The national advocacy group passed a resolution at its annual convention to back legislation supporting the LGBTQ community and protect students from bullying and discrimination. View full post on Education Week: Bullying #pso #htcs #b4inc Read More The post National PTA Plans to Push for Policies to Recognize LGBTQ As…
Lawmakers Push to Make US Cyber Command a Top Military Command
Officials and business leaders in Maryland are backing a proposal to elevate U.S. Cyber Command to a unified combatant command — one of 10 charged with carrying out missions around the world — a move they hope will bring prestige and more jobs to the state. Rep. C.A. Dutch Ruppersberger…
In funding fight, school counselors now push for themselves – Education Week
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DA to push for life sentences in child abuse cases
19th Judicial Circuit District Attorney Randall Houston will ask the Alabama Legislature to increase the possible penalty for Aggravated Child Abuse for a child under six years of age to life in prison when it convenes for its regular session in February. “I stood in court last week to oppose…
Big Push to Fight Against Tax-Related Identity Theft
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Identitiy fraud. Not a day goes by, it seems, without someone reporting identity fraud to their local authorities. The number of incidents is on the rise in all communities across the country, and here in Massachusetts. The Massachusetts Department of Revenue,…
Terror attacks push CIB’s focus towards transnational crimes
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The deadly terrorist attacks in Paris on Nov 13 have persuaded the Central Investigation Bureau (CIB) to step up its work in suppressing transnational crimes. The police are trying to better understand how such gangs operate in Thailand, to make crime-busting…
Congress steps up push for global cyber laws
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Capitol Hill is increasingly concerned about the lack of international laws governing cyber war. In the last week, a bipartisan group of lawmakers sent the State Department a letter urging greater attention to the issue and one House leader introduced a…
Dems, GOP senators push cyber bill for Homeland after breach
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A bipartisan group of senators is pushing to strengthen the authority of the Homeland Security Department to thwartcyberattackson government networks and websites after a massive government data breach. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who has spearheaded cyber legislation in the…
HackerOne raises $25 million in vulnerability management push
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans HackerOne is a vulnerability disclosure and bug bounty platform connecting businesses with security researchers. Over 250 companies including Yahoo!, Adobe, DropBox, LinkedIN, Twitter and WordPress are counted as customers of the San Francisco-based firm, which has paid out roughly $3.2 million…
Ravages of Revenge Porn Spur Federal Crime Push
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans (WOMENSENEWS)– When her high school boyfriend contacted her in 2009, 19 years after they’d graduated and parted ways, Annmarie Chiarini said all of her old teenage feelings came rushing back. “It was that high school fantasy,” said Chiarini, 44, a community…