REPORTS...: June 2010 Archives

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The White House has released a national draft strategy outlining a plan that would eschew user names and passwords in favor of a digital identity, such as a smart identity card. The card could be used for such things as credit card purchases, banking and accessing health care records, as well as for posting blog entries anonymously and logging into e-mail systems using a pseudonym, according to the draft.  Read More ...

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Weiss_book.jpgJoe Weiss, a member of the SF Bay InfraGard chapter, has recently published a book addressing the security of industrial control systems. 

"This book is meant to help both the novice and expert in Information Technology (IT) security and industrial control systems (ICS) gain a better understanding of protecting ICSs from electronic threats," Weiss commented. "I wrote this book to fill a hole that exists in the professional world as well as academia - security is taught in the Computer Science departments while control systems are taught in the various engineering departments. This needs to change and this book will help,"
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A recent report prepared by the Inspector General of the Department of Justice warns that DoJ has not adequately prepared for a WMD attack.  The same report concludes that the The FBI has taken appropriate steps to prepare to respond to a WMD incident.  READ MORE 


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