Combating Botnets

Combating Botnets: Strengthening Cybersecurity Through ... ... agencies, private firms and citizens can work together to combat the cybersecurity risks associated with botnets. ... National Cyber Security Alliance ... www.brookings.edu/events/2011/1216_botnets.aspx

Testimony: Privacy Protections Needed for Cybersecurity Info ... Congress is accelerating its consideration of cybersecurity legislation, and this morning, CDT's Greg Nojeim testified before a key House subcommittee ... cdt.org/.../612testimony-privacy-protections-needed-cybersec...

Bellevue University | Center for Cybersecurity Education Center for Cybersecurity Education. Committee on National Security Systems. The Bellevue University Center for Cybersecurity Education (CCE) is chartered ... www.bellevue.edu/resources/cce.aspx CSC Forms Cybersecurity Council; First Meeting in January PropertyCasualty360 By Staff Writer CSC announces the establishment of the Insurance Cybersecurity Advisory Council for property & casualty insurers to facilitate the development of best practices and technology strategies that effectively mitigate the risk of cyber ... Kroll Announces Top Ten Cyber Security Trends for 2012 PR Web (press release) Forecast highlights the most significant cyber security issues for businesses, including trends in cyber threats, new regulations and protective measures. Companies need to take a strategic and aggressive approach to cyber security. ... Cybersecurity demands an ounce of prevention and a pound of cure Network World When asked about their organization's security philosophy, 61% of security professionals responded, “my organization prioritizes information security policies, procedures, and technical controls to minimize the risk of a cybersecurity incident,” while ... Cyber Security Investments 2012 CountingPips The answer is simple: More valuable information is stored online now than ever before and – at the same time – many organizations' cyber security measures are still not up to snuff. And, unfortunately, our international competitors are taking full ... Kenyan government shifts focus from connectivity to cyber security IDG News Service This connectivity has enabled business to collaborate with overseas partners among other benefits, though the super highway has brought yet another problem - Cyber security. This has shifted the priority of the Kenyan government to create awareness and ... Cyber security seminars for schools CNET Asia (blog) The Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam, in collaboration with Brunei's Ministry of Education and Tech One Global Ltd, conducted a series of seminars titled "Cyber Security and Internet Etiquette Awareness". ... NIST, DHS trying to tame cyber workforce definitions FederalNewsRadio.com By Emily Kopp The government is trying to bring calm to the chaos of its haphazard approach to building a cybersecurity workforce, and it wants help. The multiagency National Initiative forCybersecurity Education, led by the National Institute of ... Investments in cyber security leave huge gaps gulfnews.com By Manoj Nair, Associate Editor Dubai: We have all heard this before — small- and mid-sized businesses here just do not seem to believe in investing enough in their vital IT security needs. It does beg the question as to whether these businesses just ... Military Academies Look to Fill Nation's Cybersecurity Gaps National Defense Magazine All eyes are on the US Naval Academy's efforts to require every midshipman to studycybersecurity. The Naval Academy, in Annapolis, Md., has created a Center for Cyber Security Studies and instituted mandatory network defense courses in an attempt to... Looking for Cybersecurity Experts? Check the Jails and Art Schools National Defense Magazine “I can tell you from my experience running exploitation teams, that some of the best folks that I had were either non-college graduates, political science majors or art majors,” Chris Coleman, director of cybersecurity, US public sector, ... Dr. Stan Stahl, President of ISSA-LA Guest on The Fairness Doctrine Radio Show ... openPR (press release) Dr. Stahl will speak about cyber security, cyber insecurity, and the current problems facing cyber security. Check local listings or you can tune in online at cyberstationlive.com — click on “Live Radio”— or tune in at blogtalkRadio.com. ... U.S. Cyber Challenge Announces Winners of Fall Cyber Foundations Competition DigitalJournal.com (press release) ... in cyber security and help fill the critical gap in the nation's cyber workforce. "These young people combine a passion for technology with extraordinary talent. They are going to have a big impact on the world of cybersecurity and on the nation," ... ESET Secures Fourth Consecutive "Advanced+" Award in Performance Test from AV ... MarketWatch (press release) ESET's industry-leading products, including the popular NOD32 Antivirus, ESET Smart Security, ESET Cybersecurity for Mac and ESET Mobile Security, deliver significant improvements over traditional solutions in the marketplace today. ... TechAmerica spent $160000 to lobby in 3Q BusinessWeek The Technology Association of America spent $160000 in the third quarter to lobby the federal government on issues such as cybersecurity, consumer privacy and the allocation of airwaves, according to a quarterly disclosure report. ... South Mississippi among best for defense jobs SunHerald.com The report said South Mississippi has jobs for rocket scientists, oceanographers, cyber-securitypersonnel, geospatial analysts, technical trainers and test engineers. Besides the Naval Construction Battalion Center, South Mississippi is home to ... Federal Security Practitioners Admit: We're Not Prepared to Meet Continuous ... PR Newswire (press release) 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In a blow to one of the key cyber-security initiatives advanced by White House leaders, federal IT security professionals admit that efforts to adopt continuous monitoring of security performance lag far behind the Obama ... Experts seize TNPSC server The Hindu Cyber security experts attached to the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), Thiruvananthapuram, on Tuesday seized a server of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission (TNPSC) as part of the investigation into allegations of ... China-Based Hacking of 760 Companies Shows Cyber Cold War BusinessWeek Obama administration officials seeking to forge a robust policy and diplomatic response are facing few good options, said Clarke, the former White House cyber security official. China, a member of the UN Security Council, has the power to veto ... USTelecom spent $1.49M lobbying in 3rd quarter BusinessWeek The United States Telecom Association, a trade group that represents phone companies, spent $1.49 million in the third quarter to lobby the federal government on rural broadband subsidies, corporate taxes, cybersecurity and other issues, according to a ... FBI Claims More Municipal Systems Under Attack By Hackers RedOrbit Theoretically the cyber break-ins could have resulted in sewage dumped into a lake or the power could have been shut off at a nearby mall, announced Michael Welch, deputy assistant director of the FBI's cyber division at a recent cyber security ... Cybersecurity: it's not just for geeks Lexology (registration) In the case of cybersecurity disclosure, it has to provide particular detail in the context of the business, but not so much that a disclosure compromises the company's cybersecurity efforts by providing a roadmap for bad actors who want to infiltrate ... Cyber-Ark's North American Customer Event Puts Privileged Account Management ... EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) NEWTON, Mass.--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Cyber-Ark® Software, the leading global information security provider for protecting and managing critical applications, identities and sensitive information, today shared highlights from its Fifth Annual ... New blood, new targets... hello 2012 ABC Online Interestingly PM&C gains Cyber Security policy from the Attorney General's Department. Given the links between cyber security and privacy, this seems rather odd. The shift of portfolios and rearranging of responsibilities into and around Cabinet is... IU Health & Wellness: the Holiday Issue Newswise (press release) Don't do high-risk activities," said Von Welch, deputy director of the Center for AppliedCybersecurity Research. Welch said online banking sites and other websites that release personal information are a target for hackers who may be monitoring public ... The New SOPA: Now With Slightly Less Awfulness! Cato @ Liberty In response to an outpouring of opposition from cybersecurity professionals, First Amendment scholars, technology entrepreneurs, and ordinary Internet users, the bill's sponsors have cooked up an amended version that trims or softens a few of the most ... Iran to move enrichment sites if need be Press TV He added that measures have been taken to make Iran's nuclear infrastructure secure and to increase cyber security in order to deter potential threats. The senior Iranian commander also dismissed the possibility of an attack on Iran's nuclear sites, ... Proposed Revision to SOPA: Some Welcome Cuts, But Major Concerns Remain Center for Democracy and Technology (blog) SOPA would still carry dangerous consequences for innovation in online communications tools, for online free expression, and for cybersecurity. The bill still includes domain-name filtering – the very tactic CDT warned the Committee against in our ... Measures: A look inside the NIH IT budget Government Health IT The largest NIH IT initiative with an annual funding level of $372M is the NIH IT Infrastructure program which consists of network infrastructure, cyber security, office automation, help desk support, and telecommunications. This program supports all ... Hacks of municipal water, power services prompts DHS warning GCN.com And at the recent Flemings Cyber Security Conference in London, an FBI official said that hackers had attacked Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems in three US cities, the BBC reported. "We just had a circumstance where we had three ... Clarifying cyber security incident reporting: guidelines on how to ... By enisa ENISA, the EU's 'cyber security' agency, has today issued two technical guidelines. The first describes how to implement the mandatory cyber (...) Global Security Mag Online Military Academies Look to Fill Nation's Cybersecurity Gaps - Mil-Tech By Artur Nowak The rise of all things cybersecurity has been accompanied by a collective groaning that there is a shortage of personnel skilled enough to protect critical government and military networks. The Defense Department is under constant attack from ... Mil-Tech Kroll Announces Top Ten Cyber Security Trends for 2012 – YAHOO ... By Blackmere Nashville, TN (PRWEB) December 14, 2011 The Cyber Security and Information Assurance Division of Kroll Inc., today released its annual security forecast, highlighting key areas of risk and trends that will impact how organizations and ... Blackmere Consulting Citigroup's New Federal Lobby Spend Includes Cyber Security ... By Tim Whitman WASHINGTON – Citigroup Inc. spent $1.18 million to lobby the federal government on new rules that affect its ability to trade complex Wall Street securities, cyber security, new housing rules and other issues in the third quarter, according to a ... TeamSHATTER White House Releases Cyber-Security RandD Program « Techno ... By admin The Obama Administration has outlined its road map of priorities for government agencies that sponsor research and development on cyber-security. The Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) organized the government's priorities ... Techno-News Blog US DoD Consults Former Hacker Charlie Miller on Cyber Security By admin US DoD Consults Former Hacker Charlie Miller on Cyber Security. December 13, 2011 By admin. Charlie Miller, the former hacker that proved many of Apple's most successful products to be vulnerable to cleverly set up attacks, has been ... CrucialPointLLC Cybersecurity for Industrial Control Systems: SCADA, DCS, PLC ... This book explains how to plan, design and implement a cyber security programme for industrial controls systems including SCADA, DCS, PLC, HMI and SIS. With the recent ... Cybersecurity: Public Sector Threats and Responses (Pre-Order) ... IT Governance - Latest Products New Suicide Prevention Hotline on Facebook | Cyber Security Tips ... By G.Binu Cyber Security Tips N Tricks describes various tips and tricks about cyber security, safe surfing, ethical hacking, network security, Internet, news related to software, hacking, security breaches, vulnerabilities, phishing, google, yahoo, CERT, ... Cyber Security Tips N Tricks Place Your Cyber Security In Your Own Hands By Lee When we say being held by the hand, what we mean is that cyber security will protect almost everything on the computer. This is the case for even items that do not need to be protected. And not only will they do that, they will also make it hard ... Security FAQs NCS 12/13/11 12/13 by nationalcybersecurity | Blog Talk Radio By nationalcybersecurity After an audit, the GAO discovered that there's a problem in effectively developing or implementing acyber security workforce planning strategy. There have also been issues in filling cyber securitypositions, especially those requiring ... Daily Cyber Security News Data sharing proposal is nice start, but more work needed ... By Simply Security Proposed legislation currently making it's way through the House of Representatives could be a good first step in the right direction for the government and private companies looking to collaborate oncybersecurity measures. Simply Security THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOK AND LITERACY ALLIANCE ... By Geri Such monitoring or regulating of the Internet creates cyber security vulnerabilities as noted in a letter by top cyber security experts at Sandia National Laboratories (funded by the Department of Defense and Department of Energy). Finally, the ... THE NATIONAL CHILDREN'S BOOK... Nigeria Investigates ZTE Cybersecurity Contract - CSO Online ... Critics charge that due-diigence guidelines have not been followed. www.csoonline.com/.../nigeria-investigates-zte-cybersecurity-c... Follow @sobeqorg