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Open Group's "Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard" backed by Cisco, IBM, NSA, DoD, others

Raytheon's RIOT software makes it easy for spooks to follow your trail across Facebook, Foursquare, and other social networks. Paranoid yet?

At a time when cyberattacks on America's critical infrastructure have increased 17-fold (between 2009 and 2011), the need for highly trained cybersecurity professionals is acute. However, 83% of federal hiring managers in a recent survey said it was extremely difficult to find well-trained cybersecurity professionals and a projected shortfall of 20,000 to more than 40,000 people is expected in the years to come.

The era of big data is here. But better search tools can make it more useful for organizations and less risky for the rest of us.

How did hackers respond to the head of the NSA attending - and speaking at - the 20th anniversary of their famous conference? Surprisingly, with open arms (literally).

During keynote at Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) conference, NSA whistleblower Binney revealed details of NSA surveillance and dossiers.

Approaching its 60th birthday, the National Security Agency (NSA) has a staff some 35,000 strong worldwide, and an impressive building complex in Fort Meade, Md., where the walls are lined with copper mesh to prevent electronic eavesdropping. True to its origins dating back to breaking enemy code during World War II, the agency has two primary missions: signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and information assurance (IA).

Despite a proliferation of intelligence agencies the Washington Post counted at 1,200 in 2010, the Pentagon announced yesterday it has created a new one. The Defense Clandestine Service will add national intelligence to the tactical info gathered by Defense Intelligence Agency.

Bluffdale Utah is home to giant $2 billion data center for NSA to record billions of phone calls and email messages.

America's intelligence agency, the National Security Agency (NSA), today disclosed how it's going to handle mobile security.

The National Security Agency director warns the hacker group Anonymous could shut down parts of the national power grid.

The NSA is warning top government officials that hacktivist collective Anonymous may be developing the ability to attack the SCADA systems in electric utilities, may be able to cause limited blackouts within two years. Main evidence is bogus Operation Global Blackout.