Cybersecurity
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As part of a 10-county pilot, the local government fully implemented the technology Jan. 29. Its GPS, GIS and improved cellphone technology offer additional accuracy during emergencies. -
The state’s recently arrived director of cyber operations will work closely with state Chief Information Security Officer Chris Gergen to build and manage statewide cybersecurity strategy and operations.
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After a phishing incident in December initially cost Warren County over $3.3 million, officials may soon pass a thorough computer use policy for county employees that will touch on related issues.
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President Bush says a dose of IT can help the ailing health-care industry save billions of dollars, but government's role in the transformation is unclear.
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Government and education make forays into consolidating information systems.
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Criminal files no longer eat up reams of paper in this Alabama city's homicide unit.
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Provides insight into the countries with the greatest number of computers pressed into service for illegal activity
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The digital revolution raises difficult new questions about how to maintain a complete account of government activities
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"Democracy abhors undue secrecy. . . . [A]n unlimited government warrant to conceal, effectively a form of secrecy per se, has no place in our open society"
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"We can maintain secure compliance with far fewer resources"
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Congress should enact a uniform national breach notification law for unauthorized access to unencrypted personal information and stressed the importance of including "safe harbor" provisions for companies that encrypt sensitive information.
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Cybersecurity challenges faced by the Department of Homeland Security
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The city and county are both replacing their punch card voting technology with new systems that will comply with the Help America Vote Act
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Passwords, many of them Social Security Numbers, downloaded
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Workshop seeks to arm teens who view Internet as a social enabler with the tools to stay safe.
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"This year we plan to focus our efforts on establishing baseline security assurance levels and cyber recommendations to increase industry security"
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To stand a chance at receiving the funds for the project, the grant had to include security guidelines
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Gartner's managing vice president says that while new technologies will continually redefine appropriate security frameworks, complying with policy should not distract from securing systems and the data housed in them.
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Lawyer with cybercrime and security policy experience named to lead the staff
