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DHS notified the Greenville County School District of compromise

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2008-01-07 09:08:03 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...DHS) noticed and reported it. I assume that the DHS runs network IDS/IPS and this is how it was detected. IDS/IPS takes a considerable amount of tuning and attention. A good IDS/IPS specialist follows-up on anomalies rather than just tuning the alert out. Good work on the part of DHS Past Breaches Unknown
 
Tags: computer, benefits department computer, benefits department, benefits department accesses, department, school district, school district employees, employees, homeland security
 
 
 
 
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Another 'shoe' drops -- DHS cyber security breach top of news this week

2007-09-25 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...DHS). In a Washington Post article on Monday, September 24, writers Ellen Nakashima and Brian Krebs reported that the "...FBI is investigating a major information technology firm with a $1.7 billion Department of Homeland Security contract after it allegedly failed to detect cyber break-ins traced to a Chinese-language Web site and then tried...
 
Tags: homeland security, homeland security contract, department, cyber security front, washington post article, detect cyber break-ins, billion department, congressional investigators, web site
 
 
 
 
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DHS f*cking up Wikipedia

2007-12-23 15:28:23 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
This host, n021.dhs.gov, is registered to the United States Department of Homeland Security, and may be shared by multiple users."...."Please stop adding nonsense to Wikipedia. It is considered vandalism
 
Tags: wikipedia, homeland security, dhs, multiple users, department, stop, vandalism, gov, host
 
 
 
 
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DHS Warns of Female Suicide Bombers

2008-02-13 12:35:56 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
First paragraph : Terrorists increasingly favor using women as suicide bombers to thwart security and draw attention to their causes, a new FBI-Department of Homeland Security assessment concludes Photo caption: Female suicide bombers can use devices to make them appear pregnant, a security assessment says Second paragraph: The assessment said...
 
Tags: suicide bombers, female suicide bombers, terrorists increasingly favor, terrorist organizations intend, assessment, security assessment, thwart security, credible intelligence, photo caption
 
 
 
 
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The National Cyber Exercise

2008-02-06 13:29:21 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...DHS slide deck Provided a controlled environment to exercise State, Federal, International, and Private Sector response to a cyber related incident of national significance Large scale exercise through simulated incident reporting only no actual impact or attacks on live networks Specifically directed by Congress ... and coordinated with DHS...
 
Tags: cyber, national cyber exercise, exercise, exercise objective, security, exercise results, international, international government participants, security contact
 
 
 
 
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The National Cyber Exercise

2008-02-06 13:29:21 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...DHS slide deck Provided a controlled environment to exercise State, Federal, International, and Private Sector response to a cyber related incident of national significance Large scale exercise through simulated incident reporting only ??? no actual impact or attacks on live networks Specifically directed by Congress ... and coordinated with...
 
Tags: cyber, national cyber exercise, exercise, exercise objective, security, exercise results, international, international government participants, security contact
 
 
 
 
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US Government planning to spend 10% of its IT budget on cyber-security by 2009.

2008-02-25 13:59:58 by Khalid Kark in Security & Risk Management
 
...DHS (Department of Homeland Security) had less than a 5% increase, they dont have their priorities right or that we should fund federal agencies based on how well they do on FISMA. These numbers may seem a little out of whack, but here is why I think the US government is headed in the right direction 1. US government should be spending more...
 
Tags: cyber-security, budget, cyber-security budget, security, government, measure security, security budgets, mature security postures, government infrastructure
 
 
 
 
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Is the Bush Administration Getting Serious About Information Security?

2007-11-16 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...DHS) and other federal agencies. The majority of the initial budget request (which would shift current government fiscal year money from other projects) will reportedly be focused on expanding DHS's "Einstein" program , which is run by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team . See this Federal Computer Week story by Jason Miller titled...
 
Tags: cyber security initiatives, white house officials, homeland security, million, jason miller, federal agencies, dhs, president bush, initial budget
 
 
 
 
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Halvar Flake Denied Entry to U.S. for Black Hat

2007-07-29 12:39:01 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
...DHS actually asked why the training he's doing couldn't be performed by an American citizen. I'm speechless. Flake will now need to get a Business visa from the U.S. embassy, a process that can take a long time. Without going into specifics, this isn't the only story I've heard lately about the DHS stifling computer security research. Flake's...
 
Tags: black hat, flake, computer security research, entry, stupid technicality, reactionary stupidity, process, business visa, dhs
 
 
 
 
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Is it safer to fly or drive? (and why you can't do one without the other)

2008-05-01 00:00:00 by Kevin Bowers in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast