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The Daily Incite - March 3, 2008
A lot of the decisions we make relative to security are not about changing the game, or leveraging our future - it's about doing things as cheaply as possible to provide the bare minimum amount of risk management to keep your ...
The phony Social Security crisis-1: Understanding the system
There are many who would have you believe that Social Security is in dire straits and that it will go broke soon, so that younger people who are paying into it now will not get any benefits when they retire. ...
Candidates escalate rhetoric on security
Clinton and Obama launch barbs between Texas and Rhode Island Saturday.
Surveillance System Raises Privacy Concerns
The Homeland Security Department is testing technology that would allow its agents to use cell phones or e-mail devices to covertly share live video of possible terrorists over a law enforcement network. The idea is prompting concern ...
Each Dollar That Goes to a Security Contractor Is a Travesty (Sen ...
Any time a taxpayer dollar ends up unnecessarily in the hands of a contractor rather than going to buy body armor, bullets or other equipment for our troops, it is a travesty. We have a duty to try and prevent waste and fraud, ...
Do as I Say, Not as I Do
What caught my attention was the inclusion of one of eBay's security tips within the fraudulent copy, instructing users to "Check that the Web address in your browser starts with https://signin.ebay.com". One only needs to follow this ...
McAfee Teams With VMware to Advance Virtualization Security
McAfee announced that it has entered into a broad relationship with VMware to advance virtualization security. As part of the relationship McAfee plans to embed the announced VMware VMsafe security technology into future security ...
Where is Gordon Brown's security plan?
Missing, presumed lost: one National Security Strategy. This all-singing, all-dancing doctrinal overhaul of Whitehall's security machinery has been promised by Gordon and friends for years now. The first trace I can find is in the ...
Intranet and Admin Security
I heard it a couple of times: Our intranet is safe, there's an authentication system and it can be accessed by hosts from our local IP range only, but no, there are no further security measures. If someone manages to get in, ...
Is Health Care Like Social Security?
In Tuesday's Democratic debate and yesterday at a rally in Ohio, Senator Clinton made the argument that we should begin to think about universal health care the way we think about Social Security. Does she really mean it? From MSNBC: ...