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Tech tool may identify disgruntled workers

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:59:58 -0500

The Air Force is developing a data-mining tool to root out disaffected insiders based on their email activity, according to an article in this month's International Journal of Security and Networks. This could be a big step for corporations that routinely focus on electronic threats from the outside and it may be the dream of many tech executives to find the divisive employees with access to sensitive data. No one has yet talked about the potential privacy issue here, but we are sure you already have a corporate policy that the office computer is only to be used for work. Or do you?

For more on development of this technology:
- See this CNET blog

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Editor's Corner

Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:01:40 -0400

Eons ago, when computer hacker Kevin Mitnick was sentenced to jail, I thought a better punishment would have been for him to use his extensive hacking knowledge in a good way--by sharing what he did and how he did it with the government and private sector IT organizations. He's actually doing that now, as a paid consultant for top companies. Now there's a second opportunity to put that type of knowledge to work. A British security hacker is very likely heading to U.S. court on charges he broke into systems at the Army, Navy, Pentagon, Air Force and NASA. If the U.S. succeeds in bringing him over for trial, and if he's convicted, he should have the opportunity to turn his bad deeds into good deeds for the benefit of federal and state cybersecurity and systems security. - Judy

Air Force IT project ahead of schedule

Sun, 23 Apr 2006 20:01:35 -0400

Usually when a story about government IT hits the headlines, it's about failure and project cost overrun. But the Air Force's efforts to modernize its technology operations are getting kudos and applause, not only for achieving project targets but for achieving smarter business operations. The goal is ambitious--to move from 1,700 separate systems and 19,000 applications to an integrated unit of 700 systems and 10,000 applications by the year 2012--but so far Air Force IT staffers seem to be making good progress.

For more on the Air Force IT effort:
- read this article at Government Computer News