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Sandia offers framework for characterizing cyber threats

In a proposed matrix, the columns describe possible attributes of a threat, while the rows define the threat's ability to act upon each attribute.

JASON: Severe space weather can damage the power grid

Coronal mass ejections--enormous magnetized clouds of electrified gas emitted from the sun--have been known to disrupt the electric grid as they hit the Earth's protective magnetic field, and because

CRS warns of social media abuse during emergency response

Social media has become an integral component of emergency and disaster response efforts, but these sources of emergency information could also be used maliciously, finds a Sept. 6 Congressional

ODNI: We did no data mining in 2010

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence continues not to engage in any data mining, says the ODNI in an annual report to Congress posted online May 10 by the Federation of American

JASON: DoD must address exodus of technical talent

Widespread personnel problems in the area of basic research in science and technology at the Defense Department must be addressed in order to improve the agency's technical talent pool, according to

White House: Keep watch-list data a secret

The administration that has made transparency its top priority now wants to keep terrorist watch-list information a secret. An article in the Washington Post this week reports that the administration