The HSAC members will provide recommendations and advice directly to Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.
Moss' background as a computer hacker (aka "Dark Tangent") and role as a luminary among young hackers who flock to Defcon in Las Vegas every summer might seem to make him an odd choice to swear allegiance to the government. (Although before running his computer conferences, Moss also worked in the information system security division at Ernst & Young.)
I'd like to hear some of the banter as he rubs elbows with the likes of former CIA (Bill Webster) and FBI directors (Louis Freeh), Los Angeles County sheriff, Miami mayor, New York police commissioner, governors of Maryland and Georgia, former Colorado Sen. Gary Hart, and the president of the Navajo Nation.
In an interview late on Friday, Moss, who is 39, said he was surprised when he got the call and was asked to join the group.
Wednesday, June 10
Tuesday, June 9
National Recall
June 5, U.S. Food Safety and Inspection Service ? (National) Recall notification report: Class I recall ? wholesale level. Cameco, Inc., a Verona, New Jersey, establishment is recalling approximately 79,312 pounds of various fully cooked, readyto- eat meat and poultry products because the products may contain under-processed ham components after contacting surfaces of equipment. The fully cooked, ready-to-eat meat and poultry products were produced on May 29, 2009 and June 1, 2009, and were distributed to wholesale distributors in Alabama, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. The distribution of the products was limited only to wholesale distributors; none of these products are available to consumers. The problem was discovered by the company. Source: http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fsis_Recalls/RNR_029_2009/index.asp
CIA, FBI push 'Facebook for spies'
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- When you see people at the office using such Internet sites as Facebook and MySpace, you might suspect those workers are slacking off.
A social-networking site for the world of spying officially launches for the U.S. intelligence community this month.
A social-networking site for the world of spying officially launches for the U.S. intelligence community this month.
But that's not the case at the CIA, the FBI and the National Security Agency, where bosses are encouraging their staff members to use a new social-networking site designed for the super-secret world of spying.
"It's every bit Facebook and YouTube for spies, but it's much, much more," said Michael Wertheimer, assistant deputy director of national intelligence for analysis.
The program is called A-Space, and it's a social-networking site for analysts within the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.
Instead of posting thoughts about the new Avenged Sevenfold album or Jessica Alba movie, CIA analysts could use A-Space to share information and opinion about al Qaeda movements in the Middle East or Russian naval maneuvers in the Black Sea.
The new A-Space site has been undergoing testing for months and launches officially for the nation's entire intelligence community September 22.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/09/05/facebook.spies/index.html
A social-networking site for the world of spying officially launches for the U.S. intelligence community this month.
A social-networking site for the world of spying officially launches for the U.S. intelligence community this month.
But that's not the case at the CIA, the FBI and the National Security Agency, where bosses are encouraging their staff members to use a new social-networking site designed for the super-secret world of spying.
"It's every bit Facebook and YouTube for spies, but it's much, much more," said Michael Wertheimer, assistant deputy director of national intelligence for analysis.
The program is called A-Space, and it's a social-networking site for analysts within the 16 U.S. intelligence agencies.
Instead of posting thoughts about the new Avenged Sevenfold album or Jessica Alba movie, CIA analysts could use A-Space to share information and opinion about al Qaeda movements in the Middle East or Russian naval maneuvers in the Black Sea.
The new A-Space site has been undergoing testing for months and launches officially for the nation's entire intelligence community September 22.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/09/05/facebook.spies/index.html
Sunday, June 7
Twitter To Offer ?Verified Accounts?
The post also said that Twitter would be launching ?Verified Accounts? later this summer:
The experiment will begin with public officials, public agencies, famous artists, athletes, and other well known individuals at risk of impersonation. We hope to verify more accounts in the future but due to the resources required, verification will begin only with a small set.
Twitter could easily verify a larger number accounts by providing automated verification in a variety of ways. My Time For Verified Twitter Accounts & An Easy Way To Do It covers some options on this.
Still, it?s a start, and a welcome one. Verified Accounts will have a special seal that shows, as illustrated in the screenshot above.
http://searchengineland.com/twitter-to-offer-verified-accounts-20620
The experiment will begin with public officials, public agencies, famous artists, athletes, and other well known individuals at risk of impersonation. We hope to verify more accounts in the future but due to the resources required, verification will begin only with a small set.
Twitter could easily verify a larger number accounts by providing automated verification in a variety of ways. My Time For Verified Twitter Accounts & An Easy Way To Do It covers some options on this.
Still, it?s a start, and a welcome one. Verified Accounts will have a special seal that shows, as illustrated in the screenshot above.
http://searchengineland.com/twitter-to-offer-verified-accounts-20620
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