Governments and NGOs alike have lauded the explosion of cellular phones in the developing world. The World Telecommunications Union reported in 2011 that 79% of the population in developing states …
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"When conflict breaks out in social groups, individuals make strategic decisions about how to behave based on their understanding of alliances and feuds in the group." Source: How computation can …
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Analysts, policymakers, and defenders often paint a bleak picture of the cybersecurity landscape. The Internet was built for resiliency, convenience, and openness, not security, and barriers to entry …
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This article discusses some ongoing programs in the Emergency Services Sector (ESS) that can help your agency to identify its cyber footing. . Protecting and ensuring the continuity and …
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The leak that the U.S. was apparently behind the Stuxnet worm that impacted the Nataz nuclear enrichment facility in Iran came – as it always does – with a rash of analysis and opinion related to the …
Federal Cyber Security professionals have long considered the “insider threat” as the most insidious, hardest to protect against threat vector. This has always been the toughest form of threat, even …
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Interesting application of crowd sourced data drawn from social media streams and geolocation data. "A smartphone application, enabling people in the middle of riots to find safety, has been shown …
"The fourth undersea linking East Africa to the rest of the world - Lower Indian Ocean Network submarine cable (LION2) has gone live, offering another redundancy route (an alternative option) to …
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"Eleven people were arrested on suspicion of leaking key technology involved in making next-generation flat screen displays, police said Thursday. The suspects allegedly transferred the …
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"US law enforcement and counterterrorism officials are trying to figure out the significance of recent occurrences on websites believed to have close links to al Qaeda, including a graphic some fear …
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