Top Cybersecurity stories of 2011

Security Roundup: The top stories of 2011
Computing
By Stuart Sumner Cyber security continued to have a high profile in 2011 with the UK government pronouncing cyber crime one of the top three threats to the country. There were also several high-profile hacks of large enterprises as well as the ...

Computing 

NIST Seeks Cybersecurity Services on $70M IDIQ
GovConWire
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking contractors to provide cybersecurityservices through an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with an anticipated value of $70 million. According to a Dec. ...

Cyber Threat to Power Grid Puts Utility Investors at Risk
Forbes
The electric-utility industry's concerns about cyber security has escalated sufficiently for several investor-owned utilities to include cyber-attacks as a material risk factor in recent filings with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. ...

Intelligence firm Stratfor reels after data breach. What did hackers get?
Christian Science Monitor
The issue of cybersecurity has grown increasingly important to both government and corporations, and some members of Congress are calling for greater cooperation between the public and private sectors. Two weeks ago, Rep. Peter King (R) of New York and ...

Christian Science Monitor

A year of Malware and Internet Spying Ahead
Siliconindia.com
By SiliconIndia, Tuesday, 27 December 2011, 05:25 Hrs Bangalore: The cyber-security industry warned internet users of a drastic rise in the rate of cyber-spying and reported that the hackers would use the most advanced kind of malicious software to tap ...

Is Cubic Corporation Fairly Valued?
Seeking Alpha
The company recently added a cyber security and asset tracking businesses. According to management, the company's transportation systems business is the leading provider of automated revenue collection systems and services worldwide, providing complete ...

How BAE Systems fights paedophiles and cyber criminals
This is Money
By Ruth Sunderland BAE Systems is better known for submarines and fighter jets than helping protect vulnerable children, but its cyber-security arm Detica has won recognition for its work with the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre to ...

This is Money

Insurance FYI: Social Media, Liability and Insurance
VillageSoup Belfast
Meanwhile, amid a rising number of high profile data breaches, government is stepping up its scrutiny of cyber security. This is leading to increased calls for legislation and regulation, placing the burden on companies to demonstrate that the ...

Stories appearing in Tuesday's edition of The Herald-Whig
Quincy Herald Whig
... Missouri is expected to receive more than $320000 from a national legal settlement with GE Funding Capital Market Services Inc. as part of an investigation into municipal bond derivatives;Missouri is earning recognition for its cyber security ...

2011 Year in Review: Collaboration
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
4. Security Quiz [INTERACTIVE]: Test Your Cyber Security Intellect Security breaches are costly and the number of attacks is on the rise. Is your business prepared for the next breach? Take the quiz to learn more.

The best LinkedIn groups for healthcare and life science innovation
MedCity News
But there are also issues covered here that take a different perspective to issues covered in other groups such as how individual practices are approaching cyber security for their electronic medical record (EMR) files. Medical Devices Group. ...

RCom shuts access to file-sharing sites
Business Standard
Dominic K, a cyber security expert, said, “A John Doe order is a type of injunction granted by courts in cases where an anonymous person maybe committing a breach of the rights of the plaintiff and cannot be identified by the plaintiff at the time of ...

Business Standard

What's Your Major? Working Toward the Uninvented Job
MindShift
According to Career Builder, the most promising majors will be related to cyber-security specialists, mobile application developers, social media managers, stem cell researchers, robotics technicians and simulation engineers. These jobs didn't exist 10 ...

2012 will begin a massive expansion in cyber attack insurance
Live Insurance News
According to the principal of the cybersecurity team at Good Harbor Consulting, Jacob Olcott, that's precisely what cyber insurance is. He added that “Everybody needs it, and most companies don't realize they don't have it until it's too late. ...

Live Insurance News

NCSA Develops Strategic Partnership to promote cyber security ...
By admin
A study conducted by Microsoft and NCSA, “The 2011 State of K-12 Cyberethics, Cybersafety andCybersecurity Curriculum in the United States” found that 36% of U.S. K-12 teachers received zero hours of professional development training ...
iKeepSafe

Homeland Security Committee Unveils Cybersecurity Bill
The House unveiled a cybersecurity bill that would establish a quasi- governmental entity to coordinate information-sharing with the private sector. By Brian ...
thenewamerican.com/.../10241-homeland-security-committee-...

Missouri Recognized For Superlative Cyber Security Website - kspr ...
Contestants are judged on cyber security content, usability, accessibility and appearance. The goal... Visit the award-winning site at www.cybersecurity.mo. gov ...
www.kspr.com/.../kspr-missouri-recognized-for-superlative-cy...

Cyber Security Expert Sileo in USA Today | Identity Theft Expert ...
You are at a higher risk of cyber and identity theft when traveling for work or pleasure. Cyber security expert John Sileo speaks with USA Today about solutions.
www.sileo.com/cyber-security-expert-sileo/

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