(11/23/2007) Thierry Zoller, a German based security engineer, is questioning if the software we're using to protect ourselves from online attacks is becoming a liability. For the past two years, Zoller, a security engineer for n.runs AG, has taken a close look at the way antivirus software inspects e-mail traffic. | (11/22/2007) Cyber criminals are getting more sophisticated and only a small percentage of them are actually getting caught and convicted. Tracking down and preventing cyber crime requires cooperation between law enforcement agencies and the private sector. How the RCMP is responding to a global problem. | (11/21/2007) According to a recent study, consumer and corporate use of the Internet could overload the current capacity and lead to brown-outs in two years unless backbone providers invest billions of dollars in new infrastructure. | (11/20/2007) In the wake of numerous high-profile data breach incidents costing millions of dollars, governments are being urged to take a legislative approach to data protection and data breach disclosure. The question has been raised, however, as to whether it is the government's responsibility to implement standardized data breach laws. Or, should the onus be on the businesses themselves to protect confidential data proactively? | (11/20/2007) Following its active participation during last month's Waste Reduction Week, the province of Manitoba has announced it will be holding a Green Conference aimed at providing Manitoba-based organizations with best-practices around environmental responsibility. The effort is in line with the province's climate change action plan. | (11/19/2007) The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating a potential data breach involving the theft of three computers containing personal data on potentially 12,000 individuals. This is not the first data breach to occur at the department, as last year a laptop and hard disk containing personal data on over 26.5 million veterans was stolen. | (11/19/2007) The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced last week it will add enhanced driver's licences as one of the approved identification documents for Canadians travelling south of the border. With RFID being eyed as a likely technology to be used to develop these highly secured driver's licences, Ontario's privacy watchdog raises caution to ensure proper implementation. | (11/14/2007) Auditor General Sheila Fraser recently issued her Annual Report which found, among other things, certain weaknesses in procedures for awarding industrial contracts, posing security risks to sensitive government information. Responding to the report, Public Works and Government Services Canada shares its "robust action plan" to enhance the department's security procedures. | (11/13/2007) The Alberta government has launched a new resource kit aimed at encouraging and preparing students with disabilities for post-secondary education. The multimedia resource includes a transition planning guide for students and their families, as well as a video showcasing inspirational success stories. | (11/9/2007) It's that time of the month again as Microsoft gets ready to issue November's monthly security update, which fixes known flaws in the company's Windows operating system. Don't be surprised, however, if the list of security updates is unusually short this time around. |
  | |  | | Blog Spotlight: Sandford Borins |  | As Professor of Strategic Management at the University of Toronto, Sandford Borins brings InterGovWorld.com readers exclusive insights into how and why the public sector is changing. You'll find new perspectives and questions, observations and objectives, lessons and answers. Cover to Cover, the blog by Prof. Sandford Borins, appears every Thursday. Inside Cover to Cover | |
| | | Unified Communications |  | Unity is a word often heard in the public sector, with myriad agencies and departments looking to foster collective thinking around some of today's most pressing issues. The word, however, doesn't usually get mentioned in the same breath as technology. That's a situation, though, that might soon be changing, thanks to a new software platform known as unified communications.
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