Conference
SC eSymposium: Privacy & security
May 8, 2012

Those engaging in cyberespionage to steal various classified and/or proprietary documents from U.S. agencies and other organizations are riding high. Foreign spies, including U.S. allies, are increasingly launching digital assaults against the nation to steal sensitive economic secrets, according to a recent report by the U.S. Office of National Counterintelligence Executive (UNSEX). The theft of this critical information shows that attackers - state-sponsored or not - are enlisting whatever weaknesses in systems they can to thieve corporate and government data, often going unnoticed for months. Experts share background on the types of attacks to watch out for and what to do to thwart them.

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Conference
SecurityOrb.com Interviews Counter Terror Expo US Representives
May 2, 2012

The Counter Terror Expo US is coming to Washington, DC on May 16 and 17 to the Washington Convention Center. I had the esteemed opportunity to interview Wayne Crawford, Vice President of North America, Clarion Events for Counter Terror Expo US and Amb. David J. Smith, Senior Fellow & Cyber Center Director at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies during my weekly BlogTalkRadio show. Mr. Crawford provided a wealth of information about the upcoming event while Amb. Smith gave some insight about the topic he will be discussing at the Expo.

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Privacy
Welcome to Choose Privacy Week!
May 1, 2012

Choose Privacy Week is an initiative that invites library users into a national conversation about privacy rights in a digital age. The campaign gives libraries the tools they need to educate and engage users, and gives citizens the resources to think critically and make more informed choices about their privacy.

The American Library Association (ALA) has developed a variety of resources to help libraries reach out to their communities. We hope you will explore this site to learn more about what your community can do to spark thought and discussion around privacy issues today. Whether you are considering creating a display, sponsoring a contest, hosting a program or workshop, or moderating a community dialogue about privacy, we have tools that can help!

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Privacy
Choose Privacy Week begins on May 1, 2012!
April 30, 2012

Choose Privacy Week begins next week (May 1 – 7, 2012), and the ALA is offering numerous resources to help libraries take part, including online programming, a series of blog posts and a brand-new new video documentary.

From April 25 through April 27, the ALA will release three brief online presentations that explore the growing impact of surveillance on our civil liberties. Each presentation is designed to help librarians better understand how government agencies and corporations are collecting, storing and using data about individuals' daily lives. These presentations will be posted on privacyrevolution.org, and can be used to guide library program planning or can be shared with the community during Choose Privacy Week:

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Privacy
Welcome to Choose Privacy Week!
April 30, 2012

Welcome to Choose Privacy Week!
Choose Privacy Week will take place May 1-7, 2012 and is an ongoing program of the American Library Association.

Choose Privacy Week is an initiative that invites library users into a national conversation about privacy rights in a digital age. The campaign gives libraries the tools they need to educate and engage users, and gives citizens the resources to think critically and make more informed choices about their privacy.

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Privacy
Privacy Awareness Week 2012
April 30, 2012

Privacy Awareness Week 2012

Download and print this poster to promote the APPA youth-resources!

Do you ever wonder how you can you protect your privacy rights as an individual? Or consider your privacy responsibilities when you handle the personal information of others?

Privacy Awareness Week 2012 runs from 29 April to 5 May and is all about promoting awareness about privacy rights and responsibilities in the community.

Privacy Awareness Week is a jointly promoted annual event of the members of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities forum.

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General Security
ISSA-LA Donates $20,000 for Nonprofits to Attend the Fourth Annual Information Security Summit on Cybercrime
April 27, 2012

The Los Angeles Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association’s (ISSA-LA) has created a donation fund of up to $20,000 to IT employees and executives of nonprofits to attend, at no charge to the attendees, the fourth annual Information Security Summit on Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at Hilton Universal City Hotel in Los Angeles. The theme of the one-day Summit is The Growing Cyber Threat: Protect Your Business, which includes the business of operating nonprofits.

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General Security
Defcon17 - Jailbreaking and the Law of Reversing
April 26, 2012

Developers who rely on reverse engineering face a thicket of potential legal obstacles, including license agreements, copyright, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). Taking iPhone jailbreaking as real-world example, we will review the legal theories Apple has asserted, shedding light on the major legal pitfalls that developers face, and what they can do to avoid them and minimize risks. We will also examine the additional legal issues raised by reverse engineering networked code, such as online video games.

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General Security
DNSChanger Malware: Produced by US-CERT
April 25, 2012

US-CERT encourages users and administrators to ensure their systems are not infected with the DNSChanger malware by utilizing tools and resources available at the DNS Changer Working Group (DCWG) website.

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Conference
Splunk Live! 2012 in Washington, DC
April 24, 2012

Why do over 3,700 companies, including more than half of the Fortune 100, use Splunk to gain new levels of visibility and insight from their machine data? It's because Splunk is the fastest, easiest way to put your machine data to work.

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