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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

Spy agencies look to Facebook for future of intel

The Directorate of National Intelligence continues to push the social networking envelope for the intelligence community. The Financial Times reports that DNI will launch A-Space, which officials describe as "MySpace for spies." Thomas Fingar, the deputy director of national intelligence for analysis, believes the common workspace will generate better analysis...

Tags: Social Networking, Facebook, Agency, Intelligence Community, ZDNet Government

Blog posts 2007-08-22

Intel agency considers cracking down on sat images

The intelligence community is concerned about the widespread availability of satellite images on sites like Google Earth. The little-known National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency says the government may act to restrict distribution, the Associated Press reports. "If there was a situation where any imagery products were being used by adversaries to...

Tags: Intelligence, Government technology

Blog posts 2007-05-09

Additional Resources

NetWitness Investigator 9.0.4.3 (Windows)

NetWitness Investigator is the award-winning interactive threat analysis application of the NetWitness NextGen product suite. Investigator provides security operations staff, auditors, and fraud and forensics investigators the power to perform unprecedented free-form contextual analysis of raw network data captured and reconstructed by the NetWitness NextGen infrastructure. Developed originally for the...

Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, Analysis, NetWitness Investigator, Investigator

Software downloads 2009-11-17

60 Minutes: We're not ready for a cyber war

Just like 9/11 thousands will have to die Before we give a damn. It's really a shame.and everything workshow's that possible?Unfortuantely, it will take a disasterIn the US, until disater strikes no one will do anything. Once it does happen then there will be screaming for heads to role....

Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Regulations, FERC, Obama, hacker, Bush

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Apple shipping new jailbreak-proof iPhone 3GS

hasince they used the work impossible i'll give them 1 month. That is, one month until the figure out how to jail break that sucker, may be 2.If people are able to figure out how to make their own hackintosh computer I'm pretty sure they will be able to...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

FTC publishes final rules on blogger payola, endorsements

It's about time!It's only fair that if somebody refers you to a product or a service through their blog, and they have received any sort of remuneration, that they reveal this information to you.won't workhow are you going to find the ofenders?padded reviews, stuffed 'online polls' is just something we...

Tags: Blogging, FTC, advertisement, blogger, blog

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

The burnout risks for E2.0 community managers

Dion Hinchcliffe's piece on community management surprised me. There is a sense that Dion is trying to lay down some ground rules in an area that is too new for anyone to draw anything other than tentative and early stage conclusions. That's not to say that conclusions are incorrect. There...

Tags: Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-09-29

Microsoft Zune HD: Going beyond the specs

Zune PlatformI think its quite easy to see where MS are going with this, establish a brand for Entertainment *Zune make some premium products *Zune HD and try to continue to raise its profile. The strength here is that if they can provide a more unified mediacentre/xbox/zune/mobile store accross all...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Advertising & Promotion, TV & Home Theater, Zune 4.0, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-09-15

Who's the fairest HR product of them all.......

Every year, I set aside some budget monies to attend a couple of events/shows. I’m fortunate that some software vendors waive some of the costs if I’m covering the event as a press/analyst person. Events are expensive to attend and hurt my chargeability at the same time. I choose carefully...

Tags: Software, Human Resources Inc., Registration Site, Tools & Techniques, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-08-16

What Asus wants in a Linux

Linux needs a real mainstream distroLinux unfortunately is too fragmented to get the attention of consumers.Way too many distributions. We think Microsoft is bad with Windows! But just look at how many our out there of Linux! Hey Linux idiots! stop doing so many and concentrate on one well...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ASUS, Driver Problem, Linux, Nope

Discussion threads 2009-08-08

Spammers go multilingual, use automatic translation services

For years spammers relied on basic mass marketing concepts in an attempt to target everyone, everywhere, thereby sacrificing quality for quantity. Things changed, at least for some of them. Realizing the advantages of market segmentation, certain spammers started segmenting the databases of harvested or emails based on...

Tags: Spammer, Translation Service, Spam, Cyberthreats, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-07-28

IBM goes deeply predictive, announces acquisition of SPSS

IBM dropped a big bombshell at the start of any already action-packed day for the analyst community. At this moment, I’m sitting, along with several dozen of my peers from Forrester and other firms, at the IBM Smart Analytics System launch event in Hawthorne NY. I’ll blog on IBM’s other...

Tags: Acquisition, Analytics, SPSS Inc., IBM Corp., PA/DM, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Planning, Corporate Law, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, James Kobielus

Blog posts 2009-07-28

A Good Year for Security Collaboration

Guest Editorial by  George Stathakopoulos It seems like just yesterday when I was at Black Hat.  Now as I get ready to fly to Las Vegas again, I look forward to seeing a lot of security researchers, hearing their latest exploits and how they fared over the...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., Conficker Working Group, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-07-27

Windows 7 RTM - Get the facts

Windows 7 RTM - Get the facts[b]Q:[/b] Can I stay with Windows XP for now?[b]Q:[/b] Can I stay with Windows XP for now? - 7/22/2009[b]A:[/b] Yes you can. There's no compelling reason to make a switch to W7 even though we want you to spend the money.=========================[b]Or, Consider the...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 RTM, Microsoft Windows, Ubuntu, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2009-07-22

An Introduction to the Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite

The Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite is a comprehensive Business Intelligence BI suite that provides robust reporting, report server, data analysis, and data integration for organizations that want to make faster, better business decisions. It is available in two editions: Professional Edition and Community builds. This white paper introduces the capabilities...

Tags: JasperSoft, Jaspersoft Business Intelligence Suite, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management

White papers 2009-07-17

Coca-Cola Teaches The World To....

"Participating in the community of the consumer." I love that phrase.  That's the way Jim Keyes, Blockbuster CEO described their Facebook group - which is for the most part, despite all our conversations to the contrary, is what most people think of when you say "community" or "social network"...

Tags: Facebook, Fan, Coca-Cola Co., Beverage, Customer, Machine, Coke, Coca-Cola Freestyle, Food & Beverage, RFID, Manufacturing, Wireless And Mobility, Security, Biometrics, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-07-15

Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM

The debate and discussion about what defines Social CRM a.k.a. CRM 2.0 vs. its traditional parent has been going on for about 2 years pretty regularly and started, according to thought leader Graham Hill almost a decade before that. Personally, I'm done defining it and am moving...

Tags: Customer, Business, Tool, CRM, Social CRM, SCRM Business Strategy, Co-creation, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-07-06

Apple's secret society

Apple's secret societyI think people......have the right to know if he was bumped ahead on a waiting list just because he has money or if he legitimately waited his turn.They do not give livers, or other healthy organsto a person who has one removed due to cancer, so chances are...

Tags: Benefits, Financial accounting, Apple Inc., secret society

Discussion threads 2009-06-24

Jive & Telligent Get More Analytical

Jive, creator of 'Social Business Software 3.0', are announcing today an OEM agreement with business intelligence vendor SAP AG, through which it will deliver community analytics that combine the best in Social Business Software together with SAP® BusinessObjects™ BI OnDemand offerings. This partnership makes available complete cloud-based analytics...

Tags: Analytics, Social Computing, SAP AG, Enterprise 2.0, Telligent, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Business Intelligence, Financial Planning, Social Networking, Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Management, Software, Data Management, Finance, Online Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-06-23