DHS to name Mark Weatherford the deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity

DHS to name Weatherford cybersecurity chief
Politico
Mark Weatherford, the chief security officer at North American Electric Reliability Corporation, will be named the deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity at the Department of Homeland Security, the agency confirmed to POLITICO. ...
Cybersecurity Expert Says Small Businesses Beware
BusinessNewsDaily
The importance of cybersecurity isn't going unnoticed by the Department of Homeland Security, which has partnered with the National Cyber Security Alliance to declare October National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Now in its eighth year, ...
Thornberry pushes shared information for cybersecurity
Amarillo.com
US Rep Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon, left, and Pat Foster, AT&T's public policy director, present tips on cybersecurity Wednesday at the Region 16 Service Center's Panhandle Conference Room. By RUSSELL ANGLIN US Rep. Mac Thornberry, R-Clarendon, ...
Cyber Security: Energy & Utility Cyber Security Summit to sell-out due to huge ...
Benzinga (press release)
Barry Jones (SDG & E) added “This was an excellent opportunity to meet with professionals working on strategic solutions and ideas for cybersecurity and CIP compliance programs.” And “The information provided at this conference is valuable to anyone ...
Russett resident captains school's cyber security team
Baltimore Sun
24, Chesapeake Science Point Public Charter High School's cyber security team competed in the semifinal round of the first annual Maryland Cyber Challenge and was among the top six finalists in Maryland. Other finalists included Poolesville High School ...
Naval Academy preparing officers for cyberwarfare
Baltimore Sun
The freshmen whose chatter Monroe intercepted Wednesday are members of the first class at the academy to be required to complete courses in cybersecurity. Capt. Steven "Doc" Simon, director of the academy's new Center for Cyber SecurityStudies, ...
DIA Awards Cyber Security Contract to General Dynamics
TMC Net
By Carolyn J Dawson Information assurance and cyber security services to the Defense Intelligence Agency or DIA in the US and across the globe will be provided by General Dynamics (News - Alert) Information Technology. A task order worth $86 million ...
HOW THE PUBLIC PLAYS A PART IN CYBER SECURITY
The Cypress Times
As a part of this year's National Cyber Security Month theme, "Our Shared Responsibility," Enough Is EnoughSM (EIE) will focus on a different community group and how that group can and should maintain their responsibility to protect kids in order for ...
Pronews 7: What you need to know about Cybersecurity threats
YouTube
KVII-TV Pronews 7 Amarillo report by Lindsey Stiner. Cybersecurity Task Force, headed by Congressman Mac Thornberry, talks with Amarillo business owners about internet and social media security.
Cyber Award Winners Announced
Nextgov
By Brittany Ballenstedt 10/19/11 03:31 pm ET Several achievements by federal employees working in the cybersecurity field were recognized Tuesday evening as part of the 2011 Government Information Security Leadership Awards. The annual awards program, ...
Capitol Hosts Maryland MESA Students for Cybersecurity Event
Citybizlist (press release)
LAUREL, MD - On Friday, Oct. 7, several dozen Maryland MESA students from McDonough High School, Patterson High School and Western High School visited Capitol College for the institution's first event for National Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2011. ...
UK defence contractor Cobham to sell Sparta to Parsons Corp for $350 million
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Cobham is selling Sparta, a provider of advanced systems engineering, cyber security, and mission support services, primarily to the US Department of Defence, Department of Homeland Security, and global intelligence agencies. Sparta has two principal ...
SEC Staff Issues Guidance Regarding Cybersecurity Risks And Incidents Disclosure
JD Supra (press release)
The Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Corporate Finance has issued guidance regarding disclosure of risks of cyber-attacks and reporting of attacks that have occurred. A reporting company that is dependent on digital ...
General Dynamics Inks $86 Million Cyber Deal To Protect Spy Agency
National Journal
By Josh Smith General Dynamics says it plans to hire 80 new cybersecurity contractors to protect government networks at the Defense Intelligence Agency as part of a new $86 million contract. The work in the Washington, DC area and US military commands ...
Utility control systems security to reach $14bn by 2018: Pike Research
Computer Business Review
Utilities' initiatives to secure their infrastructure will drive increasing investment in cyber securitysystems, to total $14bn by 2018, according to a new report from Pike Research. The market intelligence firm said that a year's worth of analysis ...
Government agencies seek better cyber protection
Sydney Morning Herald
Federal Government agencies are looking to improve cyber security in the wake of global threats. Photo: Michel O'Sullivan Security companies look set for a business bonanza, as four federal agencies prepare to replace dozens of legacy cyber security...
New Stuxnet-like code is discovered
Washington Post (blog)
By Ellen Nakashima Cybersecurity researchers have found a piece of malware on computer systems in Europe that bears startling similarities to Stuxnet, the mysterious virus that was used to sabotage Iran's nuclear program, and it appears to have been ...
ICE not sitting on cyber laurels
FederalNewsRadio.com
By Jason Miller One of the cybersecurity employees at the Homeland Security Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement directorate turned a phishing attack into a lessons learned for the rest of the department. Jeff Eisensmith, ICE's chief ...
The Return of Aaron Barr: Victim of Embarrassing Hacking Now Cybersecurity ...
Project on Government Oversight (blog)
In February, Barr, CEO of cybersecurity consulting firm HBGary Federal, unwittingly picked a fight with the pro-Wikileaks band of hackers when he boasted in an online article that his company had successfully infiltrated Anonymous by trolling online ...
Malaysia To Propose Responsible Use Of Internet At London Conference
Bernama
By Ahmad Fuad Yahya MATARAM (LOMBOK), Oct 20 (Bernama) -- Malaysia will propose a feasible idea in striving for a more responsible use of the Internet at the World Conference on CybersecurityLaw in London from Nov 1 to 3. Information Communication and ...
Langevin to visit RI computer crimes unit
Boston.com
Jim Langevin (LAN'-jih-vin) is planning to tour Rhode Island's computer crimes unit to raise awareness about cyber security. Langevin is scheduled to visit the unit at state police headquarters on Thursday. State police Col. ...
Panel Discussion: The Role of the Bank CIO
Banktech
New regulatory requirements, intensifying cyber security threats, the rise of the mobile channel and an uncertain economic environment are just a few of the developments that are reshaping technology leaders' top priorities. ...
Bank of America, others, plagued by technology infrastructure issues
FierceFinanceIT
Bank of America has suffered a string of thorny web site outages, the latest of which proved persistent and gave rise to all sorts of worries about cyber-security. But Bank of America is hardly the only bank to suffer web site issues. ...
PM Borisov, Secret Service Head Laud Bulgaria's Progress in Combating Currency ...
Novinite.com
Photo by BGNES Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov met Thursday with Mark Sullivan, Director of the United States Secret Service, who arrived in Sofia to attend a conference on cyber security and cyber crime. "Our cooperation with Bulgaria has never ...
Oil and Gas Cyber Security Forum - Terry Zink's Cyber Security Blog ...
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Cyber Security Guidance Document Released by SEC
By Continuity_Compliance
... (SEC) of a cyber security related guidance document. This document is entitled “CF Disclosure Guidance: Topic No. 2” and provides the SEC's Division of Corporation Finance's views regarding disclosure obligations relating to cybersecurity ...
Continuity Compliance
CyberWatch Grows as a Center for Cybersecurity Education
By Janet Pinkerton
Since its founding via a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant in 2005, CyberWatch, the Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center headquartered at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) in Largo, Md., has had one mission: ...
CompTIA Blog
Secretary Napolitano Appoints Mark Weatherford as Deputy Under ...
By admin
“DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano today announced the appointment of Mark Weatherford as the new Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity for the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD). The newly created position will ...
InfoWar.com
Cyber Security Awareness Month? That's $388 billion worth of ...
By Media Watch
Cyber Crime is this weeks' topic for National Cyber Security Awareness Month. A recent study by Norton calculated the annual cost of global cybercrime at $114 billion dollars. Add in the time expense in dealing with cyber crime experiences ...
Security Debrief
Oil and Gas Cyber Security Forum
By editor
The Oil and Gas Cyber Security Forum IT conference will take place in London, United Kingdom on 21 Nov 2011.
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