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TOP STORIES FOR FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2005
Universities Unveil 911 VoIP Technology
Hackers Hit Stanford
GAO Says DHS Unprepared for Cybersecurity
Sweden Bans Downloading Copyrighted Material
UNIVERSITIES UNVEIL 911 VOIP TECHNOLOGY
A group of three universities has announced a project that would allow
voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) phone systems to work with 911
calls. Traditional phone networks are connected to 911 networks and, in
the event of a 911 call, provide the physical location of the caller.
Because VoIP calls are routed over the Internet, which is not connected
to 911 networks, making 911 technology work with VoIP has been
problematic. The Federal Communications Commission, however, recently
issued a ruling that will require VoIP providers to offer 911 service
to all customers. The system being developed by Columbia University,
Texas A&M University at College Station, and the University of Virginia
will provide 911 operators with the caller's location and in some
cases would also provide a video image of the caller. Internet2, Cisco
Systems, and Nortel are also involved in the project, which is not
expected to be complete for another year and a half. Part of the
funding for the project came from the National Telecommunications and
Information Administration, which is part of the Department of
Commerce.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 27 May 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/05/2005052701t.htm
HACKERS HIT STANFORD
Officials at Stanford University and the FBI are investigating a
computer breach at the university's Career Development Center (CDC)
earlier this month that may have exposed personal information on as
many as 10,000 individuals. Most of those affected are students, though
a small number are recruiters who had registered with the CDC.
Information that might have been improperly accessed includes names,
Social Security numbers, financial information, and, in some cases,
credit card numbers. The university is notifying those possibly
affected by the breach, in compliance with the 2003 Security Breach
Information Act. That law requires organizations to inform California
residents any time their personal information might have been accessed
without authorization.
Silicon.com, 26 May 2005
http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39130758,00.htm
GAO SAYS DHS UNPREPARED FOR CYBERSECURITY
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report strongly
critical of the readiness of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
to deal with threats to the nation's cybersecurity. According to the
report, DHS "has not fully addressed any" of 13 areas of cybersecurity,
including bot networks, criminal gangs, foreign intelligence services,
spammers, and spyware. "DHS cannot effectively function as the
cybersecurity focal point intended by law and national policy," said
the authors of the report. During the past year, DHS has seen the
departure of a number of high-level officials, including the director
and deputy director of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security
Division, the undersecretary for infrastructure protection, and the
assistant secretary responsible for information protection. A
representative of DHS refuted the GAO's findings, saying that DHS has
made improvements to the "nation's cybersecurity posture." He noted
that DHS, as a new federal agency, measures progress in
nonquantitative, less formal ways.
CNET, 26 May 2005
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-5722227.html
SWEDEN BANS DOWNLOADING COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL
Responding to pressure from entertainment industry groups, including
the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Sweden has made it a
crime to download copyrighted material from the Internet. Previously,
only uploading copyrighted works was illegal. The new law, which goes
into effect July 1, allows consumers to make one copy of CDs for
personal use and to copy newspapers. Those found guilty of violating
the new law can be fined. The MPAA has said that governments in
Scandinavian countries have been reluctant to take action against
copyright piracy, though Swedish authorities did conduct a raid in
March of this year in which several servers suspected of hosting
copyrighted content for downloading were seized.
Reuters, 25 May 2005
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=8606639
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