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The virtue of security syndication // by Ilan Meller
In addition to doing everything they can to make themselves more secure, individual organizations may enhance their security by forming a security syndicate with other organizations for the purpose of sharing security-related information; with more organizationas sharing more terror-related “dots,” it may be possible to connect these dots more effectively to form a larger, clearer threat picture
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MIT students invent wall crawling device
Intended for first responders, the Atlas Powered Rope Ascender uses the capstan effect to pull a firefighter carrying one hundred pounds of equipment up a thirty-story building in thirty seconds; students have already sold units to Army and look to commercialize
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Vista fails to make the antivirus grade
Virus Bulletin puts Microsoft’s LiveOneCare to the test; it fails, along with antivirus software from McAfee and GDATA; criticism mounts about Vista’s ability to handle the WildList
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Immunity offers a portable hacking device for penetration testing
Nokia 770 tablet device is intended for companies to conduct their own white hat operations; tester turns on the $3,600 device, sticks it in his pocket, and waits to see whether his local wireless network is exploitable
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Defense Information Systems Agency budgets $959 million for IT security
As DoD prepares to sign a cybersecurity pact with NATO, DISA tries to get its own house in order; $819 million for operations and maintenance and $140 million for procurements; plans to improve defense of SIPRNET, develop a risk management system
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DoD and NATA to sign cybersecurity pact
National Cyber Response Coordination Group sees a great benefit to dealing with a single NATO cybersecurity agency, rather than working bilateralluy with twenty-six nations; Eastern European hackers a major concern
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Javelin finds ID theft on the decline
Survey finds a 12 percent drop in the overall cost of ID theft nationwide; 500,000 fewer victims; teenagers a growing target due to social networking and music sites
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DHS offers infrastructure protection course
It is one thing for a committee of experts to write lengthy and detailed plans on how to protect the nation’s critical infrastructure, and it is another thing to have these plans implemented effectively by thousands of government and private sector organizations; DHS offers a Web-based course which will help the relevant people to do so
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Private sector responsible for infrastructure protection planning
The U.S. government has a role to play in contingency planning for protecting critical infrastructure; security experts and government officials agree, though, that businesses should be self-sufficient when it comes to coping with emergencies; “The government is not going to save you,” said a former DHS official
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Uniform European critical infrastructure protection policy a step closer
It is not easy to fashion a coherent and unfirom critical infrastructure protection policy for an organization with more than a dozen sovereign nation states; the EU is moving a step closer to achieving this goal
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Network security: A practical approach by Ilan Meller
Location-based and time-based measures breach physical and logical security of organizational networks
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Procera new data intrcepting solution meets CALEA new requirement
What with the firestorm over the NSA domestic eavesdroping campaign, broadband providers have a 14 May deadline to allow law enforcement agencies to intercept and capture suspicious data transmission without compromising the privacy of innocent cstomers; a California company comes up with a solution
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Marines in Iraq demand LE System's laser-based crowd control system
Dazzler creates a wall of blinding green light that forces drivers away from senstive areas; while the brass favor a B.E. Meyers-produced device, the troops on the ground prefer LE; safety officials put their foot down
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Hackers use brokers to sell software vulnerabilities
Although programs such as ZDI and VCP are popular, hackers can earn ten times the bounty by going through SNOSoft; significant flaw research can earn as much as $120,000; smart disclosure falls by the wayside
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Magal wins a $6 million contract to secure Israeli army bases
Deal follows recent successes with U.S. water authorities, banks concerned about underground tunnelling, and a Scottish hospital; company will install perimeter detection and command and control systems
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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.