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SP's MAI Issue No. 1 | January 01-15, 2012 - Internal Security Updates

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  INTERNAL SECURITY
  Reliance-Raytheon homeland security JV soon

  Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) is in the advanced stage of talks with American defence contractor, Raytheon, to form a joint venture (JV) which will look at opportunities for developing homeland security solutions in India and abroad.

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  Finmeccanica and Northrop Grumman team to meet NATO’s cyber security needs

  Finmeccanica, through its Finmeccanica Cyber Solutions team, and...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / CYBER
  SANS Institute cyber award to DHS

  The SANS Institute announced that the DHS National Cyber Security Division and Idaho National Laboratory have won the 2011...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Celebrity passport applications breach

  A US Government passport office employee was arrested for using her computer passport security privileges to gain access to the confidential passport data and passport applications of over 100 celebrities...

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  INTERNAL SECURITY / BREACHES
  Rosenbergs passed on nuclear secrets

  Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were American communists who were executed for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union.

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  Internal security capacity expansion

  The Indian Government has taken several measures during 2011 to build capacity to meet the challenge to internal security.

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  Terror funding template created

  The Minister of State for Home Jitendra Singh has informed the Parliament that a terror funding template (TFT) has been prepared by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in consultation with the Central Intelligence Agency.

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  Army constructs infiltration obstacle in Valley

  The Indian Army has constructed an anti-infiltration obstacle system (AIOS) in Kashmir Valley and Jammu region close to the line of control to check cross border illegal activities including terrorism.

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  Arms factory belonging to IM unearthed

  An arms factory belonging to the Indian Mujahedeen (IM) has been unearthed in Delhi recently, according to the Minister of State for Home Affairs Jitendra Singh.

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  Ajay Chadha appointed Internal Security Secretary

  Ajay Chadha, a senior IPS officer, has been appointed as Special Secretary (Internal Security), Ministry of Home Affairs.

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  Accenture’s biometric system

  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded Accenture Federal Services, a 13-month, $71 million contract to further enhance the capabilities of its immigration and border management functions.

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  Boundaries of Security report released

  The Boundaries of Security report from Future Fibre has been released.

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  India keen on curbing financial crimes

  No single agency has been set up to probe all financial crimes, however, the Government of India is committed to curb financial crimes.

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  Largest vault break-in

  An industrious guerrilla force used the civil disorder in Beirut during January 1976 as the perfect opportunity to rob the vaults of banks.

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  Lawsuit claims security breached

  Virginia company with offices in Butler County that contracts with the federal government to conduct background and security checks sued three former employees and accused one of them of taking confidential military documents.