The heightened security comes despite the lack of specific and credible threat information relating to the event.
Symantec also intends to integrate the PGP key management platform into the Symantec Protection Center, which simplifies security information management by providing customers consolidated access to threat, security and operational dashboards and reporting.
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Mr Tazhayakov was not sent to a second officer when he arrived, because there was no information to indicate he was a national security threat, said Peter Boogaard, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security.
"It's classified for a reason, because publicizing that information would pose a significant threat to national security, " he told reporters.
CISPA, which passed the House last year but never reached a vote in the Senate, has drawn fire for a provision that would allow companies to hand over cybersecurity threat information to government agencies that include the National Security Agency and Department of Defense, even granting them immunity from existing laws and regulations that would prevent the sharing of some sensitive information.
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And we are working very closely with other governments to share all threat information immediately and to coordinate closely our counterterrorism and security activities.
Through implementation of the BTB Action Plan, the United States and Canada will address threats at the earliest possible point by enhancing our common understanding of the shared threat environment through joint, integrated threat assessments, and by improving our intelligence and national security information sharing.
Social engineering and the related spear phishing, which uses personal information from social networks for targeting, will remain an important security threat to business in 2012 and an even larger threat to consumers.
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After his social security number was made public, Burkle successfully sought to seal or redact certain information, citing the threat of identity theft, stalking and kidnapping.
The EO actually does a couple of good things: It authorizes government agencies to share classified and unclassified threat and technical information with critical infrastructure owners and operators and allows for the expedited processing of security clearances to personnel within these entities.
"You can minimize access to information, but you can never eliminate the threat, " said one European official involved in security.
The decision to disseminate the threat information followed a meeting of officials with the FBI, the Justice Department, the Office of Homeland Security, and the Treasury Department.
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