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  • Topoff 4 Exercise underway

    DHS-coordinated excercise involves 22,000 participants in Guam, Oregon, and Arizona from all levels of government, nationally and internationally, as well as the private sector in a full-scale simulated response to radiological dispersal device

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  • Michigan neighborhood, schools evacuated in wake of chmeical spill

    About 500 gallons of hydrochloric acid leaked into a containment area at a metal finishing services plant; 3,000 residents, two schools, trailer park evacuated; rain could complicate clean-up efforts

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  • U.S. worried about proposed Yemen-Djibouti bridge

    An engineering company owned by Osama bin-Laden’s half-brother announced it was planning to build the world’s longest bridge: A 17-mile span connecting Yemen and Djibouti; U.S. worries it will faciliate terrorist activity in the Horn of Africa

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  • SCADA protection should remain in private hands

    Critics say that DHS’s plan to join with NSA to take the lead in protecting SCADA not only raises privacy concerns, but would be ineffective

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  • DHS bulletin delivery mishap causes consternation

    A DHS contractor pushes “Reply All” button and flood government and business mail servers with more than two million messages; personal information compromised

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  • Australia launches ambitious critical infrastructure protection plan

    The Australian government joins with industry to launch a comprehensive program to improve national responsiveness to major critical infrastructure disruption

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  • Rio Grande levees offered as alternative to border fence

    Rebuilding the Rio Grande levee system would cost about $200 million; building a 700-mile fence on parts of the U.S.-Mexico border would cost from $3 billion to $30 billion; Texans say restoring the levees would be more effective, too

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  • U.S. government to scrutinize 3Com deal

    Bain Capital and Chinese company Huawei Technologies are set to acquire 3Com for $2.2 billion; Huawei is close to the Chinese government, and Chinese military hackers broke into Pentagon computers this summer; mitigation clauses may be imposed

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  • Bain's 3Com deal: More questions than answers

    Bain is paying a premium for 3Com, hoping that its Chinese acquisition partner would help the 3Com make money in the Chinese market; here we hope that Huaweis’ 20% stake would give it enough of an incentive to help Bain do so — provided the U.S. government approves the deal

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  • Cyber attack exercise reveals power-grid vulnerability

    A staged cyber attack on a power plant causes generator to self-destruct; experts fear that bigger, coordinated attacks could inflict widespread damage to U.S. electric infrastructure which may take months to fix; economic price tag price tag may reach $700 billion

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  • Climate change burdens insurance industry

    Climate changes cause ever-more-severe fires, hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters; these disasters accounted for 88 percent of all property losses paid by insurers from 1980 through 2005; it is only going to get worse, and insurance companies had better prepare

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  • Barrier offers protection against maritime attacks

    California company develops sturdy protective barrier to protect navy ships and critical infrastructure assets such as liquid natural gas facilities, bridges, water intakes for desalinization plants, and more

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  • Shadowy Marxist groups poses threat to Mexican economy, state

    The EPR has committed at least eighty-eight kidnappings in Mexico since 1999, collecting millions of dollars in ransom; the group is now using these funds in a terror campaign aimed to undermine the Mexcian economy and state

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  • October is national cybersecurity month

    A consortium of government agencies and private industry sponsors have designated October 2007 as National Cyber Security Awareness Month

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  • Militants again threaten Nigeria's oil industry

    Niger delta militants call off four-month cease fire after one of their leaders is arrested; bombings of oil facilities and abductions of foreigner workers have cut Nigeria’s oil production by 25 percent compared to two years ago

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  • Cyber congressman demands answers before CISA gets cut down to size
  • CISA advisory committee approves four draft reports on critical infrastructure resilience
  • DHS warns of escalating threats to US critical infrastructure in 2025 Homeland Threat Assessment
  • Potential China Threats to U.S. Port Infrastructure Security: House Homeland Security Committee
  • China has a ‘near monopoly’ on many critical minerals. JPMorgan says it could be the next battleground with the U.S.
  • Kansas would benefit by returning to Trump-era funding of election infrastructure needs
  • Cotton introduces bill to study cybersecurity risks for U.S. agriculture
  • CISA needs better collaboration with the EPA and water sector, watchdog says
  • DHS Unveils new Shields Ready campaign to promote critical infrastructure security and resilience
  • Israel and US government agencies announced the BIRD Cyber Program, an investment of roughly $4M in projects to enhance the cyber resilience of critical infrastructure
  • Nuclear reactor restarts, but Japan’s energy policy in flux
  • Hawking says he lost $100 bet over Higgs discovery
  • Kansas getting $500K in law enforcement grants
  • Bill widens Sacramento police, sheriff’s contract security opportunities
  • DHS awards $97 million in port security grants
  • DHS awarding $1.3 billion in 2012 preparedness grants
  • Cellphone firms share location data with law enforcement, not users
  • Residents of Murrieta, California, will have to subscribe for emergency services
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  • Ports of L.A., Long Beach get Homeland Security grants
  • Homeland security gets involved with Indiana water conservation
  • LAPD embraces “predictive policing”
  • New GPS rival is hack-proof
  • German internal security service head quits over botched investigation
  • Americans favor Obama to defend against space aliens: poll
  • U.S. Coast Guard creates “protest-free zone” in Alaska oil drilling zone
  • Congress passes measure to enhance Israel security ties
  • Wickr enables encrypted, self-destructing iPhone messages
  • NASA explains Why clocks got an extra second on 30 June
  • Cybercrime disclosures rare despite new SEC rule
  • First nuclear reactor to go back online since Japan disaster met with protests
  • Israeli security fence architect: Why the barrier had to be built
  • DHS allocates nearly $10 million to Jewish nonprofits
  • Turkey deploys troops, tanks to Syrian border
  • Israel fears terror attacks on Syrian border
  • Ontario’s emergency response protocols under review after Elliot Lake disaster
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  • Colorado fires threaten IT businesses
  • Improve your disaster recovery preparedness for hurricane season
  • London 2012 business continuity plans must include protecting information from new risks

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