CIO Insider: Security--Cheap, Fast or Secure: Pick Two
September 8, 2005 CIO Insider - Your Guide to What's New on CIO.com Homeland Security: Cheap, Fast or Secure--Pick Two Four years after 9/11, the United States has a biometrics screening system for foreign visitors, and we got it on time and within budget. But the system is neither as efficient nor as airtight as it could be. Here's why. http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=6682&PMID=31454899&s=1&f=1 Also in this issue of the Insider: 1. Government: DHS Revamp Targets IT 2. Public Policy: DHS--Our Planless Leader 3. Disaster Recovery: What's Shaking? 4. Wireless: A Web of Safety 5. Ask the Expert: VoIP Security -------------------------SPONSOR----------------------- This issue of the CIO Insider is sponsored by IBM A service oriented architecture needs the right services. There's no point in developing a new architecture if you reap little real value from it. IBM expertise helps you transform your enterprise right. Learn more. http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=6683&PMID=31454899&s=1&f=1 -------------------------------------------------------- 1. Government: DHS Revamp Targets IT Critics complain that cybersecurity has not been a high enough priority for the White House. But DHS Secretary Michael Chertoff announced a new position of assistant secretary for cyber and telecommunications security, thereby raising the standing of the cybersecurity chief on DHS's organizational chart. http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=6684&PMID=31454899&s=1&f=1 ** Watch CIO's Movers & Shakers blog to know when that position gets filled. Plus many more career moves and new positions created in all industries. http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=6003&PMID=31454899&s=1&f=1 2. Public Policy: DHS--Our Planless Leader The Office of Inspector General has deemed the Department of Homeland Security unfit because the organization devised to protect the homeland does not have a disaster recovery plan. (From sister publication CSOonline.com.) http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=6685&PMID=31454899&s=1&f=1 3. Disaster Recovery: What's Shaking? ShakeCast, a service launched last year by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), provides companies with real-time earthquake data that they can use for damage assessment. A full-color diagram shows how it works. http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=6688&PMID=31454899&s=1&f=1 -------------------------SPONSOR----------------------- This issue of the CIO Insider is sponsored by Lucent VoIP: SPAM and worms and malicious code � oh no! VoIP systems are vulnerable to many of the same security threats affecting data systems today. Tune in to learn about the risks and rewards of VoIP security. http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=6689&PMID=31454899&s=1&f=1 -------------------------------------------------------- 4. Wireless: A Web of Safety The tiny California town of Ripon is an early test bed for an advanced, high-tech mesh network. Now in its public safety department, every device can be both a receiver and a transmitter, with each new node increasing the size, range and reliability of the network. http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=6687&PMID=31454899&s=1&f=1 5. Ask the Expert: VoIP Security Got questions on converged voice and data traffic and the security of VoIP? R. Pierce Reid of Qovia is available to answer your online questions through Sept 15. http://www.cio.com/go/index.html?ID=261&PMID=31454899&s=1&f=1 Thank you for reading the CIO Insider. We like to hear your feedback. Cheers, Sandy Kendall Web Editor CIO Magazine skendall@cio.com ** Keep CIO Insider Spam-Filter Friendly ** Please add cio_magazine@cxomedia.com to your OK list of senders on your spam filter to prevent CIO Insider from getting sent to your junk folder. -~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-CIO.com Services-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~ BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! 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