Frederick Douglass

"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did, and it never will. Find out just what people will submit to, and you have found out the exact amount of injustice and wrong which will be imposed upon them..." Frederick Douglass

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Counterrevolution In Egypt: The Intelligence Front

New initiative to gather information security experts in Egypt

An information security think tank initiative (ISTT) was announced in Cairo on Tuesday, the Egyptian daily al-Ahram reported. The goal of the initiative is to bring attention to Internet and information technology threats, and raise awareness on how to combat Internet threats both amongst the business community and Egyptian society at large...Accuity, a provider of payment routing data, anti-money laundering (AML) screening data software, also announced it was adding Libya and Egypt to its operations this Tuesday, the San Francisco Gate reported. The Skokie, Illinois-based firm specializes in information security related to financial transactions.

Specializes in information security, as the brief history of cyber espionage shows...well...Egyptian revolutionary, beware! It just seems odd that so many information security software programs have had trap doors in them which allowed "rogue elements" within Western intelligence agencies to eavesdrop. While I'm sure Accuity is doing everything it can to prevent a recurrence, caution is advised.

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