Medill National Security Reporting Project
Medill/GlobalPost investigation sheds new light on $3.2 billion U.S. mine clearance and victim assistance effort.
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Medill/USA TODAY investigation of U.S. international food aid programs finds significant, entrenched problems
Read about the project.R.I.P. James Wright Foley, 1973-2014
#MedillRemembers James Foley, One Year Later
Remembering James Foley's life and legacy one year after his death at the hands of the Islamic State.
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Major TV networks sign onto freelancer safety compact
Read about the compact, which was signed by Medill NSJI Co-Director Ellen Shearer at Columbia University in September, here.McCormick Foundation renews grant for Medill National Security Journalism program
EVANSTON, Ill. — The Robert R. McCormick Foundation has renewed a $1 million grant to fund the Medill National Security Journalism Initiative at Northwestern University over the next two years.
The NSJ program provides journalists-in-training and working journalists with the knowledge and skills necessary to report accurately, completely and with context on events and issues related to defense, security and civil liberties. The initiative began in January, 2009 with an initial three-year, $1.3 million McCormick Foundation grant. The grant was also renewed for $1 million over two years in 2011.
Posts by Nida Tahir
Businesses ill-prepared to combat cyber attacks
(Jun. 12, 2011)Reports of data breaches at big companies such as Sony and Epsilon are regularly in the headlines these days; it makes one wonder how just safe are businesses against the threat of cyber attacks? An alarmingly large number, about 71 … Continue reading
War on “cyber terror”: The next battlefield
(Jun. 12, 2011)The Pentagon is drafting a formal strategy that will categorize certain cyber attacks as acts of war – -allowing the U.S. to use military force in retaliation to such attacks, according to a Wall Street Journal article. Security experts, however, … Continue reading
How safe are the clouds?
(Jun. 12, 2011)Cloud computing is all the rage these days. It’s being hailed as a breakthrough technology that will revolutionize the IT landscape and the way we use the Internet: we won’t be restricted to one device or machine – all our … Continue reading
Data Mining and Cyber Security
(Jun. 12, 2011)Data mining can be a useful tool in tracking down cyber gangs, but its usefulness in proactively guarding against cyber threats is doubtful. “Where there is lots and lots of data, which you have to analyze and sift through, then … Continue reading
The State of Cybersecurity in the U.S.
(May. 30, 2011)Joseph Giordano, director of the cybersecurity program at Utica College, discusses the state of cybersecurity in the U.S. Prior to joining the faculty, Giordano served as a program manager for the Information Directorate of the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory. … Continue reading
Cybercrime goes social
(May. 28, 2011)We upload our pictures, our videos and post intimate details about our lives here. We reach out to friends and family here. And this very place is becoming a hotbed for cybercrime. Social networking sites will be the focus of … Continue reading
Internet Kill Switch:”A control in search of a risk”
(May. 09, 2011)Proposed legislation giving the President power to shut down parts of the Internet in a national emergency is often described as an Internet “Kill Switch”. Proponents of this bill believe it would secure critical infrastructure systems against catastrophic cyber attacks, … Continue reading
White House Proposes DHS Control Civilian Cyber Networks
(May. 03, 2011)The White House is circulating a proposal that will give the Department of Homeland Security broad oversight over cyber security at civilian agency networks, according to a Federal News Radio report. This piece of draft legislation will also give DHS … Continue reading
