Damage to several undersea telecom cables that caused outages across the Middle East and Asia could have been an act of sabotage, the International Telecommunication Union said on Monday. "We do not want to preempt the results of ongoing investigations, but we do not rule out that a deliberate act of sabotage caused the damage… Keep Reading
The Federal Protective Service's budget shortfalls and shrinking workforce could threaten the physical security of government buildings, according to preliminary findings from the Government Accountability Office. FPS, the agency charged with providing physical security and law enforcement services to approximately 8,800 facilities owned or leased by the General Services Administration, was transferred in 2003 from GSA to the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement bureau. Since then, FPS has faced multimillion-dollar funding shortages and ensuing management challenges. Keep Reading
Threats to Britain's national security go far beyond terrorism and traditional concerns about military defence and include climate change, energy supplies, and disease, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) warns today. New frontlines are emerging in the battle to safeguard our security, the thinktank says. Keep Reading
Research in Motion (RIM) said Tuesday that recent upgrades it performed on its security infrastructure were to blame for the service outages that hit its BlackBerry devices this week. Keep Reading
When two underwater fibre optic cables broke just off the coast of Egypt on January 30th, internet and telecoms services to not only Egypt but across the wider Middle East and as far away as Pakistan, India and Bangladesh were severely affected.oncerns about the adequacy of the region's IT infrastructure were thrown into sharp relief. Keep Reading
A new report says that 2008 will see an expansion of economic espionage in which nation-states and companies will use cybertheft of data to gain economic advantage in multinational deals. Senior analyst Tom Donahue told at a cybersecurity conference in New Orleans last month that the CIA had information about cyberintrusions into power and utility systems, followed by extortion demands, from multiple regions outside the US. The CIA suspected, Donahue added, that some of the attacks benefited from inside knowledge. Keep Reading
The Federal Aviation Administration wants to become a shared-services provider under the Security Line of Business initiative. In a market survey released on FedBizOpps.gov last week, FAA asked for support services for a “leading edge cybersecurity management center.” Keep Reading
According to a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on maritime security, Coast Guard and other efforts to secure ports handling energy commodities such as gasoline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) are seriously lagging due to lack of resources and coordinated response planning. The report, requested last year by Reps. John D. Dingell (D-MI), Joe… Keep Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — The killing of six worshippers at a Sikh temple in suburban Milwaukee brought fresh worries Sunday to the half million U.S. followers of a faith whose congregants have worried about their safety since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, when some began targeting adherents of a peaceful religion that stresses the equality… Keep Reading
A meteor streaked over the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia’s Ural Mountains on Friday morning, producing a blast that injured hundreds, caused minor damage to buildings and temporarily disrupted Internet communication, officials said. Read complete story here. Keep Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Pentagon’s Cyber Command on Monday called for swift action in Congress to sort out roles, standards and authorities for government agencies charged with defending against destructive computer attacks. Army Gen. Keith Alexander, speaking at the American Enterprise Institute think tank, said the time for legislative action is now,… Keep Reading