Center for Threat Awareness Takes Off
The long awaited think tank is a go. Looking forward to what this team (made up of Gartenstein-Ross, Tanji and others) does.
Lame TSA Red Team
Yuck.
Bush administration officials vehemently denied today that airport screeners have been tipped about covert security tests even as lawmakers brandished an e-mail from Transportation Security Administration officials that not only warned employees of testing, but described the methods and appearance of those conducting the probes.
“There was no intent to tip off, there was no cheating,” insisted TSA chief Kip Hawley, who said that TSA officials sent the e-mail not to tip off screeners, but because they thought the tests might really be an Al Qaeda operation.
Coordinated Counterbotnet Response
One could even call this effort a counterinsurgency.
Rapid Shutdown of the RBN
CW – From Russia to China to ??? –
Where have they gone, that’s the question,” said an analyst with VeriSign’s iDefense Labs, who wanted to remain anonymous, leery of retribution from the gang. “What’s really interesting is how fast they shut everything down.”
Wiggins Has Been On the Ball
Lots of good stuff over there.
For whatever reason I have been unsuccessful at subscribing to his feed, so I periodically check in like we did back in 1999. I come away impressed most every time, and this is no exception.