NetFlash: States prepping cyberalert plan

This is a test of the states’ proposed cybersecurity alert system. This is only a test. Had this been an actual cyber-emergency, states in the U.S. would receive specific instructions – complete with a color code – on how to counter the security threat. The organization issuing the warnings takes IT security threats very seriously, calling them “a weapon of mass destruction.” States prepping cyberalert plan http://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/083004nastd.html?net

This is a test of the states’ proposed cybersecurity alert system. This is only a test. Had this been an actual cyber-emergency, states in the U.S. would receive specific instructions – complete with a color code – on how to counter the security threat. The organization issuing the warnings takes IT security threats very seriously, calling them “a weapon of mass destruction.”

States prepping cyberalert plan

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/083004nastd.html?net

Q&A: HP exec targets security priorities

The real advances in security are still to come. In an interview with HP’s Tony Redmond, he reveals when and where those advances will appear, from HP’s perspective.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/083004hpqna.html?net

Nextel tests wireless broadband waters

Six months ago Nextel became the first U.S. company to launch a broadband wireless service trial based on Flarion’s Fast Low-latency Access with Seamless Handoff-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing technology. Since then, the carrier has expanded the geographic reach of its Nextel Broadband service and attracted paying customers.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/083004flarion.html?net

IBM, EMC roll out midrange NAS

EMC and IBM separately have unveiled midrange network-attached storage products for users who want to combine and manage NAS and storage-area network technology.

https://www.nwfusion.com/news/2004/083004ibmemc.html?net

Today on Layer 8, where our blogging Olympics never end:

Feds bust the “DDoS Mafia”; how mobile phones can hurt your ears; turning spam into art; and the winner and runners-up of our Weekly Caption Contest; all this today and more at your home for not-just-networking news.

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