Cyber Cold War haunts the US and China
Aljazeera.com
In the ensuing two years, US rhetoric about China and cyber security has become ever more breathless. "China is waging a quiet, mostly invisible but massive cyberwar against the United States," wrote the Washington Post editorial board earlier this ...
Aljazeera.com
Aljazeera.com
In the ensuing two years, US rhetoric about China and cyber security has become ever more breathless. "China is waging a quiet, mostly invisible but massive cyberwar against the United States," wrote the Washington Post editorial board earlier this ...
Aljazeera.com
Radio Iowa
Party officials have also hired nationally-known cyber-security experts to make sure caucus vote tallies aren't hacked. “We're in a much more aggressive environment when it comes to groups that want to have their voice heard,” Strawn says. ...
6 DHS Cybersecurity Achievements in 2011
GovInfoSecurity.com
Whether through decisions made at the White House or provisions found in cybersecurity legislation before Congress, the Department of Homeland Security - among civilian agencies - is gaining more sway on how non-military, non-intelligence IT is secured ...
Cyber Security Challenge SAIC winners announced
SC Magazine UK
The three winners of the final Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) section of theCyber Security Challenge have been announced. Channon Powell, Adam Rutherford and Nicky Bloor were first, second and third respectively in the SAIC ...
Cyber security needed in maritime sector
portworld
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) has announced it has published the first ever European Union (EU) report on cyber security challenges in the maritime sector. The report highlights essential key insights, along with existing ...
Free educational website promotes cyber security and Intellectual Property ...
Inquirer.net
MANILA, Philippines — It is often said that “the best things in life are free”. In today's digital world, so much knowledge and data are available at the click of a button, but freedom does not mean one is free to steal the private property of others ...
Inquirer.net
Cyber workforce education plan eyes industry sectors, K-12
GCN.com
By William Jackson A nonprofit group supported by government, academia and the private sector announced an education and training program to develop the cybersecurity workforce needed to protect the nation's critical infrastructure. ...
Top 10 Cybersecurity Trends for Banks
BankInfoSecurity.com
Credit Eligible A new survey identifies the Top 10 Cybersecurity Trends for financial service organizations. Malware and mobility head the list of risks to watch. What are the other key concerns? In its new survey of the top 10 financial-services...
BankInfoSecurity.com
Major cybersecurity trend of 2011: Actually solving the problem
FederalNewsRadio.com
He joined In Depth with Francis Rose to discuss the major cybersecurity trends that took place in 2011 and what's on the horizon for 2012. Paller said one of the most important cybersecurity stories of 2011 was the response by the Australian government ...
Siemens fixing cyber bugs in industrial control systems
Reuters India
By Jim Finkle | BOSTON (Reuters) - Siemens (SIEGn.DE) said it is working to fix security flaws in industrial controls products that the US government warned could make public utilities, hospitals and other critical parts of the country's infrastructure ...
Lawmakers Rally Support for Cyber-Security Bill
Mobiledia
As the debate over cyber-security and privacy rages on, details of attacks continue. Investigators determined intruders, likely located in China, had access to the Chamber's three million corporate members, accessed 300 Internet addresses and stole ...
Mobiledia
Group launches national cybersecurity awareness program
Healthcare IT News
WASHINGTON – To coincide with President Obama's proclamation naming December “National Critical Infrastructure Protection Month," the Global Institute for Cybersecurity + Research has announced that it will launch the National Critical Infrastructure ...
Europe: Maritime cybersecurity awareness low
Gemini
Heraklion (ip-192.com): Maritime cyber security awareness is currently low to non-existent, a report published by the European Network and Information Security Agency (enisa) concludes. Since 90 percent of the EU's external trade and more than 40 ...
Gemini
Oil Companies Stepping up Cyber Security as Hacking Attacks Increase
OilPrice.com
Computers run the world. They are intrinsically linked into every system, few processes are fully manual. This means that to control the system you just need to control the computer. The increasing problem with this is that computers can be controlled ...
ICT budgets B27m for e-commerce and cyber security upgrade
Bangkok Post
The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Ministry set aside 27 million baht for the Thai Computer Emergency Response Team to set up a national digital forensic laboratory to tackle cyber security and boost local e-transaction service. ...
Lunarline Announces Educational Partnership With UMUC
PR Newswire (press release)
23, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Cyber security company, Lunarline, Inc., has teamed up with University of Maryland University College (UMUC) to provide higher education to its employees at a discounted rate. Through this educational alliance, all Lunarline ...
Welcome to the state of security compromise
Sydney Morning Herald
As cyber threats escalate, we need to invest in building the cybersecurity workforce with the requisite skills to defend our enterprises, government and critical infrastructure and help drive continued innovation. Efforts are underway and should ...
Sydney Morning Herald
M-commerce next on criminal hit lists?
InternetRetailer.com
The National Cyber Security Alliance, an organization promoting safe technology uses, also sponsored the survey. The implication for retailers and consumers is that as smartphones and tablets increase in popularity and use, criminals could turn their ...
An IT, acquisition review/preview
FederalNewsRadio.com
Turnover at the DHS cybersecurity office — Phil Reitinger, Sean McGurk, Randy Vickers and Nicole Dean all left or will be leaving DHS. Mark Weatherford and Susan Spaulding take over leadership positions. White House submits a cyber bill and the lack ...
Richard A. Clarke to Join Identive Board of Directors
MarketWatch (press release)
"Richard Clarke is a true pioneer in crucial areas of cyber security and was amongst the first to call for combining cyber and physical identity management systems. Since the early days of Identive's predecessor Bluehill ID, Dick has been a supporter ...
Republican Security Advisers Tied to $40 Billion in Contracts
BusinessWeek
Woolsey also leads the strategic advisory group of Paladin Capital Group, a private equity fund in Washington with a portfolio that includes alternative energy and cyber security. Woolsey serves as the chairman of his own firm Woolsey Partners LLC. ...
Local students expand minds with expanded technology, space future
Imperial Republican
Cyber security is a huge problem for the government, Wilson said, as is the amount of debris floating around in space that can damage satellites gathering information. “It was an eye-opener” for the students, Wilson said, as countries are beginning to ...
NERC Recognizes Security of Unidirectional Communications
Sacramento Bee
Strong cyber security protections for power plants and for other critical elements of the Bulk Electric System should help us all sleep a little easier. Waterfall Security Solutions' patented cyber securitysolutions enable sites in many industries to ...
Chamber of Commerce Cyber Attack a Wake-Up Call for In-House Counsel
Corporate Counsel
The US Chamber of Commerce itself called the Obama administration's legislative proposals oncybersecurity earlier this year “legislative overreach.” But Vatis says that overall he is seeing substantial changes in the private sector's attitude ...
Intelligently Adapt with CloudShield
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Seeing this growing challenge, three leaders in cybersecurity, Cloudshield, SAIC, and McAfee, have teamed up to provide a new security approach to protecting high value networks. Dubbed “Intelligently Adapt,” the new strategy is a truly holistic ...
Segal: On SOPA, it's time Congress finally heeds the geeks
WPRI-TV 12 (blog)
The bill would stifle innovation and kill jobs, undermine cybersecurity, censor the Internet and provide comfort to regimes that want to crack down on Internet freedoms to undermine dissent. It's being backed by the big media conglomerates, ...
Halt domain name bidding, lawmakers say
Nextgov
... along with Senate Democrats, are asking the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to postpone plans for opening up the market of domain name endings, such as dot-music, in the wake of consumer cybersecurity concerns. ...
Los Alamos National Lab, EMC sign research deal
CanadianBusiness.com
Under the agreement signed this week, Los Alamos and EMC will design and test new technologies in data storage, cyber security, and high-performance computing. The agreement also calls for them to collaborate on cloud computing, large-scale analytics, ...
VanRoekel Speech: Higher Performing Government Makes for Better Business Landscape
ExecutiveGov
VanRoekel said that in order to create a “21 st century government,” agencies need to promote more robust cybersecurity standards, embrace the efficiencies of cloud computing, better share resources across agencies and continue consolidating data ...
It was an eventful 2011 for Canada
Edmonton Journal
3 - Cyber-security firm McAfee releases a report that says two Canadian government agencies' computer systems were infiltrated as part of a massive global cyber attack that spanned at least five years. Aug. 22 - Jack Layton dies at his home in Toronto, ...
Letters [SC Magazine]
Insurance News Net (press release)
This researcher is repeating what [British institute] Chatham House reported in its paper "Cybersecurity and the UK's Critical National Infrastructure," alluding to the vulnerabilities of SCADA systems and their potential weakness of being open to ...
An update on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
HEXUS
... which she claimed dismissed the views of those who would be regulated under the new Act.Cyber-security subcommittee chairman Dan Lungren also expressed "very serious concerns" over the impact of the bill on DNSSEC, an initiative to protect clients ...
Marketers (and Criminals) Buzz About Mobile Tuesday
Blogger News Network (blog)
The National Cyber Security Alliance and McAfee released a study showing that in the last six months, 50% of Americans have used smartphones to research potential purchases, 27% have used them to shop, 12% have used them to shop at auction websites, ...
IAOP Releases Top Outsourcing Trends to Watch for in 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
Cloud concerns: As cloud computing solutions continue to proliferate worldwide, customers and suppliers will struggle to comply with increased government regulations, the real risks of cyber-security and threats of eco-terrorrism. ...
Rise of the Narcohackers
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
As one panelist mentioned during the FedCyber Government-Industry Cybersecurity conference, the rise of the mercenary and professional hacker classes is one of the characteristics of the new cyber threat environment. Cartels are already tracking down ...
EPIC - EPIC Urges Court to Order Disclosure of CyberSecurity ...
By Verdi
EPIC filed papers urging a federal court to order the National Security Agency to disclose National Security Presidential Directive 54, a key document governing national cybersecurity policy. The directive grants the NSA broad authority over ...
epic.org
MarketWatch (press release)
"Richard Clarke is a true pioneer in crucial areas of cyber security and was amongst the first to call for combining cyber and physical identity management systems. Since the early days of Identive's predecessor Bluehill ID, Dick has been a supporter ...
Republican Security Advisers Tied to $40 Billion in Contracts
BusinessWeek
Woolsey also leads the strategic advisory group of Paladin Capital Group, a private equity fund in Washington with a portfolio that includes alternative energy and cyber security. Woolsey serves as the chairman of his own firm Woolsey Partners LLC. ...
Local students expand minds with expanded technology, space future
Imperial Republican
Cyber security is a huge problem for the government, Wilson said, as is the amount of debris floating around in space that can damage satellites gathering information. “It was an eye-opener” for the students, Wilson said, as countries are beginning to ...
NERC Recognizes Security of Unidirectional Communications
Sacramento Bee
Strong cyber security protections for power plants and for other critical elements of the Bulk Electric System should help us all sleep a little easier. Waterfall Security Solutions' patented cyber securitysolutions enable sites in many industries to ...
Chamber of Commerce Cyber Attack a Wake-Up Call for In-House Counsel
Corporate Counsel
The US Chamber of Commerce itself called the Obama administration's legislative proposals oncybersecurity earlier this year “legislative overreach.” But Vatis says that overall he is seeing substantial changes in the private sector's attitude ...
Intelligently Adapt with CloudShield
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
Seeing this growing challenge, three leaders in cybersecurity, Cloudshield, SAIC, and McAfee, have teamed up to provide a new security approach to protecting high value networks. Dubbed “Intelligently Adapt,” the new strategy is a truly holistic ...
Segal: On SOPA, it's time Congress finally heeds the geeks
WPRI-TV 12 (blog)
The bill would stifle innovation and kill jobs, undermine cybersecurity, censor the Internet and provide comfort to regimes that want to crack down on Internet freedoms to undermine dissent. It's being backed by the big media conglomerates, ...
Halt domain name bidding, lawmakers say
Nextgov
... along with Senate Democrats, are asking the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to postpone plans for opening up the market of domain name endings, such as dot-music, in the wake of consumer cybersecurity concerns. ...
Los Alamos National Lab, EMC sign research deal
CanadianBusiness.com
Under the agreement signed this week, Los Alamos and EMC will design and test new technologies in data storage, cyber security, and high-performance computing. The agreement also calls for them to collaborate on cloud computing, large-scale analytics, ...
VanRoekel Speech: Higher Performing Government Makes for Better Business Landscape
ExecutiveGov
VanRoekel said that in order to create a “21 st century government,” agencies need to promote more robust cybersecurity standards, embrace the efficiencies of cloud computing, better share resources across agencies and continue consolidating data ...
It was an eventful 2011 for Canada
Edmonton Journal
3 - Cyber-security firm McAfee releases a report that says two Canadian government agencies' computer systems were infiltrated as part of a massive global cyber attack that spanned at least five years. Aug. 22 - Jack Layton dies at his home in Toronto, ...
Letters [SC Magazine]
Insurance News Net (press release)
This researcher is repeating what [British institute] Chatham House reported in its paper "Cybersecurity and the UK's Critical National Infrastructure," alluding to the vulnerabilities of SCADA systems and their potential weakness of being open to ...
An update on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
HEXUS
... which she claimed dismissed the views of those who would be regulated under the new Act.Cyber-security subcommittee chairman Dan Lungren also expressed "very serious concerns" over the impact of the bill on DNSSEC, an initiative to protect clients ...
Marketers (and Criminals) Buzz About Mobile Tuesday
Blogger News Network (blog)
The National Cyber Security Alliance and McAfee released a study showing that in the last six months, 50% of Americans have used smartphones to research potential purchases, 27% have used them to shop, 12% have used them to shop at auction websites, ...
IAOP Releases Top Outsourcing Trends to Watch for in 2012
MarketWatch (press release)
Cloud concerns: As cloud computing solutions continue to proliferate worldwide, customers and suppliers will struggle to comply with increased government regulations, the real risks of cyber-security and threats of eco-terrorrism. ...
Rise of the Narcohackers
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
As one panelist mentioned during the FedCyber Government-Industry Cybersecurity conference, the rise of the mercenary and professional hacker classes is one of the characteristics of the new cyber threat environment. Cartels are already tracking down ...
EPIC - EPIC Urges Court to Order Disclosure of CyberSecurity ...
By Verdi
EPIC filed papers urging a federal court to order the National Security Agency to disclose National Security Presidential Directive 54, a key document governing national cybersecurity policy. The directive grants the NSA broad authority over ...
epic.org
ENISA Report on Maritime Cyber Security shows little has changed ...
By Melanie Watson
ENISA has just released their first EU report on the cyber security challenges that the Maritime Sector face. The report highlights that maritime cyber security is low, to virtually non-existent, showing little difference between now and 8 years ago.
IT Governance Blog on IT governance,...
Turnover in DHS cyber office continues, Nicole Dean leaving
By admin
The Homeland Security Department's cybersecurity leadership is losing yet another senior official. Nicole Dean, the director of DHS's National Cyber Security Division (NCSD), announced recently she is leaving government on Jan. ...
CrucialPointLLC
ENISA Report on Maritime Cyber Security
ENISA Report on Maritime Cyber Security Due to the high complexity, it is major ... of Cyberwarfare · EastWest Institute Report on World Cybersecurity Summit ...
https://infosecisland.com/.../18936-ENISA-Report-on-Maritim...
Nationwide cybersecurity education initiative launched ...
The Global Institute for Cybersecurity + Research announced on December 22 ... of the National Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity Education Initiative, a nationally ... Technology Sectors · Today's News · Cyber Security · Education | Training ...
www.gsnmagazine.com/node/25305
Cybersecurity: A global issue demanding a global approach - United ...
ECOSOC held a Special Event “Cybersecurity and Development” organized jointly by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) and the ...
www.un.org/.../cybersecurity-demands-global-approach.html
Cyber Security Becoming More Important
If you read about threats today cyber security is one of the topics.
www.emergencymgmt.com/.../cyber-security-becoming-more-...
The Cyber Security Casino: Betting with House Money - Identity ...
Yet often that's what a lot of cyber security advice sounds like. It's true that social networks are a hotbed for malware, hackers and spam. But staying off Facebook ...
www.idt911blog.com/.../cyber-security-betting-with-house-m...
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