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February 15, 2006

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In This Edition

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1. eWEEK Podcast Special: Report from India

2. News: Government Execs Stand By Industry-Led Cyber-Security

3. News: State Department Launches Internet Task Force

4. News: Senators Seek Answers from Telcos on NSA Spying

5. News: Feds Deem Operation Cyber Storm a Success

6. News: Treasury's Network Plan Lacks Enterprise Accountability

7. News: DHS Cyber-Security Head Reports Progress

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1. eWEEK Podcast Special: Report from India

There are many Indias. One of them is a Third World country

that has resisted economic improvement for centuries. The

rest of India is trying to pull the whole up by education

and hard work, leveraged by low wages and high-speed Internet.

eWEEK Executive Editor Stan Gibson is in India to meet with

top outsourcing companies. Listen to Stan's first impressions

from his trip in this special eWEEK podcast.

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2. News: Government Execs Stand By Industry-Led Cyber-Security

A panel of government IT executives admit there are some

flaws but still defend the Bush Administration's policy of

letting private sector companies drive cyber-security.

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3. News: State Department Launches Internet Task Force

The new task force will study how censorship efforts abroad

affect U.S. companies and also how repressive regimes use

technology to restrict access to political information.

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4. News: Senators Seek Answers from Telcos on NSA Spying

In a letter to the CEOs of AT&T, Verizon and Sprint Nextel,

Sens. Ted Kennedy and Russ Feingold request the names of

government officials that sought cooperation in conducting

surveillance without a court order.

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5. News: Feds Deem Operation Cyber Storm a Success

Experts who attended the exercise said Cyber Storm did a

good job of mimicking a realistic attack, but that the U.S.

government needs to do more to prepare for the real thing.

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6. News: Treasury's Network Plan Lacks Enterprise Accountability

A government audit concludes that the U.S. Treasury's attempt

to develop a more efficient communications system failed to

follow enterprise management principles.

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7. News: DHS Cyber-Security Head Reports Progress

The acting director of the National Cyber Security Division

says the government's preparedness for attack and its

relationships with the private sector have improved.

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