Cybersecurity incidents continue to increase The Sun Daily KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 20, 2011): Cybersecurity incidents reported to Cyber999 from January to August 2011 totalled 10700 compared with just 8090 for the whole of last year. CyberSecurityMalaysia Chief Executive Officer Datuk Husin Jazri said the number ... | ||
Cigital Aids Development of Cyber Security and Risk Mitigation Plan TMC Net By Anuradha Shukla Cigital has released the Guide to Developing a Cyber Security and Risk Mitigation Plan. Cigital, a provider of software security services has partnered with the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association (NRECA) to develop this ... | ||
New charity initiative seeks to improve security awareness ZDNet Asia By Ellyne Phneah , ZDNet Asia on September 20, 2011 (5 hours ago) Non-profit organization (ISC)2 sets up foundation with aim to provide cybersecurity user education, programs and research to consumers. A new charitable organization, (ISC)² Foundation, ... | ||
Former cybersecurity czar Clarke says smartphones, digital certificates create ... Network World By Ellen Messmer, Network World Former White House cybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke, author of the book "Cyber War," served 19 years in the Pentagon, intelligence community and State Department. At the firm he founded, Good Harbor Consulting, ... | ||
Online information needs better protection Baltimore Sun In May, the Obama administration submitted a comprehensive cybersecurity legislative proposal to Congress. Among other provisions, this package included a requirement that would standardize, simplify and harmonize the data breach notification ... | ||
Don't trust SSL certificates, says US cybersecurity adviser Techworld.com By Ellen Messmer | Network World US | Published: 14:51, 20 September 2011 Former White Housecybersecurity adviser Richard Clarke views hacktivist group Anonymous "more positively than most people", and insists that digital SSL certificates cannot be ... | ||
Security firms' plan targets cyberthreats UPI.com Both government and corporate funding into cybersecurity has increased globally as defense spending on conventional weapons has slowed. The defense and security industry sees cybersecurity as a major earner, making up for some of the lost business in ... | ||
Experts take part in cyber security forum The Citizen Daily An international forum on cyber security that kicked off on Saturday and drew over 1000 internet security experts to Budapest, Hungary's capital, ended on Sunday. The two-day event, first held in 2003, has become the largest gathering of its kind in ... | ||
Bringing Government and Private Sector Together for Cybersecurity IT Business Edge (blog) By date: I saw a press release headline last week that said the private sector is endangering national cybersecurity in the United Kingdom. a marked lack of uniformity and consistency in policy and practice, such that it would be very difficult to ... | ||
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Advanced Cyber Security Center Launch Conference Materials JD Supra (press release) In a world where people's lives are played out increasingly on line -- and their personal information is stored in far-flung electronic locations -- lawmakers in the United States have until recently largely focused their response on safeguarding the ... | ||
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Ernst & Young Gold Sponsor of 2011 MENA Information Security Conference Ammon News The conference, being held under the patronage of HE Minister of Information and Communication Technology Eng. Atef Al Tal, and entitled “The Future of Cyber Security”, brings together IT security experts to discuss the industry's most pressing issues. ... | ||
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Insensibility to ID leakage Korea Times The government should introduce measures to strengthen cyber security. Legislation is necessary to make it prohibitively expensive for entities to collect personal information from subscribers. Seoul needs to initiate talks with Pyongyang for an ... | ||
Regional Cooperation Contributes In Countering Terrorism Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 20 (Bernama) -- Regional cooperation has contributed immensely in countering the menace of terrorism including terrorism financing in cyber-security, aviation, maritime and transportation security as well as rehabilitation. ... | ||
Cyber Defence Summit kicks off in Abu Dhabi AME Info ... the event is hosting key regional stakeholders from four sectors of the economy - oil and gas, telecommunications, utilities and banks - to explore the importance and increased demand for cyber security services and solutions in the GCC. ... | ||
Richard Clarke: Patriot Act not our biggest privacy threat CBS News In an increasingly digital world, the real threat to citizens' privacy is data collection by corporations and not the Patriot Act, said former US cybersecurity and counterterrorism advisor Richard Clarke. Clarke, who ruffled Bush administration ... | ||
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County Taps TEM Firm to Slash Wireless Bills Mobile Enterprise The County of Riverside, Calif., is contracting with wireless mobility management and cybersecuritysolutions provider WidePoint Corporation, via its iSYS subsidiary, for wireless telecom bill auditing and costs reduction services under iSYS' ... | ||
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7 Lessons: Surviving A Zero-Day Attack InformationWeek When the intruders tried to recreate and elevate account privileges, this action triggered an alarm, alerting the lab's cybersecurity team. Within hours, the lab made the decision to disconnect its network in order to sever the hackers' communications ... | ||
Japan tells arms supplier to probe cyber attack Reuters Professor Yoshiyasu Takefuji, a cyber-security expert at Keio University, said this was the first example of defense-related cyber attack in Japan and had to be taken seriously. "This happened a month ago, and it's just in the last few days they ... | ||
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Michigan merges physical, digital security functions GCN.com Lohrmann will report to state CIO David Behen, who will be director of Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Protection, the article added. The merged operations should be final by Oct. 1, according to a state official, the story said. | ||
ESET's NOD32 Wins Information Security Magazine and SearchSecurity.com 2011 ... MarketWatch (press release) ESET NOD32 Antivirus consistently achieves the highest accolades in all types of comparative testing, and powers the virus and spyware detection in ESET Smart Security and ESETCybersecurity for Mac. Sold in more than 180 countries, ESET's global ... | ||
Raytheon Company (RTN) Given "Neutral" Rating by Zacks Investment Research ... LocalizedUSA Future growth will be driven by its focus on ISR unmanned systems, training, cyber security, Standard Missile-6, Patriot, Zumwalt and THAAD. This is, however, offset by apprehensions over future growth of the US defense budget, the fate of high-cost ... | ||
Bit9 Adds Former U.S. Cyber Security Czar to Board of Directors ... By Mike Lennon Bit9, a provider of application whitelisting security solutions, today announced that Richard Clarke, former Cybersecurity Czar for President George W. Bush, has joined the company's Board of Directors. SecurityWeek RSS Feed | ||
ASIS 2011 – Wealth of Info for Cybersecurity and Physical Security ... By Continuity_Compliance One of the major areas of concern for both many of our readers as well as probably the majority of those visitors to the ASIS 2011 Conference involves cyber security and cybercrime. At this year's ASIS 2011, security experts will explore the ... Continuity Compliance | ||
China and Information vs Cyber Security By bobgourley China and Information vs Cyber Security. via the Council on Foreign Relations. On Monday, China, along with Russia, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, asked UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to circulate their proposed International Code of ... CTOlabs | ||
Former US cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke says smartphones ... Veteran of US Govt IT security gives a state-of-the-security-world interview. Computerworld | ||
Chemical Facility Security News: HR 2219 – Senate Language ... By PJCoyle The cyber security provisions from the House Report on the bill that I discussed in an earlier blog will still apply to DOD, almost regardless of what happens on the Senate floor or in Conference. The various reports to Congress will still have to ... Chemical Facility Security News | ||
Department of Energy Releases New Roadmap to Guide Public ... “The Roadmap, in addition to the North American Electric Reliability Corporation's (NERC's) current efforts, proactively addresses evolving cybersecurity threats ... www.doe.gov/.../department-energy-releases-new-roadmap-gu... | ||
FBI — Cyber Security: Threats to the Financial Sector Cyber Security: Threats to the Financial Sector ..... in the Comprehensive National CybersecurityInitiative (CNCI), the interagency strategy to protect our digital ... www.fbi.gov/.../cyber-security-threats-to-the-financial-sector |