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Are the Tories planning a Department of Homeland Security?
Speaking yesterday at London's Homeland and Border Security conference, the Conservative Party's National Security Adviser, Dame Pauline Neville Jones, outlined her party's current thinking on national security and resilience, which indicated to some that a Department of Homeland Security was evolving
Taliban Capture US Helicopters Being Shipped To Afghanistan
Pakistani Taliban have captured three U.S. helicopters that were being shipped in containers from the Pakistani city of Peshawar to the Afghan city of Jalalabad according to a Pakistani newspaper
Fire & Rescue exhibition to be co-located with World Firefighters Games
Fire & Rescue Exhibition & Conference 2008 will be co-located with the renowned World Firefighters Games, from 27-29 August 2008 at the brand new Arena and Convention Centre (ACC) in Liverpool
EU & USA citizen data sharing nearer
The United States and the EU are nearer to an agreement to share private data of their citizens, including credit card information, travel history, and internet browsing information; one issue yet to be resolved: the right of EU citizens to sue the U.S. government for mishandling the information
Unicorn IT uses Double-Take software to launch SMB business continuity service
Double-Take today announced it has enabled Unicorn IT, a provider of managed IT services, to launch a business continuity service
No agreement on waste disposal of 3 billion mobile phones
A conference in Indonesia on the international waste trade ended without breaking a 14-year impasse over the sale of hazardous waste, including mobile phones and computers, across borders
New report shows 20% of companies suffer loss due to risky business
A new research report, Risk & Resilience: The Application Availability Gamble, released today by Neverfail has found that one in five organizations suffer financial loss or damage to their brands on a quarterly basis due to risky business and IT practices
Beijing subway security clampdown
Beijing subway passengers will face checks by scanners, police, dogs and 3,000 specially trained security guards under a security clamp that comes into force today
Bird flu protection zone lifted
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Defra has today confirmed that the Protection Zone put in place as part of control measures for the H7N7 avian influenza outbreak in Oxfordshire will lift at 00.01 Sunday 29 June provided that no new suspect cases are identified before then
Scottish 999 calls records lost
Following the news that the Scottish Ambulance Service has admitted a package containing the details of 894,629 emergency calls has been lost, information security specialists, Workshare, has called for the introduction of US style data breach notification legislation
ICO takes enforcement action against MOD and HMRC
Richard Thomas, Information Commissioner, said today: "I will be taking formal enforcement action against HMRC and MOD following the serious data breaches that have occurred"
US Internship opportunities
There are several internship opportunities offered by the US Homeland Security and Defense Education Consortium (HSDEC)
Defra responds to Pitt report
In response to the Pitt report published today, Hilary Benn said he welcomed Sir Michael's report and the direction it sets.
Pitt report on flooding published
Sir Michael Pitt today called for urgent and fundamental changes in the way the country is adapting to the increased risk of flooding and called on the Government to set out publicly how it will make rapid progress, and be held to account, on improving the country's flood resilience
White Brits in Pakistani terrorist training camps
Dozens of white Britons and other Europeans have been trained in terrorist camps in Pakistan over recent months, US ABC TV claims
Securstor wins BSI recertification
Securstore, the online, automated and managed data backup and recovery specialists, today announced that the British Standards Institution (BSI) has awarded the company re-certification of the ISO/IEC 27001 global information security standard
Virgin loses 3,000 customer details
Virgin Media is conducting an internal inquiry into why 3,000 customers' bank details were burned to a CD which was then lost in May
Economic downturn must not prevent climate change action says CBI
The economic slowdown should not distract politicians from taking urgent action to tackle climate change and secure the UK's future energy supply, the CBI's Director-General, Richard Lambert, said today in a speech to Siemens sustainability conference
Leeds company keeps Iowa dry
Leeds-based company Hesco Bastion Ltd, which makes equipment to protect against flood and coastal erosion, has been instrumental this week in protecting key infrastructure in Iowa, USA, during the devastating floods it is experiencing
800 missing in Philippines ferry disaster
Philippines President Gloria Arroyo has demanded to know why a ferry carrying more than 800 people was allowed to set sail as a typhoon bore down on her country
