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Online security doesn't exist CNN By David Goldman @CNNMoneyTech August 5, 2011: 7:54 AM ET LAS VEGAS (CNNMoney) -- One of the big jokes at this year's Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas is that there is no such thing as cybersecurity. No system can be 100% secure. ...

CompTIA Breakaway 2011 Concludes with Tech Summit on Cybersecurity, Healthcare IT PR Newswire (press release) 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- CompTIA Breakaway 2011 concluded here yesterday with comprehensive discussions on cybersecurity and healthcare IT during the inaugural CompTIA Tech Summit. More than 1000 IT industry leaders attended Breakaway, ...

Can Darpa Fix the Cyber Security 'Problem From Hell?' Wired News Darpa's also getting more involved in software security, in addition to its hardware hacking efforts. On Thursday it announced a new “Cyber Fast Track” program to speed the development of smaller cyber security projects to under a year.

Cyber security: Behind the firewalls | Editorial The Guardian This week the cyber-security firm McAfee released details of what it called "Operation Shady RAT", a five-year attack on at least 72 governments and international organisations, including the US, India, Taiwan and the International Olympic Committee. ...

Raytheon Chosen by DARPA for Critical Cybersecurity Research Program on ... PR Newswire (press release) DARPA has stated it wants the technology developed by ADAMS researchers to bolster the capabilities of existing sensor suites currently employed by cybersecurity analysts and operators. "This project will provide unprecedented understanding of the ...

The Science of Cyber Security U.S. News & World Report “We no longer can afford to be reactive in our attitudes about cyber security,” says Shankar Sastry, dean of the college of engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. “Our current approach is bolt-on, rather than built-in patches, ...

US Cybercops Caught Flat-Footed by Massive Global Cyberattack Fox News In August of 2009, Melissa Hathaway, the interim White House cybersecurity czar, resigned for personal reasons. And Rod Beckstrom, the Department of Homeland Security's cyber-security chief, resigned in March of 2009. The agency has faced a dramatic ...

USACM Statement on the Department of Commerce Internet Policy Task Force's ... TMC Net "USACM welcomes the attention that the Department of Commerce and the Internet Policy Task Force have placed on cybersecurity, especially as part of a larger policy effort that includes online privacy. Too often, security and privacy are placed in ...

Hackers spread the word about cybersecurity problems Marketplace It's a convention of hackers and cybersecurity researchers who, it turns out, are trying to do good by being bad. Marketplace's Steve Henn is on an all-expenses paid trip to Vegas for the conference. Steve, having fun yet? Steve Henn: Yeah, I am having ...

Whiteford, Taylor going after cyber security clients with new group Baltimore Business Journal Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP, a 153-lawyer business law firm, has launched a new industry group to advise clients on the legal issues related to cyber security and the protection of online data. It's not alone in seeing a business niche in cyber law ...

On guard for cyberspace Ottawa Citizen By Paul Manson, Ottawa Citizen August 5, 2011 7:14 AM US Department of Homeland Security analysts work at the National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) located just outside Washington in Arlington, Virginia. ...

Cyber steering committee plans October Table Top exercise The Huntsville Times - al.com Robertson has been traveling, meeting with decision makers in the cyber security arena to raise awareness of Huntsville as a potential cyber security research center. "People in Washington recognize Huntsville as an aerospace and missile town, ...

Clarkson now offering cyber security program The Rome Observer And I just learned the Off Campus PhD program of Clarkson University is now offering a concentration on Cyber Security. The program will lead to a degree in computer science, engineering science, mathematics or electrical engineering, depending on the ...

NICE Workshop to engage Americans in cyberspace safety. ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release) August 5, 2011 - From Sept 20-22, 2011, NIST will host the National Initiative for CybersecurityEducation Workshop with theme of "Shaping the Future of Cybersecurity Education - Engaging Americans in Securing Cyberspace." Workshop will include 2½ days ...

Pentagon cyber program to fund hacker innovation Reuters By Tabassum Zakaria LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - A hacker-turned-defense official, decrying the government's slowness to change, rolled out a new program on Thursday that would enable the Pentagon to more quickly fund hackers to tackle its tough cybersecurity ...

Guest Post: Clash of Interpretations: Was the UN “attacked”? Council on Foreign Relations (blog) by Stewart M. Patrick After the release of a report this week revealing significant gaps incybersecurity among states, the private sector, and international institutions questions remain about what to do moving forward. My colleague, Ryan Kaminski, ...

Sony Wins 'Most Epic Fail' Hacker Award, LulzSec Loses To Stuxnet Forbes (blog) Organizers announced the accolade at Black Hat USA in Las Vegas, a gathering of cyber securityexperts and hackers, saying that Sony might have better repelled a raft of attacks this year “if they hadn't just recently laid off a significant number of ...

Cyber spies using employee ignorance to infiltrate government, firms: experts Vancouver Sun By Teresa Smith, Postmedia News August 4, 2011 Experts say one of the biggest flaws in cyber security is human error, spurred by a lack of basic computer security training for executives and high-ranking officials. Cyber spies trying to infiltrate ...

Android apps, Facebook links top list of cyber risks: Report ITWorld Canada Plus, McAfee Labs reveals a five-year analysis of Operation Shady RAT that targeted the Canadian government Cloud security vendor Trend Micro Inc. has released its 2011 Q2 report on the state of the cyber security threat landscape that shows an uptick ...

After cyber attack, Canada unveils network changes AFP OTTAWA — The Canadian government announced plans Thursday to consolidate email programs and network services to boost cyber security, after revelations of breaches in network security. Canada's federal government currently uses more than 100 different...

Venafi says key management is best attack protection Manufacturing Computer Solutions The recent McAfee story, which shows the shocking scale of cyber security vulnerabilities in western governmental organisations, rumbles on, with EKCM firm Venafi advising that enterprise key and certificate management is critical. ...

India, US to focus on security of telecom gear Times of India India is already a participant and during a recent Indo-US dialogue on cyber security, both parties discussed the advantages of India taking on a larger role," a senior official in the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) told ET. ...

Small news big difference Tehelka In reply to a question, he said a study of the web servers logs of the hacked websites were carried out by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) set up to fight and ward off the cyber security threats, including security on a regular ..

Sourcefire's Star, Stock Rising TheStreet.com Lesser-known Sourcefire(FIRE), which reported strong second-quarter results on Wednesday, is also riding the cybersecurity wave. The security hardware and software maker, which was recently added to TheStreet's Breakout Stocks Portfolio, ...

Experts: Mobile Devices a Growing Target for Criminals PCWorld Cybercriminals are starting to target smartphones, Hoog said at a cybersecurity summit in Washington, DC, hosted by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) Mobile devices combine personal information and corporate information, ...

Online banking frauds caused Rs 5.90 crore losses in 2009 Economic Times Under the 11th Five Year Plan (2007-12), cyber security plans has been allocated Rs 600 crore, of which about Rs 122 crore has been utilised. "In the year 2011-12, Rs 46 crore is proposed to be used towards cyber security," it said. ...

Reynolds hosting national cyber camp istockAnalyst.com (press release) That was the scope of the challenge state Secretary of Technology Jim Duffey described Tuesday for about 85 people attending a national cyber-security boot camp being held this week at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College. ...

Are You Reading This? That Is So Cool. New York Times Surprise, surprise: a dead-tree media company's cyber-security was no tougher to crack than Citibank's or the CIA's or any of the other institutions my brethren have hacked into in the past few months. You're probably wondering what I want. ...

Monitoring of Social Networking Websites Press Information Bureau (press release) ... in Rajya Sabha that Department of Telecommunication has received a letter from Ministry of Home Affairs to ensure effective monitoring of social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter in order to strengthen cyber security paraphernalia. ...

Your face on Facebook is key to personal info CNN Acquisti demonstrated the technology at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas on Thursday. "Your face is a conduit between the online and offline world," said Acquisti. "Soon, anyone may run face recognition anywhere. ...

Office equipment open to hacker attacks USA Today "I'd be surprised if attackers weren't already taking advantage," says Sutton, who released the findings Thursday at the Black Hat cybersecurity conference here. "They'd be foolish not to. It's just too easy." Web server software today gets built into...

An In-depth Analysis of Lieberman's Cybersecurity Bill 2011 ... By short little rebel An In-depth Analysis of Lieberman's Cybersecurity Bill 2011: Giving Birth to Big Brother. After reading the revamped Cyber Security Bill 2011 sponsored by Joe Lieberman (co-sponsored by Senators Rockefeller*, Snowe, Collins, ...

Global CyberLympics to be Held in September – Endorsed by U.N.'s ... By Ethical Hacker Com) - The U.N.'s cybersecurity executing arm has officially endorsed the EC-Council's upcoming Global CyberLympics. This new Olympic style ethical hacking championship will be held this September across six continents with the aim of ... LIVE HACKING

Career Advice? One Word. Are You Listening? … Cybersecurity ... By cybermaryland Cybersecurity. CSO Online By Security Jones August 3, 2011. Advice on what a young person should choose for a future is as old as civilization. In the United States the classic satirical take on such advice was in the 1967 movie “The ... CyberMaryland

Raytheon Chosen by DARPA for Critical Cybersecurity Research ... Raytheon Chosen by DARPA for Critical Cybersecurity Research Program on Insider Threats. ITbriefing.net

The US Department of Transportation is serious about cybersecurity By nospam@example.org (Adriene Hill) On Wednesday, the Department of Transportation officially asked the security community for “informed views on the perceived needs, prevailing practices, and lessons learned concerning thecybersecurity and safety of safety-critical ... Tech Report

Senate Bill Shines a Light on Global Cybercrime | BSA TechPost By Katherine McGuire Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) this week made an important contribution to the unfolding cybersecurity debate in Congress when. BSA TechPost

DARPA Taps Raytheon for Cybersecurity Research Program; Steve ... By Molly Mulrain Raytheon announced today it has been selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support its Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales program, a cybersecurity initiative that will use algorithms to better detect anomalous ... The New New Internet

NCS 8/4/11 08/04 by nationalcybersecurity | Blog Talk Radio By nationalcybersecurity They changed a recipe on the website. Also, tune in for the job of the day! Play in your default player Download this episode Open in new window · Tweet; email; Embed this episode. Tags: hacker,:cyber security,: cyber crime, ... Daily Cyber Security News

UMUC – Hiring | CyberMaryland – IT Security & Innovation By AWinters University of Maryland University College (UMUC) has multiple positions open for a Collegiate Faculty for its Cybersecurity program. The new Collegiate Faculty will join one of the largest online institutions in the world, ... CyberMaryland - IT Security & Innovation

Cyber Wars begin: is the Power Grid next? | MuniWireless By Esme Vos Stacy Bresler at National Electric Sector Cybersecurity Organization: “Reporting cyber incidents or potential incidents is an issue. Being a former cyber security manager at a large asset owner, I understand the lack of willingness to ... MuniWireless

The Science of Cyber Security - US News and World Report “We no longer can afford to be reactive in our attitudes about cyber security,” says Shankar Sastry, dean of the college of engineering at the University of ... www.usnews.com/.../08/.../the-science-of-cyber-security?...

Head of US cyber security team quits after series of attacks on ... US cyber security chief Randy Vickers has resigned after a string of cyber attacks on the websites of various US government agencies... www.computerweekly.com/.../Head-of-US-cyber-security-tea...

Layer 8: US wants to build cybersecurity protection plan for cars US DOT puts out call for technical information on how to protect online auto systems fromcybersecurity threats. www.networkworld.com/.../us-wants-build-cybersecurity-prot...