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Regional Tibetan Association of Massachusetts holds rally in support of Dali Lama

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NORTHAMPTON, Mass. (WWLP) — The Regional Tibetan Association of Massachusetts organized a solidarity event in front of the Northampton City Hall on Saturday to show support for the Dalai Lama.

Tibetan community members gathered to express support for the spiritual leader after video surfaced of the The Dalai Lama asking a boy to “kiss him on the lips and stuck out his tongue.”

RTAM members say this was a misrepresentation of the phrase ‘che le sa,’ which translates to “eat my tongue.” It is used as a common figure of speech meant to teach children “there is no end to want.”

Supporters say this video clip was manipulated by individuals with political interests and powered by the cyber warfare of the Chinese government.

“It’s a crazy, crazy campaign orchestrated by the CCP in Beijing, by the agents on the digital space. And the Tibetan’s are coming together to not just protest that, but to protect the Dalai Lama,” expressed Tenzin Dhardon Sharling, at PHD Candidate at UMass.

The footage triggered a backlash online with social media users condemning his behavior as “inappropriate and disturbing.” A statement posted on the Dalai Lama’s official website says the 87-year-old leader regrets the incident.

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Industry launches hacking policy council, legal defense fund to support security research and disclosures

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Google and other companies will develop and stand up a pair of new initiatives that will provide policy guidance to governments and legal protection to security researchers engaged in “good faith” vulnerability research and disclosure, while the tech giant also said it would formalize an internal policy to be publicly transparent when bugs in Google products are exploited in the wild.

The moves include the establishment of an industry-led Hacking Policy Council, which would be designed to bring “like minded organizations and leaders who will engage in focused advocacy new policies and regulations support best practices for vulnerability management and disclosure and do not undermine our user’s security,” as well as a planned nonprofit that would fund legal costs for security researchers who are sued or prosecuted while conducting vulnerability research and disclosure, according to a blog published alongside the announcements Wednesday.

The council will include representatives from bug bounty firms HackerOne, BugCrowd, Intigriti and Luta Security, as well as Venable, a law firm that specializes in cybersecurity law and policy matters, and Intel.

“I think it’s very much a coalition of the willing,” said Charley Snyder, head of security policy at Google, when asked how the council chose its initial membership. “There was no real criteria [for membership]…this is a fairly specialized area of policy, and these companies are ones that are really invested in getting it right.”

Snyder and Tim Willis, head of Google’s Project Zero, which conducts research on zero-day vulnerabilities, mentioned a trio of information security standards from the International Organization for Standardization (ISOs 27001, 27002 and 30179) as examples of the kind of standards and best practices that will guide the council’s recommendations.

The formation of the council comes at a time when the United States and other nations are showing an increased willingness to regulate the cybersecurity choices of businesses and other entities to prevent cyberattacks from significantly disrupting or spreading through a particular sector, critical infrastructure and other essential services.

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FACT SHEET: President Biden Signs Executive Order to Strengthen Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Across the Federal Government

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On his first day in office, President Biden signed Executive Order 13985, Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. That Order emphasized the enormous human costs of systemic racism and persistent poverty, and provided a powerful and unprecedented mandate for all federal agencies to launch a whole-of-government approach to equity. Over the past two years, agencies have taken historic steps toward ensuring that federal programs are serving the American people in an equitable and just manner and supporting communities that have been locked out of opportunity. Through the implementation of landmark legislation and historic executive action, the Biden-Harris Administration is working to make real the promise of America for everyone—including rural communities, communities of color, Tribal communities, LGBTQI+ individuals, people with disabilities, women and girls, and communities impacted by persistent poverty.

Despite the meaningful progress that the Biden-Harris Administration has made, the reality is that underserved communities—many of whom have endured generations of discrimination and disinvestment—still confront unacceptable barriers to equal opportunity and the American Dream.  It is imperative that we reject the narrow, cramped view of American opportunity as a zero-sum game. When any segment of society is denied the full promise of America, our entire Nation is held back. But when we lift each other up, we are all lifted up. As the President has said: “Advancing equity is not a one-year project. It’s a generational commitment.”  

To strengthen the federal government’s ability to address the barriers that underserved communities continue to face, today, President Biden signed a new Executive Order, Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government. This second Order reaffirms the Administration’s commitment to deliver equity and build an America in which all can participate, prosper, and reach their full potential.

The Executive Order:

  • Launches a new annual process to strengthen racial equity and support for underserved communities….

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Phoenix ICT Solutions to partner with Australian Missile Corporation to support GWEO

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Phoenix ICT Solutions is pleased to announce that it has signed a Letter of Intent with The Australian Missile Corporation (AMC). The AMC was invited to become an Enterprise Partner of the Guided Weapons and Explosive Ordnance (GWEO) enterprise in April 2022 and has since been engaged by the Commonwealth of Australia to assess national industrial capability and readiness to support GWEO outcomes.

Phoenix ICT Solutions has identified several opportunities to cooperate with the AMC including Cyber Security Assurance, Electronic Warfare, C4ISR, Systems Engineering, Test and Evaluation activities. 

Phoenix ICT Solutions CEO, Vijay Selvarathinam, said, “We are thrilled to work with AMC and its network of partners to assist in the delivery of this iconic Australian Defence Program.”

Phoenix ICT Solutions is an Australian SME headquartered in Canberra and has recently expanded its portfolio to include information technology, intelligence, systems engineering, and other in-demand capabilities centred in the Defence and National Security space. This expansion also increases Phoenix ICT Solutions service offering to Defence from strategic business advice, architecture and design to data science and systems engineering and integration, and grows its cadre of clients to now include the Capability Acquisition and Sustainment Group, Head Quarters Joint Operations Command, Chief Information Officer Group, Army Head Quarters, DIO, Australian Cyber Security Centre and Space Command.

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