Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced yesterday that the headquarters for the new Cabinet department will be at a military-controlled base in Northwest Washington for the foreseeable future. …
The Clinton Administration’s Policy on Critical Infrastructure Protection: PDD 63
This White Paper explains key elements of the Clinton Administration's policy on critical infrastructure protection. It is intended for dissemination to all interested parties in both the private and …
Homeland Defense: Threats and Policies in Transition
In a May 1998 commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy, President Clinton announced his approval of two important Presidential Decision Directives (PDDs). PDD-62 and PDD-63 address …
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The Basics: Combatting Terrorism
There is much confusion over what terrorism is and is not. The following is an essay from the US Army's Command & General Staff College in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The essay does an excellent job of …
Official Says U.S. Infrastructure Vulnerable to CyberAttack
11 June 1998 (NIPC chief Vatis testifies on steps to counter threats) The Department of Defense is a "prime target for individual (computer) hackers who want to test their skills," as well as for …
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Microsoft offers Palladium details
Palladium will create a "trusted space" within a PC where certain applications and operations can run, and will require a security chip and rewritten software designed to take advantage of the chip. …
Pataki Urges More Flexibility in Rebuilding at Ground Zero
Gov. George E. Pataki said yesterday that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey should look beyond the site of the former World Trade Center to other places in downtown Manhattan to rebuild …
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TRC Bookstores Recommends – The Hacker Crackdown
Ever wonder what the electronic frontier was like prior to the introduction of the World Wide Web. Sterling`s book is one of the greatest books ever written that documents the challenges of an …
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Cybersecurity Strategy Released
The Bush administration today unveiled the nation`s first homeland and cybersecurity strategy, which calls for an unprecedented partnership between federal, state and local governments and the private …
Congress Zeros In on Cyber-security
As Congress continued this week to hash out the details of legislation creating a Department of Homeland Security, securing cyberspace took on an increasingly high profile in the debate. While the …