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In a bid to recruit young, cyber-savvy talent, Britain’s intelligence agency GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters) has recently introduced a code-cracking competition via a somewhat unconventional medium. In contrast to the traditional ‘top-down’ recruitment strategy—which included combing the campuses of elite universities like Oxford and Cambridge for brainy, young James Bonds— the security organization’s administration is attempting to attract talent using a variety...

Dozens of International Tall Ships and Gray Hulls Expected for Baltimore Festival Commemorating War of 1812 BALTIMORE, Nov. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Baltimore will have all hands on deck next June when more than two dozen U.S. and international naval vessels and tall ships descend on Baltimore's Inner Harbor for Star-Spangled Sailabration, the national launch of the War of 1812 Bicentennial. The announcement was made today by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, Baltimore Mayor...

Peter Thomas Senese's THE DEN OF THE ASSASSIN, set in the cradle of America: Wall Street, tells a riveting tale of financial and geopolitical agendas that threaten America and our way of living. Senese's thriller set in New York City will be released on E-book in Spanish, Italian, and French on December 1st, 2011. New York, NY (PRWEB) November 07, 2011 In best-selling author Peter Thomas Senese's Wall Street thriller titled THE DEN OF THE ASSASSIN, the words, 'There is a small...

DALLAS, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lockheed Martin's (NYSE: LMT) PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile target today in a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The test included a ripple fire engagement, utilizing a PAC-3 Cost Reduction Initiative (CRI) Missile as the first interceptor and a PAC-3 Baseline Missile as the second interceptor. The CRI Missile includes block upgrades to the PAC-3 Baseline Missile for...

The United Kingdom has suffered a series of “disturbing” cyber attacks, including a recent serious, yet unsuccessful, assault on the Foreign Office’s network, Iain Lobban, the director of the Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), said on Monday. GCHQ, the UK’s spy agency similar to the National Security Agency in the US, handles operations such as intelligence-gathering and code-busting and is the heart of Britain’s cyber defenses. Lobban told British newspaper, The...

CANOGA PARK, Calif., Oct. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne's Divert and Attitude Control System (DACS) for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor successfully positioned missile defense interceptors to simultaneously destroy two short-range ballistic missile targets in a demonstration of the weapon system's ability to help protect troops and other U.S. interests around the world. The THAAD operational test was conducted by the Ballistic Missile...

Deploying a Cyber Range As An Integral Element of Its Training Courses Enables the Air Force To Improve Mastery of Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures by the Next Generation of Cyber Warriors WASHINGTON, Oct. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The SANS Institute announced today that the U.S. Air Force's 39th Information Operations Squadron (IOS) was selected as 2011 U.S. National Cybersecurity Innovation Award winner for its innovative use of a realistic cyber range woven into in the...

Cyber war, long considered by many experts within the defense establishment to be a significant threat, if not an ongoing one, may never take place according to Dr Thomas Rid of King’s College London. In a paper published in The Journal of Strategic Studies, Dr Thomas Rid, from the Department of War Studies, argues that cyber warfare has never taken place, nor is it currently doing so and it is unlikely to take place in the future. Dr Rid said: ‘The threat intuitively makes sense:...

RALEIGH, N.C., Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cipher Solutions, a leading IT Security Services provider dedicated to helping clients protect their data, today announced that it has started a free monthly newsletter, Cyber Threat Update, to be distributed to IT customers and users. The Cyber Threat Update will provide news and analysis on recent wide-spread Cyber Attacks and related threats. "The IT industry continues to encounter a growing number of cyber attacks and threats. Cipher...

AMSTERDAM, Oct. 12, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Already axed has been the US's Future Combat Systems (FCS) and more recently the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV), while the US Senate Appropriations Committee just last month attempted to stop the planned Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) programme dead in its tracks, even before a single vehicle is procured. The US still remains, however, the biggest spender investing in the procurement of new vehicles and upgrades. Other countries have not...