Feds' Top Worries: Complex Attacks, Inside Threats

Federal IT Top Worries: Complex Attacks, Inside Threats InformationWeek The increased sophistication of cyber attacks and insider threats top the list of cyber securityconcerns, according to a new study. Federal IT teams also continue to struggle with budget cuts and long waits for supervisor approval in their attempts to ...

Cyber Security Expert Dr. Eric Cole Joins InZero Systems PR Web (press release) InZero Systems Inc., innovators in cyber security technology, announced that industry expert, Dr. Eric Cole, will be working with the company as the chief technology officer (CTO). InZero Systems Inc., innovators in cyber security technology, ...

S'pore to set up National Cyber Security Centre Channel News Asia By Saifulbahri Ismail | Posted: 21 September 2011 2105 hrs SINGAPORE: Singapore will set up a new National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) to boost its capability to counter cyber securitythreats. Deputy Prime Minister Teo Chee Hean made the announcement ...

Cybersecurity incidents continue to increase The Borneo Post KUALA LUMPUR: Cybersecurity incidents reported to Cyber999 from Jan to Aug 2011 totalled 10700 compared with just 8090 for the whole of last year. CyberSecurity Malaysia chief executive officer Datuk Husin Jazri said the number was expected to increase ...

NSA: Growing cybersecurity threats demand defenders think like attackers SearchSecurity.com ORLANDO – Historically, the National Security Agency may be known for its low profile, but a top official from the NSA's Central Security Service Threat Operations Center sounded a loud and clear warning that the size and growth of the cybersecurity ...

New Cyber Security Center launches to help halt hackers Mass High Tech By Rodney H. Brown State officials and founding members today officially launched the new Advanced Cyber Security Center at an event held at its home at MITRE Corp. in Bedford. Touted as a first of its kind collaborative effort that brings together ...

Dutch Team Emerge as European Champions for the Global CyperLympics Hacker ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) The International Council of E-Commerce Consultants (EC-Council) is a member-based organization that certifies individuals in cyber security and e-commerce. It is the owner and developer of 20 security certifications, including Certified Ethical Hacker ...

Rhode Island launches second student cybersecurity competition CivSource Rhode Island is hoping to get students interested in cybersecurity with a new contest. Congressman James Langevin of Rhode Island is launching the second round of the Rhode Island Cyber Foundation Competition which lets students compete to show off ...

India to Set up Chair on Cyber Security in Tallinn University IndiaEduNews.net India will establish a Chair on Cyber Security in Tallinn University and a Chair on Indian languages, literature and history in one of the universities in Estonia. India to Set up Chair on Cyber Security in Tallinn University.

Cyber security minister visits Malvern Malvern Gazette Mrs Baldwin said: “I was pleased to be able to bring together many of our leading cyber securitybusinesses in one room to network and share ideas.There is a silicon valley. I'd like to think we now have our own Cyber Valley which employs many of the ...

Report: US Urges Japan to Prioritize Security After Contractor Hack PC Magazine By Sara Yin The US has urged Japan to make cyber security a priority, following a massive breach into Japan's largest defense contractor. "Cyber security must be a public-sector priority," Karen Kelley, a spokeswoman for the US embassy spokeswoman in ...

Governor O'Malley Remarks At National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education Citybizlist (press release) And we remain very hopeful, that with the leadership of America's Cyber Senator, Barbara A. Mikulski, we'll be able to put the National Cyber Security Center of Excellence right here at NIST. When we get this done, the Center will serve as hub for ...

Insider Negligence, Sophisticated Attacks Worry Federal IT Managers: Survey eWeek Federal government IT and cyber-security professionals are worried about sophisticated threats and the level of visibility they have in their networks, Cisco found in a recent online survey. Many of the professionals are seeing the cloud as a way to ...

Two threats an hour online Malaysia Star “The number of reports on cyber security incidents that we received has doubled since last year. “The threat is very real and has to be taken more seriously,” he said during a media briefing here yesterday. Husin said CyberSecurity had also, ...

Taking care of businesses: AVG and McAfee address cyber and mobile security Current.com.au By Claire Reilly SYDNEY, NSW: Mobile and internet security continues to be a key concern for businesses, with AVG today announcing new cyber security products targeted at small-to-medium businesses and McAfee outlining its continuing strategy for ...

Strong Security Is Just Common Sense, Really The Data Center Journal For many years those who concerned themselves with an organization's cybersecurity warned of threats, both internal and external, urging these organizations to adequately protect themselves. Unfortunately either the message went unheeded or the ...

Hewlett-Packard to base regional office in Jordan Middle East North Africa Financial Network The company will name a director general for the new office in a month, he told reporters earlier this week during a regional conference on cyber security. "Jordan is a country full of talented human resources and we want to utilise that and implement ...

Former IRS CIO Art Gonzalez Joins TISTA Science and Tech. as SVP, CIO GovConWire Government IT services and cybersecurity provider TISTA Science and Technology has appointed former Internal Revenue Service chief information officer Art Gonzalez as senior vice president and CIO. At IRS, Gonzalez set and executed strategy with a $2...

India signs DTAA with Estonia, to team up on ICT, education Moneycontrol.com Further, India will establish a Chair on Cyber Security in Tallinn University and a Chair on Indian languages, literature and history in another of Estonia's universities. The Estonian government has also announced 20 scholarships for Indian students ...

UCDMO Validates Cubic's Cross-Domain Transfer Solution for Use Across Intel ... MarketWatch (press release) About Cubic Cyber Solutions Cubic Cyber Solutions provides specialized cyber security products and solutions for defense, intelligence and homeland security customers, including cyber securityarchitecture design, cross-domain product development and ...

newCyber spying is the new face of espionage CBC.ca "Cyber security is changing the whole intelligence game because it's opened every computer in the country to being vulnerable," he said. "It's not necessarily a growing problem but a rapidly changing problem and the nature of the threat posed is ... CBC.ca

Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge | Congressional Update - Cybersecurity Policy ... Linex Legal (press release) (registration) DHS will achieve this by encouraging entities in the private sector to develop and enforce voluntary or mandatory minimum cyber security and Internet safety standards. Ø S. 413: Cybersecurity and Internet Freedom Act of 2011 Sponsors: Senators Collins ...

Civil Liberties And National Security Must Be Reconciled Cjnews India (blog) Similarly, we have no International Cyber Law Treaty, International Cyber SecurityTreaty, International Cooperation in Techno Legal fields, etc, informs Dalal. Interestingly, Kapil Sibal appealed to the global community to collaborate and evolve ...

China denies role in hack of Japanese defense contractor Computerworld "Criticism that China initiated a cyberattack is not only groundless, it goes against development of international cooperation on cybersecurity," Hong said. Hong's comments are nearly identical to those trotted out by the Chinese government whenever ...

FERC Takes Steps To Support Continued Reliability Of Electric Grid ElectricNet (press release) (NERC) to continue developing a comprehensive approach to assure the grid can withstand a cyber security incident. NERC is the Commission-certified electric reliability organization responsible for developing and enforcing mandatory reliability ...

Expediency and red tape collide in IRS mobile app release Nextgov A senior agency official had not signed off to accept responsibility for cybersecurity safeguards until five days after the fact, according to the report. "While the IRS2GO application did not have any significant security issues when it was released ...

Defence groups diversify amid budget cuts Financial Times Industry consultants point to healthcare IT, cybersecurity and energy markets as attractive targets for defence companies given their scale, their faster than average growth profiles and their “short commutes” from existing businesses. ...

Future planning in cyber security is important for region's critical ... Following a dynamic first day at Abu Dhabi Yas Island's Radisson Blu hotel, the second day of the Cyber Defence Summit was opened by Andrew Jones of Khalifa University. He set the scene for ensuing... AMEinfo.com Latest News

Cybersecurity, Health Care, and Mobile Devices | Dartmouth Now Headlines report hackers stealing credit card codes or disrupting national defense systems, but for David Kotz '86, the implications of cybersecurity strike much closer to home. His interest is focused on security and privacy in personal mobile ... Dartmouth Now

Massachusetts Technology Collaborative Awards $50K for ... By Justin Bomberowitz The Massachusetts Technology Collaborative (MTC) announced today that they have awarded $50000 to Mass Insight to help build out the Cyber Security Center at the MITRE Corporation. TheCyber Security Center aims to tackle critical ... BostInnovation.com

Intel officials' emails posted after hack of cybersecurity group - US ... The names and email addresses of hundreds of U.S. intelligence officials have been posted on an anti-secrecy website. NBC News' Michael Isikoff reports. www.msnbc.msn.com/.../intel-officials-emails-posted-after-hac...

Cyber Security and the UK's Critical National Infrastructure ... Government cannot provide all the answers and guarantee national cyber security in all respects for all stakeholders. As a result, Critical National Infrastructure ... www.chathamhouse.org/publications/papers/view/178171

Cyber Security and the UK's Critical National Infrastructure - Zunia.org Zunia is a portal for knowledge exchange among development professionals worldwide. News, events, best practices and publications on a wide range of ... zunia.org/.../cyber-security-and-the-uks-critical-national-infras...