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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 295 days ago
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http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/breaking-news/ireland/politics/article3413928.eceBelfast TelegraphFebruary 08, 2008Fine Gael is calling on the Government to beef up its computer security systems following revelations that 80 departmental laptops have been lost or stolen in the past five years.Reports this morning say 12 laptops have been stolen from the Department of the Environment, while five have been taken from the Department of Social and Family Affairs.Two were stolen from the Taoiseach's office la read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 230 days ago
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European Parliament members are asking if Microsoft's antitrust violations make the company ineligible to compete for government contracts. read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 199 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: govt secrecy mysterious cyber initative comments Discuss  
The secrecy surrounding the Bush administration's updated National Cyber Security Initiative -- designed to improve the government's digital defenses and put forth an offensive information warfare doctrine -- is endangering the deterrent value of the project and appears to be aimed chiefly at supporting spying operations abroad, a key U.S. Senate committee concludes in a new report. The Senate Armed Services Committee said a major thrust of the initiative was to inform our adversaries as...Please click on read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 194 days ago
Via: http://blog.washingtonpost.com | Tags: govt earns c security report card comments Discuss  
The federal government earned an overall grade of "C" for securing its computer systems and networks from cyber attack last year, a slight improvement from the "C-minus" mark the government was given in 2006. The report cards were issued today by Rep. Tom Davis of Virginia, the ranking Republican on the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. Nine agencies earned failing grades for 2007, including the departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Interior, Labor, Transportation,...Please click read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 73 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: eff public knowledge sue us govt secret ip pact comments Discuss  
Two digital rights advocacy groups have filed a lawsuit against the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) in an attempt to get the office to turn over information about a secret international treaty being negotiated to step up cross-border enforcement of copyright and piracy laws. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 68 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:06:43 -0500 (CDT)http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/At_last_govt_cracks_BlackBerry_code/articleshow/3510719.cmsBy Niranjan BharatiET Bureau22 Sep, 2008NEW DELHI: The government has decrypted the data on Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry networks. The department of telecommunication (DoT), Intelligence Bureau and security agency National Technical Research Organisation (NTRO) have done tests on service providers such as Bharti Airtel read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 51 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: us govt proposes digital signing dns root zone file comments Discuss  
The U.S. government is soliciting input on a way to make the Internet's addressing system less susceptible to tampering by hackers. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 39 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:02:52 -0500 (CDT)http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/4732714a28.htmlBy TOM PULLAR-STRECKER The Dominion Post 20 October 2008Government agencies should weigh up the risks to security and New Zealand's wider economic interests before outsourcing IT systems overseas, says the State Services Commission.The commission has been developing guidelines for agencies considering "offshoring" information processing for 18 months.An IT industry ex read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 5 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:14:28 -0600 (CST)http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Indian_Pak_hackers_deface_govt_websites/rssarticleshow/3759424.cmsThe Times of India26 Nov 2008ISLAMABAD: Indian and Pakistani hackers are engaged in a round of tit-for-tat defacing of government-run websites of the two countries, targeting such major organisations as India's oil and gas major ONGC and its Pakistani counterpart OGRA.The cyber warfare began in mid-November when an read more »
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