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

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  Osama and Beyond
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  Al-Qaeda is certainly not dead and will continue its nefarious pursuits

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / VIEWPOINT
  Nuclear safety versus energy security
  By Lt General (Retd) P.C. Katoch

  Since we hold more than 25 per cent of global thorium reserves, India should consider switching completely to thorium-based nuclear reactors as...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Osama bin Laden killed

  After a long and hard-fought search for the Al-Qaeda leader and named chief architect of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  “P-56” airspace...

  Around the monuments and federal structures of Washington, DC, lies the “P-56” prohibited airspace, in which flight of aircraft is not allowed due to security concerns.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Fake ‘cake’ bomb on cargo flight

  A fake bomb concealed in a wedding cake carton was flown undetected on a cargo flight to Istanbul and the British investigative agencies are looking at the security lapse.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Van Gogh’s painting disappears from Cairo museum

  Vincent van Gogh’s famous painting “Poppy Flowers”, said to be valued at $55 million, was stolen from the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum in Cairo due to lax security.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  India’s first cyber crime investigation manual

  As a first step towards setting up of procedures and strategies, Deloitte, along with Nasscom...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Reliance forays into homeland security: Vivek to head?

  Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) has indicated that it would be moving into the homeland and aerospace sectors and has taken on board Dr Vivek Lall, Vice President, Boeing Defense, Space & Security, India and also a former NASA scientist.

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  Pakistan is sanctuary for terrorists: Indian Home Minister

  The Union Home Minister, P. Chidambaram in a statement said that the killing of Osama bin Laden confirmed India’s concerns that Pakistan continued to harbour terrorists.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Yorktown Naval Weapons Station in ‘lockdown’

  Following two security breaches in April, the Yorktown military installation witnessed a ‘lockdown’with no one allowed to leave or enter the premises.

• INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Cyber security as part of national disaster management plan

  The Central Government is planning to include cyber security system in the national disaster management plan.

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  Chinese cyber attacks on the rise

  Security firm McAfee in a report has pointed out that there has been an increase in the number of Internet-based attacks on critical infrastructure such as power, water and other utilities.

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  US strengthens plans to deal with cyber fraud

  The US Government has unveiled a plan which is expected to improve confidence levels in cyberspace, through the creation of a single, secure online credential.

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  Northrop Grumman and UMBC solutions for cybersecurity threats

  Northrop Grumman Corporation and the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC) Research Park Corporation officially opened the Cync Programme