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• Commercial enterprises are putting our critical infrastructure at risk

  By Sean Martin, a CISSP and the founder of imsmartin consulting | 05 May, 2012 07:33

  Cybercriminals have already figured out how to hack into enterprise infrastructure, and the critical infrastructure that controls our nation's supply of water, gas, oil and electricity just might be next.

• FCC asks for comments on mobile network shutdowns for public safety

  By Grant Gross | 03 March, 2012 04:08

  The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is seeking public comments on whether it's ever appropriate for law enforcement agencies to shut down mobile networks in the name of public safety, as Bay Area Rapid Transit did last August.

• Website operator pleads guilty to terrorist threats

  By Grant Gross | 10 February, 2012 07:37

  The founder of several Muslim jihad websites has pleaded guilty to three charges related to making online threats, including threatening the writers of the television show "South Park," the U.S. Department of Justice said.

• Security Manager's Journal: Should physical security belong to us?

  By J.F. Rice | 03 February, 2012 08:22

  I've always wanted to be responsible for physical security. I never understood why the security of computers, networks and data is managed by a different department than the security of doors, windows and cameras. The same principles apply in both worlds. And let's face it: Physical security is actually run on computers. So I think it's perfectly natural for information security to own it.

• FAQ: What you should know about Illinois water-district SCADA breach

  By Tim Greene | 22 November, 2011 09:31

  Here are some key questions and answers about the Nov. 8 break-in of the control network at an Illinois water utility that resulted in attackers burning out a pump.

• US agencies to test Emergency Alert System

  By Grant Gross | 09 November, 2011 03:14

  Don't panic. It's a test, only a test.

• Fire at NYSE data center causes temporary disruption

  By John Ribeiro | 10 October, 2011 21:37

  An electrical fire on Sunday at a data center of the New York Stock Exchange in Mahwah, New Jersey, affected communications connectivity to 58 trading firms, but the exchange expects "completely normal operations" for Monday's market open.

• 9/11: Attacks changed the way companies view IT

  By Grant Gross | 09 September, 2011 03:31

  The Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks led to scores of changes in how U.S. residents live and do business, and the IT industry was not spared.

• Prevent internal IT sabotage

  By Todd R. Weiss | 20 August, 2011 05:52

  Preventing external attacks to IT systems is a huge and critical task for most companies, but what are businesses doing to stop similar attacks when they come from within? That's a question that more companies should be asking themselves as internal IT sabotage cases regularly hit businesses hard, causing big monetary losses and often knocking companies offline for days or weeks.

• Be prepared: Physical security is migrating to your (IT) domain

  By Fredrik Nilsson, general manager of the Americas for Axis Communications | 19 August, 2011 07:29

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

• Critics oppose Republican spectrum plan

  By Grant Gross | 16 July, 2011 05:11

  A Republican proposal to auction more wireless spectrum to mobile carriers would leave U.S. police and fire departments "worse off" than they are today, instead of creating the new nationwide public safety mobile-broadband network anticipated for a decade, one police chief said Friday.

• Video: Google flaunts Cloud data security

  By Computerworld Staff | 28 April, 2011 12:01

  Google has sought to reassure its three million global Cloud customers with the release of a video tour of its Hamina data centre facility in Finland.

• Verizon simulates disaster near operations center

  By Grant Gross | 06 April, 2011 07:13

  It was only a drill, but Verizon Communications' emergency response team brought in its serious equipment for a hazardous materials test in Cockeysville, Maryland, Monday and Tuesday.

• SCADA security arms race underway

  By George V. Hulme | 01 April, 2011 23:45

  While the race between industrial control system attackers and defenders didn't start with the Stuxnet worm, it certainly acted as a catalyst to a new arms race and more researchers taking a closer look at the quality of SCADA software.

• Travel security in the Middle East and North Africa

  By Joan Goodchild | 11 March, 2011 12:17

  Many of us watch the events in the Middle East and North Africa unfold from afar. But for businesses with operations in these global regions of political unrest, protests, rebel uprising and deteriorating security often force difficult and immediate decisions for the sake of keeping