Worth a Look: SIPRI 10 June Taking Stock

FULL SOURCE ONLINE About Dr. Bates Gill (US), New and seventh Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Intitute Most interesting sentence: The number of civilians mandated for roles in United Nations missions has increased, as has the number of multilateral civilian peace missions. Yet, the international community’s record in strengthening civilian capacities in peace operations is …

Shadowserver Foundation

The Shadowserver Foundation has been added to our righteous sites section of this site. From their website: The Shadowserver Foundation is an all volunteer watchdog group of security professionals that gather, track, and report on malware, botnet activity, and electronic fraud. It is the mission of the Shadowserver Foundation to improve the security of the …

Event: 9-10 June 2010, D.C., Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance-Challenges, Opportunities, Requirements, and Master Plans

30 Leading Experts from HAF/A2, OPNAV/N2/N6F2(ISR), Army G2/DCS-I, OUSD-I, USJFCOM, USAF 480th ISR Wing, AFWC, AFMC, NGA, USNORTHCOM, USAF 950th ELSG, Army EW Div., USAF Space AE, GAO, Northrop Grumman, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Microsoft, SAIC, Mercury, Booz Allen Hamilton examine: * Government ISR Strategy, Plans, Roadmaps, Needs & Initiatives * Developing/Deploying Integrated …

April Post Re-Cap

The following headlines and links are extracted from the Earth Intelligence Network Twitter feed while this site was down in April: » FOIA document on counterfeit $100 note connection to North Korea http://is.gd/bRq31 + US dept of Treasury & ‘federal’ Reserve reveal new $100 bill design to combat counterfeiting (newmoney.gov) http://is.gd/bDDvQ » New global CrisisWatch …

ADMIN: Malware Defeated, Google Helped, Lessons Learned

We have eradicated the Malware that snuck in with a comment. It was a two-step process. 1) Delete all comments and then Close Comments. 2) Find the infected file that reactivated itself each time an unsecured computer visited Phi Beta Iota–evidently the robots are resident everywhere. We should have reacted to Google’s warning signals sooner. …