Editing Computer security (section)

===Government===
Government and [[military]] computer systems are commonly attacked by activists<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4320901/Gary-McKinnon-profile-Autistic-hacker-who-started-writing-computer-programs-at-14.html |location=London |work=The Daily Telegraph |title=Gary McKinnon profile: Autistic 'hacker' who started writing computer programs at 14 |date=23 January 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602065423/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/4320901/Gary-McKinnon-profile-Autistic-hacker-who-started-writing-computer-programs-at-14.html |archive-date=2 June 2010  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19506090 |title=Gary McKinnon extradition ruling due by 16 October |work=BBC News |date=6 September 2012 |access-date=25 September 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120906185731/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19506090 |archive-date=6 September 2012  }}</ref><ref>{{cite court |url=https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldjudgmt/jd080730/mckinn-1.htm |litigants=Mckinnon V Government of The United States of America and Another |court=House of Lords |date=16 June 2008 |quote=15. ... alleged to total over $700,000 |access-date=30 January 2010  }}</ref> and foreign powers.<ref>{{cite news | title=Fresh Leak on US Spying: NSA Accessed Mexican President's Email | website=SPIEGEL ONLINE | date=2013-10-20 | url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-hacked-email-account-of-mexican-president-a-928817.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106193613/http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/nsa-hacked-email-account-of-mexican-president-a-928817.html | archive-date=2015-11-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/04/412086068/massive-data-breach-puts-4-million-federal-employees-records-at-risk |title=Massive Data Breach Puts 4 Million Federal Employees' Records at Risk |work=NPR |date=4 June 2015 |access-date=5 June 2015 |author=Sanders, Sam |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150605041629/http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/06/04/412086068/massive-data-breach-puts-4-million-federal-employees-records-at-risk |archive-date=5 June 2015  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/04/politics/federal-agency-hacked-personnel-management/ |title=U.S. government hacked; feds think China is the culprit |work=CNN |date=4 June 2015 |access-date=5 June 2015 |author=Liptak, Kevin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150606063139/http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/04/politics/federal-agency-hacked-personnel-management/ |archive-date=6 June 2015  }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Encryption "would not have helped" at OPM, says DHS official |first=Sean |last=Gallagher |url=https://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/encryption-would-not-have-helped-at-opm-says-dhs-official/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624014751/https://arstechnica.com/security/2015/06/encryption-would-not-have-helped-at-opm-says-dhs-official/ |archive-date=24 June 2017  }}</ref> Local and regional government infrastructure such as [[traffic light]] controls, police and intelligence agency communications, [[Office of Personnel Management data breach|personnel records]], as well as student records.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/10/21/lessons-learned-from-security-breaches.html|title=Schools Learn Lessons From Security Breaches|date=19 October 2015|journal=Education Week|access-date=23 May 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610130749/http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/10/21/lessons-learned-from-security-breaches.html|archive-date=10 June 2016|last1=Davis|first1=Michelle R.}}</ref>

The [[FBI]], [[CIA]], and [[The Pentagon|Pentagon]], all utilize secure controlled access technology for any of their buildings. However, the use of this form of technology is spreading into the entrepreneurial world. More and more companies are taking advantage of the development of digitally secure controlled access technology. GE's ACUVision, for example, offers a single panel platform for access control, alarm monitoring and digital recording.<ref>{{cite web |title=GE's Introduces ACUVision as a Single Panel Solution |url=https://www.securityinfowatch.com/access-identity/access-control/press-release/10577631/ge-infrastructure-security-ges-introduces-acuvision-as-a-single-panel-solution |website=www.securityinfowatch.com |date=11 August 2005 |publisher=Security Info Watch |access-date=24 September 2019}}</ref>