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State Department upgrades network security against cyber attacks

March 13, 2015 admin address-whether, agency-carried, brief-statement, chinese, desktop, naguib-sawiris, network-during, planned-outage, security, speaks-during, telecom, the-security

The State Department on Friday said it was upgrading the security of its unclassified computer network to defend against cyber attacks, leaving some employees unable to send outside emails or access the internet. Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the agency, which in November said it had suffered a cyber attack, was improving “the security of its main unclassified network during a short, planned outage of some Internet-linked systems.” The agency carried out an upgrade in November that also left workers unable to send outside emails or to get to the internet. In a brief statement, Psaki said the department continued to monitor “activity of concern” on its unclassified network but did not address whether there had been a recent, new attack that prompted the latest security upgrade.

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Factbox: Canada security bill’s main provisions

January 30, 2015 publisher australia, china, chinese, france, friday, gestures-during, islamist, militants-since, mountain-resort, official, security, sold-on-alibaba, state, swiss, the-security

The Canadian government introduced legislation on Friday to counter terrorism in response to attacks in Canada, France and Australia by Islamist militants since last October. The following are the main provisions: CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE – CSIS would have powers to disrupt threats to the security of Canada at home and abroad, not just collect intelligence. PROMOTION OF TERRORISM – It would make it a crime to call for attacks on Canada in general.