Physical Security

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• "Locking" Touch Screen Devices

  
  Digital Soapbox - Preaching Security to the Digital Masses — Authority: 407
  Do you have a touch-screen device like an iPhone, Android-based phone, or one of the others that require you to use your finger? If so, do this for me.  Take out the device, and dont power it on yet or touch the screen.  Hold it up against the light so you can see the smudges and fingerprints on the screens ...
  3 days ago

• More Guns on College Campuses

  
  Securology — Authority: 111
  Just 2 days after I posted on the same subject , a Northern Viriginia community college student shows up to murder his math teacher for giving him a bad (no doubt deserved) grade with a hunting rifle . The only reason his teacher and fellow students are alive is because hes a terrible shot (missed from 5 feet) and ...
  4 days ago

• New Gift Card Laws Also Benefit Terrorists

  
  CIO - Blogs and Discussion - — Authority: 145
  Let’s say you are a bad guy and have some “dirty” money to launder. Cards might be a good idea. First of all, there is no limit to how many cards you can buy. You can buy them with cash. read more
  5 days ago

• Leaked TSA Screening Procedures Only One Aspect of Transport Security

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 503
  Certainly the posting of the Transportation Security Administration’s screening procedures on the Internet was not the agency’s finest hour, but it was not the worst breach of security since 9/11, as I heard last night on CNN. While some were quick to pounce and ridicule, most of what was in that document can be ...
  5 days ago

• New Gift Card Laws Also Benefit Terrorists

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 516
  By Professor Jenni Hesterman , Counterterrorism Expert In case you missed this news in November, laws regarding gift cards will change in favor of consumers: Just in time for the holiday shopping season, the U.S. Federal Reserve on Monday moved to implement legislation aimed at limiting fees and ...
  5 days ago

• Benson: Breaches

  
  Infosecurity.US — Authority: 133
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  1 week ago

• The Reality of Evil Maids

  
  Securology — Authority: 111
  There have been many attacks on whole disk encryption recently: Cold Boot attacks in which keys hang around in memory a lot longer than many thought, demonstrating how information flow may be more important to watch than many acknowledge. Stoned Boot attacks in which a rootkit is loaded into memory as part of ...
  1 week ago

• Unintended Consequences of Searchable Gun Registries

  
  Securology — Authority: 111
  On November 30, 2009, the Bloomington (Indiana) Herald-Times made the following announcement: "This week, HeraldTimesOnline.com will launch its new gun permit database. You’ll be able to search gun permit records by county, city or town and street." Opening up gun permit records in an online and searchable way is ...
  1 week ago

• Computers and Health Care

  
  Cryptosmith — Authority: 91
  David Himmelstein of Cambridge Hospital and Harvard Med School (with co-authors) recently published a paper on the effect of computerization of hospitals.The results, as Computerworld put it: Computers don’t save hospitals money.This makes sense, especially when you look at the study. They focused on data collected ...
  1 week ago

• Report: Domestic Terror Threat on the Rise

  
  CIO - Blogs and Discussion - — Authority: 145
  Report: The possible passage of new restrictions on firearms and the return of military veterans facing significant challenges reintegrating into their communities could lead to the potential emergenc read more
  2 weeks ago

• Suicide Rates Increase Across Military Branches in 2009

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 503
  Suicide Rates Increase Across Military Branches in 2009 - CQ Homeland SecurityMore U.S. military personnel have taken their own lives so far in 2009 than have been killed in either the Afghanistan or Iraq wars this year, according to a Congressional Quarterly compilation of the latest statistics from the armed ...
  2 weeks ago

• Report: Domestic Terror Threat on the Rise

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 516
  By Professor Jenni Hesterman , Counterterrorism Expert Last Thursday, the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee opened hearings on the Fort Hood tragedy. One of the topics on the agenda is the rising domestic terror threat. But this alarm was sounded months ago, in Apr 09, when DHS ...
  2 weeks ago

• Senate Judiciary Addresses Cyber Security Status

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 503
  On November 17, the Senate Judiciary Committee took up the subject of cyber security. An FBI witness said his organization considers “the cyber threat to our nation to be one of the greatest concerns of the twenty-first century.” He later said that cyber-based attacks and high tech crime were the FBI’s highest ...
  3 weeks ago

• That manager would probably have disavowed everything anyway

  
  Computerworld Blogs — Authority: 144
  The last employee to leave this big open-plan office is supposed to turn out the lights. Unfortunately, one worker doesnt know where the light switch is -- but she sees a big handle marked "power." read more
  3 weeks ago

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• GAO: Security agency is making progress, but still falling short

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 503
  GAO: Security agency is making progress, but still falling short - Government Executive.com The Federal Protective Service is making progress, but must fully implement security best practices to meet its mission, the Government Accountability Office reported on Wednesday. According to GAO, the services approach to ...
  3 weeks ago

• Global Cyber Company AVG Stresses Importance of Safe Online Shopping

  
  Security Debrief - a blog of homeland security news and analysis — Authority: 503
  Here at Adfero Group, I’ve been working with AVG and Shop.org who are teaming in a series of social media strategies aimed at spreading the word about how to shop safely online while finding the best bargains of the holiday season. Over the past few months, AVG, a global cyber company, initiated a dialogue here in ...
  4 weeks ago

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