Disaster Recovery
InfraGard eyes cyber crime and the forensic debate
April 21st, 2008
Last week, a group of high-powered corporate lawyers, security geeks and FBI agents met to ponder how to secure sensitive corporate data. It was part of an on-going series of conferences mounted by InfraGard, the national collaboration between the FBI and the private sector. Presentations examined protection of intellectual property, the use of forensics in determining and controlling network intrusions and data theft, and an overview of emerging issues in e-discovery.
National Guard may outsource its aviation surveillance duties
March 27th, 2008
The National Guard Bureau has maintained its own fixed wing aircraft to perform its required domestic homeland defense responsibilities since 1994, but it is now thinking about outsourcing many of its aviation surveillance services to a commercial company.
Uncle Sam to gather GPS navigation data for the world
March 25th, 2008
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) wants to identify a commercial contractor that can provide a global database of street and ground transportation information for at least 170 countries that would make it possible to use turn-by-turn GPS navigation systems in those locations.
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Security "clarification" exempts thousands of propane users
March 21st, 2008
In the ongoing struggle to beef up security at chemical facilities across the country, chalk up a victory for the National Propane Gas Association.
What’s inside a First Responder Bag?
March 20th, 2008
Ever wonder what supplies might be found inside a "First Responder Bag" used by Customs and Border Protection?
It turns out CBP is planning to procure 3,000 such first responder bags, made of red nylon, measuring 10 inches high by 20 inches wide by 15 inches deep, which will contain the following...
FCC: Communications carriers must now report their outages
March 17th, 2008
The Federal Communications Commission has been given approval to require providers of wireline, wireless, paging, satellite and cable communications to submit explanatory reports to the FCC whenever their communications services have been seriously disrupted.
Cyber Storm II kicks off: Prepping for disaster, practice makes perfect
March 10th, 2008
Sometime this evening, in the still of the night, an incident will occur in Australia. It will cause government and private security officials on three continents to scramble. A potential terrorist cyber attack will be underway.
Who will process terrorism insurance claims?
March 5th, 2008
The Department of the Treasury is thinking about the unthinkable.
To prepare itself for another terrorist attack, Treasury is seeking a capable small business that can develop and operate the management system that would process claims from insurance companies for the federal government’s share of compensation under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (TRIP) if another terrorism event occurs.
