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Unauthorized access to University of Georgia server affects 4,250

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2008-01-09 15:32:57 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...overseas IP address" was able to access a University of Georgia server used to store confidential personal information belonging to certain current and former university students. 4,250 individuals are affected by this breach Reference URL Associated Press report on ajc.com WNEG Channel 32 News Report Credit The Associated Press Response...
 
Tags: university, server, georgia server, university students, georgia, overseas hacker, hacker, access, server off-line
 
 
 
 
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Terrorism as a Tax

2008-05-12 06:29:47 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...overseas travel to the United States between Sept. 11, 2001, and 2006. (There are no firm figures for 2007 yet, but there seems to have been an uptick.) That slump has cost the country $94 billion in lost tourist spending, nearly 200,000 jobs and $16 billion in forgone tax revenue -- and all while the dollar has kept dropping Why? The journal...
 
Tags: tax, security, security risks, security countermeasures, security trade-offs, fear tax falls, security lines, beefed-up security forces, percent decline
 
 
 
 
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Keeping up with global regulations

2007-12-28 14:03:48 by Chris McClean in Security & Risk Management
 
...overseas, exposing themselves to new and changing regulatory environments, these capabilities will likely play an even more crucial role in 2008 in the competition of leading compliance platforms. Compliance officers should certainly keep these as criteria when evaluating possible solutions. Expect more research from Forrester in this area as...
 
Tags: companies continue, bribery, anti-bribery rules, operations, compliance platforms, companies, expand operations overseas, compliance management platforms, forrester
 
 
 
 
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Blackberry risk overseas? What else is new?

2008-02-16 12:41:01 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
I believe the biggest risk today relative to handheld devices is the willingness of users--both corporate and private--to ignore the dangers associated with the use of their smartphones and PDAs. This is true not only for non-management types. This is also true for C-level managers--the people most likely to use these device out of the country...
 
Tags: true, c-level managers, handheld devices, non-management types, risk, users, ignore, smartphones, constraints
 
 
 
 
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Fears that Bhutto assassination will further destabilize Pakistan and the region

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2007-12-29 17:45:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
...overseas assignments. In addition, make sure that they have good local knowledge and local contacts where you will travel The world is not getting any safer anytime soon. Preparation and knowledge is the key. Be informed and be prepared Visit Sexton Executive Security at www.sextonsecurity.com
 
Tags: bhutto, abundant knowledge, knowledge, assassination, pakistan, local knowledge, executive protection team, benazir bhutto, political scene
 
 
 
 
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Why Some Terrorist Attacks Succeed and Others Fail

2008-02-28 06:25:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...overseas support elements, training camps, or movement of funds. The sharing of information among allies appears from our analysis to have a positive impact on interdicting attack plans as well as apprehending members of larger networks I especially like this quote, which echos what I've been saying for a long time now: One phenomenon stands...
 
Tags: vigilant security services, vigilant, recent terrorist plots, terrorist plots, information fits, information, intelligence information, security services, law enforcement
 
 
 
 
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NSA's Domestic Spying

2008-03-26 06:02:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...overseas without a judge's approval when a link to al Qaeda is suspected Two former officials familiar with the data-sifting efforts said they work by starting with some sort of lead, like a phone number or Internet address. In partnership with the FBI, the systems then can track all domestic and foreign transactions of people associated...
 
Tags: nsa, data haul, haul, information, transactional information, data, nsa receives, mass data, terrorism information awareness
 
 
 
 
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Heroin vs. Terrorism

2008-05-01 06:56:21 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...overseas in countries such as Pakistan on workshops and seminars to counter al-Qaeda's ideology
 
Tags: crime, international crime, crime agency, agency, government intends, soca, government, british police forces, ridiculous victorian patchwork
 
 
 
 
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Why Is ISO2700x Hot in UK, but Not in US?

2008-05-16 11:36:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...overseas and touched upon a subject of ISO17799. So, having recently read how many companies in the US were ISO17799 certified, I asked my audience whether they could guess what the number was. One guy volunteered an answer, after some hesitation: "Less then 50 That's "percent", folks I said to him: "You are right!" and laughed - "It is...
 
Tags: iso17799 documents, security, security management, iso17799, security manager worth, set national standards, ideas, opposite true, countries
 
 
 
 
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Fraudulent ATM transactions overseas could be tied to Indiana bank breach

2008-06-19 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News