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News He was charged with intentionally damaging a federal computer system, and with breaking into 97 computers belonging to the US Army, US Navy, US Air... [31 Jul 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News The model for the OCS is similar to that in the US, which plans to quadruple the number of security experts defending against cyber attack, while cyber-offence capabilities are currently under the aegis of the... [25 Jun 2009]
Pilots to bail out on ID cards
News The majority of pilots in the UK do not want ID cards and will fight plans to force them onto air crews. An Identity and Passport Service spokeswoman said: "Balpa have come to us with... [08 May 2009]
Home Office turns down Nasa hacker's appeal
News The US has accused McKinnon of hacking into 97 US army, navy, air force and Nasa computers, and causing damage costing hundreds of thousands of dollars by deleting... [14 Oct 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News Two of the drives contain details on personnel who had recently served with the Air Force. January 2008: Some 600,000 records on members and would-be members of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal... [30 Sep 2008]
Nasa hacker fights extradition
News McKinnon stands accused of hacking into a series of sites belonging to the US Army, Air Force, Department of Defence and Nasa. Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into... [13 Jun 2008]
Backseat driver keeps armed forces in line
News The GreenRoad Safety Center will be installed in 200 vehicles belonging to the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force across the UK as part of a six-month trial to improve road safety. Photos:... [04 Apr 2008]
The USAF Standard Desktop Configuration (SDC)
White Paper The US Air Force is one of the largest and most sophisticated IT organizations in the world. The US Air Force has over one hundred... [03 Apr 2008]
The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC)
White Paper The concept of enhancing PC and network security while also reducing the total cost of ownership first took shape on a large enterprise scale in the US Air Force. During the 2004-2006... [03 Apr 2008]
How the good guys fight the security arms race
News During his career as an US Air Force officer he was assigned to the National Security Agency where he helped create the Department of Defense Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria... [15 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up Glad you asked - the MoD has announced it has lost a laptop containing the personal information of about 600,000 people who have joined or expressed an interest in joining the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force... [25 Jan 2008]
Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records
News The data related to people who have joined or expressed an interest in joining the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force. The MoD said it chose not to make the theft public immediately, following... [21 Jan 2008]
How to clean up after a data breach
News Any organisation trying to cope with the consequences of a data breach should beware of get bogged down in the details, according to a former US Air Force major. The US... [19 Sep 2007]
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme
Photo The system will then be implemented in the Defence Dental Services, Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy and permanent overseas bases by August 2008. Robert Baxter, deputy chief of defence staff at the MoD,... [02 Aug 2007]
Photos of the month - June 2007
Photo The RAF is testing a simulator which will allow RAF and US Air Force pilots to train together in the same virtual environment. Called Street View it lets users take a virtual walk down... [27 Jun 2007]
