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New managed Web security system for a London borough
Web Security-as-a-Service (SaaS) is an emerging business model, and the London borough of Barnet calls on California-based ScanSafe to deploy its system for the council
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Lawmakers unhappy with slow progress on emergency wireless project
The integrated wireless network (IWN) is one of the most expensive items among Justice’s information technology projects, but the department’s IG says it is at high risk of failure; Senators cut the program’s budget
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Study reveals growing awareness of security among mobile employees
Cisco, which sponsored the study, says: “What’s key is knowing that the issues outlined in this study can be prevented”
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FEMA urged to streamline post-disaster information sharing
In the immediate aftermath of Katrina, there were 5,000 children, more than 2,000 sex offenders, and a quite a number of fugitive felons missing; law enforcement agencies had difficult time getting information on them from FEMA because of legal and bureaucratic hurdles
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Business continuity planning software on the rise
Businesses turn to a small but maturing field of vendors which offer Web-based business continuity planning software
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RSA to acquire Tablus
RSA’s Infoscape, an intelligent information management solution, will be augmented with Tablus’s data discovery and classification, monitoring, and data loss prevention solution
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TJX Co.'s fiscal second-quarter earnings fell 57 percent
Off-price retailer had a charge of $118 million related to the theft of credit-card data from a Marshall’s store, and its second quarter earnings suffer
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Facebook posts source code on site by mistake
You would expect a site of the size and resources of Facebook not to fall victim to the most amateurish of programming errors, but it did; users who put a lot of personal data in their Facebook pages may want to reconsider
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3,000 life-saving radios go unused in Chicago
Motorola supplies city with sophisticated emergency radios, but aging radio towers can not take heavy digital equipment, so emergency communication upgrades must wait
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Business continuity not receiving necessary support
Some things you know you have to do — but you just don’t do them (excercise, eat helathy food, etc.); it is the same with business contuity management: Companies know they should do it, but many do not
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H.R. 1 contains important business-continuity stipulations
H.R. 1, the “Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007” which President Bush has signed into law has an important section on private sector preparedness
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Phoenix acquires ICM, releases upbeat management statement
Phoenix expands by acquiring ICM Computer Group — and this following the earlier acquisitions of Trend (in 2004), NDR (in 2005), and Servo (in 2006); company signs £12 million contract with an unnamed “top-ten” London bank
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FCC orders creation of public safety network in 700 MHz band
It has taken some time, but finally the FCC says a portion of the soon-to-be-auctioned-off 700 MHz spectrum will be used for public safety; law enforcement, first responders, industry (largely) welcome decision
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Sydney installs emergency loudspeakers
Providing citizens with updated information during emergencies is a crucial aspect of preparedness; some cities build elaborate systems which “push” information into citizens’ PDAs, laptops, and cellular phones; Sydney installs old-fashioned loudspeakers
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Zero-day vulnerabilities are the top security concern
Most IT managers say that zero-day vulnerabilities are their main concern; 29 percent of organizations deployed critical updates within two hours during 2007 compared to just 14 percent in 2006
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The long view
Climate Change Is Turning Global Wildfires into Monsters
Predicting bushfires is difficult at the best of times. But as climate change wreaks havoc with our world’s weather systems it’s getting harder and more important to get right. And the behavior of wildfires worldwide over the last year has shown us just how unpredictable and devastating these fires have become.