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Corporate Identity Theft

2008-08-16 09:58:30 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...Interior Ministry. There was enough information to prevent the fraud and indict a number of people behind it if the government had acted Instead of doing anything to save the Russian state from this highly sophisticated and organized looting, two of our complaints were thrown out immediately; two were returned to the same Interior Ministry...
 
Tags: russian police, police, russian, russian government, government, identity theft, russian-style, hermitage, fund
 
 
 
 
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Speaking of Security Podcast #69

2007-07-24 00:00:00 by Podcast Producers in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
Click here to listen/download (10:55 Speaking of Security Blogger, Shannon Kellogg , interviews Hord Tipton, former CIO of the U.S. Department of Interior . Hord shares a bit about how he led the reorganization and development the Department's IT infrastructure across eight major bureaus and how his focus moved more and more toward information...
 
Tags: interviews hord tipton, information security initiatives, department, focus moved, security blogger, major bureaus, hord shares, shannon kellogg, led
 
 
 
 
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Inspector General claims the Park Police are plagued by low morale

2008-02-10 06:46:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Interior Department's inspector general, the U.S. Park Police may not be properly protecting the Nation's monuments. Even the Fraternal order of Police have appealed for management changes and describe the agency as a "mess A Union survey found that only 2.2% of respondents had confidence in the Chief, Dwight E. Pettiford. When Chief...
 
Tags: police, park police, chief pettiford, pettiford, properly protect, monuments, properly, chief, inspector
 
 
 
 
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A law suit waiting to happen.

2007-12-06 04:25:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...interior and exterior cameras at the facility. The manager did not seem to comprehend the seriousness of the situation and casually mentioned how they had been thinking of putting in two cameras inside the basket ball court where fights broke out sometime It therefore did not surprise me to recently hear that the same fitness center was in...
 
Tags: law, risk, risk management, fitness center, risk managment, management, center, apparently upper management, federal law
 
 
 
 
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German Minister's Fingerprint Published

2008-04-01 14:37:40 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...interior minister, is a strong supporter of collecting biometric data on everyone as an antiterrorist measure. Because, um, because it sounds like a good idea Here's the story directly from the Chaos Computer Club (in German), and its Engligh-language guide to lifting and using fingerprints. And me on biometrics from 10 years ago
 
Tags: chaos computer club, fingerprint, strong supporter, german, interior minister, antiterrorist measure, wolfgang schauble, political hack, story directly
 
 
 
 
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Caught Red-Handed: Russian MiG Downs a Georgian Drone

2008-04-21 20:50:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
A Russian MiG 29 shoots down what the neighboring Georgians claim was an unarmed drone used by their interior ministry. And what's more, they say they've got the proof ... on video
 
Tags: russian mig, georgians claim, drone, interior ministry, video, shoots, proof
 
 
 
 
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Govt Earns C On Computer Security Report Card

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2008-05-20 22:46:23 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...Interior, Labor, Transportation, Treasury, Veterans Affairs, as well as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The grades are based on data submitted by the agencies and agency inspector generals to the White House for fiscal year 2007 There are a couple bright spots. The DOJ, SSA, EPA and the GSA were among eight agencies that managed to score...
 
Tags: government, government reform, report card, federal government, hot apple pie, agency inspector generals, agencies, couple bright spots, nuclear regulatory commission
 
 
 
 
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Government Sent Home with a C on FISMA Report Card

2008-08-05 13:43:51 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...Interior Department of Treasury Nuclear Regulatory Commission Department of Veterans Affairs Department of Agriculture FISMA (Federal Information Security Management Act) became a federal law back in 2002 as part of the E-Government Act. Six years later, there has been improvement, but theres still clearly a long way to go So whats the...
 
Tags: fisma average grade, average grade, fisma, grade, fisma grade, scorecard, fisma scorecard, fisma requirements, requirements
 
 
 
 
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Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Attacks

2008-08-29 06:40:47 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
This is serious stuff . (Kim Zetter's posts on the topic are excellent; read them It's a man-in-the-middle attack. "The Internet's Biggest Security Hole" (the title of that first link) has been that interior relays have always been trusted even though they are not trustworthy
 
Tags: kim zetter, interior relays, security hole, link, topic, internet, attack, trustworthy, excellent
 
 
 
 
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Your Companies Biggest Security Hole - What is the BGP-style Vuln Lurking in Software Security?

2008-09-05 08:31:58 by Gunnar Peterson in 1 Raindrop
 
...interior relays have always been trusted even though they are not trustworthy That could apply word for word to how MQ Series and other enterprise messaging systems are deployed. Let's say you are a bank and have been happily running your business on a mainframe for decades. Life is good, come in at 9 leave at 5, count the cash. Then some...