Blunkett warns of cyber terrorist threat to Olympics

Blunkett warns of cyber terrorist threat to Olympics
The Independent
Mr Blunkett, the chairman of the International Cyber Security Protection Alliance (Icspa), told The Independent on Sunday that businesses, government and police need to come together to prevent the growing threat of cyber attacks in Britain. ...
Cyberinsurance: Everything You Need to Know
LAPTOP Magazine (blog)
Standalone policies such as AIG's netAdvantage and Chubb's SafetyNet andCyberSecurity have an annual premium of about $3500 per $1 million insured. Small business policies can run up to $5000 to $25000 per million, with deductibles of up to $25000, ...
Ranjan Mathai We are carefully following how China is exercising power
Business Standard
Globalisation comes with its concurrent global threats — terrorism, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, piracy and other threats to maritime security, environmental challenges, threats to space and cyber security, and access to water, ...
NATION - News of the Day From Across the Nation
San Francisco Chronicle
4 Cybersecurity: A water-pump failure in Springfield, Ill., that appeared to be the first foreign cyberattack on a public utility in the United States was in fact caused by a plant contractor traveling in Russia, the Washington Post reported Saturday, ...
Bold decisions are long overdue
Hindustan Times
Counter-terrorism, particularly the NCTC, NATGRID, cyber security, CCTNS and improving our capability to gather technical intelligence. We need to get over problems of both tardy decision-making and misplaced apprehensions. ...
Facebook porn and animal-cruelty hacks prompts outrage, vows of tighter security
Examiner.com
Facebook had already launched new security features this year to improve cyber security and child online safety. Throughout October, the site sponsored a series of panel discussions to address these issues. The attack of November 14 thus left many ...
Business Buzz: Tips to keep your pockets merrier during the holidays
Fayetteville Observer
The cybersecurity firm Imperva examined 32 million passwords exposed in a breach last year and found that the most commonly used password was "123456," followed by "12345." A strong password should include at least five letters, numbers and punctuation ...
Willis Group Holdings PLC
Business Insurance
Meanwhile, Willis is helping clients in its financial institutions and technology practices addresscyber security. Recently publicized news reports about hacking and security breaches “have created a lot of interest there. Everybody's got a website, ...
Know employer's policy on online shopping
Gainesville Sun
Be mindful of cyber security. Use only those sites that you know and trust. The last thing you want is to expose your company's network to malware or infect it with a virus. Never provide your company email address when making personal transactions. ...
Online copyright bills raise concerns
Newsday
A former National Security Agency counsel and a Brookings Institution expert said a section of the bill aimed at blocking sites could result in weakened cybersecurity. The Senate Judiciary Committee has reported out its bill. ...
ICT Opens New Vista For Youth
Leadership Newspapers
For example in cyber crime and cyber security. We need to ensure that there are consequences for those who commit Internet fraud”. Johnson then added that “by creating the Ministry of Communication Technology and encouraging collaboration between this ...
Is Big Brother on his way to the office?
The National
"Having a system such as this one monitor, assist and report back feels at first glance somewhat Orwellian," says Carole Theriault, a senior consultant at the cyber securityfirm Sophos. "But there is no question that the roles of the manager and HR ...
Malls Tracking Your Shopping Habits
Fellow GEEK
This data is quite powerful, but there is one huge problem with this kind of detailed tracking though, according to Mark Rasch, the director of cybersecurity at CSC: it's illegal. Because of court interpretations of clauses in the USA PATRIOT Act, ...
Data Computer Corporation of America Gets Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
Medicare Advantage includes health and prescription drug plans offered by approved private insurance companies. Data Computer Corporation of America provides technology support, including systems modernization solutions, web services, cyber security, ...
Data of 13 million online game subscribers hacked in SK
News Tribe (blog)
The incident is the largest such security breach case since late July when information of up to 35 million users of an Internet portal and blogging site operated by SK Comms was attacked by hackers. South Korea has drawn up a cyber security master plan ...
New UK Cyber Security Strategy Released ~ The Hacker News ...
By THN Reporter
New UK Cyber Security Strategy Released. The UK's intelligence agency GCHQ will become a main port of call for businesses dealing with cyberattacks, under the government's new cybersecuritystrategy revealed on Friday. ...
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UK Reveals New Cyber Security Strategy, Aims to Make UK Safest ...
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The document, the release of which has been delayed twice, replaces a two-year-old strategy and allocates £650m in funding to set up a National Cyber Security Programme. Read full story: ZDNet. Follow CircleID on Twitter. More under: ...
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UK Detects 'Talk' About Internet Terror Attack - Grendel Report
cyber security internationally, in a bid to attract more business. Terrorism, along with ... million, or about $1 billion, into cyber security in coming years. Among measures, the country is creating a cyber security hub in which the government and ...
Grendel Report
Government launches cyber security hub pilot - ComputerworldUK ...
The government has announced a pilot of a cyber security 'hub' that will enable ... Obama'scybersecurity plan wins praiseThe challenge will be to get various ...
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New Cyber Security Plan Released By UK Government
CrazyEngineers VoiCE
At a time when cyberspace is being treated like a path for economic and social prosperity, UK government has released Cyber security plan, a revamped version of the existing Computer Misuse Act, having measurable goals. The governments move to keep the ...
UK government to ban criminals, cyber bullies from Internet
Newstrack India
London, Nov 26 (ANI): Criminals who commit offences online and cyber bullies will be banned from the internet as part of British government's new cyber security strategy. The government's newcyber security strategy calls for police and courts to make ...
Prindle Institute to Host December 1 Seminar on Cyber Security and the Ethics ...
DePauw University
November 27, 2011, Greencastle, Ind. — "The Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University will host a free seminar on Cyber Security and the Ethics of Social Networking Thursday, Dec. 1 from 4:15-6:15 pm," reports Greencastle's Banner ...

UK government 'planning to launch Stuxnet-like attacks' against hostile states
ZDNet (blog)
The UK government's cyber-security plan, while includes measures to protect the UK's critical national infrastructure and threats from hostile states and intelligence services, harbours offensive capabilities to strike back at those who attack the UK's ...
NTRO on board, cyber security database coming
Indian Express
Three years after the 26/11 terror attack, cyber warfare experts are coming together to launch a unique 'national security database' (NSD) — a directory of verified technical experts specializing in specific domains of information security, ...
Britain pushes online sanctions
UPI.com
The cybersecurity strategy calls on police and courts to adopt sanctions that have already been used in a few cases, The Daily Telegraph reported. The government is also studying the use of technology to determine if offenders can be monitored online. ...
UK Cyber Strategy a Mine of Quotable Facts
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Ben Rooney One of the more useful aspects of the UK government's recently publishedcybersecurity strategy document is that it has a section packed full of highly quotable factoids. Expect to hear them repeated widely. 93% of children aged 12-15 now ...
Cybercriminals face internet ban
ZDNet UK (blog)
As part of the UK's Cyber Security Strategy, the government may broaden the scope of how it can enforce Serious Crime Prevention Orders to block criminals, sex offenders and others from accessing the internet, it announced on Friday. ...
We're watching: malls track shopper's cell phone signals to gather marketing data
Ars Technica
There's just one problem with this type of detailed tracking: it's technically illegal, according to Mark Rasch, the director of cybersecurity at CSC. Thanks to court interpretations of provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act, he said in a recent blog, ...
Cyber Monday means savings, but also possible phishing, scams
allvoices
Just use common sense, don't get carried away with deals that sound too good, and use the samecybersecurity measures you "ought to be using" all year long, and enjoy your shopping. Iria0000 is based in Castro Valley, California, United States of ...
Using technology for innovation in government
FederalNewsRadio.com
The review will address issues such as budget, mobility and cybersecurity and present a report to the incoming administration. In the wake of the Executive Leadership Conference, ACT-IAC began to receive ideas from government and industry leaders on ...
Symantec's SMB Security Report - Analyst Blog
Stock Markets Review
Although the survey reveals that awareness regarding cyber security is increasing, SMBs largely don't perceive the threat to be high enough to increase investment. On the contrary, the data from the Symantec cloud suggests that since the beginning of ...
The 12 Scams of Christmas
MyFox Houston
Cyber-security expert Michael Gregg is here to highlight the “12 Scams of Christmas”. Everyone is welcome to share their opinion, but please do so in a civilized manner. If you use offensive language (even censored) or make personal attacks, ...
GCHQ to take hub role in UK cybersecurity | Security | ZDNet UK
By feedback@zdnet.co.uk (Editors)
The UK government has unveiled a new cybersecurity strategy, which calls on CGHQ to run a hub where businesses can put aside their hesitations to.
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