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Corporations demand enhanced cybersecurity
Chief information security officers want the high-tech industry to offer better security tools for their companies; these CISO have formed the Jericho Forum better to advance their case
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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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NIST offers power grid calibration service
Terms like “phasor and “sinor” are not taken from a Star Trek episode: NIST offers a phasor-based service to help US. grid operators better calibrate surges
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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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Encryption specialist Voltage Security reports good results
The growing popularity of one of the company’s products — Voltage Security Network — proves the viability of security-as-a-service business model
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Cumbersome federal acquisition rules an obstacle to IT flexibility
Cumbersome acquisition rules designed for building weapons systems and computing platforms are hampering adoption of rapidly evolving information technology networks
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Messaging- and storage compliance technologies on the rise
More and more organizations deploy solutions which govern what employees can or cannot put into e-mails, instant messages, Web postings, and offline documents; trend moving beyond tightly regulated industries such as health care and financial services
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Bugs found that can turn security tools against their users
Researchers find parser flaws that may cause defense-in-depth of corporate computers to backfire
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FBI selects NCSA as host of new cybersecurity center
Bureau provides Fighting Illini cuber security center with $2 million to launch new National Center for Digital Intrusion Response
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Corpus Christi's port replaces private security guards
Texas port had an idea: Save money by hiring contract security guards; trouble is, guards showed up drunk, slept on the job, and more; port now rethinks policy
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No mystery about Minneapolis bruidge collapse
Expert says truss-arch bridges are like a linked chain: If one link fails, the entire chain collapses; Minneapolis’s I-35W bridge was such a bridge, in which “Local damage immediately means total collapse”
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APCO: 700 MHz proposal offers voice potential
The LMR is not dead yet: The FCC has approved dedicationg a portion of the 700 MHz band to public safety, trouble is, many in public-safety communications have been wary of IP-based voice technologies; APCO says the band can accommodate voice
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U.S. governments will not fund NYC congestion-fee plan
The City of New York asked the Department of Transportation for about $180 million to implement a congestion-fee scheme in lower Manhattan; DOT gives only $10 million; system to resemble London’s “ring of steel”
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A call for establishing a national transportation infrastructure bank
We all know that U.S. infrastructure is not in good shape, but there is no agreement as to who should fund the rebuilding of this aging infrastructure; two senators propose the creation of a national transportation infrastructure bank
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Lockheed Martin to market FortiusOne technology
Lockheed Martin to have exclusive marketing rights for FortiusOne’s products to intelligence, defense, and homeland security customers
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The long view
Accelerating Clean Energy Geothermal Development on Public Lands
Geothermal energy is one of our greatest untapped clean energy resources on public lands. Replenished by heat sources deep in the Earth, geothermal energy generates electricity with minimal carbon emissions. Interior Department announces new leases and pioneering project approval, and proposes simplified permitting.
Efforts to Build Wildfire Resilience Are Heating Up
Stanford’s campus has become a living lab for testing innovative fire management techniques, from AI-powered environmental sensors to a firebreak-creating “BurnBot.”
Reducing Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise in Virginia
As the climate changes and sea levels rise, there is concern that sinking coastlines could exacerbate risks to infrastructure, as well as human and environmental health in coastal communities. The Virginia Coastal Plain is one of the fastest-sinking regions on the East Coast.
The Fate of Thousands of U.S. Dams Hangs in the Balance, Leaving Rural Communities with Hard Choices
Dams across the country are aging and facing intensifying floods wrought by climate change. But the price tag to fix what’s broken is estimated in the hundreds of billions of dollars.
Climate Change Threatens Bridges, Roads: Research Helps Engineers Adapt Infrastructure
Across America, infrastructure built to handle peak stormwater flows from streams and rivers have been engineered under the assumption that rainfall averages stay constant over time. As extreme weather events become more frequent, these systems could be in trouble.