Emergency Response
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Where business goals meet social gains
News More IT companies are leveraging their core capabilities, as well as urging employees to exercise corporate social responsibility.
Tags: Corporate responsibility, IBM Corp., India, Emergency Management, GPS, Emerging Market, information technology company, emergency response, information technology, leadership
Amit Yoran talks cybersecurity
Insight newsmaker Former U.S. cybersecurity director Amit Yoran talks about his year as the "cyberguy" and why he is an "anti-user".
Tags: Authentication and encryption, PC security, Data security, Policy and management, Amit Yoran, Security, NSA, CNCI, Cybersecurity, Information Technology
BCM standard discovered in Malaysia
Blogs I have upbraided SPRING Singapore and the Singapore Business Federation for failing to promote effectively Singapore's e...
Here come the 'Twitter, we did it first' lawsuits
News Service that makes emergency-management messaging software has sued Twitter over alleged patent infringement. The legal documents, however, are pretty vague.
Tags: Web 2.0, Legal, Twitter, Lawsuit, Emergency Management, Harvard University, Mark Zuckerberg, emergency response, Facebook, founder
Police expert calls for open source data tools
News Emergency services should use open source software to ease exchange of data, according to data expert from U.K. Association of Chief Police Officers.
Tags: Open source, RIM BlackBerry, Security, Officer, Tool, emergency response, Unisys Corp., agency, emergency service, Open source
Emergency response the weakest link in organizational resilience
Blogs I think of organizational resilience as a chain that links security, emergency management (EM), disaster recovery, busin...
10 questions to ask before collecting security data
Techguide More so when data relates to security, we should be careful about how we go about collecting it, and whether it is wise to collect it at all.
Tags: Data Management, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Risk Management, Data, Security, Vulnerability, Database, Authorization, Chad Perrin
Stark warning over cyber attacks on UK businesses
News IT systems of critical businesses such as power companies and financial institutions, are being repeatedly probed to steal data or uncover weaknesses, says U.K. cyber defense chief.
Tags: Security, Attack, London, emergency response team, emergency response, hacking, U.K., network, knowledge, Internet
Researchers warn of XML library flaws
News XML parsing vulnerabilities are affecting multiple open-source vendors and applications, the Finnish computer emergency response team has warned.
Tags: Open source, Apache Software Foundation, computer emergency response, Flaw, Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, Python, JRE, Java, Open source
Report: Turkish hackers breached US Army servers
News Investigators believe hackers used an SQL injection attack to break into U.S. Army servers and redirect visitors to other sites, according to report.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security Management, SQL, Server, U.S. Army, SQL Injection, Turkey, Oklahoma
Zero-day flaw found in Firefox 3.5
News Mozilla warns of critical vulnerability in Firefox 3.5 Web browser's Just-in-time JavaScript compiler.
Tags: Network security, Security, Web Browser, Zero-day Bug, JIT, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Firefox, JavaScript, blog, Network security
Top 25 'most dangerous' coding errors revealed
News Security organizations, companies and academics have banded together to produce a list of what they consider to be the most critical coding errors.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Firewalls, Hacking, Politics, Defense/military, Apple Inc., Error, Security, SANS Institute, Mitre Corp.
Windows Server worm can spread via USB
News The worm called Downadup that is attacking business systems also propagates via USB, says F-Secure.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Antivirus software, F-Secure Corp., Worm, USB, polymorphism, Computer, Server, Microsoft Windows Server, CERT
US govt takes DDoS attacks in its stride
News Department of Homeland Security reports series of distributed denial-of-service attacks on U.S. government networks since July 4.
Tags: Federal Government, Network security, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Attack, FTC, distributed denial of service, U.S. Government, CERT, British Broadcasting Corp., network
EC initiative aims to shield Europe from cyberattacks
News The draft Critical Information Infrastructure Protection policy complements existing measures "to prevent, fight and prosecute criminal and terrorist activities".
Tags: Security, computer emergency response, Europe, Toronto, computer, e-mail, researcher, European Commission, strategy, Cyberattack
