Feb 08, 2010 -

♦ Public safety records reveal there were no safety problems at the Connecticut power plant where an explosion occurred yesterday, reports The New York Times.

♦ A historic blizzard shutters the federal government on Monday while the rest of the Mid-Atlantic states dig out.

♦ The U.S. military is still trying to determine whether it can trust some Islamists and not others after the Fort Hood massacre.

♦ The Justice Department's specialized unit to interrogate high-value terrorism suspects is up and running.

♦ The TSA wants to scale back its controversial Large Aircraft Security Program due to industry backlash.

Feb 05, 2010 - In anticipation of a major winter storm expected to dump up to 2 feet of snow on the Washington, D.C., area, our office is closing early. Security Management will return Monday.

Feb 05, 2010 -

♦ Federal air marshals tell CNN that they are assigned "short-haul flights" rather than international high-risk flights to make the Federal Air Marshal Service look more productive on paper.

♦ The 23-year-old jihadist that tried to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner on Christmas has told federal investigators that a radical American cleric in Yemen, also linked to the Fort Hood shooting rampage, directed him to conduct the attack.

♦ If you're one of the 45 million Americans still using Microsoft's Internet Explorer version 6, it's time to upgrade to version 8.

♦ During the down economy, Frost & Sullivan says there's one market that has seen muscular growth: homeland security.

♦ Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told lawmakers that more and more American Muslims are radicalizing but that their attention is directed overseas.

Feb 04, 2010 - COMMENT: The United States must learn to stop and think—rather than react—after an attack if it wants to defeat jihadist terrorists.

Feb 04, 2010 - In Bogota, Colombia, Miguel Caballero has found a fashion niche that may make him the choice tailor to VIPs around the world.

Feb 04, 2010 -

♦ Mayor Michael Bloomberg presses Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano for more money to defend New York City from nuclear terrorism.

♦ A Pakistani newspaper calls the United States use of aerial drones over Pakistani soil terrorism.

♦ The National Security Agency will partner with Google to investigate a recent cyberattack that the company alleges originated in China.

♦ TIME magazine wants to know: Where was the High-Value Detainee Interrogation Group (HIG) when the Underwear Bomber was arrested on Christmas?

♦ A cyberattack could deliver a crippling blow to the United States, Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told the House Intelligence Committee yesterday.

 

Feb 03, 2010 - The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) must pay closer attention to whether passengers are comfortable with future screening technologies before they are deployed to airports, a lawmaker said today.

Feb 03, 2010 -

♦ Director of National Intelligence Dennis Blair told the Senate Intelligence Committee yesterday that another terrorist attack is "certain" within the next three to six months. The other heads of the major U.S. intelligence agencies concurred.

♦TSA is investigating an incident at San Diego International Airport where a man impersonating a federal officer kidnapped a woman, led her through TSA security, and then put her on-board a flight to the Philippines.

♦ Signal magazine examines how the DC Police Department is leveraging information technology to protect the nation's capital from terrorism.

♦ Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano tells a radio station that DHS wants to prevent someone from bringing an IED to the Super Bowl.

♦ Should anonymity on the Internet be banned? Two IT security experts, Bruce Schneier and Marcus Ranum, debate.

Feb 02, 2010 - In its proposed 2011 budget for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Obama Administration has requested nearly $1 billion to secure the nation's airports from terrorism-related threats on the heels of Christmas Day's botched attack by a young jihadist from Nigeria.

Feb 02, 2010 -

♦ The Obama administration has requested $44 billion for the Department of Homeland Security in 2011, a 3 percent increase over last year.

♦ According to the budget, the Obama administration and DHS are serious about advanced imaging technology. The administration has requested $734 million to support the deployment of 1,000 whole-body-imaging scanners in 2011.

♦ DHS' 2011 budget request also calls for more money to support increased federal air marshal coverage on international flights. But as CBS News reports, the agency is rife with "sexist, racist, homophobic, anti-disabled vet group, grossly incompetent" managers.

♦ The Obama administration has released the first ever Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, modeled off the Quadrennial Defense Review. The Washington Post reports it demonstrates that the "government's approach to homeland security continues to evolve away from a singular focus on terrorism."

♦ The Obama administration's 2011 budget request for the Justice Department allocates $73 million for the transfer, prosecution, and incarceration of Gitmo detainees inside the United States.

Feb 01, 2010 - Join Host Editor Laura Spadanuta as she talks with contributing authors and editors about this month's topics, including how companies should handle threatening anonymous correspondence directed at executives, what to do if you think your office is bugged, and much more.

Feb 01, 2010 - Some of the CIA's best and brightest have the opportunity to moonlight their unique talents to the highest bidder in the private sector, reports Politico.