What CEO's are looking for in their employees - "creativity"

There is compelling new evidence that CEOs' priorities in this area are changing in important ways. According to a new survey of 1,500 chief executives conducted by IBM's Institute for Business Value (NYSE: IBM - News), CEOs identify "creativity" as the most important leadership competency for the successful enterprise of the future. http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/109596/what-chief-executives-really-want?mod=career-leadership

Speaker Line up for ICCS FBI/Fordham August 2010

http://www.iccs.fordham.edu/program.htm
Confirmed Distinguished, Plenary & Parallel Speakers

•Hira Agrawal, Ph.D.
Senior Scientist, Telcordia Technologies
Piscataway, NJ USA
•Kevin Albano
Security Consultant, Mandiant
El Segundo, CA USA
•Panos Anastassiadis
Chief Executive Officer and President, Cyveillance Inc.
Arlington, VA USA
•Preet Bharara
United States Attorney, Southern District of New York
United States Department of Justice
New York, NY USA
•Thomas Brown
Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of New York
United States Department of Justice
New York, NY USA
•Carter Bullard
Chief Executive Officer / President, QoSient, LLC
New York, NY USA
•Consuelo Carver
Assistant Legal Attache
Moscow, Russia
•Jeffrey Collins
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation

•Blake Cornell
Board Member, Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP)
New York, NY USA
•Eric David
Head of Anti-Malvertising, Google
San Francisco, CA USA
•Rich DeMillo, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor Georgia Tech College of Computing
Atlanta, GA USA
•Michael Dunner
Microsoft

•Robert Flaim
Supervisory Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D.C. USA
•Cesar Gonzalez
Captain of the Spanish Guardia Civil

•Louis E. Grever
Executive Assistant Director, Science and Technology Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Quantico, VA USA
•Andrew Hoog
Chief Investigative Officer, viaForensics
St. Louis, MO USA
•Kuan-Tsai Huang, Ph.D.
Chief Executive Officer, Taskco Corporation
Chappequa, NY USA
•Kathleen Kiernan, Ph.D.
Chairperson of the Board InfraGard National Members Alliance
Jacksonville, FL USA
•Andrew Lewman
Executive Director, TOR Project
Dedham, MA USA
•Bruce Maggs, Ph.D.
Vice President for Research, Akamai Technologies
Professor, Duke University
Cambridge, MA USA
•Nick Mankovich, Ph.D.
Sr. Director Product Security & Privacy, Philips
New York, USA
•Annemarie P. McAvoy
Chairperson, Fordham Adjunct Faculty Committee
Adjunct Professor, Fordham University School of Law
New York, NY USA
•Ryan McGeehan
Incident Response Manager, Facebook
Palo Alto, CA USA
•Nasir Memon, Ph.D.
Professor, Polytechnic Institute of New York University
New York, NY USA
•Eileen Monsma
Netherlands Police Agency, National High Tech Crime Unit
in cooperation with the University of Utrecht
Netherlands
•Petros Mouchtaris, Ph.D.
Executive Director, Internet Services Research Telcordia Technologies
Piscataway, NJ USA
•Sanjai Narain, Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist, Information Assurance and Security Department
Telcordia Technologies
Piscataway, NJ USA
•Tom O'Hara
Emergency Manager, Suffolk County Office of Emergency Management
Yapank, NY USA
•Joseph C. Opacki
Forensic Investigator, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D.C. USA
•John Otero
Senior Partner, www.BlackStormCSF.com
•Jason Passwaters
Federal Bureau of Investigation
•John Pignataro
Director, Security Incedent Response Team, Citi Group
New York, NY USA
•Carol Porterfield
National Security Agency
Fort Meade, MD USA
•Chuck Rosenberg
Partner, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, former U.S. Attorney
Eastern District of Virginia
Virginia, USA
•Thomas Rushmore
President and CEO, TJR LLC
New York, New York
•Thomas Ryan
Managing Partner, Provide Security

•Ed Skoudis
Faculty Fellow, SANS Institute
Bethesda, MD USA
•Alex Southwell, J.D.
Adjunct Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law
Partner, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP
New York, NY USA
•Eugene H. Spafford
Professor of Computer Science and Executive Director, Purdue University Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
W. Lafayette, IN USA
•Edward Stroz
Co-President, Stroz Freiberg LLC
New York, NY USA
•Akio Sugeno
Director, Internet Engineering and Operations
Telehouse International Corporation of America
Staten Island, NY USA
•Paul Syverson, Ph.D.
Mathematician, Center for Hight Assurance Computer Systems (CHACS)
Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
•Kazuo Takaragi
Senior Chief Researcher, Hitachi, Ltd.
Kawasaki, Japan
•John Verry
Principal Enterprise Security Consultant, Pivot Point Security
Hamilton, NJ USA
•David Weisman
PayPal.com
San Jose, CA USA
•Bill Woodcock
Research Director, Packet Clearing House
Berkeley, CA USA
•Amit Yoran
Chief Executive Officer, NetWitness Corporation
Herndon, VA USA

Nokia acquires MetaCarta

4/9/2010 - Nokia announced today that it has acquired MetaCarta Inc. MetaCarta, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is a privately owned company which employs over 30 people and has expertise in geographic intelligence solutions. MetaCarta's technology will be used in the area of local search in Location and other services.   http://press.nokia.com/PR/201004/1401778_5.html

Microeconomic Decision-Making

...In the United States, decisions about infrastructure projects usually are made in private and/or public boardrooms and generally are not focused on resilience.

...Engineers and architects have key roles to play both in consulting the client on innovations and in producing plans and specifications.

...if a designer works in close cooperation with the owner the goal of resilience can be achieved, to at least some degree, by advocating for it during the process. The resilience will be built-in, therefore, through the microeconomic decisions that are made in the thousands of projects that are projected to be built – at a total cost of almost $1 trillion – to expand, maintain, and improve the nation’s infrastructure over the next five years.

...To that end, Lieutenant Colonel Steve Hart of the U.S. Military Academy's Civil and Mechanical Engineering Department developed not only a course of study but also the first, in 2010, of what is intended to be an annual symposium for his students (and those from other universities) to explore Critical Infrastructure Resilience and Protection. One of the principal lessons learned from his efforts this past year is that there are very few engineering departments currently focused on the resilience of Critical Infrastructure.

...That may change in the not-too-distant future, though, thanks in large part to Colonel Hart's efforts. Fortunately, there is a growing awareness that: (1) The roadmap to achieving resilience is paved with many microeconomic decisions; and (2) Both education and career development are critical to the long-term process of building resilience – primarily by following the ASCE Guidelines mentioned earlier.

To view the entire writing - http://www.domesticpreparedness.com/Infrastructure/CIP-R/Leadership_and_Stewardship_in_Microeconomic_Decision-Making/

New York Gang Investigators Association - Gang Training Conference in Syracuse - July 13-15

The New York Gang Investigators Association is pleased to announce its 2010 Fourth Annual New York State Gang Training Conference from July 13-15, 2010.  This training conference will provide the most current and reliable street gang information available to our membership. The NYGIA has gathered an array of speakers from throughout the United States that will focus on the recognition and identification of Latino Gangs, Prison Gangs, Gangs in Schools. We also have special guest speakers that will focus on Intervention and Prevention strategies for at-risk youth

http://www.nygia.org/

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:


Carl “CJ” Boykin New York State Office of the Attorney General

Det. Robert Mateo Polk County (FL) Sheriff’s Office

Laurie Venditti - InfraGard

Sgt. Bill Clendenen Clayton County (GA) Police Dept

CONFERENCE TOPICS:

•New York Gang Trends •Leaving the Gang

•Prison Gangs •Gang Investigations in Corrections

•Intervention/Prevention Strategies •Latino Gangs

•MySpace and Facebook as Investigative Tools

•Southern Hospitality: Overview of Georgia Gangs

•Gangs and Rap •Gangs in Schools

•Rockin’ the Walls: Understanding Graffiti

•…And much more!

Visit the website for registration information: http://www.nygia.org/

Mojave Cross Stolen by Vandals

The 7-foot-tall metal cross that has stood in California's Mojave Desert for 75 years as a memorial to World War I dead -- and withstood a hard-fought battle in the Supreme Court -- was ripped down and stolen in a nighttime heist, according to state officials.
http://www.foxnews.com/slideshow/us/2010/05/11/mojave-cross-stolen-vandals/#slide=5

ShotSpotter Video - WCBS: Nassau County gun crime drops 32% since ShotSpotter debut

Nassau County, NY gun crime drops 32% since ShotSpotter debut

http://www.shotspotter.com/news/videoclips/2010/May/WCBS_2010-0414_NassauCounty.html

Times Square Investigation Begins

Virtual Fence Integration 'a Complete Failure,' Bersin Says

by Mickey McCarter
Wednesday, 21 April 2010


CBP chief stresses standalone tech, promises to evaluate McCain border plan

During a Senate hearing on border security Tuesday, the new commissioner of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) declared that the goal of constructing a fully integrated virtual fence as originally envisioned by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is not possible at present.

CBP chief Alan Bersin told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that building the complete system for the Secure Border Initiative-Network (SBInet), as originally envisioned, was not possible in the near future.

"What has not worked is the total integration of technology from each of the areas along the border into an overall system that would permit a central monitoring and control--that technology integration at the very broadest level has been the complete failure the committee described," Bersin stated.

http://www.hstoday.us/content/view/12985/149/

"Aloha" Message from Howard Schmidt

Saturday, April 24, 2010

The Internet Safety Awards is proud and honored to present Howard Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President of the United States, Cyber Security Coordinator. He has a special message to the participants and attendees of the 2010 Internet Safety Awards.
http://internetsafetyawards.blogspot.com/

Aloha, and the winner is….

When Detective Chris Duque retired in 2007 after more than 30 years with the Honolulu PD, he didn’t actually retire in any true sense of the word. It was about then that he and members of his extended Ohana (Hawaiian for ‘family’) started the Internet Safety Awards program in Hawaii’s schools.

Duque said that in his last two years with HPD he worked 14 cases involving children being molested after meeting someone online. He said, “the scary thing is that in 11 of those cases, the child made the initial contact with full knowledge that they were contacting an adult. These are the kids with serious issues. These are the children who don’t have the affection, love and attention from parents, so they go online looking for adult companionship that they’re lacking.”
http://connectedcops.net/?p=1932

Reporting on Village of Manlius Board of Trustee's Meeting

Bicentennial Committee member Lori Vendetti (Laurie Venditti) assembled a grant proposal to benefit the Manlius Farmer's Market.

The $100,000 grant, which does not require matching funds, would aid in the expansion of the existing market. If approved, she said there would be no time limit to use the funds. The catch? The application needed to be postmarked by April 15, so the board had to deliver a vote promptly.

After some discussion, the board motioned to accept the submission of the grant application, contingent on Village Attorney Jeff Brown reading the application thoroughly for no hidden obligations or commitments to the village to accept the grant. Additionally, the board would further discuss Vendetti's (Venditti's) plea for a 10 percent fee – only if the proposal should be granted – at a later date.
http://www.cnylink.com/news/view_news.php?news_id=1271874779

IBM Delivers Predictive Analytic Capabilities for Data in Motion

As part of its commitment to business analytics, IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced a new collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology to give city of Stockholm residents and officials a smarter way to manage and use transportation.

Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden are using IBM’s streaming analytics technology, to gather real-time information from the Global Positioning System (GPS) devices on nearly 1500 taxi cabs in the city and will soon expand to gather data from delivery trucks, traffic sensors, transit systems, pollution monitors and weather information. The data is processed using IBM’s breakthrough streaming analytics software, InfoSphere Streams, giving the city and residents real-time information on traffic flow, travel times and the best commuting options.
more....http://7thspace.com/headlines/341678/ibm_delivers_predictive_analytic_capabilities_for_data_in_motion.html

Convicted CA Sex Offender Leads Authorities to Missing Girl

A convicted sex offender led authorities to the body of Amber Dubois. SAN DIEGO -- San Diego County prosecutors say convicted sex offender John Albert Gardner led authorities to the body of 14-year-old Amber Dubois.  District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis said Friday that Gardner agreed to lead authorities to the body on the condition that they could not use that information against him in court. Dumanis says it was a difficult decision, but prosecutors had no other evidence or DNA to link him to the Amber's death. Amber's bones were discovered March 6 in a rugged, remote area north of San Diego. Gardner pleaded guilty Friday to murdering Amber and 17-year-old Chelsea King.  He faces life in prison without the possibility of parole.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/16/convicted-california-sex-offender-leads-authorities-missing-girl/

Napolitano's Meeting With University Presidents

“America’s colleges and universities play a vital role in developing the next generation of homeland security leaders,” said Secretary Napolitano. “I look forward to expanding our partnerships with academic institutions on educational programs and hiring initiatives that enhance our capabilities to protect our nation against evolving threats.”

During the meeting, Secretary Napolitano highlighted the Department’s strong partnerships with universities including support for training, coursework in homeland security-related fields and industries, and for research and development in science and technology, such as the DHS Centers of Excellence, which bring together multidisciplinary homeland security research and education assets of more than 200 institutions across the country.
http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1271440147685.shtm

DOMESTIC TERRORISM - Sovereign Citizens

Sovereign citizens are anti-government extremists who believe that even though they physically reside in this country, they are separate or “sovereign” from the United States. As a result, they believe they don’t have to answer to any government authority, including courts, taxing entities, motor vehicle departments, or law enforcement.
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/april10/sovereigncitizens_041310.html

Napolitano Remarks to Law Enforcement Leaders

“The men and woman of our state, local and tribal law enforcement agencies serve our country honorably every day,” said Secretary Napolitano. “The Department of Homeland Security is committed to doing everything we can to support these officers on the frontlines by providing the critical training and information they need to do their jobs to secure our nation from the threats we face.”

http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/releases/pr_1271428926276.shtm

Study of Targeted Academic Campus Violence

New Study of Targeted Violence Affecting U.S. Institutions of Higher Education Released
U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Department of Education, and Federal Bureau of Investigation Collaborate on Joint Effort

On Friday, April 16, 2010, the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will release a study of targeted violence incidents on U.S. campuses of higher learning.

The June 2007 Report to the President on Issues Raised by the Virginia Tech Tragedy included a recommendation that the Secret Service, Department of Education, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation explore the issue of violence at institutions of higher education. This collaborative effort examines the scope of the problem of targeted violence at U.S. institutions.

In total, 272 incidents were identified through a comprehensive search of more than 115,000 results in open-source reporting from 1900 to 2008. The incidents studied include various forms of targeted violence, ranging from domestic violence to mass murder. The findings should be useful for campus safety professionals charged with identifying, assessing, and managing violent risk at institutions of higher education.

The study and its findings will be available on each of the agencies’ Internet sites: www.secretservice.gov, www.ed.gov and www.fbi.gov.

Security incidents rise in industrial control systems

.....A new report based on data gathered by the Repository of Industrial Security Incidents (RISI) database provides a rare look at trends in malware infections, hacks, and insider attacks within these traditionally cloistered operations. Cybersecurity incidents in petroleum and petrochemical control systems have declined significantly over the past five years — down more than 80 percent — but water and wastewater have increased 300 percent, and power/utilities by 30 percent, according to the 2009 Annual Report on Cyber Security Incidents and Trends Affecting Industrial Control Systems. source: http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=224400280

NYPD Works to Protect Tunnels From Terror

By TOM HAYS
Associated Press Writer

NEW YORK -- The tidy, three-story brownstone looks like any other on the cobblestone block in Brooklyn, but it isn't. It's a fake, leading directly to the belly of the nation's largest subway system.

The unmarked emergency exit behind the facade is one of many posts protected by beat cops defending the city against bombings or other terror attacks in the city's intricate underground mass transit network.

Since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, officials at the nation's largest police department insist the city remains the nation's No. 1 terror target, devoting extra resources to protecting Wall Street, the Empire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge and other high-profile potential targets.
more: http://www.officer.com/online/article.jsp?siteSection=1&id=51687&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+officerrss%2Ftop_news_stories+%28Officer.com%3A+Top+News+Stories%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher