHS, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-01-02
- EU concerned over traveler profiling
- The European Commission raised concerns about DHS screening program that creates risk profiles for every air traveler. Commissioners requested confirmation from the US that data shared is handled in accordance with a pact the EU and US signed in October, The Washington Post reports. Vice President Franco Frattini...
- Tags: DHS, Government technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-14
- DHS Secure Border cost could hit $30 billion
- The Dept. of Homeland Security inspector general says that the high-tech "virtual fence" on the Mexican border is likely to cost not $2 billion but as much as $30 billion, The Washington Post reports. The problem with the plan to deploy sensors, cameras and drones is likely...
- Tags: Government technology, DHS, Contracting, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Blog posts 2006-11-17
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- Report: Data-mining for terrorists doesn't work
- After years of the federal government grabbing all the data it could find, building huge collections through which to data-mine for connections that would yield leads to terrorism suspects, a 352-page study released on Tuesday by a committee of the National Research Council warned that such goals "will be...
- Tags: Terrorist, Terrorism, Homeland Security, Data Mining, Federal Government, Government, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- News to know: Palin's email hacked; Seinfeld-Microsoft; Tech meltdown; Visual Studio
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Sarah Palin's Yahoo account hijacked, e-mails posted online Adam O'Donnell: Don't be the next Sarah Palin (security victim, not VP candidate) Wikileaks: Sarah Palin...
- Tags: Microsoft Visual Studio, Yahoo! Inc., Blog, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Brondell, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, E-mail, Remote Access, Cloud Computing, Blogging, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Online Communications, Internet, Storage, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- DHS still doesn't quite get this cybersecurity thing
- DHS still doesn't quite get this cybersecurity thing"Based on the GAO–the single best part of government by the way"I generally like what they do as well. But it never seems to come to anything.Report after report from GAO: "You have or are going to run aground and are sinking"....
- Tags: cybersecurity thing, cybersecurity, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Discussion threads 2008-09-17
- DHS still doesn't quite get this cybersecurity thing
- The Department of Homeland Security is still lacking in the cybersecurity department, according to a bevy of critics. What's galling is that the DHS' inadequacies are barely news anymore. Here's what would be a real news flash: "DHS locks down cybersecurity. Hackers locked out!" Perhaps I'm cynical...
- Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Cybersecurity, Intelligence Community, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats
- Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threatsBig growth market for forensic consultingBut is it all legitimate? Probably not, if recent events are any indication. We have a number of foreign organizations using US-based forensics consultants to engage in espionage, both commercial and government. After all, why hire and train...
- Tags: Government, Real estate, Vertical industries, data threat, homeland security
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Leaked Homeland Security doc warns of data threats
- A memo from the US Department of Homeland Security has recommended that corporate and government leaders do not travel with mobile equipment carrying sensitive information. A document emphasizing mobile-data security threats has appeared online after being leaked from the US Department of Homeland Security. The...
- Tags: Document, Mobile, Homeland Security, Spokesperson, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, security, travel
- News items 2008-09-16
- MBTA published checksum info in court filings
- MBTA published checksum info in court filingsWho is MBTA?Admittedly, I could probably look it up, but it really should be one of the first things you mention in your article.The important question is TRO, not PROThe spectre of a permanent restraining order is a red herring. The immediate harm...
- Tags: SECURITY, MBTA, TRO, court filing, filing
- Discussion threads 2008-08-14
- Dell now ships XPS and Studio notebook with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 factory installed
- Dell now ships XPS and Studio notebook with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 factory installedPaula get this info over to Dana STAT!(He's in the market for a new Laptop):)Notice somthing about the Dell Offerings?All laptops and only one desktop:http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/linux_3x?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhsNow is your chance Dana. GO FOR THE GOLD!!! ;)Maybe, but.....As enthusiastic as I...
- Tags: Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, Notebooks, OPEN SOURCE, operating system, computer, Ubuntu Linux 8.04, Dell Computer Corp., Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu, notebook
- Discussion threads 2008-08-07
- TSA 'checkpoint-friendly' bags fly on 16 August
- After the news earlier this week the the Department of Homeland Security DHS is authorized to perform notebook computer searches at U.S. borders and the subsequent suits announced by the EFF and ALC comes a softer, friendlier federal government. The Transportation Security Administration TSA – who the...
- Tags: transportation security administration, notebooks, hardware, notebooks & tablets, jason d. o\'grady
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- News to know: iPhone Dev Camp; So long computer science; Intel
- Notable headlines: Andrew Mager: Touring iPhone Dev Camp 2 Live: Day 2 from the iPhone Dev Camp 2 Hands full? Get the iPhone arm Video: Spectrum ZX game montage Dion Hinchliffe: Enterprise cloud computing gathers steam ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Comcast Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Computer Science, Broadband, Computer, Intel Corp., Robots, Corporate Governance, Digital Cameras, Federal Government, Monitors & Displays, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Emerging Technologies, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Hardware, Components, Telecommunications, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- DHS searching laptops at border
- DHS searching laptops at borderAnybody who doesn't want their rights trifled with......should either forward ship their laptop to the destination or carry one of [url=http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF06a/321957-321957-64295-321838-3660143-3660785.html]these[/url]No data. No worries.RE: DHS searching laptops at border"Show me your laptop or iPOd and I'd better be satisfied or it's getting confiscated!"That sounds a...
- Tags: Notebooks, laptop computer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Discussion threads 2008-08-02
- DHS searching laptops at border
- The Post has the scoop on new DHS policies that allow agents to confiscate laptops at the border. Federal agents may take a traveler's laptop computer or other electronic device to an off-site location for an unspecified period of time without any suspicion of wrongdoing,...
- Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Laptop Computer, Post, Notebooks, Real Estate, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Business Operations, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Kaminsky to discuss DNS flaw at Black Hat sponsored webcast
- The Black Hat group on Twitter provided a message today alerting people to a webcast to be put on by Dan Kaminsky on the DNS vulnerabilities that I've heavily covered as follows: Dan Kaminsky breaks DNS, massive multi-vendor patch coming, details at Black Hat Vegas '08 ...
- Tags: Black Hat, Webcast, DNS, Flaw, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Improving Windows Vista's reliability
- Improving Windows Vista's reliabilityThank you AKH...... for telling the Vista bashing universer what the rest of us already knew. The naysayers bleat loud and long about how much Vista "suxors" but the rest of us just keep on using it, crash free and stable.Yep, it does "just work."One flaw...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Improving Windows Vista, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-06-23
- Hacking SCADA for terrorism and destruction
- Hacking SCADA for terrorism and destructionSCADA vulnerabilityAs an Engineer who has spent the past 20 years working on SCADA systems for water and wastewater plants, I have some comments on this article. And yes we are a user of CitectSCADA First, where I work, we NEVER connect our...
- Tags: Enterprise software, NETWORKING, hacking, terrorism, SCADA, network
- Discussion threads 2008-06-12
- Airport security part 2: TSA is failing us, let my associated ranting begin thusly
- I want to start out by saying that I take great personal risk of getting black listed before my flight to K.C. tomorrow morning, but I thought I'd talk about an article by Rafal Los on how the TSA is failing us again. This actually reminds me of an older article that...
- Tags: Airport Security, Transportation Security Administration, Rafal Los, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-09
- Did Chinese copy unattended U.S. laptop?
- Update: This article was corrected to indicate that the laptop in question was government owned and didn't belong to Commerce Sec. Carlos M. Gutierrez, who doesn't carry a laptop. News flash for high-ranking government officials visiting China: You just don't leave your laptop or PDA unattended –...
- Tags: Associated Press, Beijing, Laptop Computer, PDAs, Government, Notebooks, Handhelds, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-30
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