An Irish graduate student has uncovered words blacked-out of declassified US military documents using nothing more than a dictionary and text analysis software. Claire Whelan, a computer science …
Omaha Getting Homeland Security Facility
KETV NewsWatch 7 has learned that a $11 million Department of Homeland Security building will be built near Omaha's Eppley Airfield. The 13-acre, 65,000-square foot facility will house prisoners near …
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Feds Boost Cybersecurity Efforts
Homeland Security's tech leader describes partnerships, training to combat cyberterrorism. The Department of Homeland Security launched two years ago with just six science and technology employees. …
9/11 Panel Set to Detail Flaws in Air Defenses
The commission investigating the Sept. 11 attacks is expected to offer sharp criticism of the Pentagon's domestic air-defense command in its final report, according to commission officials who said …
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Panel: IT Security Certs Need Overhaul
The computer industry and the federal government alike need to greatly improve their efforts to reduce the vulnerability of the nation's networks, beginning with a major shift in the way software and …
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NORAD had drills eerily like Sept. 11 Pentagon, Trade Center among imagined targets
In the two years before the Sept. 11 attacks, the North American Aerospace Defense Command conducted exercises simulating what the White House says was unimaginable at the time: hijacked airliners …
Internet crimes and security
The cyberspace boom has done much to foster the alarming increase in organised crime. This is one of the conclusions of the report on economic crime and transnational organised crime, presented at the …
Hackers Lurk Through Holes in Hot Spots
Wireless security risks are forcing companies to protect their air space with anti-hacking technology and to adopt policies on Wi-Fi use. "Wireless is happening. They can't bury their heads in the …
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Revolts in Iraq Deepen Crisis In Occupation
In the space of two weeks, a fierce insurgency in Iraq has isolated the U.S.-appointed civilian government and stopped the American-financed reconstruction effort, as contractors hunker down against …
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Pentagon plans 'network centric' education for leaders
The Pentagon plans to fund "network centric" education initiatives at military institutions in an effort to transform the armed services to fight in the information age. "Militaries around the world …
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