Report: Obama Signed Secret Cyberwar Directive In October A man sits in front of several computer screens. Carl Franzen Less than a month before Election Day, President Obama signed a secret directive that clarifies what types of actions the military is allowed to take to protect the nation from…
Obama’s Secret Directive Keeps Evolving Cybersecurity Policy Concealed
Obama’s Secret Directive Keeps Evolving Cybersecurity Policy Concealed By: Kevin Gosztola President Barack Obama has issued and signed a secret presidential directive that the Washington Post reports is “the most extensive White House effort to date to wrestle with what constitutes an ‘offensive’ and a ‘defensive’ action in the rapidly…
Secret Service envisions more than 22 miles of perimeter fencing at upcoming presidential inauguration
Top Priority Sector: perimeter_protection Image Caption: Presidential inaugurationin Washington in 1989 The U.S. Secret Service has issued a solicitation for a security vendor to manage the installation of all perimeter fencing at the presidential inauguration and surrounding festivities in Washington, DC, in January 2013, and has scheduled a mandatory site…
Secret Service to procure Secure View 3 cell phone forensic tools
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Secure View 3′sLink View Graph The U.S. Secret Service plans to purchase the Secure View 3 mobile phone forensic investigative tool which enables a user to both access and analyze data found within a suspect’s cell phone. The Secret Service will also…
ICE, Secret Service and IRS train computer forensic investigators
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: education_training Image Caption: FLETC, Charleston, SC Next year will mark the 14th consecutive year for a joint computer forensics training program run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service. The program is responsible for training ICE officers…
ICE, Secret Service, IRS train computer forensic investigators
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: education_training Image Caption: FLETC, Charleston, SC Next year will mark the 14th consecutive year for a joint computer forensics training program run by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Secret Service and the Internal Revenue Service. The program is responsible for training ICE officers…
Former civilian guard at U.S. consulate in China admits to trying to sell top secret access
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection A former cleared American guard (CAG) at a U.S. consulate under construction in China admitted on Aug. 30 to trying to sell access to, and photos of restricted areas of the site, to Chinese intelligence officials so they could plant listening devices and thwart…
Former civilian guard at U.S. consulate admits to trying to sell top secret access
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection A former cleared American guard (CAG) at U.S. consulate under construction in China admitted on Aug. 30 to trying to sell access to and photos of restricted areas of the site to Chinese intelligence officials so they could plant listening devices and thwart security…
Secret Service to buy four video borescopes
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Image Caption: XL Go+ VideoProbeborescope from GE The U.S. Secret Service plans to procure four XL Go+ video borescopes from GE’s Measurement and Control business unit, or an equivalent product from another supplier, which would help the agency spot defects and examine hard-to-reach spaces….
Secret Service may want ‘on-demand darkening’ windows for presidential limo
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: law_enforcement_first_responders Image Caption: Presidential limo mightsoon receive on-demanddarkening windows The Secret Service is looking for a vendor that can supply “enhanced transparent armor” for some of its automobiles — presumably including the presidential limo — which would utilize glass-plastic laminates to provide the vehicles with…