State Department Developing Cyber Toolkit

An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. State Department, known for its recent RFID passport embarassment, seems to have developed a key tool in the Department of Homeland Security's cyber toolkit for federal agencies. There's not much out there on it other than mention of a tool called SandStorm in a recent press release from State's Bureau of Diplomatic Security. According to the site, "SandStorm simultaneously collects, correlates, and analyzes data on multiple computer systems and departs, leaving no trace of its activities. The White House is championing this cyber tool and the Department of Homeland Security has selected it as a cornerstone application for a cyber toolkit being made available to all Federal agencies." Sounds scary to me, but may be a step in the right direction."

Comments

Re:Definitely Beneficial

[Agent Green]

Don't fret about that bill of rights...it continues to be chipped at.

Once they finally managed to repeal that pesky second amendment, the only entities that will have any rights will be the government and any corporation who can lease the rights they need so long as it suits them.

Re:Definitely Beneficial

[Master of Transhuman]

"any technology that is largely used for benign purposes"

Right - and your Bush-loving, neocon asshole fucking bias is obvious from your assumption that ANY technology developed by the fucking government - the one that lied us into Iraq and is currently lying us into Syria and Iran - for purposes of SPYING will be "largely used for benign purposes."

Which makes you a fucking moron - not to mention a gutless unpatriotic state-worshipping wimp.

Have a nice day, twit.

Re:Sandstorm isnt racist...yeah right...

[Master of Transhuman]

Seems to me Bush is working to turn the other 60% to follow suit (except those areas flooded out by hurricanes so his cronies can profit from a land grab.)