homeland security
RSS homeland securityMobile GIS for Homeland Security
White Paper Whether the mission is homeland security or public safety, remote access to information is absolutely essential and critical. The ability to provide Location-Based Services (LBS) in a mobile environment... [13 Nov 2009]
nCircle Solutions for NERC CIP Compliance
White Paper This standard was passed in 2003, in response to the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The original guidelines addressing cyber security in the energy infrastructure are known as NERC 1200... [12 Nov 2009]
The Use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to Support Homeland Security: Recommendations for Emergency Management and Bioterrorism Response in Nebraska
White Paper Emergency management combines planning, preparation, and the optimum resources to mitigate and respond to an event. Good emergency management requires information that is accurate, current, timely, and quickly analyzed. [30 Oct 2009]
Seven Practical Steps for Federal Cyber Security and FISMA Compliance
White Paper In fact, federal civilian agencies reported three times more cyber security incidents in 2008 than in 2006, according to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The number of... [06 Oct 2009]
Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) Primer Version 1.1: Applying PCI to Wireless LANS and Compliance Requirements
White Paper Credit card theft is costing the U.S.economy an estimated $500 million a year (Department of Homeland Security) and the cost to the economy has increased at 21% annually over the last two years (January... [02 Oct 2009]
White House looks to the cloud for IT cost-cutting
News And within that system, he said, the government "has been building datacentre after datacentre", resulting in an environment in which the Department of Homeland Security alone, for example, has 23... [17 Sep 2009]
Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview
White Paper Data mining has become one of the key features of many homeland security initiatives. In the context of homeland security, data mining can be a potential means to... [29 Aug 2009]
Making Privacy-Preserving Data Mining Practical With Smartcards
White Paper Data mining provides large benefits to the commercial, government and homeland security sectors, but the aggregation and storage of huge amounts of data about citizens inevitably leads to an erosion of... [29 Aug 2009]
Incident Scene, Event and Disaster Management: More Effective Response With Wireless Broadband and Rugged Devices
White Paper The Department of Homeland Security has articulated a vision for public safety communications that demands increased interoperability, flexibility and situational awareness at the command and responder... [15 Aug 2009]
Open Source Report: 2008
White Paper Department of Homeland Security. The Scan site is sponsored by Coverity with support from the U.S. This paper presents historical trend data collected by Scan researchers over the past two years.... [10 Jul 2009]
MTCSC Google Search Appliance Deployment
White Paper MTCSC specializes in applying integrated logistics support, enterprise solution development, engineering, technical and managerial expertise to solve the unique and complex challenges associated with Department of Defense (DoD) and... [22 Jun 2009]
Dear Google: 'Better protection please in Google Apps'
News Some of the security experts endorsing the document include Bruce Schneier, chief security technology officer of BT Group; Peter Neumann, principal scientist at SRI International; encryption pioneer Ron... [17 Jun 2009]
Homeland Security hires ex-hacker
News Jeff Moss, founder of the Black Hat and Defcon hacker and security conferences, was among 16 people sworn in on Friday to the US Homeland Security Advisory Council (HSAC). The HSAC... [08 Jun 2009]
Obama: 'We are underprepared for cyber attack'
News The still-to-be-named co-ordinator will oversee a new bureaucracy tasked with digital infrastructure protection, which had previously been handled by the Department of Homeland Security. The origin of... [01 Jun 2009]
Cyber security: War Games or Mission Impossible?
News The global digital infrastructure is "neither secure enough nor resilient enough for what we use it for today", which means fixing it is one of the biggest economic and national security problems of the 21st century,... [24 Apr 2009]
