Blog Ceases

Well readers, I sought your input on the continuation of this blog and the silence was deafening. Despite 5,105 visitors to this site since 07/18/07, only six votes were cast between 11/10/08 and 12/10/08. All six votes were cast in favor of continuing the blog in 2009 but I don't consider that an overwhelming response by any stretch of the imagination. So, effective immediately I will not be adding any new posts to this blog. The people have spoken by their silence. So long!

Top 50 Homeland Security Blogs

A list of the Top 50 Homeland Security Blogs is available at http://www.criminaljusticeusa.com/blog/2008/top-50-homeland-security-blogs/

CTC Sentinel

The CTC Sentinel is a publication of the Combating Terrorism Center, an independent educational and research institution based in the Department of Social Sciences at the United States Military Academy, West Point. Issues are freely accessible from 12/2007 at http://www.ctc.usma.edu/sentinel/default.asp

The CTC Sentinel "harnesses the Center’s global network of scholars and practitioners to understand and confront contemporary threats posed by terrorism and other forms of political violence."

International Security Monthly Briefings

International Security Monthly Briefings are accessible from 05/2003 to present at http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/monthly_briefings/archive.php

Published by the Oxford Research Group, the monthly briefings "provide a concise monthly overview of the international security situation, focussing on the 'war on terror', the related conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the implications of US and UK foreign policy for the majority world."

These briefings are published in English and Spanish, and you can subscribe by clicking on the link below to receive them by email as they are published each month. http://www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk/publications/monthly_briefings/archive.php

A Cheapskate's Guide to Free Security Software

In case you missed it the first time around like I did, the above article is available online again in the December 2008 issue of Campus Technology available at http://www.campustechnology.com/articles/69559/

Emerging Cyberthreats for 2009

Linda Musthaler writes about the above titled document in a 11/17/08 posting available on NetworkWorld at http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/techexec/2008/111708techexec1.html?nladname=111708technologyexecutiveal&code=nltechexec17

If you wish, click on the following link which will take you directly to the nine page report issued by the Georgia Tech Information Security Center, http://www.gtiscsecuritysummit.com/pdf/CyberThreatsReport2009.pdf

When Electrons Attack: Cyber-Strikes on Georgia a Wake-Up Call for Congress

The Heritage Foundation’s Dr. James Carafano describes "what exactly is needed to combat this very real war such as: the exploitation of emergent private sector capabilities, employment of risk-based approaches and proper management of cyber systems." View the article at http://www.heritage.org/Research/NationalSecurity/wm2022.cfm