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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 302 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: dhs official moots real id rules for buying cold medicine comments Discuss  
Slippery slopeA senior US Department of Homeland Security official has floated the idea of requiring citizens to produce federally compliant identification before purchasing some over-the-counter medicines.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 299 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn border security dominates dhs technology budget request comments Discuss  
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0208/020508j1.htmBy Jill R. Aitoro Govexec.com February 5, 2008Roughly half of the Homeland Security Department's $5.4 billion information technology budget will go to ongoing system development and modernization programs for border control and protection.Cybersecurity funds largely will come from alternative sources, said DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff, who described the budget as a whole as "strong and fiscally sound."DHS divided spending in its IT budget into read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 278 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn dhs c cybersecurity comments Discuss  
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=39393By Jill R. Aitoro Govexec.com February 28, 2008 The top ranking official in the Homeland Security Department's national protection division called the agency's efforts in cybersecurity satisfactory, assigning a grade of 'C' during congressional testimony Thursday. But members of Congress called the grade inadequate, emphasizing the need for better collaboration with agency technology leaders, real-time response to system attacks, and metrics that meas read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 244 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: secret service agent lead dhs cyber division comments Discuss  
A cybercrime investigator at the U.S. Secret Service has been named to head the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division, Security Fix has learned. Cornelius F. Tate, a graduate of University of Mississippi, currently heads up the Technical Security Division at Secret Service. Tate also is a member of the Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program, a Secret Service team made up of agents who conduct forensic analysis of computer systems. DHS established the...Please click on the titl read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 239 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: dhs extends time foreign students stay us comments Discuss  
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has extended the time some foreign graduates of U.S. colleges can stay in the country and work, earning the agency praise from Microsoft and other supporters of increased numbers of foreign worker visas. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 239 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: dhs offer backdoor increase hb visas comments Discuss  
In a change to its regulations, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to extend F-1 student visas for non-nationals from 12 months to 29 months. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 238 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: chertoff dhs project lock federal computers comments Discuss  
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said his agency is working on a "reverse Manhattan Project" to help secure the federal government's computer systems. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 237 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: dhs offers cyber storm exercise comments Discuss  
With its latest Cyber Storm II exercise now completed, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said it expects to release an after-action report analyzing the event, and is now beginning planning for Cyber Storm III in 2010. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 212 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn secret cybersecurity plans senators dhs comments Discuss  
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/senate-panel-qu.htmlBy Ryan Singel Threat LevelWired.comMay 02, 2008 The government's new cyber-security "Manhattan Project" is so secretive that a key Senate oversight panel has been reduced to writing a letter to beg for answers to the most basic questions, such as what's going on, what's the point and what about privacy laws.The Senate Homeland Security committee wants to know, for example, what is the goal of Homeland Security's new National Cyber Secu read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 134 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn dhs seeks cybersecurity capablity info comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:04:24 -0500 (CDT)http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153190-1.htmlBy Ben BainFCW.comJuly 21, 2008The Homeland Security Department is interested in learning how the private sector can help secure the perimeter of the government’s information technology networks — a key DHS role in the Bush Administration’s largely classified Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative.DHS asked companies interested in assisting with ongoing efforts to redu read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 126 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn ig dhs problems secret data comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 01:09:15 -0500 (CDT)http://www.fcw.com/online/news/153292-1.htmlBy Alice LipowiczFCW.comJuly 28, 2008The Homeland Security Department still has problems handling classified top secret intelligence information, according to a new report from the department's Office of the Inspector General.Overall, DHS' Office of Intelligence and Analysis has made progress in managing intelligence systems departmentwide, and in establishing an information te read more »
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