Government Technology

Since World War II, the National Security Agency (NSA) and its predecessors have protected the United States’ most sensitive information. As technological advancements have created a more interconnected world with ever-increasing threats, NSA’s mission has expanded. NSA has embraced new responsibilities and operational authorities to ensure our networks remain secure.

Mit der gegenwärtigen technologischen Revolution ist der Traum einer umfassenden Möglichkeit der Steuerung der Gesellschaft wahr geworden. Kai Schlieter zeigt, wie Politik und Wirtschaft "Big Data" für ihre Zwecke einsetzt, wie wir alle manipuliert werden und warum sich dem niemand entziehen kann. Überall hinterlassen Menschen Datenspuren und werden von immer mehr Playern dazu angehalten, immer mehr Daten preiszugeben. Immer neuere Sensoren messen nahezu jede Lebensäußerung in Echtzeit.

Fear swept Zhenjiang as British soldiers gathered outside the city walls in the summer of 1842. Already suspicious of foreigners, locals had also heard of the suffering the British inflicted two months earlier, in Zhapu. A wave of suicides and mercy killings ensued: rather than leave their families to the invaders, hundreds of women killed themselves and their children or died at the hands of male family members. British observers decried an "Asian culture" of ritual suicide. In reality, the event was sui generis—a tragic result of colliding local and global forces in nineteenth-century China.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 20211 (CAA) requires the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Board) to submit annually for seven years a report focused on cybersecurity to Congress. The CAA calls for a description of measures the Board has undertaken to strengthen cybersecurity within the financial services sector and with respect to the Board’s functions as a regulator, including the supervision and regulation of financial institutions and third-party service providers.

Federal agencies with a lead role to assist and protect one or more of the nation’s 16 critical infrastructures are referred to as sector risk management agencies (SRMAs). The SRMAs for three of the 16 have determined the extent of their sector’s adoption of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity (framework). In doing so, lead agencies took actions such as developing sector surveys and conducting technical assessments mapped to framework elements.

Der Medienexperte Martin Andree führt scharf und mit plakativen Illustrationen vor Augen, dass wir schon bald unumkehrbar in der Gewalt einer Handvoll US-Konzerne sein werden, die zunehmend auf der dunklen Seite der Macht agieren. Mit jedem Quartal, das ohne Widerstand vergeht, werden die Digitalkonzerne unbesiegbarer und das Internet unfreier. Sein Buch ist ein Manifest der Gegenwehr.

With security scares like the Heartbleed bug (which compromised even supposedly safe internet behemoths like Google and Yahoo!) becoming more commonplace, this book is a must-listen for anybody who values their privacy in a wired world.

Avec les deepfakes, la culture du faux s'immisce partout, ils sont de véritables armes de désinformation. Comment s'en protéger dans un quotidien où nous sommes en permanence confrontés aux images ?

This is the first biography in English of Nikolai Ivanovich Kibalchich, who was hanged as the explosives technician of the "People's Will" party of terrorists who assassinated Russian Tsar Alexander II with a thrown grenade on March 1, 1881. While in prison awaiting execution, Kibalchich conceived and drew the design of the first rocket-powered human-piloted flying device, thus qualifying him in history as a "terrorist rocket pioneer".

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C. Marsh, and Charles W. Gilmore. In this book, Jane Davidson explores the motivation behind this rush to fund exploration, arguing that eagerness to discover strategic resources like coal deposits was further fueled by patrons who had a genuine passion for paleontology and the fascinating creatures that were being unearthed.

"What is Public Procurement?" offers a clear, detailed exploration of one of the most critical functions within the public sector—the procurement process. Aimed at both novice and seasoned professionals, this resource breaks down complex procedures and emphasizes the far-reaching impact of procurement decisions on public welfare and national economic development. Why This Book? Public procurement represents a significant portion of government expenditure, accounting for up to 22% of a country's GDP in some cases. This process is integral to ensuring that goods, services, and ...

Patrick Dixon looks at how the future will be Fast, Urban, Tribal, Universal, Radical and Ethical - a future of boom and bust and great economic change as the emerging markets grow up; a future of great advances in medicine and also greater threats from viral epidemics; a future of political shocks and greater conflicts; a future in which people will strive for more privacy and businesses will change the way they relate to their staff and their customers.

The National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) assess that People’s Republic of China's state-sponsored malicious cyberactivity is a major threat to the US and allied cyberspace assets.

web3、メタバース、そしてNFT。最先端テクノロジーは、私たちの社会、経済、個人の在り方にどのような変革をもたらすのか?

Every time you download a new app, open a web browser, or take an online quiz, you're generating data online - and the data is going to who owns it, not you. We are now in an era of dark surveillance fueled by the rise of surveillance capitalism. Large corporations are mining information about the consumer and their daily habits without their knowledge and turning that into profit.

Zoom auf die Hightech-Megacity. Shenzhen ist die Stadt der Superlative: die am schnellsten wachsende Metropole der Welt, die jüngste, offenste, reichste und teuerste Stadt Chinas. Ob Elektromobilität, Gentechnik oder Künstliche Intelligenz - bei den wichtigen Zukunftstechnologien werden hier die Trends gesetzt. Wenn Chinaexperte Wolfgang Hirn Shenzhen beschreibt, entwirft er damit gleichzeitig das Bild der Urbanität von morgen. Er bereist die Region seit vielen Jahren und beobachtet die rasante Entwicklung.

Embark on a journey with me into the core of AI-driven transformations, tackling challenges, and celebrating triumphs while delving into the ethical dimensions of intelligent machines - uncover the foundations of AI equity and ethical considerations, dive into strategies for inclusive AI design and bias mitigation and explore corporate responsibility, global regulations, policy, and legal aspects.

In an era where artificial intelligence is no longer a distant possibility but a tangible, shaping force of our everyday lives, The Human Manifesto stands as a pivotal exploration into the future of Human identity, autonomy, and governance in the wake of advancing AI. This book, ambitious in scope and depth, invites listeners on a profound intellectual journey, questioning the essence of Human free will against the backdrop of technology's relentless march.

Early in the crisis, a global volunteer collaboration called Pivot Projects was formed to rethink how the world works. Some members are experts in the sciences and the humanities; others are environmental activists or regular people who see themselves as world citizens. In The Pivot, the journalist Steve Hamm - who embedded in the enterprise from the start - explores their efforts and shows how their approach provides a model for achieving systemic change.

Quest'opera offre un'analisi critica e approfondita su come le tecnologie emergenti, come l'intelligenza artificiale, il big data e i social network, stiano trasformando le dinamiche del potere nella società contemporanea. Esplorando le intersezioni tra tecnologia, governance digitale e controllo sociale, il libro rivela le implicazioni etiche e politiche dell'uso di queste innovazioni.