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TIP - This tip profiles today's international cyberterrorists, and offers ways to guard enterprise networks against those attackers who thrive on the thrill of creating corporate chaos.

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Botnet disruption raises ethical concerns among researchers
SearchSecurity.com | 29 Apr 2008
ARTICLE - Researchers studying the Kraken and Storm botnets have the ability to issue commands to zombie PCs shutting down the armies, but they may not be justified to issue those commands.
House legislators rip Bush's Cyber Initiative plan
SearchSecurity.com | 28 Feb 2008
ARTICLE - Congressional leaders were critical of the administration's efforts in overhauling and expanding the government's intrusion detection system, known as Einstein.
FISA: Telecoms will continue wiretap cooperation -- for now
SearchSecurity.com | 25 Feb 2008
ARTICLE - Despite the impasse between Congress and the White House over new terrorism surveillance legislation, telecoms will continue to cooperate with government wiretaps.
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INFORMATION SECURITY LAWS, INVESTIGATIONS AND ETHICS EXPERTS
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Which email encryption products can be released internationally?
05 Jul 2007
EXPERT ANSWER - In this SearchSecurity.com Q&A, application security expert Michael Cobb explains the email encryption products that can be used outside of the United States.
Do P2P networks share the same risks as traditional ones?
23 May 2007
EXPERT ANSWER - Although P2P networks have their benefits, organizations still need to be careful with the peer-to-peer technology. In this SearchSecurity.com Q&A, network pro Mike Chapple explains how to protect a P2P network's many nodes.
Employee profiling: A proactive defense against insider threats
03 May 2007
TIP - As identity and access management expert Joel Dubin writes, protecting data and systems against insiders with criminal intentions requires a multifaceted defensive strategy.
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  REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 6
Security rules to live by: Compliance with laws and regulations
Published by Information Shield, Inc. | 01 Nov 2006
BOOK CHAPTER - An excerpt of Chapter 3: Security Rules to Live By, from David J. Lineman's Information Protection Made Easy.
Steal this Computer Book 4.0: Prevent Google hacking
No Starch Press | 01 Jul 2006
BOOK CHAPTER - An excerpt from Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Stalking the Computer of "Steal this Computer Book 4.0," by Wallace Wang.
Ensure that legal responsibilities are clear -- Especially when trouble strikes
AIIM Publications | 19 Sep 2005
BOOK CHAPTER - Excerpt from Chapter 15 of Information Nation Warrior: Information Management Compliance Boot Camp.
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  MAGAZINE CONTENT (free subscription required): 1 - 3 of 7
Who's Had a Taste of Your Intellectual Property?
Information Security Magazine | 01 May 2007
FEATURES - IP PROTECTION Here are the key ingredients to protecting your secret sauce.
Perspectives
Information Security Magazine | 01 May 2007
COLUMNS - Criminal Minds
Going Global
Information Security Magazine | 01 Feb 2007
FEATURES - Organizations sending data abroad must be prepared to comply with a slew of privacy and security regulations.
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  DEFINITIONS: 1 - 3 of 16
HSPD-7
14 Nov 2005
WORD - HSPD-7 (Homeland Security Presidential Directive No. 7) is a directive that was issued by U.S. President George W. Bush in December, 2003 to update policies intended to protect the country from terrorist attacks. This ...
CALEA
03 Jun 2005
WORD - CALEA (Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act) is a United States federal law that enables the government to intercept wire and electronic communications and call-identifying information under certain circumstances ...
I-SPY Act
31 May 2005
WORD - The I-SPY Act, formally known as the Internet Spyware Prevention Act of 2005 (H.R. 744), is a bill in the U.S. Congress that would criminalize the unauthorized use of spyware, phishing, and other methods of using the Internet ...
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