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As government agencies are being forced to do more with a smaller budget more agencies are turning to the open source movement for a solution.In Mississippi three counties and 30 agencies formed a jail management system to pool all law enforcement and homeland security forces together using Linux. . Proprietary companies that do not share their code bid at $1 million.The Open Source Software Institute did the job for $300,000 because all they had to do was customize the already available open source software and offer support, said John Weathersby executive director of OSSI.They then donated the code so that any government agency can use the system for free. The link for this article located at is no longer available. . Open source software drives cost efficiency for government agencies, allowing them to optimize budgets creatively.. Linux benefits, open source software, government agencies, cost efficiency, budget optimization. . Benjamin D. Thomas
Increases in cybercrime, widespread worm and virus outbreaks, the specter of catastrophic cyberterrorism, and regulatory requirements in HIPAA, Gramm Leach Bliley, and other government mandates have boosted the profile of computer security. Once the province of a few long-haired firewall gurus in the server room, computer security now merits its own C-level executives and has become an agenda item at board meetings.. . .. Increases in cybercrime, widespread worm and virus outbreaks, the specter of catastrophic cyberterrorism, and regulatory requirements in HIPAA, Gramm Leach Bliley, and other government mandates have boosted the profile of computer security. Once the province of a few long-haired firewall gurus in the server room, computer security now merits its own C-level executives and has become an agenda item at board meetings. This attention from upper management may be a welcome change to security professionals. For one thing, it validates their hard work. For another, it gives them direct access to decision makers and check signers. But increased awareness also means increased scrutiny. Executives are asking just what those firewall gurus are up to, and how they're spending the money they've been allocated. Now that security has earned the attention of the CEO, it has to be justified in language that the CEO understands. The link for this article located at Network Magazine is no longer available. . Increases in cybercrime, widespread worm and virus outbreaks, the specter of catastrophic cyberterro. increases, cybercrime, widespread, virus, outbreaks, specter, catastrophic, cyberterro. . LinuxSecurity.com Team
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