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CEOs Fail To Support Data Security Efforts |
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Written by Rich Wermske
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[ed: IT is carrying the water and splitting the firewood, while business considers the lack of investment -- "risk management" -- it's all about money, politics, and time value. There is no real accountability at the top.] More than half of IT and security professionals worldwide believe their company’s laptops and other mobile devices pose security risks to their organizations, and only half of them have CEOs who are strong advocates and supporters of data security efforts, according to new report issued today. |
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Hackers Unite in the Name of Disaster Preparedness |
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Education
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Written by Rich Wermske
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Building a developer community to tackle IT and communications issues related to disaster relief is not a simple task. But when Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, NASA and the WorldBank team up, they mean business. The entities sponsored the two-day event — called Random Hacks of Kindness (RhoK) — in which developers tried to solve real-world disaster relief issues with technology at the Hacker Dojo in Mountain View, Calif. |
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Your Drinking Water Contains Cocaine, Spices, Hormones |
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Food
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Written by Rich Wermske
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A team of researchers in Washington State has found traces of cooking spices and flavorings in the waters of Puget Sound. Around the world, scientists are finding trace amounts of substances — from sugar and spice to heroine, rocket fuel, and birth control — that might be having unintended consequences for humans and wildlife alike. |
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California To Launch InfoSec Ops Center |
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Security
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Written by Rich Wermske
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California intends to create a state-of-the-art information security operations center to monitor cyber-threats and protect state and local government networks from attack. The proposal is part of a sweeping five-year plan, released November 12 by the state Chief Information Security Officer, which is designed to safeguard government data and critical technology resources from increasingly sophisticated cyber-criminals. |
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H1N1 - 4000 Dead and Counting |
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Healthcare
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Written by Rich Wermske
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Twenty-two-million Americans have gotten sick from the Swine Flu since April, and 4,000 have died. And production of the Swine Flu vaccine is not meeting the demand. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expressed disappointment that so few vaccines were shipped this week: 3 million versus 11 million last week. The CDC now estimates some 8 million children have come down with H1N1 influenza during the past six months, and as many as 800 have died. Those numbers are particularly troubling because the traditional flu season has just begun. |
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