terrorism
RSS terrorismIDC: Securing Enterprise Environments against Spyware: Benefits of Best-of-Breed Security
White Paper In fact, this research paper from IDC now ranks spyware as the fastest growing security threat to network security, well ahead of spam and even cyber-terrorism. Spyware is a growing security threat facing... [18 Mar 2009]
Home Office to widen ID card grasp?
News ID cards help protect against identity fraud, illegal working and immigration, crime and terrorism, and those trying to abuse positions of trust," said a Home Office spokesperson. The Home Office has made a formal... [13 Feb 2009]
Legal Eye: Does Home Office online surveillance go too far?
Comment Others will claim they have nothing to hide and welcome the extra protection against, for example, the threat of terrorism. The Home Office's recent announcement that it is working with the EU to grant police powers to... [21 Jan 2009]
DOHMH Centralizes Emergency Alerting and Collaboration on New Extranet Portal
White Paper The City of New York's "Health Alert Network" (HAN) is designed to be a central communication portal to mobilize physicians, hospitals, healthcare providers and other emergency personnel in the event of a communicable disease outbreak or... [04 Dec 2008]
£12bn snooping database disappears from Queen's speech
News There is concern the bill will allow the government to store all UK communications in a £12bn super database, with Whitehall arguing that the law needs to be updated to allow police and security services to monitor and store internet... [03 Dec 2008]
Inbox: Brits baying for blood over ID
Comment So get ready for more "it's to stop crime/terrorism/stealing from you/harm to the kiddies" fear making announcements from the Home Secretary designed to stop you trusting anyone but the government. Thus solving the twin... [24 Nov 2008]
Lords: 'Do we really need £12bn super comms database?'
News Speaking in the House of Lords today, she asked: "Is this going to be the most effective way to fight terrorism given the estimated cost is up to £12bn? Minister for security and counter terrorism Lord... [17 Nov 2008]
Cops enlist HAL in fight against crime
News Looking at how AI techniques can boost digital forensics, the government-funded Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) will examine the potential use of AI in web counter-terrorism surveillance, fighting... [05 Nov 2008]
Snooping database has to happen says gov't
News In a speech to the Institute for Public Policy Research Commission today, Home Secretary Jacqui Smith said the introduction of new laws to monitor modern communications is necessary in order to combat terrorism and... [15 Oct 2008]
Photos: How computing cracks terrorist networks
Photo The UK TxtReveal system, made by Detica, is unravelling vital information in counter terrorism and intelligence gathering operations. Here is a rare glimpse at how UK law enforcers are picking apart terrorist gangs and... [23 Sep 2008]
Data Mining, National Security, Privacy and Civil Liberties
White Paper There has been much interest recently on using data mining for counter-terrorism applications. For example, data mining can be used to detect unusual patterns, terrorist activities and fraudulent behavior. [18 Sep 2008]
Scottish gov't enlists data privacy experts
News Shadow home secretary Dominic Grieve told The Times in August that the government had been "unable to resist the temptation to take a power quite properly designed to combat terrorism to snoop on the lives of ordinary... [11 Sep 2008]
Disaster Recovery Solutions From VMware: Transforming Disaster Recovery - VMware Infrastructure for Rapid, Reliable and Cost-Effective Disaster Recovery
White Paper Given the high probability and variety of events that cause outages, including natural disasters (hurricanes, earthquakes, snow storms, flooding) and man made events (power outages, terrorism, viruses) a disruption to... [09 Sep 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News Lord West of Spithead, parliamentary under-secretary for security and counter-terrorism at the Home Office, revealed 43 laptops and 94 mobile phones issued to Home Office and associated agency staff were lost, stolen or... [27 Aug 2008]
Gov't battles EU to use passenger data
News Now the EU plans to make all European states share this passenger name record (PNR) information in a move that could limit its use to terrorism and organised crime. A spokeswoman for the Home Office said in a statement:... [08 Aug 2008]
