Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans TAMPA — Target. Home Depot. Sony Pictures. The now infamous computer hacks infuriated consumers who had personal information compromised and Hollywood honchos who had embarrassing emails made public. But headline-grabbing computer intrusions are only a fraction of what is going on…
Largest ever cyber wargame tests Europe’s defences
Europe’s biggest ever cyber security war diversions exercise has started, with the point of testing how nations can cooperate against a significant cross-fringe security danger. Throughout its first stage, the Cyber Europe 2014 occasion unites more than 200 associations including vitality organizations, telecoms administrators, and 400 security experts. The scale…
Snowden testifies / Nagoya protocol / Roadworthiness tests
MEPs hear Snowden’s eagerly awaited response to the LIBE inquiry, vote to approve rules on access to genetic resources and benefit sharing, and standardising… ________________________ https://gregorydevans.com – http://gregorydevans.wordpress.com – http://hackerforhire.com – http://hackerforhireusa.com
Coast Guard tests oil spill technologies in Operation Arctic Shield
Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response The Coast Guard Research and Development Center (RDC) led a team of engineers and scientists from multiple Coast Guard units, other federal agencies, and universities in evaluating methods to detect, track and respond to simulated oil spills off the North Slope of Alaska as part of…
Smith & Wesson M&P #209001 9mm – Gun Tests Pistol of the Year
Our first impression of the $679 S&W M&P 9mm was that it felt extremely comfortable in the hand. It was well balanced, not too heavy—at least without a magazine full of 17 heavy-bullet loads—and was pleasantly devoid of extraneous controls and levers. We note S&W also sells a version with…
Publishing News: Ownshelf tests ebook lending waters
Here are a few stories from the publishing space that caught my attention this week. Pushing the envelope in ebook lending innovation Martin Bryant at The Next Web took a look at this week at Ownshelf, a startup looking to … View full post on O’Reilly News and Commentary For…
Joint exercise tests UAV sense-and-avoid technology
Top Priority Sector: airport_aviation_security Image Caption: NASA Cirrus SR-22 The National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA), a not-for-profit research and development organization and a university completed two weeks of flight testing “sense and avoid” technology that could help unmanned aircraft better integrate into the national air transportation system some day….
NNSA tests preparedness in radiological emergency response exercise
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: RAP exercise Radiological emergency response teams gathered for a terror-attack response exercise in Albuquerque, NM, the week of Sept. 10. Members of the National Nuclear Security Agency’s (NNSA) Radiological Assistance Teams working under the NNSA’s Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) attended intensive training…
Ocean Power Technologies wins autonomous grant, tests for PowerBuoy
Top Priority Sector: maritime_port_security Image Caption: PowerBuoy Pennington, NJ-based Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (“CRADA”) with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) Science & Technology Directorate (“S&T”) to perform a new round of in-ocean tests on its autonomous PowerBuoy application for…
DHS S&T bio sensor tests underway in Boston subway
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cbrne_detection Image Caption: MBTA Somerville station The planned tests of bio sensors in Boston’s “T” subway by the Department of Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T) using real, but harmless, biological agents are underway. A statement by DHS S&T on Aug. 24, said…
