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Terrorist search leads to ISPs
News The hunt for the terrorists behind Tuesday's attack leads to America Online and EarthLink, both of which have handed over information to the FBI.
Microsoft licenses Vista for 'diskless' PCs
News Redmond changes contract terms for corporate version of Vista, making way for PCs whose hard drive lives in a data center.
Tags: Data centers, Microsoft Windows, Software licensing
Thai businesses get a taste of CIA-style security
News ArcSight touts monitoring solutions used by U.S. government agencies to offer Thai businesses proof that their networks are secure, or otherwise.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
What is the CIA Triad?
Techguide The CIA Triad is used to identify problem areas and necessary solutions for information security--here's a look at its strengths and weaknesses.
Tags: Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, IT Governance, Disaster Recovery, Security, IT Security, Unix, Information Security, Confidentiality
Fatal flaws found in US terrorism database
News Congressional investigation reveals one of the country's most important terrorism databases is suffering from mismanagement and technical flaws.
Tags: Security, Database management, Google Inc., Database, Search Engine, Flaw, program manager, action item, Herndon, U.S.
Creating a 'Facebook for spies'
News The CIA, FBI, and National Security Agency are reportedly testing a social-networking site designed for use by analysts within the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, CNN, Security, sensitive information, social networking, Social Networking Site, National Security Agency, agent, Facebook
US Homeland Security lacking 'open source' intelligence
News Report by a House committee says the Department of Homeland Security is not providing sufficient publicly available information for state and local law enforcement.
Tags: Open source, Regulations, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Training, Homeland Security, Internet, blog, analyst, CIA, secretary
Tainted products--sabotage or shoddy manufacturing?
News Panelists at the RSA security conference don't know why some products arrive on store shelves in the U.S. infected with viruses.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Malware, Manufacturing, globalization, intellectual property, Marcus Sachs, digital photograph, U.S., industry, supply chain
Windows 7: An economic savior?
News Economic researcher reportedly bases chunk of his GDP expectations for the United States in the second half of 2009, on the new Microsoft operating system.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Sales/revenue, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware, financial, Microsoft Windows, U.S., analyst, gross domestic product
CIA probes employees' computer use
News The CIA is investigating 160 of its employees and contract workers for exchanging "inappropriate" and off-color messages on a covert "chat room" in the spy agency's classified computer network.
CIA: Cyberattack caused multi-city blackout
News The CIA has warned of successful attacks against various countries' critical national infrastructures.
Tags: Security
Schneier: Cyber-extortion on the rise
News The security expert has warned of an increase in cyber-extortion, but added there is no need for panic about attacks on critical national infrastructures.
Tags: Security
CIA forms high-tech venture capital fund
News The CIA has reportedly set up a US$28 million, nonprofit venture capital company to make sure it has access to the latest information technology.
Web Connection and Tempus Group join forces
News The Web Connection, China.com's Internet solutions arm has joined Britain's Tempus Group to create Web Connection Media, an online media strategy, planning and buying company.
Asian ISPs will cooperate with US
News Internet Service Providers (ISP) in Asia have confirmed that they will work together with US authorities to preserve all communication data held on the former's systems to assist in terrorist investigations.
