Homeland Security Drops Data-Mining Tool
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The Department of Homeland Security has given up on one of its broadest anti-terrorism data-mining tools after investigators found it was tested with information about real people without the required privacy safeguards.
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The FBI has all but retired its  controversial e-mail wiretap system formerly known as  Carnivore, turning instead to commercially available software,  according to two recently released reports to Congress.
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WASHINGTON - The head of cybersecurity efforts at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has reportedly resigned this week, leaving his job after giving a one-day notice.
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The FBI has effectively abandoned its custom-built Internet surveillance technology, once known as Carnivore, designed to read e-mails and other online communications among suspected criminals, terrorists and spies, according to bureau oversight reports submitted to Congress.
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Description: Former New York police commissioner Bernard Kerik has withdrawn as President Bush&#39;s nominee to head the Homeland Security Department.
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Homeland Security pulls down a website link for travelers with watchlist problems after 27BStroke6 points out security flaws. But TSA won't say whether the site was legal. In 27B Stroke 6.
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WASHINGTON - The government's cybersecurity chief has abruptly resigned from the Homeland Security Department amid a concerted campaign by the technology industry and some lawmakers to persuade the Bush administration to give him more authority and money for protection programs.    Amit Yoran, a former software executive from Symantec Corp., made his resignation effective Thursday as director of the National Cyber Security Division, giving a single's day notice of his intention to leave...
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Security researcher Jose Nazario says the concept of antivirus as the last line of defense has been thrown out the window. What should replace it?
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OCTOBER 01, 2004  - WASHINGTON -- Amit Yoran, the government&#39;s cybersecurity chief, abruptly resigned yesterday after one year with the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS), a move that raised serious questions about the Bush
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Version 2.1 of its FileData Classifier software includes pattern recognition and metadata extraction for security-related nonpublic information.
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The chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security wants answers from the Department of Homeland Security about data mining programs that were shut down for privacy reasons after millions of dollars were spent on them.
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A pharming attack that targeted online banking customers in the U.S., Europe and Asia-Pacific has been shut down.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) finally named a leader for its cybersecurity efforts on Monday, fulfilling a promise made last July by an agency that has drawn poor marks for digital security.
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The U.S. government's drive for homeland security has produced a boom in antiterror technologies--as well as industry confusion and privacy concerns.
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Workers at the Department of Homeland Security will no longer be required to sign a controversial secrecy pledge prohibiting them from sharing sensitive but unclassified information with the public, DHS officials announced this week.
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At the Department of Homeland Security, litigation over new workplace rules is out.