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  • DoD lays out 2008 IT security priorities

    Redteaming — modelling the enemy’s thought process — leads the way when it comes to defending communications lines; biometric control of military bases a major focus; other priorities include technologies to track terrorists and predict social outcomes of military engagement

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  • Garda purchases Securite et Protection Secpro

    Deal just the latest in major acquisitions for the Canadian firm and follows on purchase of Vance; Securite a major Quebec-based provider of guard services

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  • Smiths Detection moves forward with Tunnel of Truth

    Scheduled for deployment at the 2012 London Olympics, the system incorporates a slew of automated measures to detect explosives and weapons; scheme resembles GE’s Checkpoint of the Future, including the use of the much-maligned puffer machines

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  • DynTek snaps up Sensible Security Solutions

    Deal gives DynTek a pre-established foothold in the booming Canadian IT security market; SSS a leader in enterprise level security, a perfect match for Dyntek’s mid-market approach

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  • GAO criticizes government cybersecurity R&D procedures

    Problems include the failure to define a federal cybersecurity agenda and properly utilize an established coordinating repository; spread out over multiple agencies, R&D requires a stronger coordinating authority

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  • CACI announces $230 million in new defense IT contracts

    Deals cover a range of communications and analysis systems; 90 percent are for new projects rather than extensions of earlier ones

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  • Imprivata recognized for its single sign-on authentication system

    Company’s OneSign is declared best in show at the 2006 Information Security Decisions Conference held last month in Chicago

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  • ECSI wraps up SPR contract and signs a few more

    $8.5 million deal to protect Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites is almost complete; ECSI, a leader in energy infrastructure security, signs with liquid natural gas facilities in Texas and makes a classified agreement with one in South Korea

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  • Google pushes federal governent sites to expand searchable content

    As much as 40 percent of government content is unavailable to search users; penetrating the “deep Web” is key; an OMB order requires agency cooperation, but the deadline has passed and Google is lending a hand to get the program back on track

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  • BT acquires Counterpane Internet Security

    IT security is a growing problem – and a growing business; BT has many corporate customers, and to offer these customers a more robust managed security service with enhanced auditing and reporting capabilities, it has just acquired a California IT security outsourcing specialist

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  • Unisys launches new business security ad campaign

    Targeted at C-level executives, initiative includes a Fortune magazine cover featuring the recipient’s photograph; company hopes to sell IT security and continuity as competitive advantages, not as reactive responses to threats

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  • Physical and IT security teams merge

    Guards on patrol are now instructed to keep an eye out for open wireless networks and passwords written on sticky pads; $1.1 billion spent each year on bringing the two cultures together, but problems remain; integrating building and network access an emerging trend

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  • The state of U.K. critical infrastructure is not good

    Looking for investment opportunities? Look no farther than the U.K. critical infrastructure; a just-published experts report highlights that many weaknesses that need to be addressed, the many problems that must be resolved

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  • New business opportunities in radiation detection technologies

    The North Korea nuclear test, and the inexorable march of Iran toward acquiring nuclear weapons, increase the risks of nuclear weapon proliferation; there are thus many opportunities in developing new radiation detection technologies

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More headlines

  • DHS Unveils new Shields Ready campaign to promote critical infrastructure security and resilience
  • CISA faces ‘significant concerns’ over losing chemical security staff during reauthorization stalemate
  • 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
  • House Bipartisan Legislation Proposes to Categorize Space as Critical Infrastructure
  • NASA Shows What 30 Years of Rising Seas Feels Like in Chilling New Animation
  • Lawmakers suggest ‘radical transparency’ as key to shoring up US cyber posture
  • Scientists Beam Solar Power to Earth from Space for First Time Ever
  • US Utility Could Be Liable for Billions After Jury Verdict in Devastating Oregon Wildfires
  • Desert Water Agency's support for California's water security is vital for sustainability
  • What Should the Government Do in 2023 to Fill its Cyber Workforce Shortage?
  • 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
  • Ohio’s Homeland Security funding drops sharply
  • 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
  • Colorado wildfires to raise insurance rates in future years
  • 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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  • Scientists Map Loss of Groundwater Storage Around the World

    Global water resources are stretched by climate change and human population growth, and farms and cities are increasingly turning to groundwater to fill their needs. Unfortunately, the pumping of groundwater can cause the ground surface above to sink. A new study maps, for the first time, the permanent loss of aquifer storage capacity occurring globally.

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