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ECSC Review - Cyber Attack On U.S. Soil Targeting Critical Public Utility Infrastructure in Illinois
*Editor's Update: On November 22, the Department of Homeland Security, along with the FBI, concluded that the event discussed in this blog was not a cyber attack after all. However, the risks and exposure of the public utility infrastructure discussed in this posting remain the same.* A cyber attack halted…
NYSE Technologies Opens Up Trading Technology with Middleware as Open Source
As the first week of November 2011 began, the New York Stock Exchange Technologies rolled out its new open source & standards middleware in a push to further make the trading markets vendor neutral. That a firm so reliant on smoothly functioning and secure technology has done this provides another…
Blog Series #1: Building a Smarter, Faster and Cheaper Government
Moving State and Local Government to the Open Source and Cloud Technology Model In the coming weeks, the Emergent blog will feature a series of topics discussing various open source and cloud technologies that state and local governments could adopt to save money and run more efficiently. This introduction is…
MCM Forward: Marathoning Around the Globe
As we mentioned last week, Emergent Consulting sponsored the Marine Corps Marathon (MCM) Forward, which enables deployed service members to participate in a scheduled marathon race. Listed below are some links showing some of the racers in Afghanistan and aboard the USS George Bush. To train for and race in…
2011 MCM Forward: Cheer for Our Overseas Service Members.
Anyone who lives in the Washington DC area understands what a hugely important and symbolic event that is the Marine Corps Marathon (MCM). Each year, at least 20,000 runners complete the 26.2 miles and finish at the Iwo Jima memorial - that great symbol of Marine courage and determination. Among…
Are Your PIV Cards HSPD-12 Compliant?
Did you happen to see the $6.7MM hit that the VA may have to take with their HSPD-12 system due to operational and process issues? In a report entitled Audit of Enrollment Centers’ Implementation of Personal Identity Verification Requirements dated September 30, 2011, the VA Office of the Inspector…
Open Source in the Cloud Movement
It's no grand revelation that there is a massive movement underway in the IT world today: Cloud. Everywhere you turn, the Cloud movement is proving that business applications should be provisioned instantly, from secured multi-tenant facilities, with built-in availability & disaster recovery, run by professionals, and securely accessible from the…
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