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Laptop Security Blog Intel decided to lighten things up with a new music video comparing software and hardware in IT Security. Directed by Christopher Guest, starring Dan Finnerty and Rob Giles.
The video was created as a part of Intel’s “IT Gets Easier” campaign.
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Cisco announced that Americans want more technology in the classroom, but can’t on the approach.
Zogby International surveyed more than 7,000 general consumer Americans across the country over the age of 18 from May 11 through May 14. In the survey titled “Education Attitudes 2007,” Zogby found that Americans consider technology an important factor in connecting schools to communities, as well as leveling the playing field among all students and all schools.
“How to best educate students so that they have the skills needed to succeed in the 21st century workforce is a critical issue facing every country,” said Bill Fowler, Executive Director of Cisco’s Twenty-First Century Schools Initiative. “This survey highlights that there is a common understanding and appreciation that technology will play a key role in improving the way teachers teach and students learn so that they are prepared to take advantage of all the opportunities a global society and networked communities provide.”
59% of Americans consider information technology vital to help educate students, and that more should be done to introduce it to the learning process. Americans consider technology to be a vital component of education in order to remain competitive in the coming century. The global marketplace is a key issue facing the US, and 54% of Americans consider global perspectives important to education.
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The White House recently released a memo on information protection and data breach response to the heads of all federal government departments. The memo outlined new rules for responding to data breaches as well as new rules on information-handling procedures.
Now, privacy and information security officers are pushing to meet the September 21 deadline to develop and implement data breach policies.
On July 18, chief privacy officers gathered to learn tips about how to protect personal information, and how to improve their security measures.
Developing policy is easy, said Tim Grance, manager of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s computer security division at the briefing organized by the Homeland Defense Journal, but, he added, “God and the devil both dwell in the implementation.”
For example, many databases are accessed by agencies across the government. The fact that this database is accessible by so many is, in and of itself, quite problematic. The costs and benefits of such access must be weighed.
After a security policy is created and implemented, employees must also be aware of their part to play. There needs to be an ongoing security training initiative, and monthly reminders. Some of these training initiatives have thus far been creative. One agency created a logo in the design of an egg with the tag line “it’s fragile like data”, and used the logo to teach employees about protecting private information and cleaning up “broken eggs” – recovering from data loss.
Posters have been put up with information on what employees should do if their laptop or portable device is stolen – and how to prevent such thefts from happening. Reporting the incidents is the top priority.
Via Federal Times Tags: security breach, security policy, data breach, data breach policy, government, government security, privacy, information privacy
The Fox News web site was found to have a major security hole. Last week, security analysts spotted the security flaw in the Fox News Network web site, which revealed file directories and sensitive content. The problem has since been fixed.
The security hole revealed several directories on a Fox News server. These files are normally not accessible over the Internet. It is suspected that a systems administrator may have forgotten that the directories could be accessed, or mistakenly changed the permissions for access.
No personal information was breached, despite early reports to the contrary. Information exposed included image file names and information about content providers.
This breach of file system data makes further hacker attacks more likely.
Via PC World & Channel Insider Tags: fox news, security breach, hackers, system administration