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  • Civil Air Patrol uses instant messaging from IMLogic

    Instant Messaging is not for teenagers only anymore. The Civil Air Patrol and other emergency services are beginning to use it to good effect

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  • Bill regulating chemical plants security to be formally introduced

    Long-awaited bill to standardize security measure in chemical facilities to be introduced; government given right to close down non-complying plants

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  • China overtakes U.S. as worlds largest IT products exporter

    China’s steady economic growth is beginning to tell, and the challenge to U.S. ITC supremacy should be especially worrisome

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  • Administration, yet again, receives failing grades, this time on IT security

    Cybersecurity industry organization joins other experts in faulting administration’s homeland security policies

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    At the core of U.S. critical infrastructure there is what Thomas Kuhn called an “essential tension”: 85% of this infrastructure is privately owned and managed, and the owners do not want to share proprietary information with the government or competitors, but without such sharing no meaningful defense of the infrastructure can be mounted

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  • Advanced Nanotech funds controlled-chirality growth of carbon nanotubes

    You may not have lost any sleep over the effects of chirality in producing carbon nanotubes, but it is an important issue; now a leading financier of nanotechnology research is funding research into how to solve the problem

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  • Microsoft products awarded high security certification

    Microsoft wins a major victory as a slew of its products are certified as safe for most government and sensitive business purposes

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  • DHS a year late on critical infrastructure site list

    Robert Stephan, the new DHS point man on preparing the list of U.S. critical terror-target sites, said he had “a sinking feeling” when he realized how thoroughly his predecessor had botched the job; many on the Hill share his feeling

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  • U.K. launches new standard to bring information security for business

    Businesses are more aware than ever of the need to incorporate security measures into their internal practices and relations with other businesses, and the new U.K. standard will help

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  • Canada installs first port radiation detection devices

    Canada begins to beef up radiation detection in the country’s seaports, but the U.S.— and Canadian security experts argue that these are only first steps

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  • U.K. selects Telindus, SteelBox for ambitious highway traffic monitoring project

    U.K. highways will be better monitored by a new nation-wide information collection system, which will also help in evacuations and other emergency procedures

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  • SANS to offer graduate-level degree program in information security

    As demand for qualified homeland security personnel increases, prestigious cybersecurity institute launches graduate degree programs in IT security

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  • Advanced Warning System offers two new sensor-based security solutions

    Innovative company offers innovative information integrating solution

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  • 9/11 Commission: Administrations homeland security shortcomings

    Administration receives failing grade, but lesson too costly to be repeated

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  • CyberKey receives multimillion dollar order from DHS

    A nifty solution to storing emergency response information

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More headlines

  • What Should the Government Do in 2023 to Fill its Cyber Workforce Shortage?
  • CISA’s Wales says industry engagement on incident reporting rule will be robust, meet expectations
  • Utility Begins Loading Fuel at New US Nuclear Plant
  • Securing the U.S. Electricity Grid from Cyberattacks
  • Cybersecurity Profile for the Hybrid Satellite Networks (HSN) Cybersecurity: Draft Annotated Outline
  • $3 billion for coastal and climate resilience funding
  • DHS Awards $9.8M for Small Businesses to Develop Security Technology Prototypes
  • Flood sensors give Montgomery Co. new way to track water levels remotely
  • 100 day cybersecurity resilience plan for water and wastewater sector
  • Water, schools, among major concerns for Utah earthquake commission
  • 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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The long view

  • Creating Buildings That Can Withstand the Most Extreme Stress Loads

    Combined ballistic impacts pose a major challenge for engineers who build structures that must withstand extreme stresses. An explosion can hurtle fragments and debris at enormous velocities so they strike the surroundings. Then comes the shock wave. It’s a scary combination.

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  • New Sodium, Aluminum Battery Aims to Integrate Renewables for Grid Resiliency

    A new battery design could help ease integration of renewable energy into the nation’s electrical grid at lower cost, using Earth-abundant metals.

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  • Illuminating the Barrier to Next-Generation Battery That Charges Very Quickly

    In the race for fast-charging, energy-dense lithium metal batteries, researchers discovered why the promising solid electrolyte version has not performed as hoped. This could help new designs – and eventually battery production – avoid the problem.

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