http://securityinnovator.com/ en-us Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:02:10 -0400 editor@technologyinnovator.com http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15948&sectionID=27 Genocide has long been something of a taboo subject, marked by an indelible Manichean boundary that separates those who perpetrate it (the evil ones) from those who try to stop... Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:27:21 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15947&sectionID=31 Less than a year ago – on April 28, 2009 – a delegation of Inuit leaders from Greenland, Canada, Alaska, and Russia presented the Circumpolar Inuit Declaration on Arctic Sovereignty... Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:18:25 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15949&sectionID=43 Since Burmese monks heroically rose up during the Saffron Revolution over almost three years ago, people-powered uprisings have rippled along the southwestern periphery of China. Two of these have internal... Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:32:39 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15946&sectionID=31 As the Arctic continues to thaw, and with its thaw, to integrate with the world ocean and the maritime economy that unites the world, the question of which of America’s... Wed, 24 Mar 2010 14:48:13 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15939&sectionID=43 Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and the Indigenous Challenge in 'Latin' America by Martin Edwin Andersen (Lexington Books, March 2010), 296 pages.  Peoples of the Earth: Ethnonationalism, Democracy, and... Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:48:11 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15865&sectionID=25 I am revving up for the Oscars this weekend, how about you? I find myself impressed with this year’s picks. Some years I wonder if it is just a popularity... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:30:54 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15864&sectionID=25 Enterprises are bombarded with choices for email security—on-premise appliances, hosted appliances, software and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS). Traditionally, on-premise solutions, both hardware and software, have dominated the email security space. Hosted and... Sat, 06 Mar 2010 13:29:10 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15863&sectionID=25 By now you’ve heard about Operation Aurora, a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on corporate infrastructure of several large companies that resulted in the theft of intellectual property. My colleague,... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:27:20 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15862&sectionID=25 Operation Aurora continues to be a hot topic inside and outside of security circles. At this week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco many conversations are on the topic of the... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:26:01 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15866&sectionID=25 How about those Olympics, huh??? I’m watching as much as I can – and I don’t even consider myself a huge sports buff. (Well, except for baseball. I love it!)... Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:32:50 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15869&sectionID=25 Not content with naming-and-shaming companies who break the HIPAA/HITECH health regulations through the normal press, The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is now reporting companies who lose control... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:36:06 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15868&sectionID=25 Cyberscammers are going after login credentials for Twitter in a big way. At least, that’s if my own Twitter friends are any indication for trending. In the last week, two... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:35:10 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15867&sectionID=25 I just wanted to give everyone the rundown on what I and McAfee have planned for RSA. It is always a big event for McAfee and we have a lot... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:33:39 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15870&sectionID=25 McAfee Vulnerability Manager was distinguished among several competitive products with the coveted “Five-Star” and “Best Buy” rating in the February edition of SC Magazine. In the group test, SC Magazine... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 13:37:27 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15836&sectionID=43 In On Thin Ice, Barry Scott Zellen poses tough questions about Canada's claims to a vast swathe of the soon-to-be hotly contested resource-rich Arctic. Zellen not only shows how much... Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:05:35 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15871&sectionID=25 Technology moves and evolves at such a fast pace that without a good training plan and motivated self learners, most IT professions get left behind after only a short amount... Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:38:23 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15828&sectionID=27 The American grand strategic experience has been framed largely as the historic triumph of democracy over tyranny, and in its evolution as a state, from agrarian society to modern-industrial superpower,... Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:29:58 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15846&sectionID=27 Before terrorists strike, they must first gain entry to their target countries, and reside there until zero hour; and this nearly always involves some form of doc fraud to succeed.... Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:49:39 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15838&sectionID=27 Tribal Conflict, the War on Terror, and the need for a new Unified Combatant Command Coalitional warfare with sub-state tribal allies has become an increasingly important method to ensure victory... Mon, 26 Oct 2009 01:22:57 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15847&sectionID=29 As the swine flu quickly circled the earth this past summer, the Obama administration shifted from the rhetoric of “hope” to a genuine effort to “cope” with the real dangers... Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:53:47 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15912&sectionID=25 Anyone who knows me even in passing knows I take lots of pictures – and mostly pictures of people’s faces. People that know I have kids often ask me why... Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:58:27 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15936&sectionID=43 I just finished reading Chase Madar’s “Care Tactics: Samantha Power and the weaponization of human rights” (The American Conservative, Sept. 1, 2009) and found myself responding out loud as I... Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:06:28 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15844&sectionID=29 A quarter century after Ronald Reagan unveiled his ‘Star Wars’ vision, Ballistic Missile Defense is ready for action Even while its armed forces are slogging it out against armed militants... Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:41:47 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15829&sectionID=27 It’s Not "Us against the Terrorists" or even the "West against the Rest": It’s still "Tribe against the State," just as it's been for over five centuries.  President George W. Bush... Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:32:08 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15845&sectionID=31 Across the many remote battlezones where the War on Terror is being fought, the highly cost-effective and lethally precise unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has delivered American military power to the... Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:46:21 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15839&sectionID=29 As Tehran Marches Closer to the Nuclear Club, Its Neighbors Anxiously Await the World Response Iran’s intensifying nuclear ambition has become a critical concern to policymakers around the world, not... Fri, 01 May 2009 01:32:04 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15840&sectionID=27 A sweeping series of arrests in August 2006 revealed a nefarious plot by Al Qaeda sympathizers to use improvised binary liquid explosives to bring down ten America-bound passenger jets departing... Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:34:11 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15833&sectionID=31 Introduction Coalition warfare with sub-state tribal allies has become an increasingly important method to ensure victory in the Long War, especially in those numerous chaotic border zones where the assertion... Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:49:49 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15830&sectionID=27 Since the modern state first began to encroach upon their pristine and sparsely inhabited homeland three centuries ago, the Inuit of the Arctic have aspired to regain, or at least reassert,... Wed, 01 Apr 2009 21:33:20 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15841&sectionID=27 George W. Bush infamously declared “Mission Accomplished” on the deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, formally announcing an end to major combat operations – only to... Wed, 01 Apr 2009 01:35:33 -0400 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15842&sectionID=27 Letter-bombs have been an enduring tactic, an inexpensive, improvised weapon wielded in pursuit of various goals for more than two centuries. One of the first known letter-bomb attacks was made... Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:36:39 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15848&sectionID=31 Tragedy struck during the Beijing Olympics last summer when a knife-wielding man stabbed and killed Todd Bachman, the father-in-law of the U.S. men’s indoor volleyball coach Hugh McCutcheon, and seriously... Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:58:50 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15843&sectionID=31 The Arctic is melting, faster than anyone imagined. As the Earth warms, the very existence of the Polar ice pack is now in question, and in our lifetimes we may... Sun, 15 Feb 2009 01:37:58 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15988&sectionID=43 Step 1: In Quest of Unknown Socrates   It’s fascinating to look back upon the work of Brodie, the student, over a decade before he rose to prominence as an... Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:06:28 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15849&sectionID=31 Members of the non-commercial, general aviation (or GA) community have been abuzz in recent weeks as the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it will be expanding its efforts to... Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:00:31 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15955&sectionID=43 Anyone who has watched Kubrick’s Dr. Strangelove, a parody of the Cold War and the absurdity of its nuclear logic, and perhaps the funniest movie about the end of the... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 16:53:00 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15832&sectionID=31 Introduction The period between the Cold War’s end, and the current period of rapid climate change, was a quiet period in the field of Arctic security studies—inter-state tensions across the... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:39:41 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15954&sectionID=43 Game Changer: The ‘Absolute Weapon’ Bernard Brodie spent his entire career considerating the often tragic but seemingly inevitable accidents of history that have so profoundly shaped man’s journey from slingshot... Thu, 01 Jan 2009 16:03:53 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15756&sectionID=29 A congressionally appointed commission is calling on the President-elect and the next Congress to immediately initiate several concrete actions, unilaterally and with the international community, to address the proliferation of... Tue, 02 Dec 2008 10:05:12 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15755&sectionID=27 As the story of the carnage in Mumbai unfolds, it is tempting to dismiss it as merely another sorry episode in India's flailing effort to combat terrorism. . . .... Fri, 28 Nov 2008 13:03:47 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15715&sectionID=27 If the Nov. 26 attacks in Mumbai were carried out by Islamist militants as it appears, the Indian government will have little choice, politically speaking, but to blame them on... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 12:13:39 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15720&sectionID=27 A massive and well-organized attack by militants in Mumbai, India, has left nearly 100 people dead so far, promises to cut deeply into India’s foreign investment prospects and threatens to... Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:23:58 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15721&sectionID=25 Did you hear the story out of Sweden last week that a teenager collapsed after playing World of Warcraft for 24 hours straight? He apparently suffered an epileptic seizure after... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:28:24 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15717&sectionID=27 As the global financial crisis grinds on, it is doing more than generating foreclosures, bankruptcies and losses in the financial markets: It also means people are losing their jobs as... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 12:18:25 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15709&sectionID=27 Directed Energy Weapons, particularly those powered by lasers, have long been the stuff of science fiction. Due to recent innovations in commercial solid-state lasers and their adaptation to military uses,... Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:55:16 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15719&sectionID=43 Three weeks after the U.S. presidential election, we are getting the first signs of how President-elect Barack Obama will govern. That now goes well beyond the question of what is... Mon, 24 Nov 2008 12:22:31 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15710&sectionID=27 Recent headlines have been dominated by the exploits of pirates operating in the Cape of Aden's global shipping lanes. By seizing cargo ships and oil tankers, these modern pirates have... Fri, 21 Nov 2008 11:57:10 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15711&sectionID=29 The day after Barack Obama won the 2008 U.S. presidential election, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev announced the first real test for the U.S. President-elect. In his State of the Federation... Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:59:42 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15716&sectionID=27 On Nov. 3, a U.S. District Court in El Paso, Texas, began hearing a case concerning members of a criminal enterprise that calls itself Barrio Azteca (BA). The group members... Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:17:00 -0500 http://securityinnovator.com/index.php?articleID=15728&sectionID=25 In the 80s when viruses first started to raise their ugly little heads Microsoft made an unfortunate and, in hind sight, foolish decision. They decided to let third parties deal... Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:41:32 -0500