Sentences with phrase «of operational security»

Professional Experience Air Force Office of Special Investigation (AFOSI) 6/2001 — Present Special Agent, Counterintelligence / Criminal Investigator 12th Field Investigations Squadron — Buckley AFB, CO (8/2004 — Present) • Support national security objectives by organizing and conducting sensitive counterintelligence (CI) operations and investigations, achieving USAF, DOD, and US intelligence community strategic objectives across 21 bases in 20 states • Manage sensitive cover documents for nine agents with zero deficiencies found during an annual audit, ensuring highest level of operational security and directly facilitating the engagement of FIS targets through enhanced trade craft • Conduct background investigations of potential AFOSI applicants to grow department by 15 personnel • Improve AFOSI operations while deployed by mentoring and training agents and providing effective liaison with other federal agencies and Component Command (COCOM) CI representatives • Provide threat awareness briefings to all traveling personnel, safeguarding all research / technology contracts in area • Recruit and utilize operational assets to counter multiple FIS threats to the US Strategic Command and national security • Oversee detachment evidence program by implementing 100 % accountability for all items corresponding to investigations impacting the DOD, earning an «excellent» rating during a spot unit compliance inspection

Prepared and provided security training for personnel in areas of Operational Security and Antiterrorism

Indeed, it has passed virtually unnoticed outside the region — in part because of operational security and force protection considerations in Afghanistan and in part because of agreements between Washington and host governments not to discuss the bases in public.

«They have such great in - depth understanding of operational security measures, evading detection and the mitigation techniques used,» she said about the coders» expertise.

Not exact matches

We may never really know: For only the second time since the beginning of the reconstruction effort in 2002, US Forces - Afghanistan has classified and restricted once - public information regarding the state of Afghan security forces, including «casualties, personnel strength, attrition, capability assessments, and operational readiness of equipment» — all key measures of the country's security woes.

«The cloud, ultimately, offers more operational security than the distributed systems we've had in the past,» says Mark Testoni, president of SAP National Security Ssecurity than the distributed systems we've had in the past,» says Mark Testoni, president of SAP National Security SSecurity Services.

«The aim is to enhance the operational aspect of securities lending,» Liang said.

Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: our ability to achieve our financial, strategic and operational plans or initiatives; our ability to predict and manage medical costs and price effectively and develop and maintain good relationships with physicians, hospitals and other health care providers; the impact of modifications to our operations and processes; our ability to identify potential strategic acquisitions or transactions and realize the expected benefits of such transactions, including with respect to the Merger; the substantial level of government regulation over our business and the potential effects of new laws or regulations or changes in existing laws or regulations; the outcome of litigation, regulatory audits, investigations, actions and / or guaranty fund assessments; uncertainties surrounding participation in government - sponsored programs such as Medicare; the effectiveness and security of our information technology and other business systems; unfavorable industry, economic or political conditions, including foreign currency movements; acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters or pandemics; our ability to obtain shareholder or regulatory approvals required for the Merger or the requirement to accept conditions that could reduce the anticipated benefits of the Merger as a condition to obtaining regulatory approvals; a longer time than anticipated to consummate the proposed Merger; problems regarding the successful integration of the businesses of Express Scripts and Cigna; unexpected costs regarding the proposed Merger; diversion of management's attention from ongoing business operations and opportunities during the pendency of the Merger; potential litigation associated with the proposed Merger; the ability to retain key personnel; the availability of financing, including relating to the proposed Merger; effects on the businesses as a result of uncertainty surrounding the proposed Merger; as well as more specific risks and uncertainties discussed in our most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.cigna.com as well as on Express Scripts» most recent report on Form 10 - K and subsequent reports on Forms 10 - Q and 8 - K available on the Investor Relations section of www.express-scripts.com.

One of its most crucial design considerations and operational necessities is the need to address cyber security.

For even simple fixes, all of it had to go through him first, which would make lag time on security / operational projects grow exponentially.

Infinit Healthcare's international ISO certified processes combined with quality and security certifications and up - to - date technologies will ease your company the worries of unfinished and costly IT operational procedures.

Disadvantages: depends on local liquidity i.e. cash - in locations where the buyer is located; transaction size can be limited due to security, liquidity, or regulatory issues; fees charged can be higher to offset the operational costs of dealing in cash.

Issued Jan. 25, Presidential Executive Order: Border Security and Immigration Enforcement Improvements, states that «the [Department of Homeland Security] Secretary shall take steps to immediately plan, design and construct a physical wall along the southern border, using appropriate materials and technology to most effectively achieve complete operational control of the southern border.»

According to Nasdaq, key benefits of the venture include a seamless, end - to - end transactional process for private - company securities; direct access to global payments from Nasdaq's Linq platform using CitiConnect ® for Blockchain and Citi's cross-border, multicurrency payments service; and increased operational efficiency and ease of reconciliation with real - time visibility of payment - transaction activity on the blockchain ledger.

Some of these currencies aim to improve upon Bitcoin's technical or operational difficulties, such as transaction speed and security.

Our business continuity plan addresses: data back up and recovery; all mission critical systems; financial and operational assessments; alternative communications with customers, employees, and regulators; alternate physical location of employees; critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party impact; regulatory reporting; and assuring our customers prompt access to their funds and securities if we are unable to continue our business.

The Firm's business continuity plan addresses the following elements: all mission critical systems; financial and operational assessments; alternative communications with clients, employees, and regulators; alternate physical location of employees; critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party impact; regulatory reporting; and assuring that clients have prompt access to their funds and securities if the Firm is unable to continue a securities business.

Operational risk: the risk of loss resulting from inadequate or failed processes, people or systems, inaccuracy and improper disclosure of data (including legal and information security risk).

In particular, our Plan addresses: data back - up and recovery; all mission critical systems; financial and operational assessments; alternative communications with customers, employees, and regulators; alternate physical location of employees; critical supplier, contractor, bank and counter-party impact; regulatory reporting; and assuring our customers prompt access to their funds and securities if we are unable to continue our business.

Despite the volume of threats rising, the report's findings indicate that more mature Security Operational Centers (SOCs) are becoming more efficient in detection with greater ability to recover from breaches than ever before.

Any effort to expand, update or alter the Security System is likely to be complex, and unanticipated delays in the completion of these projects may lead to project costs, operational inefficiencies or vulnerabilities to security bSecurity System is likely to be complex, and unanticipated delays in the completion of these projects may lead to project costs, operational inefficiencies or vulnerabilities to security bsecurity breaches.

But Ghana is on the brink of energy security because, one, the turn field will soon become operational.

He said: «In terms of security and defense, we will rely on your budgetary support to enable us to continue to improve the professional and operational development of the Armed Forces of Liberia, and other security agencies, in order to better prepare them to participate in the fight against global terrorism.

There were staggering gaps in procedural and operational security, and the architecture of the system leaves it open to cyberattacks from foreign powers, such as Russia.

Buratai said the establishment of the new divisions was part of a strategic plan to improve on the Nigerian Army's operational capabilities in the face of emerging threats to national security.

Buratai made this call during the opening of the Chief of Army Staff Annual Conference in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital themed, «Appraising Nigeria's army operational efficiency in contending contemporary national security challenges».

Among the important factors that could cause Rio Tinto's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those in the forward - looking statements include, among others, levels of actual production during any period, levels of demand and market prices, the ability to produce and transport products profitably, the impact of foreign currency exchange rates on market prices and operating costs, operational problems, political uncertainty and economic conditions in relevant areas of the world, the actions of competitors, activities by governmental authorities such as changes in taxation or regulation and such other risk factors identified in Rio Tinto's most recent Annual Report on Form 20 - F filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the «SEC») or Form 6 - Ks furnished to the SEC.

Considering their technical or operational challenges, I first thought that comment was fair until I read on the 14th of same month that» IGP creates special directorate for embassies» and missions» security» and I was like wow.

Speaking on behalf of the President, the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Munguno (rtd) gave the reassurance during his visit to operational areas in the North - Eastern part of the country in the company of the Service Chiefs and Inspector General of Police.

Buratai explained that the establishment of the new divisions was part of a strategic plan to improve on the Nigerian Army's operational capabilities in the face of emerging threats to national security adding that establishment of the additional formations would bring the number of divisions in the Nigerian Army to eight.

«The state government sees cultism as a serious security issue requiring urgent attention and has accordingly amended the State Cultism Law to prescribe stiffer penalties for convicts and those who aid and abet them, besides providing operational support to all security agencies in the state in their fight against all forms of criminalities, including cultism.»

The Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim K. Idris, on the 2nd of May, 2018 paid an operational visit to Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State to assess the security situation as a result of recent killings of innocent people in the area.

The MTA expects the electronic security program to be fully operational at three of its four operating agencies by June 2012.

The 21 - member team worked within the laboratory's international security directorate, and was praised for its success «on a series of technical problems of enormous complexity, resulting in an extremely powerful operational capability that can be used to gather intelligence from unique sources not exploitable by other means».

When information security is placed under the authority of CIO, operational concerns are prioritized and security concerns are disregarded, downplayed, or deferred.

CIO - CISO hierarchy and the subordination of security to operational concerns revealed a flaw in structure that contributed to the vulnerability of HHS to cyber-attacks.

Also, the District of Columbia is alleged to have provided traditional public schools with supplemental funding, support for operational expenses, and in - kind services, such as security from city police, that it has not granted to charters.

Re the 12 - week window, several factors are that item - tryout studies are not strongly sensitive to time - of - instructional year like operational programs where you want all students taking the test within a relatively small window for comparisons across students or groups of students, nor are you generally concerned about test security since it is a low stakes research data collection.

This is especially true today of Catholic school searches, since many of these institutions are undergoing enormously threatening (and promising) transitions — from religious to lay leadership, from mission - inspired to vision - driven strategies, from operational to entrepreneurial leadership, from a culture of entitlement and security to a culture of competitiveness and risk.

The pilot program will evaluate a variety of operational concepts, including night operations, flights over people, flights beyond the pilot's line of sight, package delivery, detect - and - avoid technologies, counter-UAS security operations, and the reliability and security of data links between pilot and aircraft.

As one of the world's most reliable, scalable, and cost - efficient web infrastructures, AWS has changed the way businesses think about technology infrastructure — there are no up - front expenses or long - term commitments, capital expense is turned into variable operating expense, resources can be added or shed as quickly as needed, and engineering resources are freed up from the undifferentiated heavy lifting of running onsite infrastructure - all without sacrificing operational performance, reliability, or security.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses, the risk that the transactions with Microsoft and Pearson do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion contemplated by the relationship with Microsoft, including that it is not successful or is delayed, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Microsoft and Pearson commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the effect of the proposed separation of NOOK Media, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, possible disruptions in Barnes & Noble's computer systems, telephone systems or supply chain, possible risks associated with data privacy, information security and intellectual property, possible work stoppages or increases in labor costs, possible increases in shipping rates or interruptions in shipping service, effects of competition, possible risks that inventory in channels of distribution may be larger than able to be sold, possible risks associated with changes in the strategic direction of the device business, including possible reduction in sales of content, accessories and other merchandise and other adverse financial impacts, possible risk that component parts will be rendered obsolete or otherwise not be able to be effectively utilized in devices to be sold, possible risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, possible risk that returns from consumers or channels of distribution may be greater than estimated, the risk that digital sales growth is less than expectations and the risk that it does not exceed the rate of investment spend, higher - than - anticipated store closing or relocation costs, higher interest rates, the performance of Barnes & Noble's online, digital and other initiatives, the success of Barnes & Noble's strategic investments, unanticipated increases in merchandise, component or occupancy costs, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, product and component shortages, risks associated with the commercial agreement with Samsung, the potential adverse impact on the Company's businesses resulting from the Company's prior reviews of strategic alternatives and the potential separation of the Company's businesses (including with respect to the timing of the completion thereof), the risk that the transactions with Pearson and Samsung do not achieve the expected benefits for the parties or impose costs on the Company in excess of what the Company anticipates, including the risk that NOOK Media's applications are not commercially successful or that the expected distribution of those applications is not achieved, risks associated with the international expansion previously undertaken, including any risks associated with a reduction of international operations following termination of the Microsoft commercial agreement, the risk that NOOK Media is not able to perform its obligations under the Pearson and Samsung commercial agreements and the consequences thereof, the risks associated with the termination of Microsoft commercial agreement, including potential customer losses, risks associated with the restatement contained in, the delayed filing of, and the material weakness in internal controls described in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 27, 2013, risks associated with the SEC investigation disclosed in the quarterly report on Form 10 - Q for the fiscal quarter ended October 26, 2013, risks associated with the ongoing efforts to rationalize the NOOK business and the expected costs and benefits of such efforts and associated risks and other factors which may be outside of Barnes & Noble's control, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended May 3, 2014, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Such statements reflect the current views of Barnes & Noble with respect to future events, the outcome of which is subject to certain risks, including, among others, the general economic environment and consumer spending patterns, decreased consumer demand for Barnes & Noble's products, low growth or declining sales and net income due to various factors, including store closings, higher - than - anticipated or increasing costs, including with respect to store closings, relocation, occupancy (including in connection with lease renewals) and labor costs, the effects of competition, the risk of insufficient access to financing to implement future business initiatives, risks associated with data privacy and information security, risks associated with Barnes & Noble's supply chain, including possible delays and disruptions and increases in shipping rates, various risks associated with the digital business, including the possible loss of customers, declines in digital content sales, risks and costs associated with ongoing efforts to rationalize the digital business and the digital business not being able to perform its obligations under the Samsung commercial agreement and the consequences thereof, the risk that financial and operational forecasts and projections are not achieved, the performance of Barnes & Noble's initiatives including but not limited to its new store concept and e-commerce initiatives, unanticipated adverse litigation results or effects, potential infringement of Barnes & Noble's intellectual property by third parties or by Barnes & Noble of the intellectual property of third parties, and other factors, including those factors discussed in detail in Item 1A, «Risk Factors,» in Barnes & Noble's Annual Report on Form 10 - K for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2016, and in Barnes & Noble's other filings made hereafter from time to time with the SEC.

Assuming some visionary philosopher King rode in with a mandate to hedge all risk, with total operational control and the budget to see it through, they would have had the ability to go out and buy a fair amount of coverage in the ABX indices for FP (and maybe structure some custom swap with a large bank) and begin an immediate «run - off» at the Securities Lending portfolio.

Real equity returns fluctuate with operational performance of the underlying business, and the market pricing for these securities reflects this fact.

Primary similarities include 1) the security business throws off a steady cash stream from «subscribers», therefore allowing the use of significant debt leverage, 2) acquisition costs are capitalized and shield cash income from taxes, and 3) operational success depends heavily on efficient «subscribers» acquisition (marketing) and retention or churn management (service).

I've also assumed that most of the cold - stacked rigs can be made operational with little expense, as Randy Stiller indicated in the presentation to the Macquarie Securities Small and Mid-Cap Conference.

All statements relating to operational results are hereby qualified in their entirety by the company's filings, including its financial statement filings, under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

The Audit, Compliance and Valuation Committee meets with the funds» Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Financial Officer and receives regular reports regarding compliance risks, operational risks and risks related to the valuation and liquidity of portfolio securities.