According to an announcement made by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on January 17, the United States is willing to cooperate with other nations for developing an international code that regulates how nations explore and behave in space, as long as the agreement does not interfere with national security.
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18 January 2012
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A recent report published by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on the organization’s official website reveals that the National Operations Center (NOC) actively monitors certain websites looking for things that may concern national security, hacking operations and nuclear threats.
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12 January 2012
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Cyberattacks should be taken more seriously by state representatives, in the opinion of Michael Chertoff, former secretary at the US Department of Homeland Security. Once a judge on the United States Court of Appeals, Chertoff is now the managing principal of a private security consultancy called the Cher... |
6 September 2011
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New United Arab Emirates (UAE) telecom guidelines will prevent companies with less than 20 BlackBerry users from operating private BlackBery Enterprise Servers (BES).The move comes as BlackBerry communications are increasingly seen as a national security problem for governments used to monitor their citizens.BlackBer... |
20 April 2011
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The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), successor of the Soviet-era KGB, calls Gmail, Hotmail, and Skype encrypted communications a national security threat, prompting fears that they might get banned."Different software is being distributed allowing the encryption of traffic: that is services including Gmail, Ho... |
9 April 2011
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As talk about setting up a global network for monitoring space debris ramps up, the United States Air Force is now forced to decide on whether to make even more data about its satellite system public. Officials are still undecided about how they should proceed, given the sensitive nature of the information they are r... |
7 April 2011
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In a speech she held yesterday, March 14, Janet Napolitano underlined the importance that science and technology have in ensuring that the United States remain safe, and are protected from those that would harm it and its people. Napolitano, who is the US Secretary of Homeland Security, held the address on Monday at ... |
15 March 2011
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A 43-year-old ex-CIA officer was arrested yesterday under accusations of disclosing classified national defense information to a journalist.Jeffrey Alexander Sterling, of O’Fallon, Missouri, worked for the Central Intelligence Agency from May 1993 to January 2002, during which time he participated in a cla... |
7 January 2011
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Germany has announced plans to open a national cyber-warfare center, outlining the increased attention governments give to such threats.During a press conference on Monday, a spokesperson for the German Interior Ministry revealed that a new "National Cyber-Defense Center" will be created next year.According to CBC&nb... |
28 December 2010
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A group of private experts announces the development of a new system for protecting perimeters, that is more efficient than any other in existence today.The system was developed by scientists and engineers at the Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company’s (LMSSC) Advanced Technology Center (ATC), who worked with e... |
16 August 2010
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The telecommunications authority in Saudi Arabia has instructed the country's mobile operators to suspend BlackBerry services by Friday due to RIM's inability to provide government agencies with access to its customers' data. A similar decision was announced in the United Arab Emirates last week and Ku... |
4 August 2010
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The United Arab Emirates' Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) considers BlackBerry to be in violation of the country's national security legislation, the BBC reports. The main issue seems to be the encryption used by the device and the fact that user data is sent to servers abroad.Most countries h... |
26 July 2010
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UK's Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) will become operational on March 10 next year, according to the government. The centre, which has the role of fending off cyber attacks against the country's computer infrastructure, will initially have a staff of nineteen.The Cyber Security Operations Centre was... |
12 November 2009
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As someone who has had the chance of studying the world's political systems and doctrine in detail, I am often surprised by just how many people put the “equal” mark between democracy and freedom. It's absolutely true that there are higher chances of people being free within a democratic society... |
31 October 2009
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The last book in the United States International Gambling Report Series, a three-part report that looks at the US gambling habits, shows that the surge in legalized gambling that the country has registered over the past two decades is posing an increased risk to the nation's security. Though it may seem a bit fa... |
10 April 2009
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