Berto Jongman: Interesting Global Security Links

ANIMATION on the Educational System Attack on Iran a Bad Idea AUDIO:  Prevention of Nuclear Terorrism Beware of Imitators: Al-Qa`ida through the Lens of its Confidential Secretary Book: Little America – the War Within the War for Afghanistan Book: Rethinking the British Counterinsurgency BOOK REVIEW: David Sanger’s Confront & Conceal International Cooperation on Cyber-Security NCTC …

Berto Jongman: Interesting Global Security Links

Abbottabad Files CTC Journal (PDF) Cyberwar with AQ Gateway to the Divine GigaNet (Organization and Event) Hillary Clinton at Special Ops (Not Pretty) Human Factor and Cyber-Security InfoGram Launches Never Give Up (Yoga Heals Disabled Veteran) PBS on Al Qaeda in Yemen Quebec Student Strike Documentary The Art of Intelligence Lessons from a Life in …

Mini-Me: General Alexander Wants to Legislate “Critical Systems” IT Security

Huh? NSA’s Gen. Alexander: Companies Should Be Required To Fortify Networks Against Cyberattack By Ellen Nakashima Checkpoint Washington (Washingtonpost.com), May 4, 2012 Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the nation’s largest spy agency and its cyberwarfare command, is urging adoption of legislation to require companies providing critical services such as power and transportation to fortify …

Berto Jongman: Interesting National Security Links

Business Cover for US Military Spies? Communicating in a Crisis Cute Cats Theories of Political Activism Eight Most Influential Technologies Fallujah Health Effects Fed Transcripts Is Al Qaeda Really Dead Part I Islamophobia Conference US Military and Intelligence Clash Over Spy Satellites** US Spending Tax Money on Useless Weapons Systems VIDEO:  Secrets in Plain Sight …

DefDog: The infamous ‘take down the Internet in 30 minutes’ hearing from 1998 — Tens of Billions Later, NSA and OMB Have Not Done Their Jobs, US Cyber is Wide Open and Unsafe at Any Speed + Meta-RECAP

This is the famous hearing where Mudge told senators he could K-O the Internet in 30 minutes. It was a wide-ranging discussion, though Mudge’s claim is what the media ran with at the time. Watch and ask yourself, as Trustwave’s Tom Brennan does on his Facebook page this morning: “14 Years… have we gotten better?” …

Owl: The DHS Cybersecurity Logjam [aka Goat-Fest Scam]

Global Insights: The DHS’ Cybersecurity Logjam By Richard Weitz World Politics Review | 10 Apr 2012 When the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) was established in March 2003, one of the new department’s primary goals was to enhance U.S. cybersecurity. But after several years passed without major DHS initiatives in this area, observers concluded that …