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Nation's Spies Say Climate Change Could Spark War

2008-06-23 21:30:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
Environmental groups have been warning for years that global climate change could make already-tense parts of the world even worse, and even spark whole new conflicts. Now, in a classified national document, the nation's spies are saying pretty much the same thing
 
Tags: nation, change, spark, spies, national document, global, environmental, world, already-tense
 
 
 
 
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Giving Drivers Licenses to Illegal Immigrants

2008-02-13 05:57:39 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...nation if we do issue driver's licenses and/or state IDs to every resident who applies, regardless of immigration status. Issuing them doesn't make us any less secure, and refusing puts us at risk The state driver's license databases are the only comprehensive databases of U.S. residents. They're more complete, and contain more information -...
 
Tags: licenses, driver licenses, illegal immigrants, licenses helps, licenses andor, deny licenses, driver, law, respects law enforcement
 
 
 
 
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Spying on the terrorists

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2008-01-20 22:37:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...Nation, had and continue to have strong ties to Christianity. Mr. German pointed out the full name of the Aryan Nation is; Church of Jesus Christ-Christian Aryan Nation No matter what church or beliefs they are alligned with, terrorists come in many different forms. Mr. German knows that better than most. After the Oklahoma bombing by...
 
Tags: mike german, german, cameras, surveillance cameras, aryan nation, terrorists, london, london bombings, terrorist
 
 
 
 
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TSA Misses the Point, Again

2008-01-29 15:13:57 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...nation's 800 airport checkpoints The closer scrutiny of passenger IDs is the latest Transportation Security Administration effort to check passengers more thoroughly than simply having them walk through metal detectors More than 40 passengers have been arrested since June in cases when TSA screeners spotted altered passports, fraudulent...
 
Tags: tsa, tsa screeners, tsa agent, tsa document checker, screeners, passenger ids, passenger, screeners inspect, airport
 
 
 
 
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NSA Attacks West Point! Relax, It's a Cyberwar Game

2008-05-10 01:00:00 by David Axe in Wired Security
 
...National Security Agency -- the nation's most secretive repository of spooks, snoops and electronic eavesdroppers -- directed coordinated assaults on custom-built networks at seven of the nation's military academies, including West Point, the Army university 50 miles north of New York City It was all part of the seventh annual Cyber Defense...
 
Tags: army university, army, custom-built networks, networks, nsa, army cadets, west, cadets, network
 
 
 
 
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Colorado Division of Motor Vehicles cited in audit report

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2008-07-11 09:18:07 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...nation in identity-theft complaints per person and first in the nation when it comes to general fraud reports Evan] This should tell you something! It is even more troubling if your own state government contributes to the problem On average, those frauds cost victims $4,041 each for a total of $41.3 million in 2007 Auditors said the DMV's...
 
Tags: information, personal information, information security, information security breaches, sensitive information, information security strategy, information security program, security, cyber security
 
 
 
 
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U.S. House Passes Resolution on Cyber Security

2007-10-19 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...nation's critical infrastructures, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution this week recognizing the importance of the issue. The resolution, H. RES. 716, was introduced by Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI) with strong bi-partisan support. The purpose of the Resolution was for: "Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to...
 
Tags: resolution, strong bi-partisan support, cyber security continue, congressman jim langevin, cyber vulnerabilities, house, computer security, public sector, critical infrastructures
 
 
 
 
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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
 
...nation's capital is abuzz this week about breaches of information systems at the U.S. Department of 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...
 
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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Dialogue with America's Cyber Security Czar at the RSA Conference

2007-02-14 00:00:00 by Shannon Kellogg in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...nation's first Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Telecommunications at DHS so visible and so engaged at the RSA Conference. This is a position for which many of us in the industry have advocated for quite some time and, after four months on the job, he is off to a solid start
 
Tags: conference, rsa conference, cyber security, assistant secretary, industry-wide event, industry, homeland security, greg garcia, solid start
 
 
 
 
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Heroes, the (Fall TV) Legacy

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2007-09-25 00:00:26 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
...nation of the good stories, the new revelations each week and the soap-opera-like connections between the different characters appeared to a bit wider audience than might've been expected As Season 2 kicks off tonight, I'm jazzed to watch, but even more jazzed about the Fall TV legacy of Heroes! What do I mean by that? Well, when a show is...