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National image database could tag child porn

The head of the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children told Congress today that Internet search engines are working on a scheme to make kiddie porn images much more difficult to access, Ars Technica reports.According to Ernie Allen, CEO of the NCMEC, child pornography can float around the Internet...

Tags: Law enforcement

Blog posts 2007-07-24

National Nonprofit Rapidly Disseminates Information to Help Find Missing Children

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children NCMEC is dedicated to helping to prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, helping to find missing children, and assisting victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, as well as their families, and the professionals who serve them. The Center needed a robust,...

Tags: Network, High-performance, Cisco Systems Inc., NCMEC, Leadership, Networking, Management

Case studies 2006-02-09

NCMEC: Child pornography on P2P is insignificant

The NCMEC, a federally funded non-profit organization that serves as a national resource center for information related to crimes against children, operates a CyberTipline that receives child pornography tips provided by the public and ISPs. Last year, the NCMEC CyberTiplines received more than 62,000 Internet-related reports of child pornography. Of...

Tags: NCMEC

Blog posts 2003-12-12

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) Taps the Power of Technology to Reunite Tens of Thousands of Missing Children With Their Families

According to National Center for Missing & Exploited Children NCMEC, time is the enemy in missing child cases. Being able to receive, validate, update, analyze, and transfer pictures, tips, and data quickly and securely among federal and law enforcement agencies is critical. It requires strong integration among every element involved...

Tags: Computer Associates International Inc., NCMEC, Advertising & Promotion, Databases, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Case studies

National Center for Missing & Exploited Children Spyware Problem Solved "Magically Overnight" With CA's eTrust PestPatrol Anti-Spyware

The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children NCMEC is the nation's resource center for child protection. One of the departments within NCMEC, the Exploited Child Unit ECU, has the task of actively searching child pornography web sites, which has led to rampant spyware infestation. After almost giving up, NCMEC...

Tags: CA eTrust, Computer Associates International Inc., Anti-spyware, NCMEC, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Cyberthreats

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US Government leadership in cyber security lacking

US Government leadership in cyber security lackingWar on TechnologyI can see a great headline coming someday; WAR ON TECHNOLOGY: US Seeks to Fight War on Technology.Peace and Cheers,mpNote that the official quoted......holds a patronage appointment, which gives us a good idea of who to blame for this state of...

Tags: US Government leadership, cyber security, cybercrime, U.S. Government, leadership, government, security

Discussion threads 2007-12-13

MySpace to send U.S. users missing children alerts

MySpace to send U.S. users missing children alertsMySpace to send U.S. users missing children alertsMySpace finally does something good.My Space Amber AlertsThis is nothing new or unusual. Project Safekids has been providing Amber Alerts on My Space and all other social networking websites for quite some time now. My Space...

Tags: children alert, U.S. Users, My-Space, MySpace

Discussion threads 2007-01-23