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By William Jackson


White House official twitter feed

Should agencies really have 'official' Twitter feeds?

Chicago newspaperman Edward H. Eulenberg is credited with telling young reporters, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.”*

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Posted on May 20, 2013 at 4:24 AM0 comments


Many state and local government networks are unprepared for cyberattacks

Many state and local networks unprepared for cyberattacks

Many state and local networks and IT systems are unprepared for cyberattacks, as the CIOs overseeing them struggle to make do with strained budgets and static or shrinking staffs.

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Posted on May 15, 2013 at 7:20 AM0 comments


Engineer checking servers for audit

Is 'fear the auditor' holding back real IT security?

Leo Scanlon, chief information security officer of the National Archives and Records Administration, has an information security question for federal CIOs: “Are you satisfied that where you are is good enough? Do you understand the risk?”

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Posted on May 09, 2013 at 6:05 AM1 comments


IP phone network hacker

In a world of unified networks, phones are easy prey for hackers

Unified communications—bundling all communications channels on a single IP platform—offers the promise of simplified IT management and cost savings, because an enterprise has to maintain and manage a single network rather than separate networks for voice and data. But as voice becomes just another data service, phones are being increasingly exposed to threats from the Internet.

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Posted on May 06, 2013 at 11:42 AM0 comments