By SHAWN MUSGRAVE
The letter to Majority Leader Reid cited backlash from “a large number of constituents and stakeholders” concerned about “possible unintended consequences of the legislation, including breaches in cybersecurity, damaging the integrity of the ...
DigBoston
Comment: Why we chose to close our site
Politics.co.uk
As highlighted by the US government's own Cybersecurity Co-ordinator and Office of Science and Technology, the laws would reduce freedom of expression, increase cyber security risk and undermine the dynamic, global internet. The US is not alone in this ...
Pentagon Vow on Cybersecurity to Ease Contractor Pain From Cuts
BusinessWeek
9 (Bloomberg) -- US military plans to invest more in cybersecurity and space-based capabilities may ease the blow for contractors such as Northrop Grumman Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. facing cuts in other defense programs. ...
ISO 27001 is the way forward to cyber security says an expert
EIN News (press release)
At the same time, a report published by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) points out that a wide variety of cyber security guidance is available for entities within the seven critical infrastructure sectors, such as finance and banking, ...
DHS takes control of DIB cybersecurity pilot
FierceGovernmentIT
The Homeland Security Department is now in charge of a cybersecurity information sharing pilot with the defense industrial base launched by the Defense Department, DHS officials say in a Jan. 13 privacy impact assessment (.pdf). ...
Rose State College in Midwest City expands cyber security program
NewsOK.com
Rose State College's cyber security program started with 75 students. Now the program in Midwest City has more than 600. BY SCOTT SHARP Leave a comment MIDWEST CITY — In 2010, it was discovered that Iran's nuclear development program was temporarily ...
Aide: Senate Nears Agreement On Cybersecurity Bill
National Journal
By Josh Smith The Senate could move ahead with a broad-ranging cybersecurity bill in as little as a week, an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said on Tuesday. Speaking at the annual State of the Net Conference, Tommy Ross, ...
If you think cybersecurity isn't a big deal, guess again
Urgent Communications
Second, a cybersecurity breach can cost consider time and money. I was pretty fortunate, in the grand scheme of things. But consider a breach that takes down an entire network or results in the loss of sensitive data. That would be a dark day indeed....
Urgent Communications
Schmidt's Top Deputy Leaving White House
GovInfoSecurity.com
Credit Eligible Sameer Bhalotra, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt's top deputy, is leaving the administration on Jan. 23, moving to northern California where his wife has a new job. Bhalotra, who's been on Schmidt's staff since June ...
GovInfoSecurity.com
FOCUS SYSTEMS CORPORATION : Focus Systems to Deliver EnCaseCybersecurity To ...
4-traders (press release)
Tokyo, Japan - January 18, 2012 - Focus Systems Corp., [CEO Keiichi Mori, JASDAQ:4662] today announced it has started to deliver EnCase® Cybersecurity to companies and government agencies in Japan. EnCase® Cybersecurity is incident response software ...
4-traders (press release)
Can 'year of the hack' spur better threat info sharing?
GCN.com
“There is a lot more rhetoric going on about it national than action,” said William Guenther, president of the Advanced Cyber Security Center, a collaborative effort between industry, government and academia to enable sharing. ...
DISA details streamlining plan for 2012
FCW.com
DISA's focus on enterprise IT is for more than achieving the efficiencies being sought across DOD and the federal government; it's also a key factor for DOD cybersecurity, according to Mark Orndorff, director of DISA program executive office, ...
US Cybersecurity: Government Should Set Standards
DefenseNews.com (subscription)
As Obama administration officials work to define a cybersecurity strategy for America's critical infrastructure they should combat their problem the same way fire marshals use building codes to protect lives and property from going up in smoke. ...
Congress wants to censor you
The Hill (blog)
... increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global internet." Furthermore, many cyber-security experts, including Rep. Langevin, the Co-Chairman of the Cyber Security Caucus, have warned that the legislation could greatly ...
Vineyard Networks and ISC8 Announce Tactical Technology Partnership
MarketWatch (press release)
KELOWNA, BC, Jan 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Vineyard Networks and ISC8 are thrilled to announce their Technology Partnership which will see Network Application Intelligence added to ISC8's next generation of Cyber Security solutions. ...
Pentagon cedes control of Defense cyber pilot to DHS
Nextgov
The goal of the so-called DIB Cybersecurity Pilot was to block intruders from accessing the computers and networks that support Pentagon operations. The Obama administration has opted to temporarily extend what was originally a 90-day initiative, ...
White House Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
... seeks to enhance the standards for cyber security within federal agencies' computing infrastructure in a number of ways, including centralizing management of government computer security, recruiting highly qualified cybersecurity professionals, ...
Booz Allen Hamilton Launches Cyber Solutions...
defpro
The Cyber Security Operations Center in northern Virginia serves as the primary location for security operations for Booz Allen's networks and systems that can be leveraged to serve client needs. Its services include 24/7 emergency response, ...
MIT palantir reveals future views of grid and grid security
Smart Grid News
Nor NIST, as its cyber security working groups can only recommend, not mandate, protective actions. This lack of a single operational entity with responsibility for gridcybersecurity preparedness as well as response and recovery creates a security ...
Smart Grid News
What Is SOPA Anyway? A Guide to Understanding the Online Piracy Bill
Wall Street Journal
Q: What about the charge that the legislation could undermine cybersecurity efforts? A: One of the biggest issues for Google, eBay and other Internet companies is a provision that in some instances would require "DNS blocking." The domain-name system, ...
Malware targets smart ID cards, say researchers
Fierce Homeland Security
Cybersecurity researchers say they've uncovered a variant of malicious software known as Sykipot that specifically targets smart identity cards used by a number of federal agencies, including the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. ...
Small Medical Practices More Susceptible to Health Data Breaches
iHealthBeat
Many small medical practices are more susceptible to health data breaches because they rely on out-of-date technology and overlook adequate data security protections, according to Kroll Fraud Solutions' annual cybersecurity trends forecast, ...
NCC Group Chief Says Attacks From Cyber Hackers Are Increasing
BusinessWeek
Detica, the cyber-security arm of BAE Systems Plc, is also seeing increased demand, said David Garfield, head of Cyber Security at BAE Systems Detica in an e-mailed statement. “We have witnessed a rise in the number of organizations we have spoken to ...
How private equity investment can support the growth of businesses in the IT ...
SC Magazine UK
Countering cyber attacks has risen rapidly up the UK agenda in recent years withcyber security recently promoted to a 'Tier One' risk to national security by the Government. This status was reinforced by the Government's allocation of £650m tocyber ...
SC Magazine UK
Increased traffic could turn BRAC's boon into a bust
Baltimore Sun
The increased traffic generated by the Cyber Security Command and BRAC will mean Better, Realize, Another, Congestion, without the necessary infrastructure in place. The opening of slots at Arundel Mills will exacerbate the problem, which will worsen ...
Unisys Releases 2012 Enterprise Technology Predictions
MarketWatch (press release)
Based on its work with clients around the world, Unisys expects that disruptive technologies - cloud computing, mobility, social computing, big data and smart analytics, IT appliances, andcybersecurity - will become more tightly woven into ...
Victim Businesses Teaming Up To Fight Cybercriminals
Dark Reading
The end state is to get actionable information that will help improve corporations' and governments'cyber-security posture and continually raise the bar," said William Pelgrin, who is president & CEO for the Center for Internet Security, ...
Report: DHS should collaborate with industry on cyber guidance
FederalNewsRadio.com
The GAO study says many businesses are subject to federal regulations and are required by law to adhere to cybersecurity standards. But it found that so-called "non-covered" entities still face a barrage of cyber guidance. ...
CyberSecurity Question Time on the FM website! « Fabius Maximus
By Marcus J. Ranum
CyberSecurity Question Time on the FM website! 18 January 2012. tags: computer security, computers. by Marcus J. Ranum. Ask any question about cyberwar or computer security, broadly defined. This is a topic area in which, in my ...
Fabius Maximus
Intelligence officials most concerned about cyber security in years to ...
By Patrick Svitek
(Maryland State Archives) Napolitano struck a more serious tone about cyber security during a panel discussion, calling it one of the security issues she intends to be most watchful of in coming years. The hour-and-a-half talk, hosted by the ...
medillonthehill.net
High School Cybersecurity Fair and Expo: Registration Now Open ...
By AWinters
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for Students, Adults and Volunteers for the High SchoolCyberSecurity Fair and Expo in conjunction with the 7th Annual Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The first 200 students who register ...
CyberMaryland - IT Security & Innovation
Cyber security & on-line shopping - CNN Security Clearance
By jimbarnett1
Filed under: Cybersecurity • Homeland Security • Napolitano ... 5:29 pm ET January 17, 2012 RETWEET. Just posted on Security Clearance, "Cyber security & on-line shopping" -tinyurl.com/7jep3gx · natlsecuritycnn · Profile picture for ...
CNN Security Clearance
(ISC)2 Blog: Redefining United States Cyber Security: Taking a ...
By LPBunch
Background In the years since I took my first IT security position in 1999, the cyber securitylandscape has changed vastly. Fortunately ... We are moving the right direction with the passage of H.R 2096, Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2011. ...
(ISC)2 Blog
DISA streamlining, focusing on enterprise IT, cybersecurity for 2012 ...
Combining offices, testing enterprise Sharepoint among top near-term efforts.
Defense Systems: Information...
Government Websites Hacked :- What next?
By admin
Most government websites hosted on the .go.ke domain were hacked by some Indonesian cyber-security student. Apparently after several hours of teaching, the lecturer encouraged the students to test their skills on selected government sites ...
KICTANET
Air Force Association Blog: USAF Chief Scientist Joins CyberFutures ...
By The Air Force Association Blog
The U.S. Air Force's chief scientist, Dr. Mark T. Maybury, will join an agenda full of Air Force leadership, industry experts, and current cyber security specialists at the Air Force Association's 2012 CyberFutures Conference! CyberFutures is ...
Air Force Association Blog
Economic, cyber security risks top global report | Business Insurance
Economic, cyber security risks top global report. January 15, 2012 - 6:00am. Read more in the Risk Management Ch ...
www.businessinsurance.com/article/20120115/.../301159979
Gender gap hinders cybersecurity hiring boom | Homeland Security ...
DHS is currently looking to hire 1000 more cybersecurity professionals, while the NSA hopes to hire 1200 more, but despite their best efforts to hire more women ...
www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20120112-gender-ga...
Aide: Senate nears agreement on cybersecurity bill - Nextgov
The Senate could move ahead with a broad-ranging cybersecurity bill in as little as a week, an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., said on...
www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120117_9112.php
Is cybersecurity bill on Congress' to-do list? - FederalNewsRadio.com
Jordy Yager, a reporter for the Hill, says that Congress's number one priority for 2012 is to present the president with a comprehensive cybersecurity bill.
www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=473&sid=2702249
US Spending on Cybersecurity Space Systems May Ease Defense ...
Major U.S. defense contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin may find some relief from shrinking Pentagon.
www.spacenews.com/.../120116-fromwires-cybersecurity-ease...
U.S. Cybersecurity: Government Should Set Standards | Gannett ...
As Obama administration officials work to define a cybersecurity strategy for America's critical infrastructure they should combat their problem the same way fire ...
www.defensenews.com/.../U-S-Cybersecurity-Government-Sh...
Cybersecurity News Round-Up: The Pentagon, Power Grid and ...
It's all about cyber defense this week, as nations and their governments, industry and individual businesses scurry to secure key technological infrastructure.
www.clearancejobs.com/.../cybersecurity-news-round-up-the-...
Politics.co.uk
As highlighted by the US government's own Cybersecurity Co-ordinator and Office of Science and Technology, the laws would reduce freedom of expression, increase cyber security risk and undermine the dynamic, global internet. The US is not alone in this ...
Pentagon Vow on Cybersecurity to Ease Contractor Pain From Cuts
BusinessWeek
9 (Bloomberg) -- US military plans to invest more in cybersecurity and space-based capabilities may ease the blow for contractors such as Northrop Grumman Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. facing cuts in other defense programs. ...
ISO 27001 is the way forward to cyber security says an expert
EIN News (press release)
At the same time, a report published by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) points out that a wide variety of cyber security guidance is available for entities within the seven critical infrastructure sectors, such as finance and banking, ...
DHS takes control of DIB cybersecurity pilot
FierceGovernmentIT
The Homeland Security Department is now in charge of a cybersecurity information sharing pilot with the defense industrial base launched by the Defense Department, DHS officials say in a Jan. 13 privacy impact assessment (.pdf). ...
Rose State College in Midwest City expands cyber security program
NewsOK.com
Rose State College's cyber security program started with 75 students. Now the program in Midwest City has more than 600. BY SCOTT SHARP Leave a comment MIDWEST CITY — In 2010, it was discovered that Iran's nuclear development program was temporarily ...
Aide: Senate Nears Agreement On Cybersecurity Bill
National Journal
By Josh Smith The Senate could move ahead with a broad-ranging cybersecurity bill in as little as a week, an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said on Tuesday. Speaking at the annual State of the Net Conference, Tommy Ross, ...
If you think cybersecurity isn't a big deal, guess again
Urgent Communications
Second, a cybersecurity breach can cost consider time and money. I was pretty fortunate, in the grand scheme of things. But consider a breach that takes down an entire network or results in the loss of sensitive data. That would be a dark day indeed....
Urgent Communications
Schmidt's Top Deputy Leaving White House
GovInfoSecurity.com
Credit Eligible Sameer Bhalotra, White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt's top deputy, is leaving the administration on Jan. 23, moving to northern California where his wife has a new job. Bhalotra, who's been on Schmidt's staff since June ...
GovInfoSecurity.com
FOCUS SYSTEMS CORPORATION : Focus Systems to Deliver EnCaseCybersecurity To ...
4-traders (press release)
Tokyo, Japan - January 18, 2012 - Focus Systems Corp., [CEO Keiichi Mori, JASDAQ:4662] today announced it has started to deliver EnCase® Cybersecurity to companies and government agencies in Japan. EnCase® Cybersecurity is incident response software ...
4-traders (press release)
Can 'year of the hack' spur better threat info sharing?
GCN.com
“There is a lot more rhetoric going on about it national than action,” said William Guenther, president of the Advanced Cyber Security Center, a collaborative effort between industry, government and academia to enable sharing. ...
DISA details streamlining plan for 2012
FCW.com
DISA's focus on enterprise IT is for more than achieving the efficiencies being sought across DOD and the federal government; it's also a key factor for DOD cybersecurity, according to Mark Orndorff, director of DISA program executive office, ...
US Cybersecurity: Government Should Set Standards
DefenseNews.com (subscription)
As Obama administration officials work to define a cybersecurity strategy for America's critical infrastructure they should combat their problem the same way fire marshals use building codes to protect lives and property from going up in smoke. ...
Congress wants to censor you
The Hill (blog)
... increases cybersecurity risk, or undermines the dynamic, innovative global internet." Furthermore, many cyber-security experts, including Rep. Langevin, the Co-Chairman of the Cyber Security Caucus, have warned that the legislation could greatly ...
Vineyard Networks and ISC8 Announce Tactical Technology Partnership
MarketWatch (press release)
KELOWNA, BC, Jan 17, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Vineyard Networks and ISC8 are thrilled to announce their Technology Partnership which will see Network Application Intelligence added to ISC8's next generation of Cyber Security solutions. ...
Pentagon cedes control of Defense cyber pilot to DHS
Nextgov
The goal of the so-called DIB Cybersecurity Pilot was to block intruders from accessing the computers and networks that support Pentagon operations. The Obama administration has opted to temporarily extend what was originally a 90-day initiative, ...
White House Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal
Mondaq News Alerts (registration)
... seeks to enhance the standards for cyber security within federal agencies' computing infrastructure in a number of ways, including centralizing management of government computer security, recruiting highly qualified cybersecurity professionals, ...
Booz Allen Hamilton Launches Cyber Solutions...
defpro
The Cyber Security Operations Center in northern Virginia serves as the primary location for security operations for Booz Allen's networks and systems that can be leveraged to serve client needs. Its services include 24/7 emergency response, ...
MIT palantir reveals future views of grid and grid security
Smart Grid News
Nor NIST, as its cyber security working groups can only recommend, not mandate, protective actions. This lack of a single operational entity with responsibility for gridcybersecurity preparedness as well as response and recovery creates a security ...
Smart Grid News
What Is SOPA Anyway? A Guide to Understanding the Online Piracy Bill
Wall Street Journal
Q: What about the charge that the legislation could undermine cybersecurity efforts? A: One of the biggest issues for Google, eBay and other Internet companies is a provision that in some instances would require "DNS blocking." The domain-name system, ...
Malware targets smart ID cards, say researchers
Fierce Homeland Security
Cybersecurity researchers say they've uncovered a variant of malicious software known as Sykipot that specifically targets smart identity cards used by a number of federal agencies, including the departments of Defense and Homeland Security. ...
Small Medical Practices More Susceptible to Health Data Breaches
iHealthBeat
Many small medical practices are more susceptible to health data breaches because they rely on out-of-date technology and overlook adequate data security protections, according to Kroll Fraud Solutions' annual cybersecurity trends forecast, ...
NCC Group Chief Says Attacks From Cyber Hackers Are Increasing
BusinessWeek
Detica, the cyber-security arm of BAE Systems Plc, is also seeing increased demand, said David Garfield, head of Cyber Security at BAE Systems Detica in an e-mailed statement. “We have witnessed a rise in the number of organizations we have spoken to ...
How private equity investment can support the growth of businesses in the IT ...
SC Magazine UK
Countering cyber attacks has risen rapidly up the UK agenda in recent years withcyber security recently promoted to a 'Tier One' risk to national security by the Government. This status was reinforced by the Government's allocation of £650m tocyber ...
SC Magazine UK
Increased traffic could turn BRAC's boon into a bust
Baltimore Sun
The increased traffic generated by the Cyber Security Command and BRAC will mean Better, Realize, Another, Congestion, without the necessary infrastructure in place. The opening of slots at Arundel Mills will exacerbate the problem, which will worsen ...
Unisys Releases 2012 Enterprise Technology Predictions
MarketWatch (press release)
Based on its work with clients around the world, Unisys expects that disruptive technologies - cloud computing, mobility, social computing, big data and smart analytics, IT appliances, andcybersecurity - will become more tightly woven into ...
Victim Businesses Teaming Up To Fight Cybercriminals
Dark Reading
The end state is to get actionable information that will help improve corporations' and governments'cyber-security posture and continually raise the bar," said William Pelgrin, who is president & CEO for the Center for Internet Security, ...
Report: DHS should collaborate with industry on cyber guidance
FederalNewsRadio.com
The GAO study says many businesses are subject to federal regulations and are required by law to adhere to cybersecurity standards. But it found that so-called "non-covered" entities still face a barrage of cyber guidance. ...
CyberSecurity Question Time on the FM website! « Fabius Maximus
By Marcus J. Ranum
CyberSecurity Question Time on the FM website! 18 January 2012. tags: computer security, computers. by Marcus J. Ranum. Ask any question about cyberwar or computer security, broadly defined. This is a topic area in which, in my ...
Fabius Maximus
Intelligence officials most concerned about cyber security in years to ...
By Patrick Svitek
(Maryland State Archives) Napolitano struck a more serious tone about cyber security during a panel discussion, calling it one of the security issues she intends to be most watchful of in coming years. The hour-and-a-half talk, hosted by the ...
medillonthehill.net
High School Cybersecurity Fair and Expo: Registration Now Open ...
By AWinters
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN for Students, Adults and Volunteers for the High SchoolCyberSecurity Fair and Expo in conjunction with the 7th Annual Mid-Atlantic Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition. The first 200 students who register ...
CyberMaryland - IT Security & Innovation
Cyber security & on-line shopping - CNN Security Clearance
By jimbarnett1
Filed under: Cybersecurity • Homeland Security • Napolitano ... 5:29 pm ET January 17, 2012 RETWEET. Just posted on Security Clearance, "Cyber security & on-line shopping" -tinyurl.com/7jep3gx · natlsecuritycnn · Profile picture for ...
CNN Security Clearance
(ISC)2 Blog: Redefining United States Cyber Security: Taking a ...
By LPBunch
Background In the years since I took my first IT security position in 1999, the cyber securitylandscape has changed vastly. Fortunately ... We are moving the right direction with the passage of H.R 2096, Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2011. ...
(ISC)2 Blog
DISA streamlining, focusing on enterprise IT, cybersecurity for 2012 ...
Combining offices, testing enterprise Sharepoint among top near-term efforts.
Defense Systems: Information...
Government Websites Hacked :- What next?
By admin
Most government websites hosted on the .go.ke domain were hacked by some Indonesian cyber-security student. Apparently after several hours of teaching, the lecturer encouraged the students to test their skills on selected government sites ...
KICTANET
Air Force Association Blog: USAF Chief Scientist Joins CyberFutures ...
By The Air Force Association Blog
The U.S. Air Force's chief scientist, Dr. Mark T. Maybury, will join an agenda full of Air Force leadership, industry experts, and current cyber security specialists at the Air Force Association's 2012 CyberFutures Conference! CyberFutures is ...
Air Force Association Blog
Economic, cyber security risks top global report | Business Insurance
Economic, cyber security risks top global report. January 15, 2012 - 6:00am. Read more in the Risk Management Ch ...
www.businessinsurance.com/article/20120115/.../301159979
Gender gap hinders cybersecurity hiring boom | Homeland Security ...
DHS is currently looking to hire 1000 more cybersecurity professionals, while the NSA hopes to hire 1200 more, but despite their best efforts to hire more women ...
www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20120112-gender-ga...
Aide: Senate nears agreement on cybersecurity bill - Nextgov
The Senate could move ahead with a broad-ranging cybersecurity bill in as little as a week, an aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid , D-Nev., said on...
www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120117_9112.php
Is cybersecurity bill on Congress' to-do list? - FederalNewsRadio.com
Jordy Yager, a reporter for the Hill, says that Congress's number one priority for 2012 is to present the president with a comprehensive cybersecurity bill.
www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=473&sid=2702249
US Spending on Cybersecurity Space Systems May Ease Defense ...
Major U.S. defense contractors like Northrop Grumman and Lockheed Martin may find some relief from shrinking Pentagon.
www.spacenews.com/.../120116-fromwires-cybersecurity-ease...
U.S. Cybersecurity: Government Should Set Standards | Gannett ...
As Obama administration officials work to define a cybersecurity strategy for America's critical infrastructure they should combat their problem the same way fire ...
www.defensenews.com/.../U-S-Cybersecurity-Government-Sh...
Cybersecurity News Round-Up: The Pentagon, Power Grid and ...
It's all about cyber defense this week, as nations and their governments, industry and individual businesses scurry to secure key technological infrastructure.
www.clearancejobs.com/.../cybersecurity-news-round-up-the-...
