Bruce Perens
Just after midnight on Thursday, April 9, unidentified attackers climbed down four manholes serving the Northern California city of Morgan Hill and cut eight fiber cables in what appears to have been an organized attack on the electronic infrastructure of an American city. Its implications, though startling, have gone almost un-reported.
That attack demonstrated a severe fault in American infrastructure: its centralization. The city of Morgan Hill and parts of three counties lost 911 service, cellular mobile telephone communications, land-line telephone, DSL internet and private networks, central station fire and burglar alarms, ATMs, credit card terminals, and monitoring of critical utilities. In addition, resources that should not have failed, like the local hospital's internal computer network, proved to be dependent on external resources, leaving the hospital with a "paper system" for the day.
http://perens.com/works/articles/MorganHill/
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In Jakarta, A New Terrorist Tactic Revealed
How hotel attacks are changing.
According to Indonesian Security Minister Widodo Adi Sucipto, nine persons were killed and at least 42 injured in two powerful blasts that hit the Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in the Mega Kuningan business area in Jakarta early on the morning of July 17. Widodo told reporters that six of the victims were killed at the Marriott hotel, two others at the Ritz-Carlton hotel and one died in the hospital. Of the 42 injured, 13 were foreigners.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/17/marriott-hotel-attack-jakarta-opinions-contributors-terrorism-indonesia.html
According to Indonesian Security Minister Widodo Adi Sucipto, nine persons were killed and at least 42 injured in two powerful blasts that hit the Marriott and the Ritz-Carlton hotels in the Mega Kuningan business area in Jakarta early on the morning of July 17. Widodo told reporters that six of the victims were killed at the Marriott hotel, two others at the Ritz-Carlton hotel and one died in the hospital. Of the 42 injured, 13 were foreigners.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/07/17/marriott-hotel-attack-jakarta-opinions-contributors-terrorism-indonesia.html
How New York Became Safe: The Full Story
A citywide effort, involving many agencies and institutions, helped restore order.
....By the early 1990s, these highly visible successes, especially in the subway, had begun to express themselves politically. Better than any other politician, Rudy Giuliani understood the pent-up demand for public order and built his successful 1993 run for mayor on quality-of-life themes. Once in office, he appointed Bratton, who had orchestrated the subway success and understood the importance of order maintenance, as New York?s police commissioner.
Under Bratton, the NYPD brought enormous capacities to bear on the city?s crime problem?particularly Compstat, its tactical planning and accountability system, which identified where crimes were occurring and held local commanders responsible for their areas. Giuliani and Bratton also gave the force?s members a clear vision of the ?business? of the NYPD and how their activities contributed to it. In short, a theory previously advocated largely by elites filtered down to?and inspired?line police officers, who had constituted a largely ignored and underused capacity.
http://www.city-journal.org/2009/nytom_ny-crime-decline.html
....By the early 1990s, these highly visible successes, especially in the subway, had begun to express themselves politically. Better than any other politician, Rudy Giuliani understood the pent-up demand for public order and built his successful 1993 run for mayor on quality-of-life themes. Once in office, he appointed Bratton, who had orchestrated the subway success and understood the importance of order maintenance, as New York?s police commissioner.
Under Bratton, the NYPD brought enormous capacities to bear on the city?s crime problem?particularly Compstat, its tactical planning and accountability system, which identified where crimes were occurring and held local commanders responsible for their areas. Giuliani and Bratton also gave the force?s members a clear vision of the ?business? of the NYPD and how their activities contributed to it. In short, a theory previously advocated largely by elites filtered down to?and inspired?line police officers, who had constituted a largely ignored and underused capacity.
http://www.city-journal.org/2009/nytom_ny-crime-decline.html
Ron Gray Missing Person - 9-8-08 Idaho
http://community.discovery.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1641975849/m/45819700101
Data Breaches: The Cost of Being Unprepared- Thought Leadership Panel Perspectives
Data breach incidents have seen a 47% increase since 2007. Breached companies can suffer devastating reputational effects; can lose valuable business; and become inundated with expensive lawsuits. But unless more companies and financial institutions increase their focus on data protection, there's no telling where - or if - this crime will ever end.
http://www.csoonline.com/webcast/491387/Data_Breaches_The_Cost_of_Being_Unprepared_Thought_Leadership_Panel_Perspectives?source=CSONLU_nlt_securityleader_2009-07-20_1
http://www.csoonline.com/webcast/491387/Data_Breaches_The_Cost_of_Being_Unprepared_Thought_Leadership_Panel_Perspectives?source=CSONLU_nlt_securityleader_2009-07-20_1
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