Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Nosy Employee...Oh, How do I love thee?


Turns out the lady pictured above, Nadire Zelenaj, was arrested for using computers at work to access secure government websites containing information about suspected terrorists. Her site of choice while employed as 911 dispatcher - a terrorist watch list. It should be noted there is a difference between accessing information and having the ability to change it. Her job as a 911 dispatcher would only have granted her access privileges (I hope). So far, she's only been charged with illegally accessing that information 232 times! A fellow employee became suspicious (I love nosy employees....They keep the rest of us honest) and reported her. Investigators then tracked her accessing the list over the course of almost 2 years from January 2006 and December 2007.
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A new kind of war to fight....


Looks like the US Air Force Cyber Command is looking to establish the same level of superiority the Air Force has in the skies as it wants in cyberspace. The Cyber Command wants a new set of "hacker" tools to engage in both offensive and defensive attacks against cyber-based threats which pose a risk to American interests. No word yet on where the headquarters will be. As we hear more and more in the news about the growing murky criminal/hostile terrain that exists online, I suspect we'll see more justification for such units to exists. China has their own unit dedicated to this. Why not us?
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Monday, May 19, 2008

Super Sweet Link

If you do any international travel in conjunction with your business, then I HIGHLY recommend Executive Planet. They cover everything from making appointments to how to properly address people in the country you're visiting. So far the site covers the following countries:

Image:Argentina_small.gif Argentina Image:Australia_small.gif Australia Image:Austria_small.gif Austria Image:Belgium_small.gif Belgium
Image:Brazil_small.gif Brazil Image:Canada_small.gif Canada Image:Chile_small.gif Chile Image:China_small.gif China
Image:Colombia_small.gif Colombia Image:Czech_Republic_small.gif Czech Republic Image:Denmark_small.gif Denmark Image:Egypt_small.gif Egypt
Image:Finland_small.gif Finland Image:France_small.gif France Image:Germany_small.gif Germany Image:Greece_small.gif Greece
Image:Hong_Kong_small.gif Hong Kong Image:India_small.gif India Image:Indonesia_small.gif Indonesia Image:Iran_small.gif Iran
Image:Ireland_small.gif Ireland Image:Israel_small.gif Israel Image:Italy_small.gif Italy Image:Japan_small.gif Japan
Image:Jordan_small.gif Jordan Image:Malaysia_small.gif Malaysia Image:Mexico_small.gif Mexico Image:Netherlands_small.gif Netherlands
Image:Norway_small.gif Norway Image:Peru_small.gif Peru Image:Philippines_small.gif Philippines Image:Poland_small.gif Poland
Image:Portugal_small.gif Portugal Image:Russia_small.gif Russia Image:Saudi_Arabia_small.gif Saudi Arabia Image:Singapore_small.gif Singapore
Image:South_Africa_small.gif South Africa Image:South_Korea_small.gif South Korea Image:Spain_small.gif Spain Image:Sweden_small.gif Sweden
Image:Switzerland_small.gif Switzerland Image:Taiwan_small.gif Taiwan Image:Thailand_small.gif Thailand Image:Turkey_small.gif Turkey
Image:United_Arab_Emirates_small.gif United Arab Emirates Image:United_Kingdom_small.gif United Kingdom Image:United_States_small.gif United States Image:Venezuela_small.gif Venezuela
Image:Yemen_small.gif Yemen

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