CURRENT NEWS ITEM: RHEE PROPOSES PARENT ACADEMY, BETTER SECURITY

TOP - 50 RELEVANT BREAKING NEWS

1. Rhee Proposes Parent Academy, Better Security

   Revamped security and discipline policies, more specialized schools, a "Parent Academy" to help District parents take charge of their children's education and the possibility of more school closures are part of the long-term vision proposed by Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee in a new document.

2. Top China political advisor proposes more attention on grain security

   China should pay more attention to its grain security in rural reform, said Jia Qinglin, the country's top political advisor, here on Saturday. It should be a top priority to maintain grain production when the country develops modern agriculture, said

3. Iraqi Cabinet Proposes Changes to U.S. Security Pact

   Iraq's Cabinet decided Tuesday to ask the Americans for unspecified changes in the draft security pact that would allow U.S. troops to remain here another three years, despite warnings that it would be hard to reopen negotiations on the agreement.

4. Iraq Proposes No U.S. Troops After 2011 in Security Deal

   Iraq wants to remove any possibility that U.S. troops could remain after 2011 from a proposed security agreement now under negotiation, a Shiite lawmaker close to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Thursday.

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   10/10/08 - Encrypt securely all your files and folders.

6. Yukon proposes changes to Corrections Act

   Yukon justice officials say they want public feedback on a proposal to modernize the territory's corrections system.

7. 2010 Olympic security costs could hit $1 billion, says minister

   The cost of security for the 2010 Winter Games could reach as high as $1 billion, but B.C. will not be on the hook for the runaway costs, according to the provincial finance minister.

8. BPA proposes energy deal for Wash. aluminum plant

   BELLINGHAM, Wash. (AP) -- The Bonneville Power Administration has proposed an energy deal that could keep Alcoa's Intalco aluminum smelter in Whatcom County operating for the next 20 years....

9. Security agencies from Ukraine, Germany, Georgia share experience in fighting drug criminality

   The security services of Ukraine, Germany and Georgia have exchanged experience in and familiarized themselves with new methods for counteracting transnational organized crime in the field of illegal drug dealing

10. Ukraine to implement UN Security Council's decision on supporting Afghanistan, says Yekhanurov

    Ukraine will continue implementing a decision by the UN Security Council on the mandate for the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan

11. President proposes to finance early parliamentary elections from budget reserve fund

    Viktor Yushchenko addressed a letter to the Prime Minister proposing that Tymoshenko call an extraordinary Cabinet meeting on October 11 and extend from the reserve fund of the national budget UAH 417.5 million (about USD 83 million) for holding early

12. Namibia: Security Guards Go for Two Months Without Pay

    Security guards at Sitore Security Services are fuming after their employer failed to pay their wages for two months in a row.

13. Sinopec parent announces not to sell 4.3 bln non-tradable shares

    Sinopec, Asia's top refiner, saw 4.335 billion of its non-tradable shares freed-up on Friday, all belonging to its parent company, China Petroleum and Chemical Corp. (CPCC). CPCC said it would not cash in any of those shares. These shares accounted

14. Academy to host Turner Prize nominees

    Since it was founded in 1768 under the leadership of Joshua Reynolds, the Royal Academy of Arts has been a hallowed home for works by some of the artistic canon's most renowned figures.

15. Bush ex-aide says economic woes a security risk

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economic crisis sweeping the United States and an upcoming change in the country's leadership make it vulnerable to terrorist attack, a former aide to President George W. Bush said on Friday.

16. Security is first test of school year in Iraq

    As calm settles over more parts of the country, parents must decide if it is safe enough to send their children back to school.

17. Mugabe Claims Security Ministries, Jeopardizing Deal

    Robert Mugabe said that his party will retain ministries that control the military and the police in Zimbabwe.

18. Security tight in riot-torn Acre

    Hundreds of Israeli policemen are deployed in the northern city of Acre after four days of violence between Arabs and Jews.

19. Combine a number of security measures

    Wireless fidelity, a plug-n-play, easy to install, open networking system has become widely common in homes and small businesses.

20. B.C., feds divided on security costs for 2010 Olympics

    The release of the security budget for the 2010 Winter Olympics is being held up by cost-sharing negotiations between the federal and provincial governments and one critic says that leaves planners with a blank cheque.

21. Village security operation ends

    A security alert which led to dozens of people spending the night out of their homes in the village of Sion Mills ends.

22. JCB academy backed by ministers

    Government ministers back proposals by digger firm JCB to set up an academy school in Staffordshire.

23. Boston College converts chapel into high security data center

    Boston College's IT department has gotten absolutely religious about securing data three years after a big breach made. So it might seem only fitting that the school's new data center resides inside a former chapel on land acquired from the Catholic Archdiocese.

24. News release: HP Strengthens Security Portfolio with New Disk Encryption and Key Management Solutions

    HP today announced new disk encryption features and improvements to key management for tape libraries, enhancing the security of business-critical data and simplifying the management of compliance-related operations for midsize to enterprise customers.

25. FACTA "Red Flags Rule": Concern for security managers?

    Although most of the Red Flag requirements apply to hiring and credit processing practices as well as those related to health facility admissions, PII and ePHI protection are also included. So what does this mean to security managers? It depends

26. Network security makes a quantum leap

    Encrypted network in Vienna, Austria, which has been worked on four more than four years by 41 organizations from 12 countries, hints at the future of government and business data.

27. Puyallup parent protests special education

    PUYALLUP, Wash. (AP) -- The father of a special education student has been picketing Puyallup High School and district headquarters....

28. BYT proposes disqualification of judge Myzhevych, hearing appeal of presidential secretariat on presidential decree on dissolution of parliament

29. Security Software Suites No Match for Custom Attacks

    The all-in-one security software suites from the major anti-virus vendors fail spectacularly at detecting custom-made malware that exploits the latest software vulnerabilities, according to testing done by security analysis firm Secunia. Secunia tested how well nearly a dozen security suites fared against malicious files and direct attacks that leveraged more than 150 known software flaws. All of the vulnerabilities used in the test are publicly documented -- details of them can be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database -- and most of the vulnerabilities can be fixed by applying a software update currently available from the program's maker. Secunia says that out of the 300 test cases, 126 are particularly important because they affect very popular products and have either been discovered as zero-day threats or Secunia has developed working exploits. Secunia CTO Thomas Kristensen said all of the vulnerabilities used in the test merit a moderate

30. Microsoft Stock Price Routinely Dinged by Security Patches

    Microsoft's stock price suffers more than usual on days that it ships software updates to plug security holes, new research suggests. With few exceptions, Redmond issues security updates on the second Tuesday of each month. Microsoft implemented what's known as "Patch Tuesday" several years ago in order to give companies more time to plan for testing and rolling out the updates. It also began disclosing each Thursday prior how many security problems customers could expect to have to deal with on Patch Tuesday. Microsoft did all this in the name of increasing the predictability of its patching process. But according to researchers at McAfee Avert Labs, the other predictable part of Patch Tuesday and Advance Notification Thursday is that Microsoft's stock price almost always sinks on those days relative to other trading days. On average, Patch Tuesday saw Microsoft's stock price fall -0.11 percent in 2006, -0.29 percent last year,

31. Iran Interfering in U.S.-Iraq Security Pact, General Says

    BAGHDAD, Oct. 12 -- The commander of U.S. forces in Iraq said Sunday that American intelligence reports suggest Iran has attempted to bribe Iraqi lawmakers in an effort to derail a bilateral agreement that would allow U.S. troops to remain in Iraq after the end of this year.

32. Security Boosted Around Mosul

    BAGHDAD, Oct. 12 -- The Iraqi government on Sunday ordered security forces to increase protection for Christians in northern Iraq, where thousands have fled their homes after a wave of killings and threats.

33. JCB academy to build up Diplomas

    Construction company JCB is to sponsor an academy that will specialise in teaching engineering diplomas.

34. Security concerns up in the cloud

    THE ink has barely dried on the Australian Law Reform Commission's 18-month privacy review but the emergence of cloud computing means it's already out of date.

35. Network Access Control: To Security and Beyond

    For end users, Network Access Control should be transparent, as if it's not there. Depending on a company's internal security policies, systems are checked quietly in the background for their level of compliance. NAC checks for current patch levels and functioning, up-to-date antivirus and personal firewall software.

36. Top security suites fail exploit tests

    Security software suites don't protect users from real-world exploits, a bug-tracking company charged after launching 300 test attacks against a dozen programs, including software from McAfee, Symantec and Trend Micro.

37. Nigeria: Siasia Swings Into Academy Football

    Olympic silver medal Wnner, Coach Samson Siasia is optimistic that the Sia One Soccer Academy, will quicken the development of the game in the country and beyond.

38. Session of National Security Council under president of Armenia held

    ArmInfo. Session of the National Security Council under the president of Armenia was held. The session was conducted by Head of the Council - President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan.As the presidential press service told ArmInfo today, S. Sargsyan required to

39. Bush assures; Congress proposes

    Oct 13 - As President Bush offered assurances that financial woes will be fixed, the US House proposed considering a new stimulus plan.

40. SELinux and Security Changes in the 2.6.27 Linux

    James Morris, one of the Red Hat SELinux developers has a blog covering the numerous SELinux related changes and general security improvements made in the new 2.6.27 Linux released recently. It is a impressive amount of changes and there is a large number waiting on queue to go into the next revision as well.