| Agencies can lead, but the private sector needs to tackle the problem, experts say
Information technology security and information assurance are becoming too critical, too big and too complex a problem for the government to handle by itself, according to two security experts. But they disagree on how well government and industry are responding to the need for greater cooperation to improve cybersecurity.
Tony Sager, chief of the National Security Agencys Vulnerability Analysis and Operations Group, said in an opening address at the recent Black Hat security conference .
Nigeria: Electoral Shadowboxing
PROFESSOR Maurice Iwu is one man people now hate to touch. He lost everything he had to his name because of the elections that he presided over on April 14 and 21. People will tell you he gained by it, even in Imo State where his family has a huge representation in the government of Ikechi Godson Ohakim of the Peoples Progressive Alliance. But I am no hater of persons because others hate them. .
Hispanics Taking Population Lead in Dallas and Across Texas
Hispanics for the first time outnumber non-Hispanic whites in Dallas County by a slim margin, U.S. Census Bureau numbers scheduled for release today show, as the rest of the state and the nation continue one of the biggest demographic shifts in the nation's history. Texas was officially deemed a majority-minority state two years ago. But county by county, the state is becoming increasingly Hispanic, the Census Bureau reported in its 2006 update. Nationwide, nearly one in 10 counties is now more than 50 percent minority. In Dallas County, minorities made up nearly 64 percent of residents in 2006, with Hispanics making up 37.7 percent of the population, compared with 36.1 for non-Hispanic whites. "We are in the middle of the fourth decade of an ongoing demographic transformation the likes of which the country hasn't seen in 100 years," said Ruben Rumbaut, a sociologist at the University of California at Irvine.
New Highlander Key Component of Toyota's Marketing Strategy
Short lead model press reveals (the cars are on sale now or within days) are usually perfunctory events: arrive in the morning at a nice hotel for coffee and danish; sit through an hour or so of exec-techno-presentations; then a short drive (10 to 15 minutes) through the area around the venue; next is lunch; and, that's it.
There's seldom big news. Until Tuesday, July 31, 2007.
Tuesday was different. Brian Smith, Toyota Motor Sales corporate marketing manager of truck and SUVs, announced that the 2008 Highlander crossover, the brand's first car-based sport utility vehicle, would be "a key component along with Prius and Camry in the industry's only three vehicle hybrid strategy."
But if an announcement earlier this year is prescient, and I believe it is, the Highlander is more, much more, than just part of the Toyota hybrid family strategy.
Chrysler boss' salary a mystery
Opportunity knocked, and Robert Nardelli missed it. If he really wanted to begin rehabilitating his tarnished reputation, he could have started his CEO job at Chrysler by publicly promising he wouldn�t accept a penny in pay. Instead, the former Home Depot CEO � who left the home improvement retail chain in January with a controversial $210 million severance package � stayed mum on what he would be making while trying to lead struggling Chrysler out of its funk. Chrysler officials fed the media tidbits about his $1 a year salary. But they refused to provide details about any performance-based bonus Nardelli could collect should he manage to help reverse the automaker�s slide. .
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