Dan Verton

In one of his first moves as secretary of Homeland Security, Tom Ridge this week appointed former J.P. Morgan Chase Bank executive Alfonso Martinez-Fonts Jr. to serve as special assistant to the secretary for the private sector.

Richard Clarke, the nation's first counterterrorism coordinator and de facto cybersecurity czar, plans to retire next month when the final version of the Bush administration's national plan for defending cyberspace is released, Computerworld has confirmed.

Federal prosecutors from Virginia and New Jersey Tuesday indicted a British citizen on eight counts of computer fraud related to hacking incidents that allegedly damaged 105 U.S. government, military and corporate networks.

The U.S. government could create a nationwide homeland security network for information sharing for as little as US$1.25 million, according to a former director of the Critical Infrastructure Protection program at the U.S. Department of Energy.

In what is being called an industry first, Vancouver International Airport last month deployed 80 new "common use" kiosks that will eventually support all airline customer check-in requirements, enhance passenger processing and save airlines money, industry officials said.

In what is being called an industry first, Vancouver International Airport this week deployed 80 new "common use" kiosks that will eventually support all airline customer check-in requirements, enhance passenger processing and save airlines money, industry officials said.

The U.S.

The George W. Bush administration plans to convene a panel of government and private-sector labour and legal...