Aviation security expert: TSA wasted $56B on junk security
Ben Brandt, once an aviation security advisor to Delta, has published a scathing indictment of the TSA and its methods, arguing that they’ve spent $56B on “security” that won’t stop terrorists, while ignoring actual threats. But the last several years’ worth of plots on the friendly skies indicate the terrorists have switched their game plans. [...]
Some may call it a convergence of three game-changing forces that are rewriting financial institution security at warp speed. First, there is the U.S. government demand that financial institutions – credit unions included – comply with new security guidelines issued by the interagency Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council to take effect in January 2012. Force two: [...]
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Leading Home Health Care Organization taps Symplified to Provide Access Management and Single Sign-On to SaaS Apps for 15,000 Users
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A security guard described on Monday how a director of a security company was shot dead while trying to stop a fleeing robber at Irene Mall, outside Pretoria – IOL News. Evans Mavhina, a guard at the mall, was testifying in the High Court in Pretoria in the murder trial of Zwakahle Mavundla, 27, of [...]
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Irdeto, a global software security and media technology company based in the Netherlands, announced this morning that it has acquired BayTSP, a Santa Clara, California-based company that specializes in anti-piracy services. The addition should be a strong fit for Irdeto’s ActiveCloak for Media end-to-end protection platform. BayTSP has worked with most of the major Hollywood [...]
Continue reading …Transportation Security Administration Agrees to Re-Assess Policies for Job Applicants with HIV
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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agreed this week to review its medical guidelines for applicants with compromised immune systems, including people with HIV - Aclu.org. The agreement is part of a settlement between the TSA, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Florida. In August 2009, the ACLU filed an administrative complaint on behalf [...]
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A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says most Americans still consume too much sodium, despite the fact that we should all know better. The dangers of a high-salt diet have been touted for decades (although not without controversy) – Aarp.org. Reducing sodium intake has been proven to cut high blood [...]
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A single moment that may have defined President Obama as a surprisingly tough commander in chief came in December 2009, when he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize while leading two wars – USA Today. “I face the world as it is and cannot stand idle in the face of threats to the American people,” he [...]
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Cloud computing will make the intelligence community more secure and efficient, NSA director and U.S. Cyber Command commander Gen. Keith Alexander said Thursday. In a speech in Baltimore before security professionals and a subsequent interview with InformationWeek and other media, Alexander touted the cloud as a key part of the intelligence community’s IT strategy. He [...]
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GE-Hitachi Nuclear Energy has paid more than $45,000 in penalties for “significant” violations of federal regulations in its effort to develop a new means of producing atomic fuel, Global Security Newswire has learned.
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