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Richard Clarke on recent Mideast cable outages

I just happened to be reading Breakpoint by Richard Clarke last week. The premise for the book is that the US finds itself undergoing a series of attacks on its infrastructure starting with simultaneous bombings of several beach heads for the main trans-Atlantic fiber cables as well as undersea cuttings...

Tags: Richard Clarke, Outage, Oracle Real Application Cluster, Fiber, Mideast, Cable Outage, Breakpoint, Threatchaos, Cable, Network Technology, Blade Servers, Databases, Enterprise Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Servers, Hardware, Software, Data Management, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2008-02-06

Straight talk on terrorism

Straight talk on terrorismCybersecurityIMHO1. Virus protection is not enough on its own.That's like giving s flu jab to a guy that's got the flu.2. So we need at least software firewalling as well.3. This should be a minimum requirement of netiquette. If this were so, 99% of infected machines would...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Vertical industries, virus protection, terrorism, CLaRK, George W, Clarke, government, Richard Clarke, security, cyberterrorism

Discussion threads 2004-11-18

Richard Clarke: He could have secured the Net

Richard Clarke: He could have secured the Nethello worldClarkehello worldClarkehello worldClarkebad messagebad badthird test tierugly

Tags: Richard Clarke

Discussion threads 2004-05-03

Additional Resources

Placing bets on proposed cyberczar position

President-elect Obama should appoint a Center for Cybersecurity Operations and appoint a cyberczar to oversee its operations, according to a report by the U.S. Commission on Cybersecurity. According to Business Week: Active policing of government and corporate networks would include new rules and a "red...

Tags: Cybersecurity, CRN, Powell, Government, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-12-10

If McCain skips debate, there's always Google In Quotes

John McCain just called for postponement of Friday's debate until the financial crisis is solved, as the Boston Globe reports. If that happens, there's always Google In Quotes, a Labs project offering up news quotes from the candidates, not only for the U.S. presidential race but also for contests in...

Tags: Google Inc., Health Care, John McCain, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-09-24

Wordcamp 2008

In the quiet flats of University of California San Francisco Mission Bay campus, bloggers, thinkers, journalists, developers, and inventors melt together for a full day of lectures and learning. The goal of Wordcamp 2008 is to figure out the future of publishing on the web. ...

Tags: Open Source, Blog, Wordpress, Plug-in, Automattic, Wordcamp, Mullenweg 3:00, BuddyPress, Discovery Channel, Al Upton, ChickSpeak, ScholarPress, Netconcepts, Post Title, Akismet, Virality, Diso, Compliment Spam, Monotone, Prologue, GigaOm Daily, Gigalogue, Comments Screen, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2008-08-16

News to know: Cosmos, a new OS; Google Apps; Cisco worries; Patches galore

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Cosmos: An open-source .Net-based microkernel OS is born Microsoft runs its datacenters on 'Autopilot' Dan Farber: Google launches free Team Edition of Apps. Larry Dignan: Cisco's second quarter in line; Sees slower growth ahead ...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Time Warner Inc., Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., Operating System, Patch Management, Cisco Systems Inc., SugarCRM, Virtualization, Cable, Network Technology, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Storage

Blog posts 2008-02-07

Richard+Clarke+on+recent+Mideast+cable+outages

Richard+Clarke+on+recent+Mideast+cable+outages9/11Think about what would have happened on 9/11 if an airliner would have taken out 60 Hudson Street in Manhattan, rather than the WTC. The 60 Hudson office is one of the most dense international communications hubs in the world. Voice, data including TV network feeds, Internet...

Tags: Hudson

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Fourth cable cut in Mideast

On top of the news today that yet another cable has been broken connecting the Mideast to the rest of the world we learn that the first two cables were not cut by ships dragging their anchors. According to at least one report an Egyptian ministry...

Tags: Cable, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Richard Stiennon

Blog posts 2008-02-03

Network Neutrality Summit at University of San Francisco

I will be speaking at the Network Neutrality Summit this morning at the University of San Francisco.  They will be streaming this event LIVE at ustream.tv.  Fireworks start at 9:00AM which is the panel I will be on with: Richard Clarke - AT&T Lawrence Spiwak, Phoenix Center...

Tags: Network, Internet, Networking, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-01-26

Craig of craigslist: Bush phone surveillance requests pre-date 9/11

 Craig Newmark, who of course is the craig in craigslist, comments in essence that while the Reagan administration obeyed the law to gather intelligence information on Communists, the current Administration in Washington has been attempting to persuade telephone companies to allow warrantless intercepts of possible terrorist phone calls even...

Tags: Phone, Agency, 9/11 Commission, Telecom & Utilities, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-12-17

Another angle on best of breed in the web office game

After reading Richard MacManus' post about the best of breed Web Office products, I started thinking about my experiences with some of the applications he listed. He pointed to a few I was either completely unfamiliar with or had only taken a brief look at. After doing some catching up,...

Tags: Google Gmail, Web

Blog posts 2006-02-23

A private sector vision for broadband emergency communications

Has government's ability to deal with mass crises such as 9/11 improved with the introduction of broadband wireless technology and the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security?Well, doubtful.With the recent debacle of uncoordinated Hurricane Katrina-related assistance response among various government agencies still fresh in our minds, it has...

Tags: Jennings

Blog posts 2005-11-17

Understanding vulnerability: Does hiding information make us more or less safer?

Two years ago, grad student Sean Gorman was researching the question of what parts of the national infrastructure would be most vulnerable to terrorist attack. His dissertation included "detailed maps of the intersections of and weak spots in the power, telecommunications and transportation networks that support the business and industrial...

Tags: Sean Gorman

Blog posts 2005-09-20

How to regulate software?

The security and potential government regulation of software are hotly debated at the RSA Conference.RSA Conference panelists take a hard look at the pros and cons of regulating the software industry. Speakers include TechNet CEO Rick White, Counterpane CTO Bruce Schneier, ITAA President Harris Miller and former White House cybersecurity...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, software

Videos 2005-02-17

30000 Internet-connected zombie networks in 2004

Richard Clarke, former security advisor to the President of the United States, estimated the number of zombie computer networks at 30,000. This is a surge from 2,000 networks observed last year. The numbers are not exactly informative, as it doesn't tell about the total number of Internet-connected PCs infected with...

Tags: security advisor, network

Blog posts 2004-11-05

Lawmaker: Beware of cyber-Pearl Harbor

Lawmaker: Beware of cyber-Pearl HarborBut I thought all we had to do was change the nameTerm 'cyber-terrorism' damaging security investment, says ex-White House advisor Richard Clarkehttp://www.vnunet.com/news/1159204Basically what Clark says is that all we need to do is change the terminology and then IT managers will be infused with mass quantities...

Tags: Homeland security, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Osama bin Laden

Discussion threads 2004-11-05