Security Debrief Contributor Dr. James Carafano will testify before the House Homeland Security Committee on the topic of ensuring a national risk management framework for homeland security.

FederalTimes.com
The most successful Web 2.0 initiatives are going to be those tied to the agency’s mission, said Michael Wertheimer, assistant deputy director and chief technology officer for analysis at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. ODNI’s Intellipedia is among the first in government to break down the internal barriers between management and workers [...]

From MaineSecurity.com:
The counter-terrorism community is becoming increasingly concerned with “home-grown extremists inspired by militant Islamic ideology” that is operationally controlled by al-Qaeda. This ideology is being spread rapidly throughout the world and here in the United States via the Internet. Read an interesting commentary on this topic entitled “Virtual Jihad”, Forbes.com, May 19, 2008. Read [...]

From Danger Room:
In late January, the Air Force banned TogetherWeServed.com, a military-themed social networking site, for being a security “nightmare.”  Now, Air Force officials are admitting “to unfairly singling out” the site, which “does not pose any extra risk than most chat rooms or other online communities,” Stars & Stripes’ Leo Shane reports. “Site owners [...]

Below is an excerpt of an opinion article published in today’s Washington Times. To read the article in full, visit the Times website. The article discusses the ongoing need to protect U.S. financial infrastructures as part of the overall homeland security strategy.

The government’s new counter-cyber attack program may involve the data-mining of Internet browser search queries as part of an effort to find indications of an impending cyber-attack. HSToday.us first reported in Jan. 2006 that the search engine giant Google was cooperating with the CIA and NSA as part of an alleged program to determine whether [...]

FBI posts fake hyperlinks to snare child porn suspects | The Iconoclast - politics, law, and technology - CNET News.com
The FBI has recently adopted a novel investigative technique: posting hyperlinks that purport to be illegal videos of minors having sex, and then raiding the homes of anyone willing to click on them. Undercover FBI agents [...]

The Bush Administration is making progress in cyber security through the creation of a new interagency group to gather information and assess cyber security breaches to various federal agencies, including the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, the National Security Agency and the Department of Defense. According to a report by the Washington Post, the White House has selected Rod A. Beckstrom to head up the interagency group, which will be based in the Department of Homeland Security.

Recent Defense Department reports on Chinese computer network operations in 2007 should be a clear indication that the United States needs to step up its cyber defense policy to address a growing threat to its national security.