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Serious shortcomings in communications between agencies left major commanders in the dark and triggered a long lag in establishing a coordinated response to last year’s shooting at Los Angeles International Airport, according to a new report.

Japan faced a full-on cyber attack across government departments Tuesday in a drill aimed at bolstering national security. Similar to the ethical-hacker testing for the London 2012 Olympics, 50 cyber defense specialists gathered at an emergency response center in Tokyo, with at least three times that many offsite, to defend against a simulated attack across 21 state ministries and agencies and 10 industry associations.

Among organizations currently using video surveillance technology, 91 percent indicate that IT manages or supports these deployments, compared to just 52 percent three years ago, according to the 2013 IT and Video Surveillance Market Study from IT market research firm Enterprise Strategy Group and Axis Communications.

A bill in Nebraska would set school security standards for the state. Currently, it’s up to each school district to decide security standards, but state Sen. Rick Kolowski wants someone to help implement those measures, saying “To have someone at the state level that can give assistance to districts when they have questions or collect information from districts so we know where we stand.”

Adding more security measures at U.S. airports might not be worth the cost, according to a new report, which notes that it might even make sense to relax some of the existing security tactics.

Several law enforcement agencies around the Bay Area are using a controversial surveillance technology to track people and collect data in real time, according to KQED. “StingRays” act like cell towers, attracting all the surrounding wireless devices on the same network and retrieving their data. Police departments in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and Fremont are all using these devices.

A House lawmaker wants to make sure that planes carry flight recorders that eject before crashes so they are easier to find.

The U.S. Border Patrol told its agents Friday that when they confront suspected illegal immigrants crossing the frontier who throw rocks a them, they should try to take cover or move away instead of immediately opening fire.

Most consumers just don’t believe that the personal and financial data they submit to corporations is safe.

A new report from McAfee says every minute there are more than 200 new computer attacks using a variety of malware.