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Lessons in leadership from Tom Ridge and Woody Norris
Last week I had the pleasure of being able to speak with and listen to two prominent citizens. The first being former Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge and the second being inventor Woody Norris. Both were entertaining speakers and conversationalists, but surprisingly, Tom Ridge seemed less comfortable...
Tags: Tom Ridge, Governor, Homeland Security, Leadership, Sales Force Management, Government, Management, Sales, Ramon Padilla
Blog posts 2008-05-26
IBM's software for surveillance of Chicago's streets
IBM is teaming up with Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications OEMC for analyzing the thousands of hours of video recorded by the street surveillance system. A quote from the article at PC World: "That's really going to just throw our camera network into hyper...
Tags: Software, Chicago, IBM Corp., Corporate Communications, Tools & Techniques, Homeland Security, Marketing, Management, Government, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-09-27
Hackers compromise Homeland Security computers
What have your experiences been like with such contractors?a better questionwhy is the DHS using software designed from the get go to be vulnerable?If they had professional quality software instead of MS' home user software [ doesn't matter which version of windows, they are all designed for video gaming only...
Tags: Games, Hacking, paulmah@..., homeland security, video game, Homeland Security computer, game, hacker, computer
Discussion threads 2007-09-24
Hackers compromise Homeland Security computers
In what must surely be a gigantic black eye, congressional investigators said on Monday that dozens of computers belonging to the Department of Homeland Security DHS have been compromised by hackers. To add salt to the wound, a government contractor hired to protect the DHS computers instead...
Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Hacker, Computer, Productivity, Homeland Security, Security, Government, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-09-24
Webcomic: The future of DRM
The gang at xkcd sketch a bibliophile's nightmare in the form of futuristic DRM -- which makes mere RFID and anticopying tech look downright friendly in comparison. Hopefully, Borders, the RIAA, and/or Homeland Security isn't reading. by Jay Garmon
Tags: Digital-rights Management, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Homeland Security, Digital Media, RFID, Security, Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Wireless, Biometrics, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-07-25
Photos: Robots to the rescue
Robots descend upon Texas A&M's Disaster City for a rescue exercise sponsored by Homeland Security and the Commerce Department.
Tags: Robots, robot, rescue, U.S. Department of Commerce, homeland security, photograph
Image galleries 2007-06-25
Sci-Fi writers Homeland Security = Project Sigma
Here's a scary oneStephen Baxter presented the scariest scenario I've come across in a while in his novel "Transcendent". The pick your terrorist organisation of choice smuggle a small nuke say a few kilotons onto a suborbital tourist ship (Like the program a certain British mogul is building in...
Tags: npkeith, EMP, homeland security
Discussion threads 2007-06-04
Sci-Fi writers + Homeland Security = Project Sigma
For those who haven't heard, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has hired a few science fiction writers--including Greg Bear, Jerry Pournelle, and Sage Walker--to help think up crazy-impossible doomsday scenarios so that Uncle Sam can have the appropriate procedures and countermeasures in place. (Actually, the so-called...
Tags: U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Homeland Security, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Government, Marketing, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2007-06-04
Spammers delendo est!
Happy Days Are Here Again! The alleged Seattle Spammer is indicted, booked and docketed for trial on 6 August 2007. Anyone want to bet the defense will try a change of venue motion, to move the trial out of the Silicon Forest to someplace less Internet-manic than...
Tags: Spammer, Computer Science, Internet, E-mail, Spam, Homeland Security, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Government, John Bartley K7AAY
Blog posts 2007-06-01
If security is a culture, what happened at the TSA?
Just in case you missed it, the Transportation Security Administration TSA is missing a hard drive containing some 100,000 current and former employee payroll records. The missing data contains names, Social Security numbers, payroll information, bank account, and routing information.The hard drive was discovered missing last Thursday (May 3, 2007)...
Tags: General
Blog posts 2007-05-20
Homeland Security offers details on Real ID
Government Endorsed ID TheftThis is a joke that will waste tax payer money and only create more government bureaucracy, while eroding away at our freedoms. It does not resolve the under laying problem, but provides a tool for making ID theft more common place by allowing any one that can...
Tags: homeland security, identity theft, tekrat
Discussion threads 2007-03-02
Homeland Security chief defends Real ID plan
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions...The end result of issuing a national identity card will be millions of innocent, honest Americans having to 'vette' themselves to fly, drive, bank, or obtain Government services.While this will co
Tags: feedback, frank@..., homeland security, security
Discussion threads 2006-12-15
Homeland security and job opportunities
Security Clearance"get a security clearance" is not something that I can do. I can't just apply for one like a passport. As far as I know, only your current employer can apply for your clearance. I applied in April 2005, had the interview in Jun
Tags: career, bdimon@..., homeland security, job
Discussion threads 2006-11-14
Homeland security and job opportunities
Hows this for a silver lining? For a while there it looked like cyberterrorism was going to open up the job market for IT pros with expertise in security. Some people who were already looking for a change in the mundane scenery from Help Desks were pulled in by the...
Tags: Career, Career Development, homeland security, job, Personal Development, security, Technology
Blog posts 2006-11-07
Homeland Security fills top cybersecurity post
Tech Republic/CNET posted after over a year of this position being vacant a Mr. Gregory Garcia will fill the post http://news.techrepublic.com.com/clickthru.aspx?siteid=2&storyid=1353676But, now that the position's been filled, what's the plan? With Homeland Sec finally filling the post, I wonder if they've just been twiddling their thumbs. Maybe I can be...
Tags: government, Gregory Garcia, Homeland Sec, homeland security, marileev@..., michael chertoff gregory garcia homeland security cyber czar government
Discussion threads 2006-09-18
Homeland security chief promises privacy safeguards
Protection of privacy???Wow I would be surprised if the American public would believe that Homeland Security will keep the information private especially with all the stories that came to light lately i.e. VA looses laptop with millions of American soldiers information, personal information available on government websites. Seems to me...
Tags: privacy, homeland security, government, CrashOverider, security, laptop computer
Discussion threads 2006-08-22
Homeland Security: Fix your Windows
Easier said than done!Most people seem to now understand about critical servers in IT departments. Security Updates are now a *Controlled* policy at least for our company. These policies are set in the parent WSUS. The *approved* patches are then sent to the servers. If you are in an enterprise...
Tags: serverS, security, patches, minami.senju@..., Microsoft Windows, server, homeland security, patch management
Discussion threads 2006-08-10
Think like a terrorist, win prizes
From BoingBoing: "Noted security specialist Bruce Schneier is sponsoring a contest on his blog for people to come up with the most ridiculous yet plausible movie-plot security risk. The winner gets a free copy of his book 'Beyond Fear', and maybe even the...
Tags: Winner, Terrorist Attack, Corporate Insurance, Homeland Security, Business Security, Security, Business Operations, Government, Jay Garmon
Blog posts 2006-04-17
Homeland Security official suggests outlawing rootkits
You're kidding. Right?Government bureaucrats who don't understand technology should not be recommending technology legislation. Period. This sort of crap just gets us in trouble (like the DMCA, wiretap laws, and software patents).Better LawMake the installation of any software without the user's knowledge and permission illegal.indeedIf we got...
Tags: rootkit, security, government, stupidity, homeland security, laws, rootkits, DMCA, apotheon, operating system, software
Discussion threads 2006-02-17
The left and right hands of cybersecurity
sharing informationIt's highly unlikely that much progress will be made in this area. Homeland Security has demonstrated many times that its policy is to maximize intake of information and minimize output. That means, of course, that Homeland Security considers "working with" state and local governments to consist of...
Tags: GOVERNMENT, homeland security
Discussion threads 2006-02-08


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