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Chertoff on DHS's First Five Years

March 07, 2008 | An excerpt of the speech Secretary Chertoff made to Department of Homeland Security staffers this week, celebrating what he says are their six main accomplishments so far.

Where's My Effing Pizza?

February 01, 2008 | With Domino's Pizza Tracker, visibility into the supply chain descends into cheesy hot absurdity

Poll: How Many Security Breach Disclosure Notices Have You Received?

January 25, 2008 | I've yet to receive a security breach notice. Neither has my husband. Neither has any friend or family member contacted me asking what to do about such a notice. All of which makes me wonder, is it the same unlucky set of citizens receiving all these notices, while the rest of us don't receive any?...

An Engineering Challenge: Video Analytics vs. Photoelectric Beams

January 14, 2008 | About three years ago, Thomas Keller's group did a "shoot-out test" where they took a single surveillance camera on a person's property, ran the video stream through a splitter, and allowed seven different video analytics companies to process the data.

Google to Employees: Don't Be Evil

January 09, 2008 | Search Engine company is hiring a spook who will ferret out "Acts against Google." Yikes!

Dirty Trailers, Cheap Tricks

June 13, 2007 | A hapless age-verification gateway poses as security before you can download movie trailers with adult content. But you know what it really is, right?

Critical Thinking on Arrest of Spammer

May 31, 2007 | The Feds and the industry are celebrating the arrest of Robert Alan Soloway, one of the world's top 5 spammer. Is there really that much to celebrate?

Dow Chemical CSO Tim Scott recognized for ethical leadership

May 31, 2007 | Tim Scott, CSO and global director of emergency services and security for The Dow Chemical Company, is one of thirteen finalists for a new award for ethical leadership.