by Stephen Bryen Sponsored by SDB Partners LLC Thanks to modern computer technology, privacy has been taking a beating. Nowhere is this more the case than with the mobile phone, particularly mobile phones that are also powerful computers – Smartphones. In 2011 the number of Smartphones sold exceeded the number of PC’s sold. In a few years the number of mobile devices will dwarf the number of PC’s. In 2011 there were 5.9 billion mobile subscribers – one each for 87% of the world population. There presently are 1.2 billion mobile web users worldwide. In 2011 there were 8 trillion text…
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The National Security Risk of Mobile Phones
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Homeland Security communicated with local officials about Occupy - GovExec.com
homeland security news - Google News16 May 2012 | 1:30 pmHomeland Security communicated with local officials about OccupyGovExec.comAgency honored, along with USDA and Homeland Security, for innovations in promoting the work arrangement. Leaders of oversight panel call on Joseph Jordan to 'double down' on avoiding waste. Committee reiterates the bill has nothing to do with same-sex and more » -
The Spy on Your Cell Phone Is a Professional
Technology and Security15 May 2012 | 3:51 pmBy Stephen D. Bryen American Thinker May 14, 2012 Every day in the United States, professional cyber-spies are stealing tremendous amounts of information. Mainly from Russia and China, these spies target computer networks and increasingly seek entryways through mobile phones. Modern mobile phones — Smartphones — are powerful, networked computers, but they lack the firewalls and safeguards typically installed on PCs. What protection is commercially available is weak and unsatisfactory. America’s cyber-systems are under attack because what they hold is extremely valuable. … -
Homeland Security communicated with local officials about Occupy - GovExec.com
"department of homeland security" - Google News16 May 2012 | 1:30 pmHomeland Security communicated with local officials about OccupyGovExec.comDon Ryan/AP If Occupy Wall Street activists were worried about the Department of Homeland Security monitoring their activities, wait until they get a load of this. According to new DHS documents obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request by the White House & Dems Back Banks over Protests: Newly Discovered HS Files show Democratic UndergroundDid the White House Direct the Police Crackdown on Occupy?CounterPunchall 3 news articles » -
1 May 2012 | 1:13 pm
Department of Homeland Security's Facebook Wall1 May 2012 | 1:13 pmWall PhotosWelcome back, Capt. Dan Burbank! After being in space since November, the Expedition 30 commander landed safely in Kazakhstan in a spacecraft. Check out one of his last videos in space here: http://youtu.be/hmJU--0tckc & see if you can spot the Coast Guard racing stripe...
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Homeland Security communicated with local officials about Occupy - GovExec.com
16 May 2012 | 1:30 pmHomeland Security communicated with local officials about OccupyGovExec.comAgency honored, along with USDA and Homeland Security, for innovations in promoting the work arrangement. Leaders of oversight panel call on Joseph Jordan to 'double down' on avoiding waste. Committee reiterates the bill has nothing to do with same-sex and more » -
Bill would benefit same-sex partners of US workers - The Seattle Times
16 May 2012 | 11:26 amKSDKBill would benefit same-sex partners of US workersThe Seattle TimesThe Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee sent the legislation to the full Senate on Wednesday. The Senate has failed to pass previous versions of the bill. Committee Chairman Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., has introduced similar legislation Same-Sex Benefits Bill Advances to Full SenateGovExec.comSenate panel approves benefits for same-sex partnersFederal Timesall 210 news articles » -
Congress considers threats from airport employees - The Seattle Times
16 May 2012 | 11:14 amNew York Daily NewsCongress considers threats from airport employeesThe Seattle TimesCommercial air travel is at risk from terrorists who quietly get jobs at airports so that they can attack from within sensitive areas, a senior Homeland Security Department official told lawmakers Wednesday. Associated Press No comments have been Congress looks at potential terror threats from airport employeesNew York PostCongress considers threats from airport workersOmaha World-Heraldall 923 news articles » -
Homeland Security Capital Corporation Announces Acquisition Of Glenn County ... - TheStreet.com (press release)
16 May 2012 | 11:14 amHomeland Security Capital Corporation Announces Acquisition Of Glenn County TheStreet.com (press release)By Business Wire 05/16/12 - 12:09 PM EDT Homeland Security Capital Corporation (OTCBB: HOMS), a national provider of real estate services to banks, financial institutions and mortgage lenders announced today the acquisition by its subsidiary Timios, and more » -
Law enforcement and homeland security personnel face average of 55 'terrorists ... - Daily Mail
16 May 2012 | 9:37 amDaily MailLaw enforcement and homeland security personnel face average of 55 'terrorists Daily MailBy Reuters Reporter US law enforcement and homeland security personnel face an average of 55 daily encounters with 'known or suspected terrorists' named on government watchlists, US officials told Reuters. The figure - which equals more than 20000 US has 55 daily encounters with "suspected terrorists"Reutersall 21 news articles »
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Technology and Security
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The Spy on Your Cell Phone Is a Professional
15 May 2012 | 3:51 pmBy Stephen D. Bryen American Thinker May 14, 2012 Every day in the United States, professional cyber-spies are stealing tremendous amounts of information. Mainly from Russia and China, these spies target computer networks and increasingly seek entryways through mobile phones. Modern mobile phones — Smartphones — are powerful, networked computers, but they lack the firewalls and safeguards typically installed on PCs. What protection is commercially available is weak and unsatisfactory. America’s cyber-systems are under attack because what they hold is extremely valuable. … -
The National Security Risk of Mobile Phones
7 May 2012 | 12:24 pmby Stephen Bryen Sponsored by SDB Partners LLC Thanks to modern computer technology, privacy has been taking a beating. Nowhere is this more the case than with the mobile phone, particularly mobile phones that are also powerful computers – Smartphones. In 2011 the number of Smartphones sold exceeded the number of PC’s sold. In a few years the number of mobile devices will dwarf the number of PC’s. In 2011 there were 5.9 billion mobile subscribers – one each for 87% of the world population. There presently are 1.2 billion mobile web users worldwide. In 2011 there were 8 trillion text… -
The Tim Tebow of the Army: A Memorial Salute to Maj. Gen. Orde Wingate
23 Apr 2012 | 9:39 amby Stephen Bryen Presented by SDB Partners LLC On April 22nd a touching ceremony was held at Arlington Cemetary for Major General Orde Wingate. Though a British Army officer, he was buried at Arlington in 1950. Wingate died when when his aircraft crashed in India, returning from Burma. The bodies of the nine men lost in the B-25H Mitchell Bomber were first interred in India, but in 1950 moved to the United States. The reason was a UK-US agreement regarding the remains of unidentified troops -if the majority were American they were buried in the U.S., and if the majority British, burial was to… -
Al-Shabaab Believes iPhones are SpyPhones
20 Apr 2012 | 7:02 amMilitants Bans Device Fearing it Makes Them Vulnerable to Missile Attacks By MOHAMED AHMED 04/19/2011, SomaliaReport Somalia’s hardline militant group, al-Shabaab, has banned the iPhone believing the device was responsible for the targeted killing of their leader, Adan Hashi Ayro, by a US missile attack in 2008. Heated discussions on iPhone mobile technology have been going on in a four-room complex in al-Shabaab’s information department headquarters, Alqimmah Islamic Network or Alkataib, in Mogadishu’s Daynile suburb. Al-Shabaab’s senior technology experts,… -
New Legislative Proposal Focuses on China
18 Apr 2012 | 3:58 pmThere are occasions -maybe too many of them- when Congressmen introduce legislation just to be able to say to their constituents that they are taking action and doing things. The legislation goes no where in particular, and after a few press releases aimed at their district, the legislation disappears into the vast Congressional hopper. But in the case of the Wolf-Forbes Resolution 616 introduced on April 16th, the proposal may have legs. There has been a great reluctance in Congress to address the issues posed by China, affecting American security, America’s economy, and U.S.
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Homeland Security communicated with local officials about Occupy - GovExec.com
16 May 2012 | 1:30 pmHomeland Security communicated with local officials about OccupyGovExec.comDon Ryan/AP If Occupy Wall Street activists were worried about the Department of Homeland Security monitoring their activities, wait until they get a load of this. According to new DHS documents obtained from a Freedom of Information Act request by the White House & Dems Back Banks over Protests: Newly Discovered HS Files show Democratic UndergroundDid the White House Direct the Police Crackdown on Occupy?CounterPunchall 3 news articles » -
Center Township Fire Department earns lower ISO rating; receives Homeland ... - Greene County Daily World
16 May 2012 | 1:19 pmCenter Township Fire Department earns lower ISO rating; receives Homeland Greene County Daily WorldThe fire chief also announced that the department has recently received a $4000 grant from the Indiana Department of Homeland Security. "The money will be spent to update the communication system in the ladder truck," Inman said. -
Daily Caller Launches Bogus Attack On Homeland Security Staffers - Media Matters for America (blog)
16 May 2012 | 12:05 pmDaily Caller Launches Bogus Attack On Homeland Security StaffersMedia Matters for America (blog)The Daily Caller's Matthew Boyle is claiming that the Department of Homeland Security has hired "at least four senior staffers and advisers" with "no law enforcement experience into senior law enforcement positions." Boyle went so far as to call them -
Implant Sciences Reports Third Quarter and Nine Month Financial Results - MarketWatch (press release)
16 May 2012 | 10:58 amImplant Sciences Reports Third Quarter and Nine Month Financial ResultsMarketWatch (press release)The QS-H150 and QS-B220 are Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Qualified Anti-Terrorism Technologies under the Support Anti-terrorism by Fostering Effective Technology Act of 2002 (the SAFETY Act). For further details on the Company and its products and more » -
Report: Sexual abuse of female farmworkers common - Washington Post
16 May 2012 | 7:50 amCTV.caReport: Sexual abuse of female farmworkers commonWashington PostThe report calls on Congress to pass laws protecting immigrant female farmworkers, and for the Department of Homeland Security to repeal rules that encourage local police to report federal immigration violations. The report describes incidences of rape Female farmworkers in US suffer sex abuse to avoid deportation, loss of jobsVancouver Sunall 390 news articles »
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1 May 2012 | 1:13 pm
1 May 2012 | 1:13 pmWall PhotosWelcome back, Capt. Dan Burbank! After being in space since November, the Expedition 30 commander landed safely in Kazakhstan in a spacecraft. Check out one of his last videos in space here: http://youtu.be/hmJU--0tckc & see if you can spot the Coast Guard racing stripe... -
"Last weekend I had the privilege of attending the National Collegiate Cyber Def...
27 Apr 2012 | 3:42 pm"Last weekend I had the privilege of attending the National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC) in San Antonio, Texas. The Department of Homeland Security is proud to be one of the sponsors of this competition that took place over the course of three days and focused on the operational aspects of securing and defending a “commercial” network infrastructure." - Mark Weatherford, Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC)blog.dhs.govPosted by Mark Weatherford, Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity Last weekend I had… -
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25 Apr 2012 | 10:25 amWall PhotosGale-force winds, 14-foot waves & rain? "Perfect" weather for heavy-weather training at Station Rochester! -
Following the 1993 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Rick regularly d...
23 Apr 2012 | 4:30 pmFollowing the 1993 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Rick regularly drilled his Morgan Stanley coworkers in disaster preparedness and response. Rick’s actions and his commitment to preparedness ensured that the 2,700 Morgan Stanley employees who worked in the South Tower knew how to evacuate and where to go on 9/11. The Rick Rescorla National Award for Resilience recognizes outstanding response to a catastrophic incident and leadership in fostering resilient and prepared communities. If you know of any organization or individual like Rick that has demonstrated superior leadership… -
Via Federal Emergency Management Agency: (Apr 22) This week marks the first Nati...
23 Apr 2012 | 2:08 pmVia Federal Emergency Management Agency: (Apr 22) This week marks the first National Severe Weather Preparedness Week and we’re partnering with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to share information about severe weather hazards and tips that can be used to take action, whether you’re at home, school, work, or social event. http://go.usa.gov/yNZSevere Weather Preparedness Week(Apr 22) This week marks the first National Severe Weather Preparedness Week and we’re partnering with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to share information about severe…
