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ESC 2012: Second Semi-Final Live Notes
And we're back for Semi-Final number 2! Unlike most years, when one semi-final is vastly superior to the other (the Thursday one always fits this description), both of this year's semi-finals are pretty evenly matched, both within themselves and between them. of course, I think, as a whole the six automatic qualifiers are stronger than either semi-final, and I expect to that all six countries will find themselves in the top fifteen, at least. But more on that on Saturday. Tonight, it's about celebrating these eighteen entries!
So, just to recap, I think the ten qualifiers will be:
Serbia Sweden
Belarus Turkey
Ukraine Slovakia
Slovenia Norway
Croatia Bosnia & Herzegovina
Let the fun BEGIN!
Why are they making such a big deal out of French? It's not that hard of a language.
Wow, they really do talk like a bunch of preschool teachers. And why is it always "Az-zer-bai-jan" as if it's four words?
And that was a miscue – "sit down…music!"
Serbia – Nije Ljubav Stvar performed by Željko Joksimović
Of course, Joksimović has a small orchestra on stage with him. Ooh! Twin lady violinists. Not exactly the most electrifying way to start off the semi-final, but it's an awesome song, nevertheless.
Macedonia – Crno i Belo performed by Kaliopi
I like this! It's a greast rock song, and the backing singers are well utilized. I actually prefer this version with the backing vocals and a little less intensity (but more passion) from Kaliopi to the studio version. I hope she does well, this could actually qualify, even though many think it won't.
The Netherlands – You and Me performed by Joan Franka
People said this had an outside chance of qualifying due to its charm and understated nature. Franka would have to nail the performance for this to happen, and she is quite flat throughout the entire song.
Malta – This is the Night performed by Kurt Calleja
That thing Calleja is doing with his legs during the refrain is kinda creepy. Why, on earth, would you let some random backgin singer take the shining moment of the song? What was Calleja thinking? That killed what little chance this entry had of getting through to the Final. See you next year Malta…hey, isn't Chiara eligible to compete again in 2013…
Belarus – We are the Heroes performed by LiteSound
This seems like something that would be popular but the singer isn't that great and they're dressed like goons. How did the backing guys go horizontal like that? I think I will be giving away their spot to a more worthy contender by the end of the night.
Portugal – Vida Minha performed by Filipa Sousa
Nice, pleasant song with a nice, pleasant performance. Notice I did not say captivating or enthralling. Sorry Portugal, another year in the semis for you.
Ukraine – Be My Guest performed by Gaitana
Already, the most entertaining entry before she's even started singing. Is she really taking this song on by herself? Oh wait, there's dancers with trumpets…oh, and now there's more dancers. This song works because there's a crowd like atmosphere on the studio track. This just sounds like one loony lady out there trying to advertise her little bed & breakfast on a cheap budget. Disappointing.
Bulgaria – Love Unlimited performed by Sofi Marinova
I rather like this. Marinova is doing a great job, the stage looks great (I love the sparkler fans). I think that this entry just might surprise a lot of people and sneak into the Final.
Slovenia – Verjamem performed by Eva Boto
The attack of the teenage girls! They're pretty good though. Definitely one of the better Slovenian entries to date. Boto will definitely carry Slovenia back into the Grand Final.
Croatia – Nebo performed by Nina Badić
Was I the only expecting her costume to change when the dancers got closer and the song hit a big note? I don't quite understand the use of the white sheet in the performance. Otherwise – good stuff! I hope this makes it through.
Sweden – Euphoria performed by Loreen
With all the pyrotechnics in use this year, leave it to good ol' Sweden to let everyone know that the wind machine is still here and not going anywhere! I'm glad that kept things minimal like the Melodifestevalen performance. I definitely think, though, that Loreen is holding back tonight – I expect her to bring it, and hard, come Saturday.
Georgia – I'm a Joker performed by Anri Jokhadze
Wow. That was a mess. This is why Georgia has never sent a man to be the lead performer before. I really don't think that they will make it to the Final this year.
Turkey – Love Me Back performed by Can Bonomo
Right, Azerbaijanis basically consider themselves Turkish. That would explain the huge crowd reaction. I'm not gonna lie, I wish I had his coat; that a nice piece of fabric. Am I the only one that thinks that this could be a villain song in a cheesy musical? Guy wants a girl who doesn't want him and takes her captive on his boat saying that she must clearly love him. All sinister undertones aside, this will easily make it through.
Estonia – Kuula performed by Ott Lepland
Lepland had a real chance to capitalize on weak performances by some of the more popular entries, and I think he's blowing it. I'm not quite sure if he's sick or what, but he's off-key. As the song goes one, he's getting better, but it's still generally off. And he definitely botched some of the lyrics, a major no, no!
Slovakia – Don't Close Your Eyes performed by Max Jason Mai
Mai is rather off-key as well. Such a shame. This is probably Slovakia's best ever entry and their best chance of qualifying, and I think they're blowing it. At least the staging was rather nice and the backing singers did their jobs.
Norway – Stay performed by Tooji
The staging of this song is rather nice, but I never did think Tooji was much of a singer. I this will easily progress to the Final; not sure how it will fare once it gets there, though.
Bosnia & Herzegovina – Korake Ti Znam performed by Maya Star
Probably the best artistic piece tonight, and maybe in the entire Contest this year. It should move through easily; though, just because something exemplifies all the qualities that should the key of a strong ESC entry, doesn't necessarily mean that it will do well (just look at Israel 2010). I do expect her to win at least one Marcel Bezaçon Award.
Lithuania – Love is Blind performed by Donny Montell
Montell is freakin' adorable, especially when he tries to be cooler than he actually is, like, when the tempo picks up and he starts dancing and saying "oh, yeah." That was rather pleasant. And, as I always say, never underestimate the power of a pleasant song being delivered by an attractive young person – which this entry clearly exemplifies.
Looking at the recap of songs, Joksimović (Serbia) and Kaliopi (Macedonia) really make the other 16 artists look like amateurs.
My Top Ten
1. Serbia (quite clearly the best act tonight)
2. Bosnia & Herzegovina (great song and great performance)
3. Macedonia (awesome job Kaliopi!)
4. Sweden (I just really like this song, but was generally disappointed and expect a lot more on Saturday)
5. Croatia (strong performance of a decent song)
6. Bulgaria (better than expected performance)
7. Lithuania (better than expected, one of the few to stay mostly on pitch through the whole song)
8. Turkey (fun song with a fun performance)
9. Slovenia (nice, not quite sure if I understand all the hype around this entry, though)
10. Portugal (overall, very pleasant)
The Ten I think will make it through
Serbia – this is not a question
Bosnia & Herzegovina – it's a strong entry and has a lot of hype
Sweden – again, this is an unquestioned assumption
Lithuania – I think he did enough to win over voters
Turkey – c'mon, no way Turkey's missing two years in a row
Slovenia – there's too much hype around this one not to qualify
Ukraine – despite her less-than-solid performance, it's hard to bet against the Ukraine
Norway – I think this song is too popular not to make it, plus Persians around Europe will be voting for Tooji
Bulgaria – I'm sure I'm not the only fan that she made tonight
Croatia – I think she did enough to make it through, not to mention she is bound to get points from each of the other former Yugoslav countries voting tonight
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I love Eurovision medleys, particularly when done by the actual artists. But will we really have to sit through Running Scared again on Saturday? It's not that captivating of a song and I was not anticipating having to hear so often this week (I don't know what I was thinking). At least where El was for the past fifteen minutes.
Love the crowd shots (and the one of Joksimović in the Green Room) during Marija Šerofović's part. Is it just me, or does the instrumentation during her section still sound quite Balkan? Alexander Rybak is in top form tonight and Lena just can't stay away from the ESC stage. I have a feeling she's gonna be like Lys Assia and try to come back in her eighties. Satellite sounds kinda weird in this arrangement.
Waterloo! The "Oh No!" is right as Nikki has lost both the words and the pitch. And Dima Bilan shows Europe that his mic has been turned off. What a nice touch – and, we didn't have hear Running Scared, double bonus!
Honestly, after tonight and Tuesday, I really want to think that all six automatic qualifiers will make the Top Ten.
The ten that actually make it to the Grand Final
A. Lithuania (1 correct for 1 total qualifier)
B. Bosnia & Herzegovina (2 for 2)
C. Serbia (3 for 3; did you see his face, not an ounce of concern there)
D. Ukraine (4 for 4)
E. Sweden (5 for 5; you know, the camera folks should really stop showing the qualifiers before they are revealed. they did the same thing in Germany last year)
F. Macedonia (5 for 6; nice! of course, there goes my perfect record)
G. Norway (6 for 7)
H. Estonia (6 for 8; hmm, interesting, definitely helps that he followed some weak vocal performances)
J. Malta (6 for 9; what! I did not expect this at all! How did this make it through?)
(Surely Turkey will not be left behind again! But, I could not imagine Slovenia failing, either)
K. Turkey (7 for 10; of course)
Final Thoughts
I am rather shocked that Slovenia did not make it. I know she was picked to do well with the bookies and was receiving a lot of good press. Less surprised by Bulgaria and Croatia coming up short, though. Rather shocked that Malta made it through, but now that I think about it, I assume that the UK gave the tiny nation its 12 points for the night. I wholly expect This is the Night to come in dead last, though, come Saturday as the UK will have its usually suspects (Ireland, Greece, France, and Germany) to dole points out to. As for the Netherlands, that was everyone's trendy pick for making it through unexpectedly, her early spot in the running order did her in.
Honestly, though, I don't think tonight did anything to change the landscape for the top contenders (except Slovenia, who some thought could make a big move this year for the top). We will still expect to see Sweden, Iceland, and Serbia duke it out for the victory, with Spain, France, and Norway nipping at their heels – that is, if you can believe the bookmakers. Cyprus and Greece proved themselves to be highly overrated on Tuesday and I no longer consider them serious contenders for the crown. I wholly expect Turkey, Azerbaijan, Russia, Germany, and the UK to get decent placings as well. The only country that I think could really surprise people and make a big move without a lot of attention beforehand is Italy. The bookies have L'Amore É Femmina as potential Top Ten finisher without the Internet chatter really being there to back it up. We shall see, we shall see.


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Título: Inferência Bayesiana No Desenvolvimento De Previsores Neurais De Vazão Diária Utilizando Informações De Precipitação
Autores: Leocádio, Caio Monteiro; Ferreira, Vitor Hugo
Resumo: This paper deals with Bayesian neural models applied to daily water inflow forecasting, including automatic algorithms for input selection, structure stabilization and complexity control. The available database includes water inflow and precipitation in a daily basis from Grande River basin, enabling tests of the applicability of the inclusion of precipitation information in the daily water inflow forecasting models in order to decrease the forecasting error of the developed neural models. Six forecasting strategies are compared, all of them using Bayesian neural models but different input space representation, including models that use only past water inflow information and models that combine precipitation and past values of the water inflows. The use of seasonal dummy variables in order to represent the dry, wet and transition periods of the year is also tested. The obtained results show the viability of the application of Bayesian neural models combining water inflows and precipitation as inputs for daily water inflow forecasting, with these models showing the best results for the test periods considered.
Palavras-chave: Daily water inflow forecasting; energy planning; neural networks; Bayesian inference applied to neural networks
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Código DOI: 10.21528/CBIC2011-01.5
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Several projects over the years have been proposed for sprucing up the area, and city commissioners today will consider one more: Razing a vacant apartment complex at 3901 NW 30th Terrace, near Boyd Anderson High School, and setting it aside as green space.
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A Hamilton jury's choice to acquit Peter Khill of second-degree murder for shooting Jonathan Styres two times has actually brought in heated commentary echoing Gerald Stanley's acquittal in the death of Colten Boushie. Unlike in the Stanley case, potential jurors were asked whether the capability to choose the case impartially would be impacted by Mr. Khill being white and Mr. Styres being Indigenous. This question was not unique. At the minimum, it ought to have been asked at the Stanley trial. The one question was an enhancement, but it is incorrect to declare that its use means that the decision was not affected by racist stereotypes or that extra reforms consisting of Bill C-75's proposed abolition of peremptory difficulties are not necessitated. We just do unknown and never ever will know whether racist stereotypes affected jury considerations offered laws that avoid talking to jurors. The question used in the Khill case was blunt: Basically, are you a racist? It exposed that a couple of potential jurors had issues, but did not check out local stereotypes associating Indigenous people with vehicle thefts. It also did not ask potential jurors whether they was among 15,000 people who signed a petition that Mr. Khill must not have actually been charged or the 1,200 who signed a counterpetition stating he must be.
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• The 25 to 34 year old demographic is driving the majority of mobile payments activity for in-store purchases, with almost 50 percent saying they use mPayments at least once a month.
• A Pew Center study found 81 percent of parents said they were very or somewhat concerned about how much information advertisers can learn about their child's online behavior.
• Eighty-eight percent of people know that identity theft is a potential issue when using public WiFi, however 39 percent of public WiFi users have accessed sensitive information and 25 percent have logged into their online bank accounts while on public WiFi.
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Following are some key findings from an NCSA survey in cooperation with ESET, a premier internet security software maker:
• A majority of respondents (88%) have thought about the fact that IoT devices, and the data they collect, could be accessed by hackers.
• Fifty percent have been discouraged from purchasing an IoT device due to concerns about cybersecurity.
• Nearly one in four use an app from their mobile device or computer to remotely access or control devices in their home (e.g., front door lock, home security system, TV, thermostat.)
• Seventy-seven percent know that some cars may be vulnerable to hacking, and 45 percent are somewhat or very concerned that their cars could be hacked.
• A majority (85%) know that some computer webcams can be accessed by hackers to spy on them, and 29 percent are or have be been afraid that someone might have accessed their webcams or video calls without their consent.
It is important to remember that consumer generated health data is not protected by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) and other data privacy assurances. Personal data culled from all types of wearables, such as fitness trackers and smart watches, provide tremendous insight into an individual's state of health and lifestyle, but can find its way to employers, third parties and cyber culprits. This can result in a range of privacy vulnerabilities, including identity theft, employee discrimination and leaked health records.
• The retail value of wearables is projected to hit $45 billion in 2021.
• Gartner estimates that more than 1.4 billion health and fitness units will ship by 2020, up from roughly 300 million today.
• In a PricewaterhouseCoopers study on fitness devices, 70 percent of respondents had concerns about their data being transmitted via smartphone and 78 percent took issue over the security of their medical data.
As the proliferation of connected information has transformed our day-to-day lives, medical professionals are tapping into the connected world by eliminating hard copy filing and moving into digital record keeping. Likewise, patient and insurance companies are able to view and access Social Security numbers, financial information and medical history, all from connected devices, serving as a gateway for hackers.
• Healthcare data breaches involving more than 500 records were reported to the Department of Health and Human Services' Office for Civil Rights by mid-year in 2016. During the same period in 2015, 143 data breaches were reported.
• A Ponemon Institute study found nearly 90 percent of healthcare organizations suffered at least one data breach in the last two years.
• Under HIPPA, it's illegal for healthcare providers to share patients' treatment information, yet more than 30,000 reports regarding privacy violations are received each year.
• According to a recent study by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society, the vast majority of provider respondents (77%) cited medical identity theft as cyber criminals' primary motivation.
• Criminal attacks are the leading cause of half of all data breaches in healthcare; employee mistakes, third-party snafus and stolen computer devices are the root cause of the other half.
Social Media
Social media activity continues to be one of the most popular online activities around the globe, including everything from personal news updates, photo sharing and live streaming video. However, contrary to the popular perception that social networking is an activity enjoyed almost exclusively by teens, a Pew Internet and American Life study showed that the majority all networking site users are adults. The growing number of adults using these sites is an indicator of the potential security risks.
As convenient as these platforms are to communicate, privacy settings don't always prevent personal information from being shared beyond the intended audience and without a user's knowledge.
• Eight-two percent of cyber stalkers use social media to learn information about potential victims, such where they live and which school they attend.
• According to a Pew Research Center study, 16 percent of teen social media users said they set up their profile or account so that it automatically includes their location in posts. Of this same study, 64 percent of teens with Twitter accounts say that their tweets are public.
• The NCSA/Microsoft survey revealed that from a privacy perspective, teens report that they are very concerned about someone:
– sharing personal information about them online (43%).
– having a photo or video shared that they wanted to keep private (38%).
– receiving unwanted communications that make them uncomfortable (32%).
Tracking and Responses
The FBI periodically details a wide range of known criminal cyber activities. Viruses, worms, Trojans, computer intrusions, Web site attacks and defacements, denial-of-service attacks, identity theft, privacy breaches and child pornography are included as just some of the better known examples.
Attackers fall into a range of categories, including disgruntled and dismissed employees, domestic and overseas competitors, terrorists and even foreign governments, exemplified by how Russia meddled in the U.S. elections of 2016. Scores of Web sites are now readily vulnerable to international hackers and virus writers in numerous languages and cultures.
Types of attacks have a spectrum of their own, ranging from the $45 million stolen from ATMs worldwide by hacking into consumer prepaid credit card accounts, to the cyber Pearl Harbor warned of by former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. The secretary singled out the country's utility grids, financial networks and transportation systems as being particularly vulnerable.
As government, global e-commerce and mass computer use continue to grow, cybersecurity initiatives become all the more pressing. Simultaneously, progressive changes in intruder techniques increase the difficulties of predicting or detecting attacks or of limiting their potential damages. In short, such sophisticated threats demand truly sophisticated responses. As a result, President Obama signed an executive order in February of 2012 directing federal agencies to develop standards for improving cybersecurity in the private sector. Amid such a backdrop, southwestern Pennsylvania has become the premier center of excellence in cybersecurity.
CERT® Coordination Center
The first organization of its kind, the Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERT/CC) was created in Pittsburgh in 1988, part of Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute, is a nationally recognized cybersecurity center that has been leading the way in computer security response and research since its inception.
Following the Morris worm incident, which brought 10 percent of Internet systems to a halt in November 1988, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) charged the SEI with establishing a center to coordinate communication among experts during security emergencies and to help prevent future incidents on a national basis.
Today, working with the Department of Homeland Security, CERT/CC alerts U.S. industry, defense contractors and computer users worldwide to potential threats to the security of their systems and provides information about how to avoid, minimize or recover from the damage. The center has played a key role in coordinating responses to major security events, such as the Code Red worm, Melissa virus and, most recently, the DNS Changer, the Rootkit viruses and the Flame and Olympic Games Trojans.
The CERT/CC's primary charge is to preempt or respond to any threats to the security of the Internet, and the millions of computers connected to it, and to analyze product
vulnerabilities that place organizations and individuals at risk. The CERT Program partners with government, industry, law enforcement, and academia to develop advanced methods and technologies to counter large-scale, sophisticated cyber threats.
The CERT/CC is part of the SEI's CERT program, which ensures that appropriate technology and systems management practices are used to resist attacks on networked systems, to limit damages and to ensure continuity of critical services in spite of successful attacks (survivability.) Numerous alerts, vulnerability reports, educational guides and other statistics are published by CERT each year.
To accomplish its mission, CERT/CC is organized into several different work areas that encompass key capabilities and products.
The CERT/CC works directly with software vendors in the private sector, as well as government agencies to address software vulnerabilities and provide fixes to the public. This process is known as coordination.
The CERT/CC promotes a particular process of coordination known as Responsible Coordinated Disclosure. In this case, the CERT/CC works privately with the vendor to address the vulnerability, before a public report is published, usually jointly with the vendor's own security advisory. In extreme cases when the vendor is unwilling to resolve the issue or cannot be contacted, the CERT/CC typically discloses information publicly 45 days after the first contact attempt.
Software vulnerabilities coordinated by the CERT/CC may come from internal research or from outside reporting. Vulnerabilities discovered by outside individuals or organizations may be reported to the CERT/CC using the CERT/CC's Vulnerability Reporting Form. Depending on severity of the reported vulnerability, the CERT/CC may take further action to address the vulnerability and coordinate with the software vendor.
Knowledge Base and Vulnerability Notes
The CERT/CC increases awareness of security issues and helps organizations improve the security of their systems by disseminating information through many channels. Previously CERT/CC published vulnerability reports on a more routine basis in the CERT KnowledgeBase. Vulnerability Notes include information about recent vulnerabilities that were researched and coordinated, and how individuals and organizations may mitigate such vulnerabilities. Although the CERT/CC has not published annual vulnerability report totals since 2008, its archive catalogs approximately 41,000 vulnerability reports from other sources worldwide.
Vulnerability Analysis Tools
The CERT/CC provides a number of free tools to the security research community. Some tools offered include:
- CERT Tapioca—a pre-configured virtual appliance for performing man-in-the-middle attacks. This can be used to analyze network traffic of software applications and determine if the software uses encryption correctly, etc.
- BFF (Basic Fuzzer Framework) — a mutational file fuzzer for Linux
- FOE (Failure Observation Engine) — a mutational file fuzzer for Windows
- Dranzer—Microsoft ActiveX vulnerability discovery
The CERT/CC periodically offers training courses for researchers, or organizations looking to establish their own Product Security Incident Response Team.
While there is only one CERT Coordination Center, the staff of more than 150 has helped foster 67 computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) around the world, providing them with guidance and training. The CERT/CC coordinates with these teams to respond to computer security issues. Many of the teams are members of the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, of which the CERT/CC is a founding member.
The CERT's Virtual Training Environment (VTE) meets the needs of training Department of Defense and others in information assurance. The VTE has been well received by the DoD and its use is growing. In any given year, the VTE has delivered approximately 120,000 hours in training.
The first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Tom Ridge recognized the CERT/CC as "a key element to our national strategy to combat terrorism and protect our critical infrastructure." Accordingly, the Department of Homeland Security announced a partnership with the CERT/CC to create US-CERT, a coordination point for reducing the frequency and impact of cyber attacks. US-CERT, which monitors all federal networks, includes other partnerships with private-sector security vendors and international organizations. These groups work together to coordinate national and international efforts to prevent cyber attacks, protect systems and issue responses to cyber attacks.
In 2008, CERT/CC Computer Forensics team was recognized by U.S. House of Representatives Murtha, Doyle, and Altmire for their role in the indictment of 11 individuals by the U.S. Department of Justice for the largest identity theft case in history.
The CERT/CC also has received national recognition by trade and newspaper outlets for their efforts in developing best practices to prevent insider threat attacks. CERT/CC researchers are consistently top presenters at RSA, the largest security conference in the U.S., and they are routinely asked to testify before Congress and advise at numerous federal agencies. Including the FBI, the Secret Service and the U.S. Postal Service.
CERT/CC's private sector activities account for between 10 and 15 percent of its revenues.
FBI/Pittsburgh – Computer Crimes Task Force
The Pittsburgh office of the FBI has been a leading cyber crime-fighting unit since 2000, when it became the first branch to hire an official computer science agent. During the same year, FBI/Pittsburgh and the CERT/CC joined forces in the formation of the Pittsburgh High-Tech Computer Crimes Task Force, a first of its kind in the nation.
As a unit of consolidated federal, state and local law enforcement, the task force was created with the purpose of pooling technical and investigative resources trained in computer technology and cyber crime in order to advance the mission of all enforcement agencies. The Pittsburgh High-Tech Computer Crimes Task Force provided forensic examination, intelligence and technical assistance to all agencies encountering computers during the course of their investigations.
Computer crime can involve criminal activities that are traditional in nature, such as theft, fraud, forgery, or any unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool, a target or both.
Unlike traditional types of crimes, however, technology has made it more difficult to answer the who, what, where, when and how of both traditional and non-traditional criminal activity. As a result, evidence in the digital space must be handled differently. The task force meets these evolving challenges as part of its mission.
There are several categories of crimes facilitated by a computer in which the FBI task forces is involved. One facet of computer crimes occurs when a computer is used as a tool to aid criminal activity including, but not limited to:
- the storing records of fraud
- financial crimes perpetrated by computers, like credit card frauds, making counterfeit checks and paper currency
- money laundering
- producing false identification
- intellectual property crimes, like software piracy, copyright and trademark infringement, theft of computer source code, etc.
- collecting and distributing child pornography
- cyber stalking
- internet fraud schemes, like phishing and auction fraud, etc.
- unauthorized access to computer systems or networks
- theft of information
- denial of service
- virus/worm attacks
- Trojan attacks
- web jacking and extortion.
Task force members include:
- U. S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania
- Federal Bureau of Investigation
- U. S. Postal Inspection Service
- U. S. Defense Criminal Investigative Service;
- U. S. Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation
- U. S. Secret Service
- Pennsylvania Office of the Attorney General
- Pennsylvania State Police
- Allegheny County Sheriff's Office
- Allegheny County District Attorney's Office
- Allegheny County Police
- Port Authority of Allegheny County Police
- City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
- U. S. Attorney's Office, Western District of Pennsylvania
A regional forensic and training center allows businesses to run test hack scenarios to measure how well security initiatives perform.
Since 2000, similar task forces have been deployed in every FBI field office. And in 2002, the FBI reorganized to create its own cyber division. This division simultaneously supports FBI priorities across program lines, assisting counterterrorism, counterintelligence and other criminal investigations when aggressive technological investigative assistance is required.
The National Cyber Forensics & Training Alliance (NCFTA) is the first partnership of its kind in the nation, and it grew out of the work performed by the Pittsburgh High-Tech Computer Crimes Task Force. It was established in 2002 as a non-profit partnership among private industry, government and academia for the sole purpose of providing a neutral, trusted environment enabling collaboration and cooperation to identify, mitigate and disrupt cyber crime. Members of the NCFTA jointly developed and staffed facilities, where program participants benefit from cyber-forensic analysis, tactical response development, technological simulation/modeling analysis and the development of advanced training.
The NCFTA provides a venue where critical confidential information about cyber incidents can be shared discreetly, and where resources can be shared among industry, academia and law enforcement. The Alliance facilitates advanced training, promotes security awareness to reduce cyber-vulnerability and conducts forensic and predictive analysis and lab simulations. These activities are intended to educate organizations and enhance their abilities to manage risk, develop security strategies, collaborate on best practices, detect and combat illicit cyber activities.
President Barak Obama in a White House 2009 Cyberspace Policy Review had named NCFTA as one of three international organizations that stand out as an "effective model" in national cyber security.
For the years 2015 through 2017, the NCFTA:
- referred 1,068 cases to law enforcement
- produced 4,451 intelligence reports
- contributed to 489 arrests
- assisted law enforcement in seizures worth $188.8 million
- prevented losses totaling $1.6 billion
Classes and conferences, such as "Introduction to the Deep Dark Web" and "Virtual Currency: Opening Up a Whole New World for Criminals" are held throughout the year in Pittsburgh, New York and Los Angeles.
Future partnerships will be established in regions where interest exists to combine resources, intelligence, and expertise more effectively. These additional partnerships will be linked together, enhancing the resources fundamental to this project. This coordinated and decentralized approach will empower regional teams with vital information and expertise in a timely and efficient manner
University Contributions
Pittsburgh is home to a number of other cybersecurity assets. In 2004, Carnegie Mellon University became one of only two institutions in the U.S. to receive National Science Foundation (NSF) funding for the study of a branch of cybersecurity, called Security Through Interaction Modeling. Carnegie Mellon received $6.4 million, just eclipsing the University of California at San Diego, which received $6.2 million.
Carnegie Mellon's large faculty in cybersecurity-related fields and significant levels of funding at its Software Engineering Institute are important assets in the development of a larger cybersecurity market in the Pittsburgh region..
Since education is a necessary component of safeguarding the computer network, Carnegie Mellon also initially invested $6 million in 2003 to inaugurate the CyLab
Security and Privacy Institute, one of the largest university-based cybersecurity education and research centers in the U.S. CyLab is multi-disciplinary and university-wide, involving seven different departments and schools from CMU, more than 50 faculty, along with more than 250 graduate students. CyLab currently is supported almost exclusively by private funding, such as competitive contracts, grants and more than 20 industry partnerships.
Past and current partners have included, but are not limited to:
- Boeing
- Eaton
- LG Electronics
- Lockheed Martin
- Northrop Grumman
- Rockwell Automation
- Sandia National Laboratories
- Siemens
Pittsburgh-based company members have included RedMorph and UPMC.
CyLab's mission is to design, develop and create new secure, trustworthy and sustainable computing devices, hardware and communications systems for advancing and improving the nation's capabilities in response and prediction to attacks. CyLab seeks to educate individuals at all levels in addressing the threats to the country's cyber infrastructure by providing technology, resources and expertise in four areas:
- Technology transfer to and from the public sector
- Technology transfer to and from the private sector
- Development of information assurance professionals
- National awareness programs and tools
CyLab is an NSF CyberTrust Center, and it is a key partner in NSF-funded Center for Team Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology. CyLab also is a National Security Agency (NSA) Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, as well as a Center for Academic Excellence in Research, also designated by the Department of Homeland Security.
Housed in the 25,000 square-foot Collaborative Innovation Center on CMU's campus, CyLab offers more than 50 courses in privacy and security and has trained more than 75,000 people in that discipline. It is a four-time champion of the World Series of Hacking.
Carnegie Mellon's most well-known contribution to this arena is the Software Engineering Institute, which has designed and continuously is developing a curriculum to teach system and network administrators about information assurance, including a set of skills to help them integrate security policy, practices and technologies into their operational infrastructure. This Survivability and Information Assurance curriculum is to be offered at community colleges across the country, making such education affordable and accessible to professionals and employers.
At the University of Pittsburgh, the Department of Information Science and Telecommunications has established the Laboratory of Education and Research on Security Assured Information Systems (LERSAIS). This premier program focuses on the diverse problems related to security and survivable information systems, networks and infrastructures, while developing and supporting high quality education in security and information assurance.
Since the spring of 2004, LERSAIS has hosted numerous seminars on information security presented by leading experts from all over the country. As a result, The
University of Pittsburgh has been designated as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education, and since their inaugural year in 2004, it is one of only 10 Centers in the U.S. that have maintained a commitment to retaining the certification. The designation is awarded jointly by the NSA and the Department of Homeland Security.
It continues to serve as a multidisciplinary forum for the synergistic interaction among researchers within survivable information systems, as well as other experts in information assurance-related areas outside the school.
One example of this academic excellence is the NSA-approved curriculum to train security professionals in three computer security standards. These standards are training for:
- information systems security professionals
- designated approving authorities
- system administrator professionals.
Curriculum also includes subjects, such as "Validating Computer Security Methods," "Privacy Enhancing Techniques for Social Network" and "My Smartphone Knows What You Print."
In addition, LERSAIS was given the Department of Defense (DoD) Information Assurance Scholarship award for partnering with the National Defense University's Information Resource Management College (NDU/IRMC). Under this program, a student who has been studying under certificate programs at NDU/IRMC can pursue the security assured information systems track in the Department of Information Sciences and Telecommunication with a Department of Defense scholarship.
Private Sector
Although many large U.S. corporations and government agencies manage computer security in house by hiring their own staff of experts, the market estimates for cybersecurity spending range between $60 billion and $137.8 billion in 2017, and it is expected to increase to $232 billion by 2022. Watchdog groups have estimated that the U.S. federal government alone spent approximately $28.5 billion in 2016, up from $10 billion just three years earlier.
Part of this anticipated growth will be fueled by the financial services industry, where worldwide spending on security-related products and services has reached $499 billion in 2017.
More than 40 businesses in southwestern Pennsylvania indicate some level of involvement and expertise in cybersecurity, and all are poised to take advantage of the growth trend. Included in this community are hardware and software designers, cybersecurity consulting services, developers of monitoring software and tracking devices, and manufacturers of technical surveillance and security counter-measures equipment.
Netronome Systems, Wombat Security Technologies and (Company Names) are just a few of the organizations driving the region's progressive cybersecurity efforts.
The Pittsburgh region continues to solidify its claim of a center of excellence in
cybersecurity. The private firms that operate within this emerging cluster are only part of the picture. The presence of university-based and government agencies also attract a disproportionate share of federal funding for research, development and national cybersecurity services.


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