Following last week’s admission that the hacker attack on Google was through an Internet Explorer vulnerability (in IE6, IE7, and IE8), tomorrow Microsoft will issue an out-of-band update for systems. This is after the governments of both Germany and France told citizens to stop using the Internet Explorer web browser.
Mashable has an article on why must end use of Internet Explorer 6, a common vector for attacks.
Do you think it is time to stop using Internet Explorer in government?
The State of North Carolina has issued a new policy on government social media policy, focusing on:
New post: North Carolina Social Media Policy http://bit.ly/82NSSo
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Governing magazine released a good set of article on social media in government yesterday. I’ll be posting links to all of them, but here is the first. Is Social Media a Friend or Foe of Government? This article had a good quote as well:
Nobody has control over what their Facebook friends do — that’s the fun and the flaw of Web 2.0 for governments. Then again, when citizens go to the microphone at a council meeting, nobody has control over them, either.
New post: Social Media Friend or Foe of Government? http://bit.ly/4IArbS
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Gartner analyst Andrea DiMaio: When Security Concerns Are An Elegant Excuse Not To Tackle Government 2.0. I have to agree completely, and don’t miss this great quote:
… the crux of the matter is (1) to empower employees to access external social networks (2) in order to find useful avenues to deliver value to both their constituencies and their agencies.
New post: On Security Worries with Gov 2.0 http://bit.ly/5OstQU
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PublicCEO on managing your public and private lives on Facebook (and other social networks).
followyourgov 1:19 pm on January 20, 2010 Permalink
New post: Update to Internet Explorer Tomorrow http://bit.ly/5VBjDU
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