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A breach that hits home with 2008 presidential candidates

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2008-03-22 13:16:50 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...presidential candidates were breached by unauthorized searches by four employees, the State Department said yesterday, prompting apologies from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, outrage from the candidates and calls by lawmakers for further probes Reference URL MSNBC News Story Associated Press Story Stanley, Inc. Official Company...
 
Tags: stanley subcontractor employees, subcontractor employees, subcontractor, confidential information, information, information security, stanley, personal information, employees
 
 
 
 
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How the presidential candidates stand on technology

2008-02-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b54974 in Network World on Security
 
Healthcare. Iraq. The economy (stupid). All of the presidential candidates have ready-made talking points and stump speeches that detail how they, as president, would handle these important issues
 
Tags: presidential, stump speeches, issues, economy, detail, stupid, handle, iraq, president
 
 
 
 
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Presidential campaigns clueless about Net threats

2008-04-12 06:18:51 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The 2008 presidential campaigns are apparently clueless about cyberthreats that could harm the candidates' reputations and fund-raising or disclose sensitive information, a security researcher said Friday
 
Tags: presidential campaigns, disclose sensitive information, apparently clueless, security researcher, harm, friday, reputations, cyberthreats
 
 
 
 
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Where the US presidential candidates stand on tech issues

2008-10-20 00:00:00 by Grant Gross in Network World on Security
 
...presidential election gives CIOs and other IT executives a choice of two major-party candidates who are interested in technology-related issues. While the U.S. economy and the war in Iraq have dominated the debate between Republican nominee Senator John McCain and Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama, they have also hit on such IT hot...
 
Tags: issues, tech jobs, hot buttons, presidential election, hit, cios, economy, war, major-party
 
 
 
 
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NSA Monitoring U.S. Government Internet Traffic

2008-02-04 06:30:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...Presidential Directive 54/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...
 
Tags: government, nsa, detect attacks, attacks, domestic government traffic, plan attacks, white house officials, white house, data
 
 
 
 
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More trustworthy election systems via SDL?

2008-02-04 23:34:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...presidential election year in the United States. Selecting a new president is perhaps the ultimate example of the importance of having a trustworthy election process. There have been some well chronicled examples of elections with extremely close results, where the winners margin of victory was perhaps smaller than the election systems margin...
 
Tags: machine security concerns, security concerns, election systems, election, security, security researchers, election systems margin, margin, election management system
 
 
 
 
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Thoughts on Super Tuesday

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2008-02-06 06:44:05 by HASH0x8bc5b54 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...presidential races (and the first one I remember was '68), I don't remember both parties having such close races this late in the season. Without letting my own political beliefs get in the way here is my analysis 1. The Republicans - They are in a fight for the soul of this party. Though all three leading candidates claim the title of heir...
 
Tags: vote republican, vote, republican, republican presidential majority, traditional republican argument, traditional republican, super tuesday, vote primarily, party
 
 
 
 
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Thoughts on Super Tuesday

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2008-02-06 00:59:36 by ashimmy in StillSecure, After All These Years
...presidential races (and the first one I remember was '68), I don't remember both parties having such close races this late in the season. Without letting my own political beliefs get in the way here is my analysis 1. The Republicans - They are in a fight for the soul of this party. Though all three leading candidates claim the title of heir...
 
Tags: vote republican, vote, republican, republican presidential majority, traditional republican argument, traditional republican, super tuesday, vote primarily, party
 
 
 
 
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Straight Talking Warren Buffett

2008-08-25 12:45:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Presidential hopeful, John Edwards Mr. Buffett came straight out and accused Mr. Edwards of soliciting and taking money by deceitful means during his unsuccessful Presidential bid earlier this year. According to Mr. Buffett, John Edwards knew back then that it was only a matter of time before the media uncovered the story of his mistress and...
 
Tags: buffett, edwards, john edwards, people, successful business people, sterile political correctness, hard, unsuccessful presidential bid, ordinary hard
 
 
 
 
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Extremism in defense of security is no vice

2008-09-04 00:00:00 by Chuck Yoke in Network World on Security</