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Possibly tied to other criminal incidents, a former university student may be charged with making a bomb threat.

Attacks on PlayStation Network records and Sony problems handling the situation underscore the need to protect corporate reputations as well as customer data.

Monterrey, situated picturesquely at the foot of the Sierra Madre mountains in the heart of what’s now reputedly Mexico’s most dangerous state (Nuevo Leon), is paradoxically also known as the economic juggernaut of Mexico.

As I indicated in my last installment of “On the Track of OSAC” we’re shifting our focus this week from the challenges of the Middle East  to those intractable ones we now face in Mexico. 

Bloggers are suggesting that Apple and other providers of smartphones set up tech to track people in detail.

With all the talk about the dangers of social networking, there can be some pluses.

The Army Corps of Engineers Web site contained specific information in which low level explosives could create havoc.

An EU report said there appears to be a gap between procedures and actual behavior when a threat is recognized and especially when it is acted upon.

As Presidential campaigns heat up, law enforcement and private security expects even more threats often in the form of mailed white powder and phoned threats.