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US 'concerned' over cyber threat
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| The issue of cyber security is of "great concern" to the US, the nation's
| homeland security secretary has said.
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| Janet Napolitano told the BBC that protecting against virtual attacks was
| something the US was "moving forward on with great alacrity".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8126668.stm
The BSA pressured DHS to adopt Microsoft on the face of it.
The Huge Hidden Cost of Microsoft Software
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| Yesterday I wrote about a report from ACT that brought up the issue of TCO
| for free software.
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| As I pointed out there, it's old news that free software has costs; but what
| is more interesting is the fact that fans of the proprietary world always
| fail to point out the huge hidden costs of using poorly-written closed-source
| software. Here's a great demonstration of my point:
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| The `Conficker worm' caused chaos when it hit Manchester town hall in
| February. Now we can reveal the bug cost the council more than £43,000 in
| lost' bus lane fines.
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| The computer problems meant 1,609 tickets could not be issued within the
| 28-day legal limit - rendering them useless.
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| In total, the Conficker worm cost taxpayers in Manchester nearly £1.5m, the
| M.E.N has learned.
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| A £1.2m bill in the IT department, including £600,000 getting ‘consultancy
| support’ to fix the problems, which including drafting in experts from
| Microsoft;
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| £178,000 in extra staffing costs across the town hall – including £169,000
| going to clear up a backlog of benefits claims and council tax bills;
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| Compensation payments due to delays in processing benefit claims.
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| A few things to note here.
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http://www.computerworlduk.com/community/blogs/index.cfm?entryid=2316&blogid=14
Recent:
DHS project aims to bring open-source software to state and local agencies
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| The Homeland Security Department is funding a program that will help federal,
| state and local agencies better understand their options for using
| open-source software.
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| DHS' Science and Technology Directorate will fund the Homeland Open Security
| Technology (HOST) project, which will start with a one-year, $1.5 million
| contract and possible additional years to follow. The University of Southern
| Mississippi and the Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) will conduct the
| work, and the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command will handle the
| contracting and help with guidance for the program.
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http://gcn.com/articles/2009/06/11/dhs-open-source-project.aspx
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