Archives: 'Security Trends'

Writing on the Security blog, Tony Brownyard notes that school administrators may be feeling frustrated over difficulties they’re having in finding insurance for armed security officers in their school(s). One course Brownyard urges is hiring an off-duty or former law enforcement officer for security in a school setting. “Because law enforcement personnel receive extensive screening […]

  Oh my, West Virginia is breaking security ground that we could all fall through. But progress is progress, if indeed, it is. “Next month,” advises Politico,  “West Virginia will become the first state to deploy a smartphone app in a general election, allowing hundreds of overseas residents and members of the military stationed abroad […]

It isn’t pleasant reading or viewing, but In Homeland Security’s “October Terror Threat Snapshot: Homegrown Terror Cases in 30 States” makes for direly informative reading. The post, you’ll find, discusses the monthly Terror Threat Snapshot report of the House Committee on Homeland Security, with a link thereto. “The snapshot,” it advises,  “focuses on recent homegrown Jihadist cases in America […]

One of the ultimate security threats, notes In Homeland Security, is a cyber attack on U.S. public utilities. “In Connecticut, utilities have reported days in which they detected and deterred more than a million probes to their operating systems, many from foreign actors. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen on Oct. 2 referred to Russia-linked hacking as an […]

Even the U.S. military has growing cybersecurity concerns. Bruce Schneier quotes from a summary of a U.S. Government Accounting Office report, “Weapons Systems Cyber Security: DOD Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities”: “Although GAO and others have warned of cyber risks for decades, until recently, DOD did not prioritize weapon systems cybersecurity. Finally, […]

The Department of Homeland Security doesn’t sound cowed by threats to cyber security from a global technology supply chain. Here’s a statement thereon from the DHS press secretary: “The Department of Homeland Security is aware of the media reports of a technology supply chain compromise. Like our partners in the UK, the National Cyber Security […]

With our workplaces becoming increasingly digital, the challenge of keeping them secure arises. Why? Security magazine explains that, in a survey, “digitally savvy respondents disclosed taking greater risks with data and information security.” What’s familiar doesn’t necessarily need to be protected, seemed to be the surprising reality. “Ironically, digital-savvy respondents disclosed taking greater risks with […]

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month at the Department of Homeland Security. In an interview with The Washington Post, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielson discusses such timely topics as the efforts to secure U.S. election systems and to combat other threats in cyberspace. Get caught up with federal concerns and actions in these areas […]

The U.S., reports In Homeland Security, is going on the cybersecurity offensive. Welcome to the world of cyber rattling. The White House and the Defense Department have each issued policy papers on cyber policy. “As National Security Adviser John Bolton put it to reporters just before the release of the DoD paper, ‘For any nation […]

Facebook has been hit with another Internet security breach. Naked Security reports that 50 million Facebook accounts were affected when attackers “exploited a vulnerability in Facebook’s ‘View As’ feature to steal access tokens, which are the keys that allow you to stay logged into Facebook so you don’t need to re-enter your password every time […]