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The government might know you're reading this Bellingham Herald Last year, it asked to get sensitive records about people's internet use without warrants, and this year, it is proposing a broad new cyber-security scheme allowing communication providers to routinely turn over our private information to the ...

KDDI America Hosts Event on Cyber Threats -- Building a Case for Network and ... MarketWatch (press release) By attending this session, you will gain the knowledge required to educate both you and your organization on the threats of cyber security and understand what steps you can take to ensure your organization is protected. Juniper Networks' Troy Vennon, ...

GlobalSign: Hacker's Claims 'Represent An Industrywide Attack' Dark Reading "Fox-IT is the Dutch cybersecurity experts hired to investigate the compromise of the Dutch CA DigiNotar and therefore already have a wealth of current knowledge and experience of the hacker," GlobalSign said. The CA said it hired the firm as a ...

A tech company is spending $200M to build a 20-mile ghost town in NM SmartPlanet.com (blog) A Washington DC-based tech company wants to create a ghost town in New Mexico, to give companies and organizations a place to check the limits of renewable energy systems, smart gridcyber security, wireless systems, and traffic on a large scale before ...

South Korea police probe Samsung Card over data breach Reuters Canada South Korea recently drew up a cyber security master plan after a wave of hacking attacks against global agencies, companies and its own financial firms. Shares in Samsung Card slid 2.2 percent as of 0014 GMT. (Reporting by Ju-min Park; ...

October is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month -- Are You ... National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) is less than one month ... for National Cyber Security Awareness Month (an awareness campaign created by ... www.educause.edu/blog/fyfthgeer/.../235628

D.C. ranks poorly in cybersecurity survey | TBD.com With the FBI, CIA, and Department of Homeland Security all located in the D.C. area, you'd think that we'd have some of the best cybersecurity practices in the ... www.tbd.com/.../d-c-ranks-poorly-in-cybersecurity-survey-66...

Infosecurity (USA) - House panel to focus on cybersecurity, online ... The House Energy and Commerce Committee has identified improving cybersecurity of US critical infrastructure and online privacy as priorities for the fall. www.infosecurity-us.com/.../house-panel-to-focus-on-cyberse...

The "lost decade" of cybersecurity: adversaries outpace cyber ... HSNW : Looking ahead, what do you foresee as the main cybersecurity challenges for the next decade. AG : The main challenge in cyber security is to upgrade ... www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/lost-decade-cybersecurit...

Cybersecurity Fellowships to Confront Cyber Threats | ProFellow The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is recruiting the best and brightest in computer science for fellowships in cybersecurity. DHS has recently established ... www.profellow.com/.../cybersecurity-fellowships-to-confront-... Combating Cyber Security with 9/11 in Mind webpronews.com For these reasons, Dr. Delgosha believes that cyber security needs to be taken much more seriously than it currently is. NYIT is hoping to raise awareness of these concerns at its upcoming Cyber Security Conference taking place September 15. CyberSecurity M'sia Introduces New Internet Guidelines On Social Networking Sites Bernama KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 (Bernama) -- CyberSecurity Malaysia has introduced a new Internet guideline called, Best Practice on Social Networking Sites (SNS). CyberSecurity Malaysia is the national cyber security specialist centre and an agency under the ... How Cybersecurity Has Changed Since 9/11 PC Magazine 11 attacks brought new attention to cybersecurity. The experts weigh in what we got right, what we got wrong, and what we missed entirely in the wake of 9/11. By Damon Poeter The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 sparked a new urgency to predict future threats ... IU's REN-ISAC receives $800000 NSF grant for cybersecurity initiative Indiana University BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $800000 to the IU-operated Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC) to develop new capabilities to collect and sharecybersecurity threat ... 2011 State of Security Survey CSO In response, companies are increasing their cybersecurity staffing and budgets. This report provides greater detail on Symantec's 2011 State of Security Survey, including our four key findings. Recommendations for improving cybersecurity follow, ... To bust Chinese hackers, NATO sees an ally in India in securing sensitive ... Economic Times BRUSSELS: Faced with a common cyber security threat from Chinese hackers, NATO is eyeing India as an ally in securing its computers that hold sensitive information and data against malwares and Trojan viruses. With US already signing a cyber security ... HP to Host Record Number of Top Security Professionals at Protect 2011 WebWire (press release) HP today announced that its seventh annual cybersecurity symposium will welcome the largest gathering of security and compliance professionals to date. At HP Protect 2011, HP also will unveil for the first time a unified set of solutions from its ... Degree of foresight as police forces learn to tackle cybercrime Irish Times UCD's GROWING reputation as a centre of excellence in cybersecurity was boosted this week as 28 police officers from 16 different countries received an MSc in forensic computing and cybercrime investigation from the university. ... Cyber defenders study the art of cyber war Defense Systems By Henry Kenyon The country's cyber defenders need to master the art — as much as the science — of cybersecurity through continuous education, an information security expert said at the Defense Systems Summit on Cyber Defense Sept. 7. ... 'Cyber 9/11': Serious Risk Or Inflated Threat? Huffington Post "Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups have spoken of their desire to unleash a cyberattack on our country -- attacks that are harder to detect and harder to defend against," President Obama said in a 2009 cybersecurity speech. ... Hacking Targets Multiply Wall Street Journal "The number of these networked devices has skyrocketed in the past two years," said Don Bailey, ofcyber-security firm iSec Partners, who has been studying the vulnerability problem along with colleague Mathew Solnik. "They aren't just in automotive ... 10 Years After 9/11, Are America's Cyberdefenses Weaker? SecurityNewsDaily So how much of a problem is the current state of national cybersecurity, and what can government agencies do to improve it beyond spying on other countries — and on US citizens? "How real is the threat? One needs to look no further than the latest ... 7 Key Homeland Security IT Developments Since 9/11 InformationWeek DHS has had mixed success over the past 10 years as it has created information sharing portals, biometrics systems, cybersecurity organizations, and border security technology. By J. Nicholas Hoover InformationWeek The Government Accountability Office ... CyberPatriot Hosts Booth at AFA's National Air & Space Conference MarketWatch (press release) Come visit the CyberPatriot Demo Booth, #1155, at AFA's Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition, and learn about the inner workings of the nation's largest high school cyber securitychallenge. Who: CyberPatriot, established by the Air Force ... Qosmos Raises EUR 19.8 Million for DPI Network Intelligence Tools Converge Network Digest The data can then be applied to lawful interception, cyber security, traffic optimization, policy management, service assurance, market research and network and data security. Qosmos' customers are Network Equipment Providers, Software Vendors and ... Oregon to inject state HIX with security Government Health IT As part of that effort, a contractor and subcontractor have been selected to conduct cyber-securityanalyses and prepare a security plan for the HIX project. LR Kimball, the engineering solutions infrastructure subsidiary of CDI Corporation will serve ... Gerry Dick Business Briefs: Sept. 9 The Herald Bulletin The funding will be used to create tools that collect and share cybersecurity threat data and intelligence. BLOOMINGTON — Indiana University's Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics is partnering with the Indiana-based life sciences division of ... DARPA Enlists Cyber Community for Frank Discuss... defpro Members of the cyber technical community are invited to attend a Colloquium on Future Directions inCyber Security, November 7, 2011 in Arlington, Va. “Few revolutionary strategic advantages resulted from operating in a vacuum,” explained Daniel ... Sony Hires Philip Reitinger As New Information Security Officer Complex.com (blog) By Kevin L. Clark, | Sep 8, 2011 | 3:12 pm | Permalink The PSN hacks were a travesty to anyone who loves their PlayStation 3, but after the network went down, gamers didn't have much reason to trust Sony's cyber security. Looking to change the culture ... FERC Issues Order to Rumford Paper Company Rumford Falls Hydro LLC on Order ... Cogeneration & On-Site Power Production Magazine Information and/or systems connected to the bulk system involved in this transaction may be subject to reliability and cybersecurity standards approved by the Commission pursuant to FPA section 215. Compliance with these standards is mandatory and ... Not All That Surprising: Malware Victims More Likely to Get Mugged The Atlantic Wire According to statistics in a fresh report from the cyber security firm Norton victims of cybercrime are twice as likely to be victims of real world crimes like mugging, robbery, and violence. Lifehacker talked to Norton internet safety advocate Marian ... Obama Administration Scouts Out Stricter Sentences for Digital Criminals DailyTech That's why they appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee to discuss an area of the White House's cyber security legislative proposal that suggests stricter consequences for cyber crimes, which is part of an update to the Computer Fraud and Abuse ... 9/11 attacks prompts US to create Department of Homeland Security Morehead News Aimed at securing the United States from any threat related to borders, cyber security, transportation, borders and customs, DHS is the umbrella over many governmental departments that operate with state and local governments and the private sector to ... 9/11: Attacks Changed the Way Companies View IT PCWorld The attacks also led to a discussion in business circles about cybersecurity, with raised data security expectations from customers, he said. The attacks created a "classic turning point" where business customers became more concerned about data ... U.S. scrutinizes foreign defense M&A Reuters "I think as the threat changes, the regulatory regime is trying to adapt to focus on sensitivities in communications network, communications technologies, cybersecurity and some of the information-based technologies," said Michael Urfirer, co-chairman ... Most Powerful Voices in Security SYS-CON Media (press release) ... is a co-author of comprehensive cybersecurity legislation, which resulted in much debate in prominent media outlets such as Forbes and the Washington Post. In addition, as we searched for people who are addressing topics in cyber security, ... Effects of 9/11 Shape New Graduate School Programs U.S. News & World Report The university currently offers courses such as "Homeland Security and the Law of Counterterrorism" and the "Law and Policy of Emergency Catastrophic Response," and will soon be adding training incybersecurity law and policy of emergency management ... Cybercrime costs Indians approx over Rs 34K cr in 2010 MSN India The study was conducted by the cyber security firm across 24 countries in February this year. It added that the global monetary loss caused by cyber criminals amounted to USD 388 billion as over 431 million adult fell victim to cyber crimes. ... Obama Equates Hacks with Organized Crime, Wants Stiffer Penalties Mobiledia Wednesday's briefing session continues President Obama's push to strengthen cyber-security, which the administration first unveiled in May and detailed in June. The new law would land hackers 20 years in prison for endangering national security. ...