Cybersecurity jobs more varied, numerous than most think

Cybersecurity jobs more varied, numerous than most think
FederalNewsRadio.com
By Jack Moore It's a cybersecurity shortcoming that plagues both government and industry: a shortage of skilled workers. The National Institute of Standards and Technology has taken the lead on broadening the pool of skilled cyber employees. ...
Cyber security
UB Post
In order to provide cyber security, we have to develop a national strategy and make our goal clearer. This can include making a list of technical measures that need to be taken, raising awareness of people, improving skills of professionals, ...
UK banks face huge cyber security test on Tuesday
V3.co.uk
Symantec UK security analyst Sian John welcomed the sector's forward planning in trying to build preventative cyber security measures, adding that around 144000 malicious files are detected each day, with threats targeted on accessing valuable ...
Turkey centralizes efforts for national cyber security
Hurriyet Daily News
Turkey is set to coordinate its various government departments' individual efforts in order to build a national cyber security umbrella as part of its anti-terror warfare, including efforts to set up a national office. In October Turkey's top defense ...
Center for Internet Security says more than 7000 people sign first annual ...
Government Security News
The Center for Internet Security (CIS), a national not-for-profit dedicated to enhancing cyber security, announced on Nov. 21 that more than 7000 individuals from all 50 states and the District of Columbia have signed its first “Cyber Pledge. ...
Cyber Security: What You Should Know
My Fox Boston
(FOX 25 / MyFoxBoston.com) - FOX 25 discusses cyber security with McAfee Consultant and ID Theft Expert Robert Siciliano. Siciliano breaks down several types of cyber security breaches and teaches how to protect one's identity when faced with Facebook ...
ManTech supports Air Force cybersecurity
UPI.com
FAIRFAX, Va., Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Software development solutions for cyber defense will be provided to a US Air Force Information Operations squadron by ManTech International. The Virginia company said the task order from the General Services ...
Cyber security product and service provider launches festive shop helping ...
Cambridge Network
IT Governance Ltd have announced the launch of their festive shop on their international website. IT Governance Ltd, information security, risk management and compliance experts, based in Ely, have recently launched a dedicated festive shop on their ...
President's office to host key cyber security team
Business Daily Africa
The Office of the President will house a new department to monitor cyber security on all public platforms set up with the adoption of online services. By Okuttah Mark (email the author) The Office of the President will house a new department to monitor ...
INTEL CORPORATION : Wind River and Wurldtech Partner to Expand Cyber-Security ...
4-traders (press release)
SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2011 -- Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, and Wurldtech Security Technologies, a leading provider of cyber-security testing and certification solutions for critical industries, today announced that Wind River is ...
ISC8 to Present at LD Micro's Fourth Annual Conference December 8, 2011
MarketWatch (press release)
ISC8 is actively engaged in the development and sale of intelligent Cybersecurity solutions for information technology (IT) for commercial and government environments worldwide. ISC8 provides hardware, software and cloud-based product and service ...
Michael Hicks Named Director of Cybersecurity Center
Citybizlist (press release)
ECE-affiliate, Assistant Professor Michael Hicks (CS/UMIACS) has been selected as the first permanent director for the University of Maryland's Cybersecurity Center (MC2). Hicks' research in ECE focuses on bridging the areas of systems and programming ...
Link2 Cybercrime Seminar - Homeland Security
Link2Portal
Mark Gorton(Chair) Business Today, Ten Alps. At the latest Link2 Cyber Security Roundtable at Logica Business Consulting's Innovation Centre, senior figures in the field of cyber security gathered together to discuss the current and potential threats ...
Most firms 'unaware they have data security problems'
Hostway
Mark Dempster, associate of the Centre for Cyber Security, suggested the majority of firms may be unaware they have a problem with data protection at all, with some failing to realise they have lost valuable information or that their operations have ...
"The Cybersecurity Threat Landscape Has Changed,"Says Chair of DNP Technical ...
Bernama
AsiaNet 47403 KUALA LUMPUR, Nov. 22 (Bernama-AsiaNet) -- SCADA Asia 2012, the annual gathering of control and automation engineers, IT experts and security experts will take place from the 10th to the 13th of January, 2012 in Hong Kong. ...
2011 Navy Now Forum Focuses on Information Dominance, Cyber Security
Navy Compass
Director of Program Integration for Information Dominance, Rear Adm. William E. Leigher, the guest speaker for the event, focused on the Navy's current and future endeavors in information dominance and cyber security, and usage of cyberspace as an ...
NetScout Extends Pervasive Visibility Capabilities with the Acquisition of ...
MarketWatch (press release)
"To overcome the challenges of growing IP traffic volume and the increasing diversity of network traffic, IT teams need to target specific application traffic for more efficient performance monitoring and CyberSecurity activities. ...
Experts caution against overreacting to potential water plant hack
Nextgov
"In the absence of information, people can become desensitized or overly sensitized," said Visner, now in charge of cybersecurity strategy at federal contractor CSC. "I do think we risk making people afraid of things they should do online. ...
Rep. Langevin: Recent cyber attack on utility plant 'a real wakeup call'
The Hill (blog)
By Gautham Nagesh - 11/21/11 11:18 AM ET An alleged cyber attack earlier this month on an Illinois water plant shows the urgency of the cybersecurity threat facing the country, according to House Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus co-founder Jim ...
Bad Security Moon Rising
TechNewsWorld
By Richard Adhikari The cybersecurity world is awash in oceans of porn, blown water pumps and civil liberties rhetoric. Facebook was slammed with an attack recently that left some users reaching for a bottle of eye bleach, while hackers elsewhere ...
Cyber Monday: Attention mobile shoppers
Examiner.com
In November, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano has highlighted Cybercrime and cybersecurity concerns at a cyber-security event in Washington, DC and during trips to Norway and Sweden. According to a recent survey by ...
Wising up Uncle Sam to cybertricks
Washington Times
New technologies, however, do offer cybersecurity protections even if an individual doesn't recognize that there's a problem.By automatically spotting the damaging software or virus and quarantining the email until it can be neutralized, these systems...
Special Summary: Enterprise security stories
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
We also printed a review of a piece of cybersecurity writing that succinctly describes a key failing of overly simplistic security measures titled ”The Maginot Line of Information Systems Security“ It reviews the 1999 advice of cyber security ...
Blueprint to prevent cybercrime launched
Daily Nation
Information Permanent Secretary Bitange Ndemo said the partnership is a comprehensive NationalCyber Security Master Plan. “The plan will be implemented in three months. In the next five years, practically most of government data will be online and if ...
McAfee Calls for EU Solution on Cyber Preparedness
PR Newswire UK (press release)
"The cyber security challenge requires an evolution in thinking. With the right industry-government collaboration, networks of the future can create resiliency by instantly rejecting harmful code in milliseconds as opposed to the hours it traditionally ...
US, EU sign airline passenger data sharing deal
AFP
"Together, we will continue joint efforts to enhance information sharing, strengthencybersecurity and ensure the security and resilience of our global supply chain systems against terrorism and transnational crime." The United States and the European ...
Stuxnet Strike on US Utility Signals Disturbing Trend
NewsFactor Network
According to Applied Control Systems cyber security expert Joseph Weiss, it appears that the attack on the Illinois water utility had actually been under way for weeks prior to the pump's destruction. "Minor glitches were observed in remote access to ...
ATandT Customers Targeted by 'Organized, Systematic' Attack on Website
eWeek
There's a lot of work that needs to be done by major brands, but if they don't take the initiative to address security head-on, the government needs to step in with some cyber-security regulations, according to Sprague. "It's unfortunate but it is true ...
New mobile malware exclusively targets Android in Q3: report
Xinhua
21 (Xinhua) -- Malware targeted smartphones running on Android operating system are still on the rise as nearly all new mobile malware in the third quarter was aimed at the Google platform, cyber security firm McAfee said in its latest report issued on ...
NJVCto Showcase Its Data Center Services at the Gartner Data Center Conference ...
MarketWatch (press release)
In addition to the demos, NJVC industry experts in data center services and cyber security will be available for in-depth consultations to discuss particular company data center challenges and related solutions. The NJVC cyber security team was ...
Armenian State Revenue Committee's “Taxpayer 3” System receives top ...
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
Armenia's State Revenue Committee (SRC), along with several IT companies in the country, participated in the “Cyber Security, Information and Telecommunication Technologies 2011” Annual International Awards, which was recently held in Georgia....
How Companies Can Defend Against Database Cyberattacks
The Epoch Times
The fact that some of the most basic attacks are effective is sounding an alarm over the poor state of cybersecurity. Yet while companies and government are scouring for solutions, they often find security tools are more trouble than they're worth. ...
Grid-Interop Gets Real: Top Smart Grid Interoperability Leaders Focus on ...
Sacramento Bee
More than 100 industry-leading speakers will participate in 30 sessions to cover critical areas of progress and opportunity related to: information interoperability, architecture, business, policy, and cross-cutting issues like cyber security. ...
EnCase Wins Government Security News Homeland Security Award
MarketWatch (press release)
The company's portfolio of EnCase software solutions includes the software platform, EnCase Enterprise, software suites built on top of the platform, EnCase Cybersecurity and EnCase eDiscovery, as well as EnCase Forensic and EnCase Portable. ...
PAC backs Wyden's efforts to block online piracy bill
The Hill
In the video, Wyden criticizes the Senate's Protect IP Act, saying it “sacrifices cybersecurity while restricting free speech and innovation." Wyden has threatened a filibuster and plans to read the names of people who have signed a petition opposing ...
ICS Cybersecurity: Water, Water Everywhere
ICS Cybersecurity: Water, Water Everywhere Monitoring of water treatment networks using common SIEM or log management tools offers the kind of capability that can address the need for visibility into control system behavior. The ICS ...
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Richard Clarke Joins Veracode's Chris Wysopal to Discuss Cyber ...
Veracode, Inc., provider of the world's only independent cloud-based application risk management platform, today announced details of its upcoming webinar, “Cyber Security—A Conversation with Cyber Czar Richard Clarke.” Clarke, author and former White House cyber security advisor to the Bush and Clinton administrations, will join Veracode founder and CTO Chris ... "TheCybersecurity Threat Landscape Has Changed," Says Chair of DNP Technical Committee ...
ITbriefing.net
Wind River and Wurldtech Partner to Expand Cyber-Security ...
By Blackmere
NUREMBERG, Germany - (BUSINESS WIRE) - SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2011 -- Wind River, a world leader in embedded and mobile software, and Wurldtech Security Technologies, a leading provider of cyber-security testing and certification ...
Blackmere Consulting
NSF Launches Secure & Trustworthy Cyberspace Program; Webinar ...
By Erwin Gianchandani
Last month, the National Science Foundation (NSF) launched a new multi-disciplinary program — Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) – seeking proposals that address cybersecurity needs. SaTC replaces NSF's Trustworthy ...
CCC Blog
Battle of the Branches: The Debate Rages on Regarding the Proper ...
By Andy Serwin
By: Michael J. Lockerby, Marilee L. Miller and Ariel Fox Johnson The U.S. Department of Justice asked Congress on Tuesday to expand a federal computer.
Privacy & Security Source
3 Whitepapers You Need To Read To Understand How SOPA Could ...
By Dan York
How will the bill actually DECREASE our national cybersecurity? ... This recent paper from Allan A. Friedman, a Fellow at the Brookings Institution, frames the SOPA/PROTECT-IP debate in terms of the impact to national cybersecurity. It again ...
Disruptive Telephony
U.S. Cybersecurity Report: Cyber Attacks May Be Met With Force ...
The 12-page report to Congress, mandated by the 2011 Defense Authorization Act, was one of the clearest statements to date of U.S. cybersecurity policy and ...
www.huffingtonpost.com/.../us-cybersecurity-policy-report_n...
Accounting for Cybersecurity
Accounting for Cybersecurity Companies now face the unenviable task of deciding what aspects of cyber incidents or risks are “material” and disclosing them, ...
https://infosecisland.com/.../18251-Accounting-for-Cybersecur...
Cyber Security - Topix
Cyber Security. Full story: KIII. There are new concerns about the vulnerability of America's computer networks and the effect that may have on this country's ...
www.topix.com/forum/tech/computer.../TT0F25027S6NL9IQ...
Cybersecurity concerns coming from China and a look at the law ...
China named the biggest cybersecurity threat to the United State and a law enforcement only social media system for officers to connect and communicate.
www.tbd.com/.../cyber-security-concerns-coming-from-china-...

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