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The US Air Force declares war on blogs!

2008-02-27 20:44:15 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...Force. From what I understand this is limited to the Air Force and not our other armed services I use the term our troops, not their troops, because this isn't some foreign, totalitarian country or despotic dictatorship we are talking about, where the troops have to be watched so they don't cross over to the other side. These are the men and...
 
Tags: air force, air force folks, troops, line, freedom, blogs, official-use sources, front line heroes, return freedom
 
 
 
 
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The US Air Force declares war on blogs!

2008-02-27 19:44:35 by HASH0x8b35450 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...Force. From what I understand this is limited to the Air Force and not our other armed services I use the term our troops, not their troops, because this isn't some foreign, totalitarian country or despotic dictatorship we are talking about, where the troops have to be watched so they don't cross over to the other side. These are the men and...
 
Tags: air force, air force folks, troops, line, freedom, blogs, official-use sources, front line heroes, return freedom
 
 
 
 
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President's ID Theft Task Force issues strategic plan -- does it go far enough?

2007-05-02 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...Force released Combating Identity Theft: A Strategic Plan on April 23rd in Washington, D.C. The Task Force , which is co-chaired by U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Deborah Majoras, was established by an executive order from President Bush in May 2006. Attorney General Gonzales and Chairman...
 
Tags: plan, president, strategic plan, ftc, task force, national ftc forum, alberto gonzales, authentication, authentication issues
 
 
 
 
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Head of Air Force Cyber Command discusses new role, cyberattack defenses

2008-01-23 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
As the head of its new "Cyber Command," Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Elder is seeking to bolster the military's ability to take on a cyberattack. In this interview with Network World, he discusses how the Air Force is doing it
 
Tags: air force, cyber command, head, discusses, network world, robert elder, cyberattack, bolster, military
 
 
 
 
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Inside the Multimillion-Dollar Battle to Host the Air Force's New 'Cyber Command'

2008-02-11 02:00:00 by Marty Graham in Wired Security
 
From Yuba City, California, to Bellevue, Nebraska, communities are fighting it out to host the headquarters of the Air Force's new Cyber Command, an elite force dedicated to defeating the enemy in cyberspace. With billions in contracts and local spending on the line, who will win the future of warfare
 
Tags: air force, cyber command, elite force, yuba city, host, warfare, california, local, future
 
 
 
 
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Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers

2008-05-13 20:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to -- and "full control" of -- any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries' information infrastructure completely undetected
 
Tags: air force, information infrastructure completely, info warriors, hacker tools, control, tabs, adversaries, access, suite
 
 
 
 
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Air Force Aims for 'Full Control' of 'Any and All' Computers

2008-05-14 20:10:50 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
The Air Force wants a suite of hacker tools, to give it "access" to--and "full control" of--any kind of computer there is. And once the info warriors are in, the Air Force wants them to keep tabs on their "adversaries' information infrastructure completely undetected." The government is growing increasingly interested in waging war online
 
Tags: air force, information infrastructure completely, info warriors, hacker tools, war online, control, government, tabs, adversaries
 
 
 
 
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PCI Compliance: Learning from the U.S. Air Force

2008-06-05 00:12:46 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
 
...forces response to web breaches From SC Magazine In the spring of 2005, someone broke into a web application for the Assignment Management System of the United States Air Force, and stole 33,000 records. As data breaches go judged by numbers alone this is a drop in the bucket. But judging by extent of loss, the breach was expansive. The...
 
Tags: air force, air force officers, pci compliance, assignment management system, records, data, data breaches, academic records, online merchants
 
 
 
 
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Ousted Air Force Secretary Looks Back in Cyber

2008-06-19 06:06:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Recently ousted Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne looks back on some of his achievements -- and settles some old scores. Noah Shachtman reports from the Air Force's Cyber Symposium
 
Tags: air force, noah shachtman reports, cyber symposium, scores, settles, recently, achievements