Terrorism
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TNT: Risk approach pays for supply chain security
News Logistics company's nine-month labor to improve security across its Asia-Pacific operations earns it ISO 28000 certification, and lowers customer claims.
Tags: Risk Management, Security Management, Certification, Security, Asia, Thailand, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, supply chain, ISO
Internet is a 'lawless space', says expert
News Former U.K. government offical warns of the increasing threat from cyberterrorism, and calls for a coordinated international response from governments.
Tags: Web sites, Viruses and worms, Hacking, IT Governance, Threat, Google Earth, violence, Business World, NATO, Internet Activity
Singapore sets up IT security body
News Country establishes new government agency, under the Internal Security Department, to combat cyber terrorism and espionage threats.
Tags: Local Government, PC security, Data security, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, IT Security, Banking, Cyberterrorism, cyberattack, network
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
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.
UK unveils ID cards for foreign nationals
News Britain's Home secretary Jacqui Smith has unveiled ID cards for foreign nationals, drawing criticism from opposition parties and campaigners.
Tags: Security, Biometrics, Home Secretary, Supplier, Democrat, Database, ID Card, Government, U.K., biometric fingerprint
Terrorism hits India's high-tech hub
News news analysis A series of explosions killed at least one and injured many more. But if history is a guide, the attacks will do little to slow the city's development.
Tags: Security, City, India, Outsourcing Company, Om Malik, software, Paris, Bangalore, blog, industry
Should India now look forward to unique ID cards?
Blogs In his book Imagining India: Ideas for the New Century, Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Infosys, talks about how the futu...
Medical supplies for a pandemic
Blogs What supplies should you acquire to prepare your office for an epidemic of mutated avian influenza? The same supplies...
Tags: Business security, Business Strategies & Functions, Business planning
New national cyber adviser to report to Obama
News Obama administration releases homeland security agenda that includes plans to create a national cyber adviser position to report directly to the U.S. president.
Tags: Defense/military, Federal Government, State Government, Network infrastructure, IT training, Cybersecurity, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, Arizona, Governor, State Government
Opposition party highlights flaw in UK govt comms data plans
News The Conservatives have raised concerns about who will have access to communications-traffic data, but welcome a halt to plans for a single, centralized database.
Tags: Data security, Database management, Government, Home Secretary, Spokesperson, communications service provider, Flaw, phone, user-ID, U.K.
UK authorities respond to Facebook criticism
News The U.K. authorities have given a response to Facebook's assertion that monitoring all communications on social-networking sites would be overkill.
Tags: Privacy, Database, network theory, Government, social networking, e-mail, Facebook, theory, U.K., network
Privacy vs protection: Police and the right to hack
Insight Renowned security researcher Mikko Hyppönen discusses the pros and cons of law enforcement using hacking techniques to fight crime.
Tags: Hacking, Privacy, Government, Police, Security, F-Secure Corp., Privacy, New South Wales, antivirus, computer
Freedom on the global Internet still a pipe dream
News commentaryThe latest global survey by Reporters without Borders concludes that the Internet increasingly is the target of surveillance and restrictions.
Tags: Web sites, Blogger, North Korea, Vietnam, Borders Books & Music, Cell Phone, Syria, Government, China, Internet
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...
