A new study of 377 Americans highlights the growing concern of using public Wi-Fi Hotspots. The survey, conducted by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) in conjunction with PRIVATE WiFi, revealed that 79% of respondents believe that ...
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Visual Fusion, the data visualization software technolonew linkgy underpinning IDV Solutions' Visual Command Center solution for risk awareness and response, has been awarded SAFETY Act designation by U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...
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Future warfare could be fought by soldiers using bullets and bombs as well as people hunched over laptops according to experts in cyber conflict. The analysis comes in response to a recent article, titled “U.S. Admits to Cyber ...
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The American National Standards Institute is a private non-profit organization that oversees the development of voluntary consensus standards for products, services, processes, systems, and personnel in the United States. The organization ...
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A U.S. House intelligence committee report warning that two Chinese networking companies are posing security risks to the country also includes allegations of job bias and visa fraud at one of the firms, Huawei Technologies. The report, ...
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Tablet computers are popping up just about everywhere, even in Haverhill, Mass., where workers at the local water treatment plant use the devices to monitor its systems. Water treatment plant workers in Haverhill, Mass., monitor the ...
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The Secure Decisions Division of Applied Visions and developer of MeerCAT , a visualization toolkit for wireless network security, has been selected as a finalist in the Government Security News (GSN) 2012 Homeland Security Awards ...
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The U.S. House is moving closer to acting on legislation that would make green cards available to as many as 55,000 foreign nationals who have earned advanced degrees in science, technology, engineering or math -- the so-called STEM fields. ...
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It may look like something out of Grand Theft Auto,but the Carbon TX7 multi-purpose police truck will begin protecting the streets of America within 12 months if its designers have their way. Indiana-based homeland security company Carbon ...
The Homeland Security Network has just completed a face-lift that will make it easier and quicker to use the site. The new home page gives user's clear options on where to go to get free educational webinars, educational movies, DVDs, News, ...
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President Obama is exploring the option of using his executive authority to get government agencies and critical infrastructure owners to implement better controls for protecting their computer networks. According to a report by Reuters, ...
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The Indian offshoring giant Infosys ran a "full-throated campaign of retaliation" against employees to deter them from cooperating with federal authorities investigating visa fraud, according to a new lawsuit. This allegation is made in ...
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Groups of companies in the same industry could pool infrastructure resources to help each other mitigate the effects of cyber attacks and work together on security issues, a senior official in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security ...
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Texas Tech University celebrated cotton research by highlighting unique cotton programs with a video release. Lubbock in the High Plains of Texas is the epicenter of cotton production and research. High Plains, which produces about 25% of ...
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Hundreds of thousands of US public sector workers have access to cloud-based collaboration software from UK IT firm Huddle after two major US government departments sign up. A version of Huddle used by the UK government, which sits on a ...
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