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  • New tactics employed to steal PINs

    The conflict between efforts to protect personal information and development of new techniques to steal it continues to escalate.In a recently reported case, criminals used a different approach to "skimming" to record details from the magnetic strips of payment cards and capture individual personal

  • Outdated records can hinder promotion

    Are your records up to date? Your career advancement could depend on them.According to Gary Schafer, military personnel section chief at Keesler, more than 1,700 electronic source documents were found to be missing during the centralized data verification process conducted at the Air Force Personnel

  • Keesler NCO deployed for 'monumental task'

    The 332nd Expeditionary Communications Squadron has undertaken the immense task of removing more than 12,000 pieces of automated data processing equipment from Joint Base Balad in preparation for the base's transition later this year.Nine airmen from various communications-related Air Force

  • DBIDS registration extended

    Registration for the Defense Biometric Identification has been extended to July 31.Anyone who hasn't been registered is being directed to the visitor center when entering the base.

  • New leader for security forces

    Maj. James Clark relinquishes command of the 81st Security Forces Squadron to Maj. Matthew Pignataro, 9 a.m.Tuesday at the Bay Breeze Event Center.Clark has commanded the 81st SFS since July 2009 and leaves Keesler to pursue his master's degree in homeland defense from the Naval Postgraduate School

  • Work at gates impacts traffic flow

    White Avenue Gate -- July 22, two lanes at a time are blocked while asphalt is being poured. Another construction project that's expected to run through August may require lane closures for short periods while certain work is in progress.White Avenue, Meadows Drive and Pass Road Gates -- from 7 a.m.