BBC NEWS Business Yahoo names new chief executive: "Yahoo has named Silicon Valley veteran Carol Bartz as its new chief executive.
Ms Bartz, 60, is a well-respected industry figure who led business software maker Autodesk for 14 years before becoming its chairman in 2006.
Her appointment follows a search for a replacement for the internet portal's co-founder Jerry Yang. Yahoo has named Silicon Valley veteran Carol Bartz as its new chief executive.
Ms Bartz, 60, is a well-respected industry figure who led business software maker Autodesk for 14 years before becoming its chairman in 2006.
Her appointment follows a search for a replacement for the internet portal's co-founder Jerry Yang."
Monday, February 9
Sunday, February 8
David Carpenter - re. USSS SAIC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7qlCY8OyGQ This 2004 video depicts Secret Service agents Larry Cockell, Brian Stafford, David Carpenter, and Clint Hill ...
David Carpenter formerly the head of Clinton's Secret Service detail and assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security and now vice president of global security for PepsiCo.
David Carpenter formerly the head of Clinton's Secret Service detail and assistant secretary of state for diplomatic security and now vice president of global security for PepsiCo.
Wednesday, February 4
Obama vs. Osama
by David Silverberg http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/6905/151/
The fight for the moral high ground takes a new turn. On Jan. 20, 2009, Bin Laden finally met his match when the United States put forward a leader with even greater moral authority and a vision far more promising than jihad's bleak, unending struggle. In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama retook the moral high ground for the United States with a vision that was not only inspiring and inclusive for Americans but for all the people of the world. It will go down as one of the great addresses in American history.
He reached out directly to Bin Laden's audience, saying: "To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect." But at the same time he made clear that the fight will continue to be waged: "We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you."
The fight for the moral high ground takes a new turn. On Jan. 20, 2009, Bin Laden finally met his match when the United States put forward a leader with even greater moral authority and a vision far more promising than jihad's bleak, unending struggle. In his inaugural address, President Barack Obama retook the moral high ground for the United States with a vision that was not only inspiring and inclusive for Americans but for all the people of the world. It will go down as one of the great addresses in American history.
He reached out directly to Bin Laden's audience, saying: "To the Muslim world, we seek a new way forward, based on mutual interest and mutual respect." But at the same time he made clear that the fight will continue to be waged: "We will not apologize for our way of life, nor will we waver in its defense, and for those who seek to advance their aims by inducing terror and slaughtering innocents, we say to you now that our spirit is stronger and cannot be broken; you cannot outlast us, and we will defeat you."
Union Calls for Removal of FEMA from DHS
http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/7097/128/
Standalone agency would receive attention to fix problems, AFGE says The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) remains a failed agency that would become more effective if it were removed from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to a list of recommendations from the president of a union chapter of FEMA employees."In the three years since Hurricane Katrina, FEMA's public relations efforts have pushed the story that the agency has learned from its mistakes, telling the public that the agency has been improving coordination, adding leadership, and recruiting talent to successfully support numerous disasters since those fateful days in the late summer of 2005," wrote Leo Bosner, president of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 4060, which represents 400 FEMA employees in Washington, DC."The harsh truth is that the disasters FEMA has supported in recent years are basically mid-level disasters, and not large-scale catastrophes on the scale of Hurricane Katrina or the 9/11 attacks. These more recent mid-scale disasters caused swaths of devastation, but did not for the most part destroy local and State governments' ability to coordinate and manage their own responses to affected areas. Should a disaster on the scale of Hurricane Katrina strike today, we do not believe FEMA is ready," concluded Bosner, who is an emergency management specialist at FEMA.As such, Bosner's list of recommendations, circulated to government officials and reporters Tuesday, calls for the restoration of FEMA as a standalone agency under the rationale that it would receive more individual attention to correct its management and operational shortfalls.
Standalone agency would receive attention to fix problems, AFGE says The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) remains a failed agency that would become more effective if it were removed from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), according to a list of recommendations from the president of a union chapter of FEMA employees."In the three years since Hurricane Katrina, FEMA's public relations efforts have pushed the story that the agency has learned from its mistakes, telling the public that the agency has been improving coordination, adding leadership, and recruiting talent to successfully support numerous disasters since those fateful days in the late summer of 2005," wrote Leo Bosner, president of American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 4060, which represents 400 FEMA employees in Washington, DC."The harsh truth is that the disasters FEMA has supported in recent years are basically mid-level disasters, and not large-scale catastrophes on the scale of Hurricane Katrina or the 9/11 attacks. These more recent mid-scale disasters caused swaths of devastation, but did not for the most part destroy local and State governments' ability to coordinate and manage their own responses to affected areas. Should a disaster on the scale of Hurricane Katrina strike today, we do not believe FEMA is ready," concluded Bosner, who is an emergency management specialist at FEMA.As such, Bosner's list of recommendations, circulated to government officials and reporters Tuesday, calls for the restoration of FEMA as a standalone agency under the rationale that it would receive more individual attention to correct its management and operational shortfalls.
SecurityDreamer - US Passports Hacked using a $250 reader
Now he's hacked US Passports using a $250 RFID reader!
http://www.securitydreamer.com/2009/02/now-hes-hacked-us-passports-using-a-250-rfid-reader.html Is he evil? Ask some manufacturers and they'll say yes, emphatically. Ask privacy advocates, and they'll praise him for exposing the seeds of Big Brother. Chris Pajet didn't stop at cloning your HID prox card while standing next to you in line at the 7-Eleven.* Now he has begun war-driving through San Francisco, gleaning RFID tags from US Passports. This is another assault on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Read about it here.
White hats like Chris find the holes in our tech infrastructure that the bad guys also find. I'd rather know about it than keep my head in the sand. Besides, these problems are ususally fixable, so let's fix the problems and not ignore them. *not sure if he ever did that, but the cloning device he showed me sure could have been used that way.
http://www.securitydreamer.com/2009/02/now-hes-hacked-us-passports-using-a-250-rfid-reader.html Is he evil? Ask some manufacturers and they'll say yes, emphatically. Ask privacy advocates, and they'll praise him for exposing the seeds of Big Brother. Chris Pajet didn't stop at cloning your HID prox card while standing next to you in line at the 7-Eleven.* Now he has begun war-driving through San Francisco, gleaning RFID tags from US Passports. This is another assault on the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. Read about it here.
White hats like Chris find the holes in our tech infrastructure that the bad guys also find. I'd rather know about it than keep my head in the sand. Besides, these problems are ususally fixable, so let's fix the problems and not ignore them. *not sure if he ever did that, but the cloning device he showed me sure could have been used that way.
BBC NEWS | Technology | Sex offenders booted off MySpace
BBC NEWS Technology Sex offenders booted off MySpace: "Social networking site MySpace has deleted the accounts of 90,000 users it has identified as sex offenders. The site was responding to a call from state attorneys general in the US to provide a list of offenders on its roster. MySpace and rival site Facebook have committed to making their sites safer for the growing number of young users.
However, Facebook's measures to keep sex offenders off its site have been called into question.
The 90,000 sex offenders found on MySpace represent a significant increase and the figure is nearly twice that predicted by MySpace officials last year in a preliminary estimate. Social networking site MySpace has deleted the accounts of 90,000 users it has identified as sex offenders.
The site was responding to a call from state attorneys general in the US to provide a list of offenders on its roster. MySpace and rival site Facebook have committed to making their sites safer for the growing number of young users. However, Facebook's measures to keep sex offenders off its site have been called into question. The 90,000 sex offenders found on MySpace represent a significant increase and the figure is nearly twice that predicted by MySpace officials last year in a preliminary estimate."
However, Facebook's measures to keep sex offenders off its site have been called into question.
The 90,000 sex offenders found on MySpace represent a significant increase and the figure is nearly twice that predicted by MySpace officials last year in a preliminary estimate. Social networking site MySpace has deleted the accounts of 90,000 users it has identified as sex offenders.
The site was responding to a call from state attorneys general in the US to provide a list of offenders on its roster. MySpace and rival site Facebook have committed to making their sites safer for the growing number of young users. However, Facebook's measures to keep sex offenders off its site have been called into question. The 90,000 sex offenders found on MySpace represent a significant increase and the figure is nearly twice that predicted by MySpace officials last year in a preliminary estimate."
Friday, January 30
Evaluating Internet Research Sources
Evaluating Internet Research Sources: Evaluating Information: The Tests of Information Quality
"You may have heard that 'knowledge is power,' or that information, the raw material of knowledge, is power. But the truth is that only some information is power: reliable information. Information serves as the basis for beliefs, decisions, choices, and understanding our world. If we make a decision based on wrong or unreliable information, we do not have power--we have defeat. If we eat something harmful that we believe to be safe, we can become ill; if we avoid something good that we believe to be harmful, we have needlessly restricted the enjoyment of our lives. The same thing applies to every decision to travel, purchase, or act, and every attempt to understand."
Robert Harris Version Date: June 15, 2007 (recd from fellow IACA member)
"You may have heard that 'knowledge is power,' or that information, the raw material of knowledge, is power. But the truth is that only some information is power: reliable information. Information serves as the basis for beliefs, decisions, choices, and understanding our world. If we make a decision based on wrong or unreliable information, we do not have power--we have defeat. If we eat something harmful that we believe to be safe, we can become ill; if we avoid something good that we believe to be harmful, we have needlessly restricted the enjoyment of our lives. The same thing applies to every decision to travel, purchase, or act, and every attempt to understand."
Robert Harris Version Date: June 15, 2007 (recd from fellow IACA member)
Wednesday, January 28
Pacific Shipper Online -- Napolitano refocuses security efforts
Pacific Shipper Online -- Napolitano refocuses security efforts: "In my view — from a prevention and protection stand point, not just aviation, but surface transportation — that is a work in progress,” Napolitano said during her Jan. 15 confirmation hearing. “We haven’t done as much there as we have done on the aviation” side."
US Muslims hopeful but wary of status under Obama
US Muslims hopeful but wary of status under Obama: "The FBI is among the law enforcement agencies that attend the Islamic Society conventions to recruit Arabic speakers.
Thomas Nicpon, assistant special agent in charge in the FBI's New York intelligence division, said deciding which Muslim groups to work with is a 'difficult question' since within many groups, members may differ widely in their outlook. But he said the FBI 'tries to vet it out' before working with a Muslim organization — or any community group.
'The overwhelming majority of American Muslims are loyal, patriotic Americans who obviously are very upset by and very concerned about what happened on 9-11,' said Nicpon, who leads the FBI's New York outreach to Muslims. 'They're generally a lot more well-integrated in society than they perhaps are in London or Britain in general. They identify a lot more with America and American culture.'"
Thomas Nicpon, assistant special agent in charge in the FBI's New York intelligence division, said deciding which Muslim groups to work with is a 'difficult question' since within many groups, members may differ widely in their outlook. But he said the FBI 'tries to vet it out' before working with a Muslim organization — or any community group.
'The overwhelming majority of American Muslims are loyal, patriotic Americans who obviously are very upset by and very concerned about what happened on 9-11,' said Nicpon, who leads the FBI's New York outreach to Muslims. 'They're generally a lot more well-integrated in society than they perhaps are in London or Britain in general. They identify a lot more with America and American culture.'"
Monday, January 26
Critical Infrastructures
Agriculture
Aviation
Bridges & Tunnels
Cyber
Dams
Drinking Water
Energy
Food Manufacturing
Hazardous Waste
Navigable Waterways
Parks and Recreation
Ports
Rail
Roads
Schools
Security
Solid Waste
Transit
Wastewater
Aviation
Bridges & Tunnels
Cyber
Dams
Drinking Water
Energy
Food Manufacturing
Hazardous Waste
Navigable Waterways
Parks and Recreation
Ports
Rail
Roads
Schools
Security
Solid Waste
Transit
Wastewater
Cybercrime's global reach affects us all
New York
It's hard to imagine a safer place than the International Conference on Cybersecurity, held earlier this month at Fordham University in New York City.
A New York Police Department mobile command post bus was parked outside; uniformed officers searched every bag of every participant; and serious-looking FBI agents sporting earpieces guarded the doors to the sessions. A hilarious side effect was that almost nobody tried to break the "no food or drinks" rule in the auditorium. Sneaking in a shot of joe just didn't seem worth tangling with a beefy Fed. I got stopped just because my conference badge had flipped around the wrong way.
Anyway, nobody needed coffee to stay awake, as speaker after speaker revealed new and frightening facts about the global reach of cybercrime.
This event marked the first such collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a university, driven by a growing awareness of the serious threats to business, military, and even personal computers in North America.
Shawn Henry, Assistant Director of the FBI's cyber division, said the U.S. government now considers cybercrime the most critical threat "after a weapon of mass destruction in one of our cities.
To emphasize this commitment, 22 federal departments and agencies have been told to work together on a comprehensive national cybersecurity initiative, some of whose details remain classified.
Sandra Sanar-Johnson, senior executive at the spooky U.S. National Security Agency, described cyberwarfare attacks against government and business computers in Estonia, and more recently in Georgia, as well as cyberfrauds such as a phishing scheme in Romania that just saw 40 people arrested. read the full article at http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/19288.cfm
It's hard to imagine a safer place than the International Conference on Cybersecurity, held earlier this month at Fordham University in New York City.
A New York Police Department mobile command post bus was parked outside; uniformed officers searched every bag of every participant; and serious-looking FBI agents sporting earpieces guarded the doors to the sessions. A hilarious side effect was that almost nobody tried to break the "no food or drinks" rule in the auditorium. Sneaking in a shot of joe just didn't seem worth tangling with a beefy Fed. I got stopped just because my conference badge had flipped around the wrong way.
Anyway, nobody needed coffee to stay awake, as speaker after speaker revealed new and frightening facts about the global reach of cybercrime.
This event marked the first such collaboration between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a university, driven by a growing awareness of the serious threats to business, military, and even personal computers in North America.
Shawn Henry, Assistant Director of the FBI's cyber division, said the U.S. government now considers cybercrime the most critical threat "after a weapon of mass destruction in one of our cities.
To emphasize this commitment, 22 federal departments and agencies have been told to work together on a comprehensive national cybersecurity initiative, some of whose details remain classified.
Sandra Sanar-Johnson, senior executive at the spooky U.S. National Security Agency, described cyberwarfare attacks against government and business computers in Estonia, and more recently in Georgia, as well as cyberfrauds such as a phishing scheme in Romania that just saw 40 people arrested. read the full article at http://www.businessedge.ca/article.cfm/newsID/19288.cfm
Sunday, January 25
Dial-a-recall? Stores use cards to warn buyers - Food safety- msnbc.com
Dial-a-recall? Stores use cards to warn buyers - Food safety- msnbc.com: "1 million calls to Costco customers
About 1 million of Costco’s 54 million card-carrying members got calls about peanut butter products this week, said Craig Wilson, assistant vice president of food safety for the Issaquah, Wa., company.
And in the Northeast, the Wegmans regional grocery store chain completed more than 17,000 calls about potentially tainted ice cream on Tuesday, and nearly 3,000 calls about suspect peanut butter cup candy on Thursday, all to holders of the store’s “Shoppers Club” cards who bought the affected items, according to a spokeswoman.
“It was really amazing that so many customers had no idea about the recall,” said Jeanne Colleluori, of the Rochester, N.Y.-based chain."
About 1 million of Costco’s 54 million card-carrying members got calls about peanut butter products this week, said Craig Wilson, assistant vice president of food safety for the Issaquah, Wa., company.
And in the Northeast, the Wegmans regional grocery store chain completed more than 17,000 calls about potentially tainted ice cream on Tuesday, and nearly 3,000 calls about suspect peanut butter cup candy on Thursday, all to holders of the store’s “Shoppers Club” cards who bought the affected items, according to a spokeswoman.
“It was really amazing that so many customers had no idea about the recall,” said Jeanne Colleluori, of the Rochester, N.Y.-based chain."
Jennifer Venditti
Home: "RESEARCH INTERESTS: Acoustic and articulatory phonetics, language disorders, laboratory phonology, spoken language processing, intonation theory and modeling, cognitive science, computational and experimental psycholinguistics, Japanese BPMs, Japanese ToBI, discourse structure and reference resolution, prosodic interference and transfer, under-studied languages ....
TEACHING INTERESTS: Phonetics, intonation systems, ToBI prosodic transcription, psycholinguistics ...."
TEACHING INTERESTS: Phonetics, intonation systems, ToBI prosodic transcription, psycholinguistics ...."
Police Chief Magazine - View Article
New Member Announcements - Police Chief Magazine - View Article: "New York
*Battle, Frank, Corporate Director of Security, L-3 Communications, 600 Third Ave 35th Fl, 10016
*Delaney, Pamela D, President, New York City Police Foundation, 345 Park Ave, 10154
*Dynia, Judith, Director of Development, New York City Police Foundation, 345 Park Ave, 10154
*Venditti, Laurie A, Security Advisor Intelligent Surveillance, PartnerForSecurity, E 88th St, 10128"
*Battle, Frank, Corporate Director of Security, L-3 Communications, 600 Third Ave 35th Fl, 10016
*Delaney, Pamela D, President, New York City Police Foundation, 345 Park Ave, 10154
*Dynia, Judith, Director of Development, New York City Police Foundation, 345 Park Ave, 10154
*Venditti, Laurie A, Security Advisor Intelligent Surveillance, PartnerForSecurity, E 88th St, 10128"
Wednesday, January 21
Pipeline Manager Identified as a Salesperson's "Must-have" In a Down Economy
Pipeline Manager Identified as a Salesperson's "Must-have" In a Down Economy: "About David Gewirtz
David Gewirtz has written more than 600 articles about technology, competitiveness, and national security policy. He is a member of FBI InfraGard, the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals, a columnist for The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and has been a guest commentator for the Nieman Watchdog of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He is the recipient of the Sigma Xi Research Award in Engineering and was a candidate for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Letters."
David Gewirtz has written more than 600 articles about technology, competitiveness, and national security policy. He is a member of FBI InfraGard, the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals, a columnist for The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and has been a guest commentator for the Nieman Watchdog of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He is the recipient of the Sigma Xi Research Award in Engineering and was a candidate for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Letters."
North America's 'largest transportation command center' opens it doors - Security Director News
North America's 'largest transportation command center' opens it doors - Security Director News: "NEW YORK--The city's Joint Transportation Management Center, which is being touted as North America's largest transportation command center, opened late last year, a project that has brought various agencies and disparate technologies together.
The JTMC is focused on around-the-clock coordination and communication among the New York State Department of Transportation Region 11, New York City Department of Transportation, New York Police Department, the Federal Highway Administration and other partner agencies in the metropolitan area to manage daily transportation incidents and reduce congestion on some of the busiest expressways in the world. It is also designed to safely and efficiently move people, goods, services and information through the state and city of New York."
The JTMC is focused on around-the-clock coordination and communication among the New York State Department of Transportation Region 11, New York City Department of Transportation, New York Police Department, the Federal Highway Administration and other partner agencies in the metropolitan area to manage daily transportation incidents and reduce congestion on some of the busiest expressways in the world. It is also designed to safely and efficiently move people, goods, services and information through the state and city of New York."
Monday, January 19
The Doomsday Memo, The Outcoming Administration Prepares The Incoming For The Worst-Case Scenarios - CBS News
The Doomsday Memo, The Outcoming Administration Prepares The Incoming For The Worst-Case Scenarios - CBS News: "That is why the administration has been preparing an unprecedented set of scenarios for a dark day that could come to the next White House.
'In the post-9/11 world, this isn't just good manners, good government; it's a national security responsibility,' said outgoing White House chief of staff Josh Bolton."
'In the post-9/11 world, this isn't just good manners, good government; it's a national security responsibility,' said outgoing White House chief of staff Josh Bolton."
Sunday, January 18
Napolitano, Obama's Homeland Security Nominee, Vows to Prosecute Employers of Illegal Immigrants - washingtonpost.com
Napolitano, Obama's Homeland Security Nominee, Vows to Prosecute Employers of Illegal Immigrants - washingtonpost.com: "In remarks and written answers to senators, the two-term Arizona governor offered few details but said she would lead a broad reexamination of the department's security policies in the coming year. Among other things, she said she would revisit a controversial and costly plan to tighten national standards for driver's licenses, would devote more resources to rail and maritime security, and may push back a 2012 deadline to screen all U.S.-bound containers at foreign ports.
'The department has come a long way, but there is a ways to go,' Napolitano, 51, told members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. '. . . Changes need to be made.'"
'The department has come a long way, but there is a ways to go,' Napolitano, 51, told members of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. '. . . Changes need to be made.'"
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