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8/30/2011 Will a national alert system be ready for the next emergency? Aug. 23's 5.8 earthquake left hundreds of thousands of people along the East Coast temporarily without cell-phone service as circuits became overloaded and communications in many cases was reduced to texting or tweets. So what's a nation to do? When disaster strikes, it’s up to users to preserve bandwidth FCC seeks probe of post-quake 911 problems China provides smoking gun convicting itself of cyberattacks $2.1B up for grabs in new grants by DHS Telcos in 16 states to get more than $100M for broadband access Smart-phone security The most critical element of mobile security: you Beware fake FEMA disaster app LandWarNet 2011 highlights Geeks are the future of warfare Workforce critical to Army's cyber future Influx of mobile devices keeps network admins awake at night Sponsored by: CDW-G As mobile devices stream into all types of organizations both in the public and private sectors, there's growing anxiety in government agency IT departments about how to properly manage and secure mobile devices against a range of possible security breaches and malicious code attacks. Learn more In case you missed it Agencies use Facebook, Twitter to spread hurricane info What is Anonymous? It is not pro-privacy. 14 win DHS cybersecurity awards Featured Jobs Executive Assistant OA - Smithsonian Institution - Washington OPENING DATE: 08/26/2011 CLOSING DATE: 09/26/2011Series and Grade: IS-301-9DUTY LOCATION: Washington, DCAREA OF CONSIDERATION: All candidates may apply including individuals with a disability.The mission ... Executive Assistant OA - Smithsonian Institution - Washington Opening Date: 08/26/2011 Closing Date: 09/26/2011Series Grade: IS-301-9Duty Location: Washington, DCArea of Consideration: All candidates may apply including individuals with disabilities.IntroductionThe ... Clinical Psychologist - Department Of Veterans Affairs - El Paso County Quality Care Our Heroes DeserveNow is the time to take your career to the next level and become part of the high-caliber talent that is VA. Experience what 250,000 current VA employees already have ?state-of-the ... GovSec West November 14-16, 2011 - Phoenix, AZ Featured Keynote: Nicholas Stein, Border Wars, Series Producer Featuring Network - Centric Security Conference: Where IT Security and Physical Security Converge Register Now! Sponsored Links FEEDBACK    |    ADVERTISE   |    CHANGE EMAIL ADDRESS    |    UNSUBSCRIBE   |    PRIVACY   |    CONTACT STAFF Homeland Security Update 1105 Government Information Group 3141 Fairview Park Drive, Suite 777 Falls Church, VA 22042 703-876-5100   Homeland Security Update Online Editor-in-Chief - Susan Miller 1105 Government Information Group President - Anne A. Armstrong | Vice President, Group Publisher - Jennifer Weiss 1105 Media President/CEO - Neal Vitale   Copyright 2011 1105 Media Inc. 1105 Government Information Group newsletters may only be redistributed in their unedited form. Written permission from the editor must be obtained to reprint the information contained within this newsletter. This message was sent to: dwyld.kwu.careers@blogger.com