"His testing laboratory consists of a series of software and hardware products, but the connection and communication methods, as well as ways of exploitation, are absolutely the same as they would be in an actual real-world scenario, " analysts at Help Net Security wrote in a blog post.
The thwarted attack, in which suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab allegedly tried to ignite a bomb hidden in his underwear, has rattled air carriers and passengers, largely because it exposed gaps in a vast and expensive security net designed to keep terrorists off planes.
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Unwanted intrusions have occurred in some 50 incidents over the past ten years to automated systems that control important physical equipment through the Net, says Joseph Weiss, a security consultant in San Jose, Calif.
However, the fund charges an annual management fee o.5% of Net Share Value payable monthly in order to provide the sophisticated security and wallet management that one would expect with such large amounts at stake.
Thus, there has been almost no spending growth in programs other than Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and net interest.
Perhaps the first step in fixing Social Security is acknowledging what it really should be: a safety net for those with less.
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The table shows the total Social Security payout a high-earning husband and his wife would get in net present dollars, assuming average life expectancies.
Being in a big group helps them to overcome hardship - researchers call it the virtue of a "social security net".
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"When they can't fix the problems with the social security and the employment system, we need to have a safety net to capture the poor, " said Tadashi Yamamoto, professor of social security at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto.
WSJ: Japan Welfare Case Stirs Debate on Who Should Care for Needy
Ways to improve children's offerings on the Net was a central theme in a wide-ranging discussion that also touched on the digital divide and parental online security concerns.
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