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SP's MAI Issue No. 10 | May 16-31, 2012 - Internal Security Updates

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Cassidian CyberSecurity to be set up

  EADS Cassidian are to create a new dedicated business, Cassidian Cyber-Security, entirely devoted to addressing the fast-growing cyber security market across Europe and Middle East...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  US, China should work together on cyber: Panetta

  Because the United States and China have developed technological capabilities in the cyber arena, the nations must work together to avoid misperception that could lead to a crisis, the Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta has said.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Demi Lovato’s hair yanked

  Not even a strong presence of bodyguards could protect Demi Lovato’s luscious locks from overzealous fans in Venezuela recently.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Security failure emerges at Ben-Gurion Airport

  In 2011, an Israeli Air Force officer was detained at Budapest Airport after a gun was found in his baggage, casting doubts on security procedures at Ben-Gurion Airport where he boarded a plane to the United States, via Hungary.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Sophisticated’ underwear bomb uncovered

  A new, “more sophisticated” underwear bomb style has been discovered by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Yemen in April 2012.

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  NCTC discussions to continue

  The meeting of the Chief Ministers of all States on National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) concluded in Delhi with the States highlighting various concerns on the issue and offered different suggestions to strengthen the counter-terrorism apparatus in the country.

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  Lockheed Martin to assist DoD in dealing with cyber crime

  Lockheed Martin (LMT) will team with the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) to thwart another type of enemy – cyber criminals.

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  Over 5,000 computer security lapses in NASA

  NASA had 5,408 computer security lapses in 2010 and 2011, including the March 2011 loss of a laptop computer that contained algorithms used to command and control the International Space Station (ISS), the agency’s Inspector General recently told the US Congress.