The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Security (OS) uses the Integrated Security Management System (ISMS) to automate the tracking of Personnel Security related activities at DHS headquarters and component sites.

ISMS is an update system to the Personnel Security Activities Management System (PSAMS). ISMS will help manage DHS personnel and security case records by adding to the existing functionality of PSAMS.

There are many in the government and our communities that are finally beginning to understand the serious implications of children using the Internet. There have been several attempts to manage the content that children see and they have failed for reasons of free speech and the inability to control the internationally operated Internet. The reality of Dateline’s “To Catch a Predator,” has caused a renewed effort to control the people that our children are exposed to as they surf the Information Super Highway.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) — The darker corners of the Internet are to be exposed under the bright light of Brazil's sun next week when a UN conference on how the web is run gets underway.

Rio de Janeiro will from Monday host the UN Internet Governance Forum, in which 2,000 participants from 100 countries will examine ways to tackle pedophilia and cybercrime

PROVIDENCE — A hacker’s attack on the secretary of state’s Web site not only put the site out of business for several days this week, it also forced at least one small local board — the Exeter Fire District Board of Commissioners — to cancel the meeting it had planned for last night because it could not post its meeting notice electronically, as required by law, at least 48 hours in advance.

"If we lose the Internet, we do not simply lose the ability to e-mail or to surf the Web. We lose access to our data. We lose our connectivity. We lose our intellectual property. We lose our security.

While much attention is focused on the protection of private personal information, there has been little public discussion of the real potential for attacks on our critical infrastructure.  We occasionally see a committee meeting or short lived news program, but there is little sustained public debate and consideration of this vital issue. 

A recent denial-of-service attack on government and private sector computer systems in Estonia has spurred renewed interest in cybersecurity.

The Bush Administration is preparing to unveil a major "Cyber Initiative" designed to thwart malicious acts by states or transnational threats. Congress is pressing for details and consultation on the plan, and the House Homeland Security Committee recently announced the creation of a commission to study the government's proposals.

As these efforts get underway, Congress and the Administration need to ensure that their initiatives meet all of the nation's priorities: enhancing security, promoting economic growth, and preserving the liberty and privacy of American citizens and respecting those of our friends and allies.

Interpol president Jackie Selebi said Interpol would soon put in place a new system called I-LINK which would allow specialized crime investigators to instantly check and exchange information from the body's databases on terrorism, child exploitation, drugs and high-tech crime.

"The tools we have put in place have an almost unlimited potential to further strengthen global policing," he said.

"We must continue to anticipate future crime threats and act now to prevent now," he said.

Terrorism and human trafficking are also high on the agenda of the assembly, as well as the opening in Vienna next year of an Interpol anti-corruption school, the first world training body dedicated to the fight against graft.

Predators who track children on the internet will soon have more police looking for them.

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation will add five more positions to their Cyber Crime unit, the unit that analyzes photo and voice data to help identify online predators.

This week, police departments from throughout the state attended "Cyber Crimes 101," a program hosted by Attorney General Martha Coakley and Microsoft.

The seminar was the first step in training police officers how to investigate cyber crimes, and was part of the attorney general's new Massachusetts Strategic Plan for Cyber Crime.