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- Air marshall info among 100,000 records on lost TSA hard drive
- The Transportation Security Administration has lost a hard drive with personal information from 100,000 current and former employees. TSA isnt sure whether its just lost or if it was stolen but in either case they "deeply regret this incident," Ars Technica reports. And so, as in so many...
- Tags: Security, Homeland security, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-05-08
- TSA watchlists based on antique technology. Would ChoicePoint do a better job?
- Writing in Technology Review, Mark Williams explains that the problem with the Transportation Security Administrations watchlists - which famously produce reams of false positives - is based on a very old algorithm called Soundex. Latanya Sweeney, director of the Data Privacy Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon Universitys School...
- Tags: Government technology, Privacy, Homeland security
- Blog posts 2007-04-13
- Port worker ID card program starts - without card readers
- The Department of Homeland Security announced a new program, to start in March, that will require 750,000 U.S. port and maritime workers to carry biometric identification cards. There will be no card readers for at least a year, though, The Sacramento Bee reports. The Transportation Security...
- Tags: Transportation Security Administration, United States Coast Guard, Security, Homeland security, Government technology
- Blog posts 2007-01-04
- Secure Flight violated privacy law, report finds
- The Transportation Security Administration violated federal law by gathering passenger information from commercial databases without notifying passengers, a report by the Department of Homeland Securitys privacy office concludes. According to the Washington Post, TSAs Secure Flight program violated the 1974 Privacy Act, which requires that the public be...
- Tags: Transportation Security Administration, EagleForce, commercial data, Government technology, Homeland security, Privacy
- Blog posts 2006-12-22
- Airport security exceptions and subjectivity: What a crock
- Airport security exceptions and subjectivity: What a crockSome airports give baggies outI recently flew out of Seattle and Oakland and not only did that pre-screening guy check your baggie, he had baggies to give you if you didn't have one.Regarding Holiday Inns, you've stumbled upon something there. I remember...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Holiday Inns, crock, Transportation Security Administration, security, government, airport security, homeland security
- Discussion threads 2006-10-20
- U.S. transportation security administration (TSA) Recruiting and Hiring
- In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the U.S. on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush signed the Aviation and Transportation Security Act on November 19, 2001, creating the new Transportation Security Administration TSA. One of TSA's mandates was to accomplish the largest peacetime mobilisation in U.S. history...
- Tags: Hiring, Recruiting, Pearson Government Solutions, Transportation Security Administration, Human Capital, Transportation, Corporate Insurance, Recruitment & Selection, Homeland Security, Business Security, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Business Operations, Government
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- News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Stonesoft Security in Virtual Environments
- As I mentioned in the post, Virtualization and security, quite a number of suppliers focused on security in virtualized environments have come forward to speak with me in the past month. Stonesoft is one of those companies. Mark Boltz, Senior Solutions Architect, and Greg Mead, Solutions Architect, both of Stonesoft,...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Stonesoft, Stonegate Management Center, Security, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- Mashups turn into an industry as offerings mature
- There were a great many product announcements at Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco last month, but it was the number of announcements around Web-based mashups in particular that received a large share of attendee and media attention. By my count there were at least nine significant announcements in...
- Tags: Web, Industry, Mashup, JackBe, Lotus Mashups, MashupHub, Mindtouch, Itasca, Serena, Mashup Exchange, SnapLogic, Dion Hinchcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Verdiem spruces up its Survey PC power management software
- Verdiem, one of the better known developers of power management software that counts Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Microsoft among its close partners, has delivered an impressive upgrade to its Surveyor technology. According to the Seattle-based company, the focus was on providing IT managers with even more configuration flexibility than previously available....
- Tags: Software, Power Management, PC, Power Consumption, Survey, Verdiem, Desktops, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- No, really, we're studying physics
- I've only recently discovered the joys of roller coasters; according to my 13-year old, I have a very manly scream. I guess that's a compliment. Regardless, I'm taking my physics class to Six Flags New England (made possible in part by a generous donation from Rocky's Ace Hardware,...
- Tags: Physics, Insurance, Financial Planning, Corporate Communications, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Marketing, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO
- Microsoft's participation in the One Laptop Per Child OLPC initiative has been fraught with mystery and disinformation from the get-go. But on May 15, Microsoft officials finally gave the OLPC project Redmond's official blessing. Up to this point, OLPC Chief Nicholas Negroponte preannounced Microsoft's every move on...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., One Laptop Per Child Project, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Verizon wins homeland security contract
- Verizon picked up a huge contract from the Department of Homeland Security: a $670 million deal to provide IP and security services over 10 years, Reuters reports. Verizon was the primary winner of the 10-year, $20 billion contract to provide a full range of telecommunications and related...
- Tags: Network, Verizon Communications Inc., Networking, Homeland Security, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Ideology and self interest won't win health care debate
- The knives have already come out in the fight against health care reform in 2009. On the one hand we have ideology, represented by former Rep. Dick Armey, who complains that some Republicans are getting weak-kneed in their rejection of any but the most "market-oriented" (i.e., tilted...
- Tags: Physician, Ideology, Health Care, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- OS security scorecard for Q1 08 - Do patch numbers mean anything to anyone?
- Jeff Jones, director of security strategy for Microsoft, has published two papers this week which look at OS vulnerabilities. According to Jones, Windows sees fewer patches than any of the other operating systems looked at. If you're in the mood for a read, here are the papers:...
- Tags: Security, Operating System, Patch Management, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- DIY phishing kits introducing new features
- What are some of the main factors for the increase of phishing attacks, and their maturity from passive emails to blended threats attempting to not just steal personal information, but also infect with malware by embedding client-side vulnerabilities at the pages? It's all a matter of perspective, which in this...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Safari "Carpet Bomb" attack information released
- Nitesh Dhanjani released information about some of his newest research on the Safari web browser this morning, and interestingly enough, Apple has decided NOT to fix some of the issues he presented. Dhanjani reported three issues, as follows below from his blog: 1. Safari Carpet Bomb.It...
- Tags: HTML, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Issue, Safari Carpet Bomb.It, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- A stick and personal care for those who can afford it
- Lorne Stitsky has a dream. It's the comfortable life internists enjoyed generations ago. A small number of patients, whom he can know intimately and who will depend on him as families did way back when. You can almost hear Randy Newman's Dayton Ohio 1903 playing in the...
- Tags: Patient, Dr., Lorne Stitsky, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Virtualization and security
- It's easy to spot market trends when many vendors call to schedule meetings and all of them want to speak about the same topic. The topic du mois is security in virtualized environments. Some of the suppliers are taking a very broad view of both security and virtualized environments. Others...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Virtualization, Security, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Mobius Seattle 2008: SE, MWg, and HTC show off their devices
- I was very pleased to be invited to the first Mobius event of 2008, that is actually being held here in the Seattle area. Thus, I had no travel to get to Mobius and that may have made the decision to invite me to this event...
- Tags: High Tech Computer Corp., Device, Mobile, Mobius, XPERIA, SE, Panel Technology, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
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