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UK Government: We’ll Secure Smart Meters
[...] A recent report has highlighted security risks in smart meters, which the government plans to roll out to all houses in the UK. However, plans for the rollout are still being formulated, and security will be a priority, a spokesperson for the DECC told eWEEK Europe. [...] The UK Government announced its intention to mandate a roll out of smart meters for all households in Great Britain last year. We are now considering more detailed plans for how smart meters should be rolled out. The specifications of the technology have yet to be decided but of course security will be a priority, the spokesperson said. [...] You are here. Home News Goverment IT UK Government. We'll Secure Smart Meters. [...]
Obama Wins Smartphone Compromise
[...] Research In Motion' s BlackBerrys&mdash.the smartphones of choice in the federal government&mdash.do not contain encryption allowing for calls or e-mail above secret status. The Sectera Edge was originally developed for the National Security Agency, comes with Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol and the High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperability specification, and provides secure connections to classified government networks. [...] What mobile wireless device costs £2.500, comes loaded with Secure Communications Interoperability Protocol and High Assurance Internet Protocol Encryptor Interoperability Specification, and secures calls to classified government networks The BarackBerry. A White House official confirms that President Barack Obama will keep a smartphone while in office, although speculation persists that it will not be Obama's beloved BlackBerry but instead a Sectera Edge, the ultrasecure smartphone developed for the National Security Agency by General Dynamics. [...] The White House confirmed 22nd January that President Barack Obama will use a smartphone while in office, although it may not be his beloved BlackBerry e-mail device. The announcement represents a victory for Obama over the myriad security officials assigned to the president who wanted to strip him of his smartphone. [...]
D-Link Managed Switches Get IPv6 Approval
[...] These IPv6-enabled switches provide a secure network environment. specific vertical markets such as government and educational institutions could especially benefit from the attributes that IPv6 technology provides for secure data communications, Wang said. [...] IPv6 also provides built-in security as well as network management and mobility enhancements. D-Link argues that the growing demand for IPv6 support from government agencies, educational institutions and corporate entities has become much stronger. [...] The D-Link xStack DGS-3400 series, xStack DES-3528/52 series and DGS-3610 chassis series switches are the L2/L3 Gigabit solutions for business/enterprise and vertical markets. All of these series offer manageability, security and reliability functions. They provide current IPv4 networks with a migration path to IPv6 and help protect businesses' investments for future network upgrades when greater security and larger addressing are required. [...]
Government To Slash IT Costs With Open Source, Green Tech
[...] We have seen a period of significant change over recent months and years, said Government chief information officer John Suffolk. Technology has changed, the economy has changed and ICT in government must also change. This strategy sets out a new model for Government ICT which will deliver a secure and resilient ICT infrastructure that will enable faster, better services for the public. . [...] The strategy includes establishing a government cloud or G-Cloud as well as cutting back the number of government data centres to 10 or 12 facilities. The data centre consolidation plan will save around £300 million and reduce power and cooling requirements by around 75 percent, the government states. [...] It's vague and aspirational, but has no substance whatsoever. The fact is that the government's appalling IT record is under scrutiny, the election is imminent, and both the Tories and Lib Dems are way ahead of them on Open Source, said Taylor. Everyone now accepts Open Source is the way forward in Public Sector IT, even the Government can't deny it anymore, but they are the very last to the party. [...]
UK Government Backs LTE Technology
[...] Carter visited the Swindon site late last week as part of his remit to deliver on the vision for UK broadband roll-out detailed in the government's recent interim Digital Britain report. According to a government statement, LTE technology could help the UK secure a place in the forefront of global innovation, investment and quality in communications and technology . [...] According to government figures, around 20 percent of consumers are connected to the internet via mobile devices. This number is likely to grow as technologies improve and the transition to 4th Generation technology is expected to begin in earnest in late 2010 or early 2011, the government claims. [...] You are here. Home News Mobile & Wireless UK Government Backs LTE Technology. [...]
China Unmoved By Rhetoric From Google And US
[...] The & administration encourages the government of China to work with Google and other US companies to ensure a climate for secure commercial operations in the Chinese market. . [...] As US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke noted after the recent attacks on Google, The recent cyber-intrusion that Google attributes to China is troubling to the US government and American companies doing business in China. This incident should be equally troubling to the Chinese government. [...] Google deserves to be praised for the decision. It is also a blow against the cynical silence of so many including the Obama administration about the Chinese government's human rights abuses, Smith said in a statement. I have been meeting with Google executives, and they've known for some time that their decision had proven mistaken and China was growing more repressive. . [...]
US Asks For Public Cooperation On Cyber-Security
[...] US DHS secretary Janet Napolitano noted in a speech today it will take the combined efforts of vigilant users, government and the private sector to secure the country's cyber-infrastructure. [...] While talk of shared responsibility and partnerships by government officials is nothing new when it comes to IT security, Sophos Senior Security Advisor Chester Wisniewski told eWEEK that the emphasis on the general public was good to hear. [...] But the central theme of her speech today was partnership between the government, members of the public and the private sector. [...]
President Obama’s Take On Cyber Security
[...] In 2003, President Bush issued the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace. Written with input from government agencies, the private sector, academia and the armed forces, it was met with rave reviews and gushing praise from the IT industry. [...] TechAmerica President Phil Bond called Obama's speech a remarkable event . Enrique Salem, Symantec's CEO, hailed a new era of cyber-security and vowed. We will not fall back & like before. While Suzanne Magree, president and CEO of TechGuard Security, said that Obama's cyber-security initiative. [...] Because of the critical importance of this work, I will personally select this official, Obama said of his cyber-security co-ordinator. I'll depend on this official in all matters relating to cyber-security, and this official will have my full support and regular access to me as we confront these challenges. [...]
Wiltshire Mines To Hold Record-Breaking Green Data Centre
[...] efficient data facilities in the world achieving a PUE of under 1.2 without introducing fresh-air into the data rooms, said Mr Squire at yesterday's Government ICT Goes Green event in London. At the heart of the design is the use of a vast secure underground space at a stable temperature of 9C, and an aquifer. [...] This stone was mined until the 1920s, and the mine was re-purposed as an underground factory in World War II, where 25,000 workers built aircraft engines. After the war it became a government nuclear bunker, then it was used for Navy Stores, until it was decomissioned and sold in 2000. [...]
Internet Security Unchanged By Chinese Attack, Says Microsoft’s Ballmer
[...] The recent cyber-intrusion that Google attributes to China is troubling to the US government and American companies doing business in China, Locke said in a statement. This incident should be equally troubling to the Chinese government. The administration encourages the government of China to work with Google and other US companies to ensure a climate for secure commercial operations in the Chinese market. . [...] Another US government official, Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, also raised the issue of security for companies operating in conjunction with China. [...] Drummond added. Any computer connected to the Internet can fall victim to such attacks. While some intellectual property on our corporate network was compromised, we believe our customer cloud-based data remains secure. . [...]
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