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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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Homeland Security: We Can Hold Laptops Indefinitely!!!

2008-08-02 08:50:02 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has concocted a remarkable new policy: It reserves the right to seize for an indefinite period of time laptops taken across the border.A pair of DHS policies from last month say that Customs agents can routinely -- as a matter of course
 
Tags: homeland security, time laptops, customs agents, indefinite period, dhs policies, department, month, remarkable, reserves
 
 
 
 
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The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists

2008-10-07 05:48:53 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...homeland; and that people join al-Qaida to, among other things, get the United States out of the Persian Gulf If you believe this model, the way to fight terrorism is to change that equation, and that's what most experts advocate. Governments tend to minimize the political gains of terrorism through a no-concessions policy; the international...
 
Tags: ineffective, highly ineffective terrorists, terrorists, people join, people join hamas, people join al-qaida, terrorist organizations, organizations, al-qaida
 
 
 
 
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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...