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This is a cool and insightful article regarding emerging cyber security technologies. 

I think the part about centralizing a "single federal enterprise network" is a great idea. The federal government has started doing this with things such as the FDCC (Federal Desktop Core Configuration), as well as SCAP (Security Content Automation Protocol), but I think there still needs to be much more. Allowing each federal agency to have their own cyber security within the U.S. seems a little crazy. I think setting one agency to protect the national infastructure, ie the borders of the U.S., down to each agencies front door needs to be standard. Agencies like DOD who have their own Cyber operations centers need to be properly trained and educated if they are going to defend infrastructure. Formalized training needs to be done at the federal level as well as the Civilian level. If you are going to be a security practioner, you must have the credentials, and I am not talking just a Sec+. I think it is time we up the standards on who we call a CyberSecurity professional.

Interesting article and objective given. Connecting government cyber operations centers, I think that this will be a hugh, and important step toward achieving a higher level of security. Good read!

Article supports drones as being an emerging technology. ASSignment1, Part1 Support

Interesting article, It seems to me that this is just another one of those cases about flexing the "muscle" of the Freedom of Information Act. In my opinion it is pretty common knowledge that targeted drone strikes are being used to eliminate enemies; so why is it so important here that the C.I.A. has to acknowledge these attacks? What would that accomplish? The media outlets already report on successful drone strikes and now there are even military medals to recognize drone pilots. http://www.fsunews.com/article/20130318/FSVIEW0303/130317001/New-military-medal-stirs-controversy-?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|frontpage|s

I just wonder how long it's going to take before something comes out of these attacks. Using these drones to fly into other countries like Pakistan, and "take out" suspected enemies is pretty borderline in my opinion. If this were to happen in America, we would certainly not stand for it, and would declare war on the country that carried out the action. Pushing the button from California on a drone missle is alot like conducting cyber warfare from one country to another. The damage that can be done is becoming greater and greater every day as technology is starting to tie together national infrastructures. In my opinion, drones are the some of the first of the cyber warfare machines.

Apple has fully implemented multifactor authentication, but not without some security issues for their users. Since Apple has fixed the flaws, the article covers the steps in the vulnerability.

Unexpected security risks can arise with new, emerging computer technologies. We seek to stay one step ahead of the "bad guys" and identify, measure, and learn from their risks before actual threats manifest. We co-led the first experimental study of the computer security properties of wireless implantable medical devices.

Here's a cool new wearable tech gadget called the FitBit Flex. Designed for personal fitness tracking. It's a wristband that's tracks your steps and monitors sleep. You can sync your daily stats with an Android or iOS app. There are a lot of rumors about Apple's development of an iWatch, so more wrist gadgets could be released soon.

My wife loves her fitbit zip. This type of tracking technology is very cool, but can leave some consumers wondering what else is being tracked, recorded and uploaded when synching it with its application.

Fitbit Flex Personal Tracker is interesting, but needs to be easier to put on and change the sensor. I also would like to have a battery that lasted longer than five to six days. It would be nice to know how the other trackers' batteries held up. I did like the silent alarm feature.

Research from CalTech on self healing chips. They were able to destroy chips with laser and watch as the chip recovered to near it's original state. Could have future implication for indestructible equipment in the field (i.e. DoD).

Funsho, Adverse as in the machines rising up?

My sentiments exactly!

With all of the privacy issues running rampant today, it looks like Mozilla is taking a stand against third-party cookies. Essentially they want to stop the third-party cookies from collecting data about the user's browsing habits and create the Internet people expect. Even though it isn't mentioned I think its an excellent marketing strategy against other browsers, cough cough Google, that rely on these cookies to track user habits and provide/tailor their product. This is a short description of the article: Mozilla recently drew the ire of the online ad industry by announcing plans to move forward with a project to block third-party cookies in the Firefox browser. Randall Rothenberg, President and CEO of the Interactive Advertising Bureau, publicly called on the company to retreat, arguing that it shouldn't try to implement "economic and cultural policies."

It's bad enough that retailers are looking into or actually using camera footage to capture our spending and shopping habits without posting any warning. Thanks for the artical posting.

I give Monzilla credit for being the first to step up about this issue. If they could stop the third party cookies I am sure a lot of users would jump over to their browser. The problem is that data is used for advertising which is used by companies like Monzilla to sell advertising space