Tthe White House announced the President’s new White House Cybersecurity Coordinator, Howard Schmidt. With some forty years of experience in government, business and law enforcement, Howard brings a unique and deep experience to this important issue. Cybersecurity matters to all of us – and it’s our shared responsibility to mitigate the threats in this space. [...]
Washington, DC, USA — The Department of Homeland Security is getting ready to release the long delayed Einstein 3. The Einstein 3 project is meant to detect and prevent attacks against government computers. Because the National Security Agency (NSA) is involved, there is concern among citizens and civil liberty organization over privacy. The following assessment [...]
As the elections draw near in Iran, they have blocked access to Facebook. “Every single media outlet that is seen as competition for Ahmadinejad is at risk of being closed,” said a top aide. “Placing limits on the competition is the top priority of the government.” “Facebook is one of the only independent sources that [...]
The new White House team found out there email systems were down for most of the day on Monday. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs mad the announcement of the technical difficulties at his 1:30 p.m. briefing. He apologized for the e-mail silence and blamed it on a Mircrosoft Outlook server. Both incoming and outgoing email were [...]
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