ADVISE data-mining program cut by Homeland Security
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We advise skepticism The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is ditching a controversial data-mining program, the Associated Press revealed today.â¦
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A Congressional hearing slated for Tuesday will delve into the results of an investigation of the Department of Homeland Security's own difficulties in managing vulnerabilities with its systems.
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Poor information-sharing both inside and outside government is threatening homeland security, congressional investigators said Tuesday.
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SEPTEMBER 15, 2004  - SAN MATEO, Calif. -- The Department of Homeland Security is actively planning several new pilot projects that officials hope will help solve one of the most pressing cybersecurity
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By Bruce V. Bigelow, The San Diego Union-Tribune  Sep. 14--The Department of Homeland Security said yesterday it will  provide as much as $1.35 billion to three companies, including San Diego's  SAIC, to develop a new type of technology for detecting radioactive bombs.
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Lawmakers may soon pass a bill that would set up a huge network of databases that law enforcement officials could tap to find terrorists. But that kind of unfettered access to data about Americans raises eyebrows. By Ryan Singel.
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President Bush's quest to cut or  eliminate as many as 150 federal programs will reduce funding  for state and local homeland security grants, job training and  several education programs, the White House said on Friday.
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Administaff, a provider of human resources services, is notifying 159,000 former and current workers that personal data about them was on a laptop reported missing on Oct. 3. The data was unencrypted.
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Data mining is an inescapable fact of life in the digital age. These practices have significant social implications that need to be considered by everyone in a family, from kids, to parents, to seniors.
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The homeland security boom is funneling billions of dollars to antiterror tech makers, problems with accountability and coordination. A News.com special series.
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A newly unearthed paper shows how AT&T researchers working to combat fraud developed an extension of the C programming language called Hancock.  It can comb through masses of telephone and internet data and plot relationships, opening the door to a new type of warrantless data-mining.
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The Homeland Security Department spent more than $90 million to create a network for sharing sensitive anti-terrorism information with state and local governments that it has decided to replace, according to an internal department document.
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Experts are concerned that data may not being properly protected by the IRS and that a massive data loss by the agency, similar to the one last month by the U.K.'s Revenue and Customs office, could disrupt the nation's banking system.
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Group says popular technique threatens U.S. security by sidelining other approaches more suited to decryption and the like.
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TechWeb - A project sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security spotlights defects in popular applications such as Linux and Apache. But there's also good news.
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Proposed job cuts could hit the UK's intelligence performance, former top security officials warn.
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InfoWorld - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will host a invite-only conference two months from now that will bring together security experts from law enforcement, Internet service providers, and the technology industry.