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SP's MAI July 16-31, 2011 - Internal Security Updates

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  Thousand cuts and counting
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  After many years, the US has acknowledged Pakistan’s double game (not that they were not aware of actualities)...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Security India Seminar 2011
  By Sucheta Das Mohapatra

  The third edition of the Security India 2011 held at New Delhi highlighted on the merging role of physical and virtual security...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Mumbai bomb blasts 18 dead, 131 injured

  After a gap of 31 months, Mumbai has suffered yet another terror attack as three bomb blasts hit Zaveri Bazaar, Opera House and Dadar within minutes of each other, leaving 18 dead and 131 injured, 23 of them seriously...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Raj Kumar Singh new Home Secretary

  Raj Kumar Singh has recently taken charge as Union Home Secretary following the retirement of Gopal Krishna Pillai.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  New US counter-terrorism chief

  The US President Barack Obama’s choice for his next counter-terrorism chief is Matthew Olsen, a former prosecutor with extensive experience in intelligence matters for the federal government, the White House has announced.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  3M Security debuts world’s first multilateral border crossing programme

  3M Security Systems has debuted the world’s first multilateral border crossing programme which will enable hasslefree travel between participating nations of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Panetta believes US close to defeating Al-Qaeda

  The US Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has said that the US “is within reach of strategically defeating Al-Qaeda.” Panetta

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  World Drug Report Intake of synthetic drugs rises

  While global markets for cocaine, heroin and cannabis declined or remained stable, the production and abuse of prescription opioid drugs and new synthetic drugs rose, according to the World Drug Report 2011.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Indian-American engineer sells B-2 Bomber secrets

  Early in 2011, a US court sentenced to imprisonment a former Indian-American, Noshir Gowadia, who was noted for designing the propulsion systems for the B-2 Bomber, while working with Northrop Corp

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  Government to invest $1 billion in internal security modernisation

  The Government of India will be investing around $1billion on internal security modernisation programmes, according to S. Suresh Kumar, Joint Secretary, Police Modernisation, Ministry of Home Affairs.

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  Report on information management in security

  The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and Accenture has released a joint report on how security agencies can be better equipped with effective information management tools

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  Internal security task force set up

  The Government of India has set up a task force to review internal security scenario of the country. The task force is headed by the former Cabinet Secretary Naresh Chandra.

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  Malware imported into US in foreign-made components

  Malware built into imported electronic components sold in the United States poses a serious threat to US economy and security, Greg Schaffer

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  International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (ICSPA) launched

  For the first time, leading international businesses, government and law enforcement agencies are coming together in a bid to tackle the issue.

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  Cassidian joins ICSPA

  Cassidian’s high edge cyber experts will collaborate with a new alliance of major organizations, law enforcement agencies and governments to tackle cyber crime

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  Lockheed Martin achieves technology services milestone

  Lockheed Martin announced the successful achievement of ISO 20000 certification for its Information Systems & Global Solutions business area.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  NSG website not hacked: Government

  The Central government has clarified that there was no indication that the website of National Security Guard (NSG) had been hacked.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Security gaps found in iPhones, iPad

  Reports in the media have indicated that a new security gap has opened up in Apple’s iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices, making room for susceptibility to hacker attacks.

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  Small plane enters Camp David airspace

  There was a minor flutter when President Barack Obama was camping at Camp David in Maryland, the Presidential retreat in July.

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  FBI agent who worked for the Soviets

  Robert Philip Hanssen, a career FBI agent who provided intelligence to the Soviets, finally landed in prison.

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  Chinese steals military application trade secrets

  Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, while working for defence contractor Quantum3D, engaged in espionage activities in the behalf of the People’s Republic of China between 2002 and 2006.