Latest Japan hack prompts concerns

Latest Japan hack prompts concerns it is sustained attack Telegraph.co.uk By Julian Ryall in Tokyo Servers at the Geospatial Information Authority, the agency responsible for drawing up maps for the government, were hacked into and used to try to access servers at a private cyber security company and a university, ...

GCHQ looks locally for new recruitment campaign Journalism.co.uk (press release) Among the positions advertised are a cyber security specialist and senior cyber security specialist, which will require people with advanced knowledge and intuition about the workings of the online world. The advert states, "In a game where our ...

National Cyber Security Alliance's Department of Education ... By admin These are questions that Ilene Marto Atiyah, senior advisor of iKeepSafe, will answer today while she participates as a panelist at the National Cyber Security Alliance's (NCSA's) Department of Education Cybersecurity Forum. As an internet ... iKeepSafe

Cyber Security Asia — Conference | Defense Procurement News By Matthew Potter Cyber Security Asia Date: 9 – 10 November 2011 Venue: Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel, Singapore SMi proudly presents the launch of its inaugural. Defense Procurement News

NSA Gets Involved in Banks' Cybersecurity | SiliconANGLE By Maria Deutscher The National Security Agency and the FBI have begun cooperating with financial institutions to prevent positional cyberattacks of the sort we've been covering lately, including the recent theft of classified nuclear plant information from ... SiliconANGLE

Georgetown Security Law Brief: Opinion: Why a cybersecurity treaty ... By Georgetown CNSL 10/28/11: Council on Foreign Relations features an opinion piece by Adam Segal, Ira A. Lipman Senior Fellow for Counterterrorism and National Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and Matthew C. Waxman, fellow at the ... Georgetown Security Law Brief

The Impact Of Proposed Cybersecurity Legislation On Private Sector ... By Edward Ferrara At the upcoming Forrester Security IT Forum (November 9) in Miami, Florida, I will present information on President's Obama cybercrime legislative initiative. This presentation and discussion will focus on the pending legislation in Congress ... Forrester Blogs

Share the responsibility: Microsoft on National Cyber Security ... By Marcelle Amelia Microsoft supports the efforts of the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) with free resources and research about how each of us—individuals, families, schools, organizations, industry, and government—can do our part to help create a ... Security Tips & Talk

Would your company's insurance cover a cyberattack? « Corporate ... By Scott Godes The first place to look for insurance coverage for a denial of service attack is a cybersecurity policy. The market for cybersecurity policies has been called the Wild West of insurance marketplaces.Cyber security and data breach policies, ... Corporate Insurance Blog

Simple Justice: Hammers and CyberSecurity Like most people who have a passing concern with the cyber infrastructure upon which modern society depends, the warning from no less a personage as F.B.I. ... blog.simplejustice.us/2011/.../hammers-and-cybersecurity.aspx

Grid Cyber Security: Removing the Reality Distortion Field ... From a cyber security perspective, energy transmission involves several important information paths and several unique digital assets. Cyber security seems to ... https://www.securityweek.com/grid-cyber-security-removing-r...

Security Quiz [INTERACTIVE]: Test Your Cyber Security Intellect ... In recognition of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, security experts at ... and reinforce the importance of prioritizing cybersecurity in your business. ... newsroom.cisco.com/feature-content?type=webcontent... Geek image deters women from cybersecurity London Free Press By Tabassum Zakaria, REUTERS A cybersecurity analyst works in a watch and warning center at a Department of Homeland Security cybersecurity defense lab at the Idaho National Laboratory, Sept. 30, 2011. (REUTERS/Jim Urquhart) There were no lines for the ... Cybersecurity mainly male domain Stuff.co.nz That was unusual for an event attended by thousands but typical in the cybersecurityfield where a futuristic image clashes with an old-fashioned gender gap. Atcybersecurity and hacker gatherings, women are clearly in the minority among the sea of men ... Why a cybersecurity treaty is a pipe dream CNN (blog) The United States should prepare instead for deep international divides over cyber-security norms, emphasizing four components of its strategy. First, Washington must continue to cultivate allies and like-minded partners through joint policy ... Napolitano Presses US Lawmakers to Act on Cybersecurity Bill BusinessWeek By Eric Engleman Oct. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Congress should pass cybersecurity legislation designed to boost protections for financial networks, transportation systems and power grids, the head of the Homeland Security Department said. ... Implementing ISO 27001 bolsters organization's cyber security defences Einnews Portugal /EINPresswire.com/This week sees the end of the National Cyber Security Awareness Month, an initiative by the Department of Homeland Security. The campaign runs under the motto Stop. Think. Connect. aiming to raise awareness amongst individuals and ... Inside Facebook's Cyber-Security System Slashdot The social networking giant's cybersecurity system was developed over a three-year period to keep the service's users safe from spam and cyberattacks. FIS scans every click on Facebook for patterns that could suggest something malicious is spreading ... GridWise Global Forum: By the Numbers MarketWatch (press release) BY THE NUMBERS: 63: National and international thought leaders speaking on topics ranging from cybersecurity to the global economic impact of advanced electricity systems 30: Years of experience bridging the global consumer-supplier gap that Procter ... Cybersecurity threats require public-private partnership, says Langevin FierceGovernmentIT Mounting cybersecurity threats require the federal government and private sector to build a partnership that could include tax credits and liability protection, said Rep. James Langevin (DR.I.) during an Oct. 25 talk at the Brookings Institution in ... Medtronic Insulin Pumps Investigated for Hacking Risk AboutLawsuits.com Medtronic has launched an investigation into the cybersecurity of its insulin pumps after acknowledging concerns that the pumps could be hacked and programmed to remotely overdose diabetes patients. The flaw lies in some models of Medtronic's Paradigm ... NCSAM: Battling Against Cyberattacks The Tech Herald by Joseph Steinberg - Oct 28 2011, 10:10 As the twenty-first century progresses, it is becoming increasingly clear that America's economic prosperity and competitiveness depends on our successfully implementing effective cybersecurity. ... October Is National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Security Pronews Since 2004, October has been deemed Cybersecurity Awareness month in an attempt to spread information about this increasingly important subject. As time goes on and our livelihoods are more and more dependent internet-related technology, ... Napolitano Gives Rundown on U.S. Cybersecurity Efforts Government Technology US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano shared her latest thinking about the nation's cybersecurity during a Washington, DC, symposium on Thursday, Oct. 27, at which she said government continues to struggle identifying who ... The Coming Cybersecurity Regulatory Revolution CircleID By Bruce Levinson Cybersecurity regulation will take its place alongside environmental regulation, health and safety regulation and financial regulation as a major federal activity. What is not yet clear is what form the regulations will take. ... UK security strategy draws on growing expertise across Whitehall ComputerWeekly.com The UK's soon-to-be-released cyber security strategy includes input from policy makers across government, says Nigel Harrison of the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance (OCSIA). "In the past year, government has been focused on ... White House grading agency cyber progress FederalNewsRadio.com By Jason Miller The Obama administration is turning up the pressure on agencies to accomplish four specific cybersecurity goals. The Office of Management and Budget, the Homeland Security Department and the White House cyber coordinator's office gave ... Wombat Security Technologies offers training for more elaborate cyber threats Pittsburgh Business Times A software screen shot details some of the training modules Wombat Security Technologies offers to combat cyber security threats. Not every cyber security threat is as easy to spot as that Nigerian banker's email promising millions of dollars in ... Awareness Month: Just a Fading Echo GovInfoSecurity.com (blog) My mailbox the past month has quickly filled with messages from the Department of Homeland Security and other government agencies, not for profits and IT security vendors promoting NationalCybersecurity Awareness Month, which has been marked every ... IT Departments Lack Cybersecurity Specialists SecurityNewsDaily As large-scale cyberattacks become more prevalent, a new survey shows businesses are increasingly concerned about the ability of their IT staff to prevent such breaches. Conducted by Symantec, the 2011 Threat Management Survey revealed that 57 percent ... Facebook Woos Users With More Security Features International Business Times In honor of National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Facebook has released the new apps. The Facebook Security team has released a post on their blog detailing the new features. The Trusted Friends feature lets users select three to five friends who can ... Six Harford Tech students compete in Maryland Cyber Challenge and Conference ... Baltimore Sun Joe Foltz, computers and networking technology teacher at Harford Tech, said the students learned about the challenge in February and have been practicing their skills in cyber security since. To protect a computer from hackers, security breaches and ... Janet Napolitano: Hackers have 'come close' to major cyberattack Washington Post (blog) By Ed O'Keefe Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano spends a considerable amount of time dealing with cybersecurity threats, including potential attacks on the nation's infrastructure. But don't ask her to detail the nation's biggest cyber ... Cyber Threats Loom Over Smart Grid San Diego Business Journal But as energy companies rely less on a traditional infrastructure of power lines and substations, and more on wireless sensors and automated computer-based systems, the issue of cybersecuritybecomes ever more important, said Jessie Knight, ... SEC staff issues disclosure guidance on cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents Lexology (registration) On October 13, 2011, the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC Staff) issued guidance on the disclosure of cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents.1 Data security breaches and other ... San Antonio: employment outlook strong Houston Business Journal In a state that leads the nation in job growth, San Antonio stands out as a place where employers hire regularly for bioscience, cyber security and petroleum production. “Our unemployment rate (8.1 percent) is still relatively high, but it is also ... ITU Telecom World 2011 Daily Highlights No.4 Korea IT Times (press release) The key issue of how to build a safe and secure cyberworld was debated today at the Ministerial Roundtable on Cybersecurity at ITU Telecom World 2011. The session brought together Ministers from around the world, including from Algeria, Azerbaijan, ... Australian gov't wins US security award from SANS SC Magazine US It won the US National Cybersecurity Innovation Award from the SANS Institute for “groundbreaking innovation” in four basic security controls and 35 others that help mitigate breaches. The four controls – application updating and patching; ... McAfee: Attackers from China have hacked global Oil and Gas companies Einnews Portugal SMi Group's inaugural Oil and Gas Cyber Security Forum is sponsored by McAfee and Waterfall Security Solutions and will discuss the hot topics involved in computer hacking and cyber espionage. The conference will include presentations from leading ... Follow @sobeqorg