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Homeland Security: Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility

Each agency must develop good internal cybersecurity processes that focus on more than network perimeter protection, said Mischel Kwon, director of the Homeland Security Department's U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team during a panel discussion in Washington at the Security 2008 conference sponsored by 1105 Government Information Group. (NextGov)

Beyond the numbers, police officials analyze state crime stats

With the release of the Illinois State Police 2007 crime rate report, Streator Police Chief Jeff Anderson credited citizens' and patrol officers' proactive attitude being the major contributors to the city's 12 percent crime rate decrease. "In the last couple years, we've patrolled a little better and the public has become ...

Qaeda a threat, but not imminently

Al Qaeda deputy Ayman al Zawahri's message on Wednesday criticizing U.S. president-elect Barack Obama and urging attacks on America shows the network remains a threat, but there are no signs of imminent attacks, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. Mindful of past al Qaeda attacks around the time of leadership transitions, U.S. ...

The jolly life of a pirate ring

With a reported nine commercial ships hijacked over the past 12 days - including a spectacular strike on a Saudi Arabian oil supertanker - the world has become captivated by pirates. Specifically, a loose band of some 1,500 freebooters drawn from Somalia's ranks of unemployed fishermen and ...

FBI Renews Effort To Catch Domestic Terror Fugitives

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has renewed its efforts to apprehend several environmental extremists who remain on the loose. FBI Counterterrorism Division Deputy Assistant Director Michael Ward announced a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of four domestic terrorism fugitives associated with Operation Backfire; Josephine Sunshine Overaker, ...

Obama taps Arizona Gov for homeland security

U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to lead the U.S Department of Homeland Security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources. The Democratic governor, a supporter and campaigner for Obama's presidential campaign, had been reported to be on a short list of people to fill cabinet ...

Barack Obama is warned to beware of a ‘huge threat’ from al-Qaeda

Barack Obama is being given ominous advice from leaders on both sides of the Atlantic to brace himself for an early assault from terrorists. General Michael Hayden, director of the CIA, this week acknowledged that there were dangers during a presidential transition when new officials were coming in and getting accustomed ...

Concern at ambulance ‘risk lists’

Ambulance services across the UK hold records of more than 8,500 households who have a history of violence against paramedics, the BBC has learned. Staff called to emergencies at these addresses are advised to wait for police before entering the premises. The Patients Association says records must be "absolutely accurate" or "patient ...

174 terror groups operating across India

A staggering 174 terrorist, insurgent and extremist groups, many of them little known, are operating across India, figures compiled by a terror watch portal show. The maximum number - 40 - operate in Manipur, followed by 36 in Assam, 32 in Jammu and Kashmir, and 30 in Tripura, figures compiled by ...

Libya completes payments for US terror victims

Libya has paid $1.5 billion into a fund to compensate the families of American victims of Libyan-linked terror attacks in the 1980s, clearing the last hurdle in full normalization of ties between Washington and Tripoli. In exchange, under a deal worked out earlier this year, President Bush on Friday signed an ...