2006 Essential Guide to the National Security Agency (NSA) and Central Security Service, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Cryptology, Information Assurance (DVD-ROM)
übergizmo (Free subscription) | yesterday
Microsoft has rejected claims that it deliberately put a backdoor in Windows 7 at the request of NSA (National Security Agency) which would allegedly allow NSA to spy on users. Some parties are also concerned that Microsoft might be compelled to do so as the US government is one of its most important customers, though other experts note that the consequences of allowing such a thing to be included...
Thoughts from the Sidelines (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Richard Schaeffer is the NSA official who said before the Senate’s Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security that the National Security Agency has been working closely with Microsoft to enhance Windows 7’s security guide, igniting fear that the software giant has deliberately coded a backdoor into the newly announced operating ...
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
A National Security Agency director just bragged to a Senate subcommittee about his agency's close "cooperation" with Microsoft to, err, "enhance" how Windows 7 guards a user's privacy. Doesn't that...
MAC News Network (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Microsoft in a response late Thursday rejected assertions that it has put in a security "backdoor" at the request of the National Security Agency. The denial comes after the NSA's information assurance lead, Richard Schaeffer, told a US Senate terrorism subcommittee that the agency had worked with Microsoft to improve Windows 7's "security guide" and sparked fears that the government...
Times of India (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Leon E Panetta on Saturday met National Security Advisor M K Narayanan and discussed issues relating to terror groups in Pakistan and Afghanistan and their impact on India.
DV Hardware (Free subscription) | yesterday
Earlier this week a statement from a senior National Security Agency sparked rumors that there might be a NSA backdoor in Windows 7, but these concerns were quickly addressed by Microsoft. A Microsoft spokesperson responded that Microsoft has not and will not put backdoors into Windows. Marc Rotenberg, the executive director of the Electronics Privacy Information Center, raised a red flag about the...
LisNews (Free subscription) | yesterday
In 1989, The National Security Archive requested documents from the CIA regarding the Iran-Contra affair. This year, the CIA released them. President Barack Obama promised a new era of transparency and adherence to the Freedom of Information Act, but has he followed through? Yvette Chin, FOIA coordinator for the NSA, tells the story behind the long, long wait for information.
Technibble (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Microsoft has confirmed that there is no backdoor in Windows 7. The official denial was prompted by Richard Scheffer of National Security Agency’s recent testimony. “The key problem is that NSA has a dual mission, COMPUSEC, computer security, now called cyber security, and SIGINT, signals intelligence, in other words surveillance,” said Marc Rotenberg of Electronics Privacy [...]...
Military and Aerospace Electronics (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
SANTA CLARA, Calif., 21 Nov. 2009. Green Hills Software Inc., an independent vendor of embedded software solutions, has built upon its INTEGRITY real-time operating system (RTOS)--reportedly the first and only operating system technology to be certified by the National Security Agency (NSA) to EAL6+ High Robustness, the highest level of security ever achieved for any software product--with the release...
On The Media (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
In 1989, The National Security Archive requested documents from the CIA regarding the Iran-Contra affair. This year, the CIA released them. President Barack Obama promised a new era of transparency and adherence to the Freedom of Information Act, but has he followed through? Yvette Chin, FOIA coordinator for the NSA, tells the story behind the long, long wait for information.
Media News (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Microsoft denies it built 'backdoor' in Windows 7 : "Microsoft today denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system. 'Microsoft has not and will not put 'backdoors' into Windows,' a company spokeswoman said, reacting to a Computerworld...
MacEvangelism (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
While some of us are likely to associate the National Security Agency with daydreams of espionage, the organization is also highly involved in improving security standards in software. They've even... 1 Vote(s)
AterSlash (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Microsoft has denied that it has built a backdoor into Windows 7, a concern that surfaced yesterday after a senior National Security Agency (NSA) official testified before Congress that the agency had worked on the operating system. ‘Microsoft has not and will not put “backdoors” into Windows,’ a company spokeswoman said, reacting to a Computerworld story Wednesday.
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Computer systems with proper security and network controls should be able to withstand about 80 percent of known cyberattacks, according to a senior National Security Agency official. There are common steps that people could take to bolster computer security and make it more difficult for would-be-hackers to gain access, Richard Schaeffer Jr., the NSA’s information assurance [...]
Gizmodo (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
While some of us are likely to associate the National Security Agency with daydreams of espionage, the organization is also highly involved in improving security standards in software. They've even consulted with Microsoft during the development of Windows 7 . According to the NSA's Information Assurance Director, Richard Schaeffer, it's important for the agency to work with Microsoft and other software...
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paisano1 | 02/27/2009
Despite the fact that many Americans distrust the National Security Agency for its role in the Bush Administration’s warrantless wiretapping program, the agency should be entrusted with securing the nation’s telecommunications networks and other cyber infrastructures, President Obama’s director of national intelligence told Congress on Wednesday.
bkansasx7 | 01/30/2009
As U.S. troops remain in position outside of Sangala, Dubaku seeks another high-value target using the CIP module. While the entire NSA scrambles to locate the breach, the situation rapidly escalates as interagency corroborates the unthinkable target. Paranoid FBI Agent Janis Gold commands from her post while Jack, Tony, Renee, Chloe and Buchanan follow leads.
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