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by gtdonovan on January 15, 2012 at 2:19 pm · Filed under 9/11, cyberdominance, DHS, governance, link, Napolitano, quotes, security, terrorism
From the article: In the shadow of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States finds itself facing a different threat from terrorists. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano recently stated that, “The U.S. has become ‘categorically safer’ since 9/11, but cyber-terrorism now tops the list of security concerns.”
by gtdonovan on January 15, 2012 at 2:19 pm · Filed under 9/11, cyberdominance, DHS, governance, link, Napolitano, quotes, security, terrorism
From the article: In the shadow of the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the United States finds itself facing a different threat from terrorists. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Janet Napolitano recently stated that, “The U.S. has become ‘categorically safer’ since 9/11, but cyber-terrorism now tops the list of security concerns.”
by gtdonovan on September 8, 2011 at 12:48 pm · Filed under 9/11, data mining, Database Industry, digitalfootprint, governance, link, privacy, security, surveillance, terrorism, wiretapping
From the article: “U.S. law enforcement and intelligence agencies now collect, store and analyze vast quantities of digital data produced by law-abiding Americans. The data mining receives limited congressional oversight, rare judicial review and almost no public scrutiny. Thanks to new laws and technologies, authorities track and eavesdrop on Americans as they never could before, hauling in billions of bank records, travel receipts and other information. In several cases, they have wiretapped conversations between lawyers and defendants, challenging the legal principle that attorney-client communication is inviolate.”
by gtdonovan on August 30, 2011 at 12:33 pm · Filed under cyberwar, Estonia, governance, Internet, link, NATO, norway, security, surveillance, terrorism
“At the moment one thing is clear — as a preventive measure we plan to increase the capacity of Internet monitoring so we can pick up information from the Internet about possible attack plans or anything that can jeopardise internal security,” he told AFP.