The security industry has long complained that the law makes it potentially illegal to reverse engineer devices to test them for security flaws.

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If this was the first big test for America's Department of Homeland Security, it did not come through it particularly well.

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An astute comment on the Third Circuit standard was supplied recently by James Sharf, an industrial psychologist who has served at the federal Office of Personnel Management and recently worked for the Transportation Security Agency designing a test battery used to hire airport security screeners.

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David Albright and Andrea Stricker, of the Institute for Science and International Security, said the latest test could be a measure of progress.

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Security Council approved to penalize North Korea for its nuclear test.

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Microsoft often takes the rap for security vulnerabilities from critics who say the company fails to properly test its software.

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Graham Cluley, a senior consultant for security firm Sophos, thinks that children should sit an internet proficiency test in the same way as many do currently before riding a bike on the road.

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That would be a test for Republican candidates who did not mention the eurozone once in their last debate on national security.

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The security recently broke out sharply above this trendline, pulling back to test the area for support.

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