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SP's MAI September 01-15, 2011 - Internal Security Updates

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  Lokpal and defence of India
  By Lt Gen (Retd) PC Katoch

  A strong Lokpal will bring every public servant under the Lokpal. Every Government office will have a Charter that will clearly state...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  DLSI’s mine protected vehicles to Jharkhand

  Defence Land Systems India (DLSI) has delivered its first mine protected vehicle India (MPV-I) to the Jharkhand Police recently.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Changi Airport enhances perimeter security

  Changi Airport Group and ST Electronics’ wholly owned subsidiary, ST Electronics (Satcom & Sensor Systems) is collaborating to implement a perimeter intrusion detection system...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  NASSCOM and CBI join hands to fight cyber crime

  The Data Security Council of India (DSCI) of NASSCOM has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to deal with issues of cyber security.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Mata Hari, the legendary spy with code name H-21

  Mata Hari (1876-1917) was the stage-name for Dutch-born Margaretha Geertruida (Grietje) Zelle.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Protest on tailfin of airplane at Heathrow

  In February 2008, a number of Greenpeace activists climbed on top of an aircraft at Heathrow Airport as part of a climate change protest.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Additional patrol boats for maritime security

  The Minister of State for Home Affairs, M. Ramachandran, has informed the Parliament that the Ministry had purchased 204 boats, of which 120 boats are of 12-tonne size and 84 boats of five-tonne size.

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  G4S wins contract to provide airport screening services in Pacific region

  The Canadian Air Transport Security Authority has selected G4S as the security screening contractor for the delivery of airport screening services in the Pacific Region.

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  CAG Report seeks tightening of coastal security

  The first Comptroller and Auditor General’s (CAG) report on the functioning of the Coast Guard since the Mumbai attacks has pointed out several issues that need to be dealt with to make the coastal area secure.

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  TSA finalises air cargo screening mandate

  The US Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has implemented the final part of the 9/11 Commission’s requirement for air cargo screening.

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  Smiths Detection’s hand-held radiation detector

  Smiths Detection has announced that the US Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) has approved the RadSeeker for production and deployment.

• INTERNAL SECURITY
  Unmarked graves in J&K, investigation sought

  Indian authorities should immediately open an independent, transparent and credible investigation into the unmarked graves discovered in Jammu and Kashmir state, Human Rights Watch has said.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Multi-agency centre strengthened

  The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Jitendra Singh has said that the government was developing a centralised intelligence sharing mechanism.

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  QinetiQ and Nexor in strategic partnership

  QinetiQ and Nexor have announced a strategic collaboration that creates an exceptional sovereign cyber security capability and partnership.

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  TSA Blackberries vulnerable

  Areport by the US Department of Homeland Security has found that the Blackberry mobiles of the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) are vulnerable to cybersecurity threats due to a backlog of security patches and configurations.

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  US immigration agency hacked

  The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has said that there were multiple instances of insider hacking at US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  DoD shares information with contractors

  The US Department of Defense (DoD) has launched a programme that shares cyber-threat information with defence contractors and their network provider.

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  Increase in cyber attacks on China

  A Chinese computer security report has stated that China suffered nearly five lakh cyber attacks in 2010 and close to half of it originated from overseas, particularly the US and India.

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  Norwich Union fined £1.26 million over security lapse

  Norwich Union Life has been fined £1.26 million for failing to protect customers’ personal details after fraudsters stole £3.3 million from policyholders.

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  Daring Dantewada jailbreak

  In December 2007, about 300 inmates including, 110 Naxalites, escaped from the Dantewada jail in Chhattisgarh in a daring incident.