Thursday, October 24, 2002

Wasatch Digital IQ. Wasatch Digital IQ magazine's latest issue is now online with an article on Governor Mike Leavitt and his role in homeland security.  In their interview with the Governor, he states, Homeland security will be primarily conducted by people who have another full-time job. Their role in homeland security only comes into play in rare and remote circumstances. The county sheriff in Millard County does not get up in the morning thinking, “I’ve got to fill my role as a soldier in the army for homeland defense.” The Governor goes on to say, There’s no question that technology is the key to effective homeland defense. It’s the only thing that makes it possible. There’s virtually no other way I can see to protect every target; you can’t do it on a command and control centralized basis. We have begun bringing some of those organizations together under an enterprise IT project that will begin the process of integration that the Governor discusses in this article.  The 12-state data integration project, 8-state communication and coordination project, intergovernmental IT council, GIS effort in infrastructure protection, enterprise notification system, and statewide mobile data network are all pieces of this massive effort to tie things together. 7:46:18 AM

Security Issues Just Don't Go Away Yesterday there was a major DoS attack on the internet's root servers and now MSNBC announces the organization of a massive wardriving effort scheduled for Saturday.  7:35:04 AM

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