Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security U.S. travelers enrolled in U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Global Entry verification system can now also use the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service border processing system, SmartGate, on a trial basis. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security News…
U.S. spent $75 billion on intelligence agencies in 2012
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: access_control_identification Image Caption: ODNI Between them, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Department of Defense spent $75 billion on intelligence gathering operations in fiscal 2012. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security News View full post…
State Department warns U.S. citizens in Tunisia
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Tunis U.S. citizens in Tunisia should be extra careful as the U.S. Department of State issued a travel warning for the country in the face of escalating political tensions there. The State Department issued the new warning on Oct. 19, updating an…
British home secretary blocks computer hacker’s extradition to U.S.
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Image Caption: Gary McKinnon The man accused of one of the biggest hacks into the U.S. defense department computer networks has escaped extradition from the U.K. after that country’s home secretary blocked the move. British home secretary Theresa May said on Oct. 16 that…
No reports of Shamoon malware in U.S., yet, says ICS CERT
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security Image Caption: Aramco headquarters The virus that caused what the U.S. secretary of defense called the most sophisticated attack ever mounted on a private sector computer network hasn’t been detected in U.S. networks, but it could be coming, according to a critical infrastructure network…
A unique solution for U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Joseph J. Battaglia Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Joseph J. Battaglia Acquisition cost versus life-cycle cost has always been a trade-off, often difficult to assess, usually very subjective, and frequently leaving U.S. Government procurement agencies to assume higher risk than necessary in their supplier selection process. For U.S. Customs…
Long-sought terror suspects face U.S. courts
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: Abu Hamza al-Masri The notorious one-eyed Islamist cleric accused of plotting to help Al Qaeda open terrorist training camps in the U.S. is set for his first official U.S. court arraignment on Oct. 10 after he and four other long-sought terror suspects…
U.S. renews travel warnings for Colombia, but FARC peace talks gear up
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: federal_agencies_legislative Image Caption: FARC guerillas With continued, but diminished, kidnappings and other violent activties by terror organizations and drug cartels in Colombia, the U.S. State Department on Oct. 3 renewed a seven-month-old travel warning for U.S. government workers and citizens in the country. Although the…
Cyber threat level remain ‘high’ for U.S. financial sector
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security The cCyber threat level for banks and financial institutions remains high as organized denial of service attacks cripple U.S. banking Websites. The Financial Services-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) elevated its cyber threat level to high on Sept. 19 as distributed denial of service…
Cyber threat level for U.S. financial sector remains high
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: cyber_security The Cyber threat level for banks and financial institutions remains high as organized denial of service attacks cripple U.S. banking Web sites. The Financial Services-Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC) elevated its Cyber Threat Level to high on Sept. 19 as distributed denial of…