Security: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security releases findings from Operation Cyber Storm. The report is based on the simulation of a cyber attack against the government and critical infrastructure. Not surprisingly, our government didn’t fare so well. “The government needs to find a central body to coordinate response,” writes Paul Roberts in this TechWatch post. “Right now, it looks like they’ve got two in name: National Cyber Response Coordination Group and the Intragency Incident Management Group. The reality on the ground may be different still.” The news beat: Lawmakers and representatives of cybersecurity trade groups, meanwhile, are questioning the DHS about why, after creating the assistant secretary for cybersecurity position more than a year ago, it has failed to find someone to take the job. Microsoft issues Office 2007 beta 2 Technical Refresh, as the suite nears the end of its testing process. And Google enriches its earth mapping service. Best of the blogs: Speaking of Google Maps, Jon Udell takes the 30,000-foot view, quite literally, and comes up with a notion that is rather far-out. I’d be remiss not to take the whole chunk of his introduction verbatim: For years I’ve entertained a fantasy about air travel that I’m sure many of you share. You’re staring out the cabin window, watching the landscape scroll tailward, and some feature catches your eye: a building, a highway, a lake, a ridge. You touch the window and a heads-up display fades into view. It’s kind of like Google Earth, but live and in realtime. You summon and dismiss layers of annotation, and you bookmark locations for later study. Security