California's study was hardly the first to alert the security world to the threat of electronic voting's flaws.
Also rocking the security world was last week's LinkedIn data breach, which saw 6.4 million members' passwords posted to the Web.
The security world has long seen the Web as a buggy, infected tangle of sites vulnerable to hacks like cross-site scripting and SQL injection.
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And in the meantime he's been spending his days on a hobby that periodically stuns the computer security world: seeking out cracks in the source code of Apple's iPhone, a device with more software restrictions than practically any computer on the market, and utterly obliterating its defenses against hackers.
It didn't matter that Argenbright Security, the world's largest aviation security provider, had been acquired by Securicor, now London's G4s, in late 2000 and its founder was only serving as a consultant when the attacks occurred.
Tom Kellermann, a former computer security official at the World Bank who now works at a firm called Core Security Technologies, said the most advanced hackers in the world are increasingly targeting financial institutions, particularly those involved in trading.
The levels of poverty and inequality in a world rich in knowledge, technology and capital is the biggest moral issue the world faces and the biggest threat to the safety and security of the world.
Fears about South Africa's crime problem resurfaced last month when the chief executive of G4S said his company, the biggest security outfit in the world, would not work at the World Cup because of security concerns.
But moving beyond segmentation and basic access control, the virtual world provides opportunities for innovative security that the physical world simply cannot fathom.
"It's become a very lucrative revenue stream for them, and I think they'll be very reluctant to see it disappear, " said Chris Austen, chief executive of Maritime and Underwater Security Consultants, which consults with companies around the world on security issues.
Effectively addressing the complex challenges of cyber security in a globalized world demand that the public debate about cyber security move beyond such framings.
That is why we are pursuing the peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.
' The survival of Saddam Hussein as a menace to world security once seemed 'unlikely.
And, again, it will impact how we continue to review the need to improve airport security around the world.
We're going to be working together to enhance food security around the world.
Much depends on what happens in Afghanistan and what happens with the whole issue of peace and security around the world.
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Should convenient usability for a broad non-techie demographic trump increased tech-savvy security in a world of imperfect and varying threat models?
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He said the world food crisis has had "tragic political and social consequences" in some countries and could further endanger world security.
And the President of the United States has committed our country to seek peace and security of a world without nuclear weapons.
Its ability to defend itself and deter its foes is the single most important guarantee of international peace and security in the world.
The debate was initiated by Britain, which holds this month's council presidency, with the argument that climate change could pose to world security.
O'Neill had recently retired from the FBI and had just taken over security for the World Trade Center, said New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
"It's a status quo document, I think, in virtually every respect, " said Bruce Blair, president of World Security Institute and co-coordinator of Global Zero, a disarmament group.
To date over the last century the firm has invested in more than 130 companies in healthcare, clean tech, and data security around the world, particularly in emerging markets.
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For what's at stake is not simply a test of NATO's credibility -- what's at stake is the security of our allies, and the common security of the world.
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Building on the Indian and American agricultural collaboration that led to the Green Revolution, we're launching a new partnership for a Evergreen Revolution to improve food security around the world.
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But I think we should take pride in this particular accomplishment because it speaks not only to the security of our two nations but also the security of the world as a whole.
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It is a special privilege as Secretary-General of the United Nations to meet so many distinguished military leaders, and also, more importantly, many troops who have contributed to peace and security around the world.
The challenge now is to put nostalgia and inertia aside and tailor its role to a profoundly changed world, with a democratic Germany, a U.S. heavily committed to world security, and a resurgent Russia.
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