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Homeland Security Cost-Benefit Analysis

2008-07-17 06:43:25 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Homeland," it lays out some common send premises and policy implications. The premises: 1. The number of potential terrorist targets is essentially infinite. 2. The probability that any individual target will be attacked is essentially zero. 3. If one potential target happens to enjoy a degree of protection, the agile terrorist usually can...
 
Tags: potential targets invulnerable, potential targets, targets, protection, invulnerable, protection measures, paper, paper attempts, potential terrorist targets
 
 
 
 
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Montana Governor: Homeland Security 'Blinks' on Real ID

2008-03-22 04:30:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
Montana governor Brian Schweitzer declares victory Friday after the Department of Homeland Security sends his state an extension to the Real ID act, despite his insistence Montana will never comply with a mandate he describes as a "boondoggle
 
Tags: homeland security sends, insistence montana, real, extension, department, boondoggle, comply, describes, act
 
 
 
 
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College Degrees in Homeland Security

2008-04-09 06:40:45 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
It's a growing field : More than 200 colleges have created homeland-security degree and certificate programs since 9/11, and another 144 have added emergency management with a terrorism bent
 
Tags: emergency management, degree, colleges, programs, terrorism, field
 
 
 
 
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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
...Homeland Security notified the Chief Information Officer of the State of South Carolina of suspicious activity involving Greenville County School District data. A malicious program had been installed on a computer used by the school district's benefits department that captured sensitive personal information belonging to certain school...
 
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
 
...Homeland Security (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...
 
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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Playing around with my blog

2007-09-26 18:40:21 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...Homeland Stupidity threat rating. Yes, it's intended to spoof the Homeland Security national threat level, which as we all know doesn't provide anything actionable for ordinary citizens. This website has some good commentary that'll make your blood boil Technorati stuff--authority display (which isn't working, maybe it takes a while?),...
 
Tags: blog, time, blog software, technorati favorites, days ago, ordinary citizens, technorati stuff, right-hand column, blood boil
 
 
 
 
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NSA Monitoring U.S. Government Internet Traffic

2008-02-04 06:30:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23, has not been previously disclosed. Plans to expand the NSA's role in cyber-security were reported in the Baltimore Sun in September According to congressional aides and former White House officials with knowledge of the program, the directive outlines measures collectively referred to as the "cyber...
 
Tags: government, nsa, detect attacks, attacks, domestic government traffic, plan attacks, white house officials, white house, data
 
 
 
 
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DHS Warns of Female Suicide Bombers

2008-02-13 12:35:56 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...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 the agencies "have no specific, credible intelligence indicating that terrorist organizations intend to utilize female suicide bombers against targets in...
 
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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Spending Money on the Wrong Security Threats

2008-02-19 07:18:32 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...homeland security grants can now be used to prepare for tornados. As a result, Putnam County is using its grant money to prepare for something else Weapons of mass destruction," Hyten said That's right -- weapons of mass destruction. This year, Putnam County spent most of its $58,000 homeland security grant to buy dozens of gas masks, boxes...
 
Tags: putnam county, county, mass destruction, weapons, terrorism protection plan, rural county, emergency management director, homeland security grant, fifty miles west
 
 
 
 
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Senators: What's Up With the Secret Cybersecurity Plans?

2008-05-04 22:00:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
A key Senate oversight panel begs for answers on what the new cyber-security "Manhattan Project" is up to. It's so secretive even the Senate Homeland Security committee can't find out what's going on and why Homeland Security wants to triple the cybersecurity budget
 
Tags: homeland security, homeland security committee, oversight panel begs, cybersecurity budget, manhattan project, key, <