Are you ready for the new cyber breach notification laws? « Endace ...
By Tim Nichols
This current fiscal quarter will be fascinating as it's the first quarter that US public companies are required to publish details of cyber security breaches in their quarterly 10-K reports. The new requirement was issued by the SEC in October 2011 ...
Endace Blog
By Tim Nichols
This current fiscal quarter will be fascinating as it's the first quarter that US public companies are required to publish details of cyber security breaches in their quarterly 10-K reports. The new requirement was issued by the SEC in October 2011 ...
Endace Blog
German government endorses Chrome as most secure browser
Macworld UK
Germany's cyber security agency has recommended that Windows 7 users run Google's Chrome browser, citing the application's sandbox and auto-update features. In a security best practices guideline, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security,...
Macworld UK
Macworld UK
Germany's cyber security agency has recommended that Windows 7 users run Google's Chrome browser, citing the application's sandbox and auto-update features. In a security best practices guideline, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security,...
Macworld UK
Manufacturing.net
Those are the most contentious parts of legislation designed to boost cybersecurityagainst the constant attacks that target US government, corporate and personal computer networks and accounts. Authorities are increasingly worried that cybercriminals ...
Manufacturing.net
Survey foretells US cybersecurity disaster
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
WASHINGTON – Companies including utilities, banks and phone carriers would have to spend almost nine times more on cybersecurity to prevent a digital Pearl Harbor from plunging millions into darkness, paralyzing the financial system or cutting ...
McAfee: Cyber security reliable
New Europe
|EPA PHOTO/EUROPEAN COMMISSION/NIPA Estonian cyber security structure recently got endorsed as “reliable” by the computer security company McAfee. In a new report, the company ranked Estonia in line with UK, US, France, Germany, the Netherlands, ...
New Europe
Cyber Security for Chemical Industry Europe
TechWeekEurope UK
The Cyber Security for Chemical Industry Europe will bring together leading c-level practitioners and senior IT Security Managers from across Europe to discuss how you can ensure that your business is not vulnerable to attack. The recent spate of cyber ...
Experts agree that a “cyber arms race” is taking place: McAfee
ARNnet
The report, titled Cyber-security: The Vexed Question of Global Rules and written by Brussels-based defence and security think-tank, Security Defence and Agenda (SDA), provides an insight into current cyber-threat landscape and what needs to be done to ...
While the world braces for e-threats, India moves slow
Economic Times
The country should begin planning a full-fledged military cyber command, instead of the current piecemeal and disjointed steps to bolster cyber-security, grappling as it already is with incessant online espionage and other attacks from China, ...
Global Agenda speaker series looks at espionage, intelligence in digital age
University of Delaware
April 11 -- "Cyber Security: Grappling with the Risk," with Melissa Hathaway, who served both the Obama and Bush administrations as a leader in understandingcybersecurity. She worked in the office of the Director of National Intelligence and on the ...
University of Delaware
German government endorses Chrome as most secure browser
Macworld UK
Germany's cyber security agency has recommended that Windows 7 users run Google's Chrome browser, citing the application's sandbox and auto-update features. In a security best practices guideline, Germany's Federal Office for Information Security,...
Macworld UK
What to watch: Romney to tout his economic plans at NVTC event
Washington Post
Even amid looming federal cuts, one area of the government seems poised to grow: cybersecurity. On Wednesday and Thursday, the Federal Business Council, an event management company, brings together hundreds of cybersecurity experts from the Justice ...
Cyber awareness key to operational readiness success
Rapid City Journal
The kiosks, open to everyone with a valid military identification card, will provide information pertaining to cyber security and specialists will give out free home use antivirus software. "We're going to be providing information to Airmen that will ...
Working with Homeland Students – A Grand Opportunity, A Great Relationship
Security Debrief
So when a colleague contacted me to provide some lectures on Cyber Security Policy, I jumped at the opportunity. They soon sent me the class roster. It was not a military audience at all (OK, there were a couple of military types, but they were ...
Risk: Security's new compliance
SC Magazine
2011 saw a record number of cyber security attacks and associated breaches with very public disclosures including Citigroup, the International Monetary Fund, RSA (the security division of EMC), Lockheed Martin, Google, Sony, ADP and NASDAQ.
Radware Security Report Debunks Prevailing Myths About Distributed Denial of ...
Sacramento Bee
That is one of the conclusions published today in the "2011 Global Application and Network Security Report", a compilation of security findings providing a view of the state of cyber security worldwide. The findings bust several myths about the way the ...
Increased Cases of Cybercrime, a Matter of Concern for India
NewsPoint Africa
During Munich Security Conference, held on Sunday, officials attending the conference emphasized over the need of speeding up cyber security in India. In the past few years, cybercrimes have been causing havoc in many countries like US and China.
NewsPoint Africa
Don't shoot the messenger
The Hindu
My 90 per cent Internet courses run in India and I have just been awarded 'The Global Ambassador for Cyber Security' by the Government. This award is a part of National Telecom Awards. From this February I will also train police personnel in ...
The Hindu
Green IT and risk management
Hindu Business Line
Risk management encompasses physical, logical, hardware, software, network-related cyber security issues, suitability of the IT architecture, IT alignment with business goals, and IT service delivery issues such as confidentiality, integrity and ...
PricewaterhouseCoopers | Programmed for growth: Outlook for the technology ...
Linex Legal (press release) (registration)
The continued increased use of the Internet and mobile connected devices, complexity of networks, as well as the sharing of sensitive data means cyber-security is now seen as business critical for corporates and governments. Within the rapidly evolving ...
Justice Dept. Names Luke McCormack CIO
ExecutiveGov
He is responsible for ICE's IT portfolio, strategy planning and cybersecurity. Previously, McCormack was acting director of Customs and Border Protection's infrastructure division from January 2004 to June 2005. He served in other roles at CBP, ...
Google launches Android Bouncer
News24
In November, cyber security firm McAfee warned of a growing risk of malware and viruses targeting users of smartphones running on Google's Android operating system. McAfee said that their statistics showed a 37% increase in malware targeting the ...
NASA HQ Solicitation: Web Enterprise Service Technology Prime
Space Ref (press release)
Goal 2: Enhance and strengthen IT Security and Cyber security to ensure the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of NASA's critical data and IT assets. - Provide standardized, coordinated rapid response to Web Security issues.
Higher education in building boom
The News-Press
“Cyber security is a huge hot button right now.” Hodges keeps a close eye on employment trends, Turner said. “We like to listen to what the business community's looking for.” Now, he said, the question is, “Who are the people who are being hired to ...
Government contractors preserve profit through cost-cutting
Washington Post
During a conference call with investors, Booz Allen officials said the company would reinvest some of the savings achieved through cuts into beefing up growth areas such as cybersecurity. Booz Allen is not the only company weighing the trade-offs.
Former Joint Chiefs Vice Chairman James E. Cartwright Joins Opera Solutions ...
MarketWatch (press release)
He is a respected military advisor in the areas of strategic deterrence, nuclear proliferation, missile defense, and cyber security. In his new advisory role, Cartwright will primarily be involved with Opera Solutions Government Services, the company's ...
Actiance Expands Reach Into Federal Sector With AltaTek Partnership
MarketWatch (press release)
"Our customers' demand for increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity solutions makes Actiance products of particular interest," says Seana O'Hare, President and CEO of AltaTek. "Actiance fills a previously unaddressed gap in the UC and social networking ...
Israel tops cyber-readiness poll
Israel 21C
"Cyber security is not about saving information or data, but about something deeper than that. It's about securing different life systems regulated by computers. In Israel, we realized this ten years ago," said Ben-Israel. "A cyber war can inflict the ...
Washington area appointments and promotions for the week of Feb. 6
Washington Post
Superlative Technologies of Ashburn appointed Leslie Owens chief technology officer and vice president of cybersecurity. Triad Technology Partners of Bethesda appointed Billy Keltz, former Tivoli software sales specialist at IBM, sales director.
DCCA Awarded $4.3 Million in Task Orders by Department of Defense
MarketWatch (press release)
... including systems modernization solutions, web services, information assurance (IA)/cyber security, cloud computing support, as well as computer network operations, data engineering, and testing services to Department of Defense, intelligence, ...
New Delhi To Host EU-India Summit On Friday
RTT News
... in the security sphere and are expected to encourage their services to finalize and implement a roadmap for security cooperation in 2012 resulting from expert meetings held in the areas of counter-terrorism, cyber-security and counter-piracy.
Anonymous Posts Security Call Between FBI And UK e-Crimes Unit
TechWeekEurope UK
The leak of the email shows two procedural problems with the way the security services are handling cyber-security issues. First is the evident lack of a ban on storing sensitive emails on personal systems or external public Cloud-based email systems.
TechWeekEurope UK
Booz Allen cuts 516 employees
Washington Post
However, the company anticipates that the restructuring will save roughly $80 million, some of which it will invest in growth areas, which generally include cybersecurity as well as commercial and international work. Some of the savings will be held in ...
Watchdog group releases recommendations to protect user privacy ...
By SafiyaMerchant2014
By Safiya Merchant. WASHINGTON — As government officials criticize Google's recent decision to revise its privacy policy to monitor and record user activity, watchdog organization The Constitution Project released a report claiming the ...
Medill National Security Zone
HR 3834 Introduced – Cyber Security Research - Chemical Facility ...
By PJCoyle
HR 3834 Introduced – Cyber Security Research. Late last month Rep Hall (R,TX), the Chair of the House Science, ... Email ThisBlogThis!Share to TwitterShare to Facebook. Labels: Chemical Facility Security, Cybersecurity Research, HR 3834 ...
Chemical Facility Security News
Business-government ties complicate cyber security - O'Reilly Radar
By Howard Wen
Business-government ties complicate cyber security. "Inside Cyber Warfare" author Jeffrey Carr discusses ... and hackers · How to prepare for a cyber attack. tags: attack, cloud, cyber warfare,cybersecurity, cyberwarfare, infrastructure, security ...
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis,...
Cyber-attacks and cyber-security key topics at Munich Security ...
By anoop
Cyber-attacks and cyber-security key topics at Munich Security Conference. Filed under: e-Governance,Info-Security,News. The threat posed by cyber-attacks and the impact of the Arab spring were the key topics on the final day of the Munich ...
eGov Magazine
European Smart Grid Cyber Security 2012 updates: Breaking News ...
By noreply@blogger.com (SMi Group Ltd Utilities Division)
"Cyberspace is complex, rapidly changing through increasing interconnection, and bringing us all closer together. This presents new opportunities and new challenges across the UK. The UK Cyber Security Strategy34 recently set out the ...
European Smart Grid Cyber Security...
New cyber security toolkit with free cyber assessment tool | IT ...
By kwright
Our new Cyber Security Toolkit can help your organization protect itself from the growing threat of cyber crime. This toolkit will ensure you protect your critical assets, instil confidence in your customers and help you win new business.
IT Governance Blog on IT governance,...
DHS | Senate Cybersecurity bill | | The Daily Caller
By admin
Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats? | 'The Department of Homeland Security, with input from businesses, would select which companies to regulate'
The Daily Caller
RepMan: Yeah, so, um, we're gonna go ahead and spend your fee ...
By RepMan
But then, one day out of the clear blue, Lumbergh called our day-to-day account manager and said, 'Yeah, so, um, we're gonna go ahead and spend your fee on a cyber-security upgrade instead.' Say what? A cyber security upgrade instead of ...
RepMan
The PJ Tatler » DOE Watchdog Finds Security Problems In Stimulus ...
By Conservative Wanderer
The IG report said 36 of the 99 cybersecurity plans were “lacking” in at least one area. Though the Energy Department told the recipients to update their plans, the report found “the initial weaknesses had not always been addressed.” ...
The PJ Tatler
TiE DC Chairman Sanjay Govil On Mobility In The Global ...
By Annie Ganim
In this interview, Govil discusses the difference between the perception of increased cyber securityrisk brought on by mobility and the actual potential damage of a cyber attack. “To me, an attack might happen but that does not mean that ...
News & Insight for the DC Area Executive
Cybersecurity Question: Border Laptop Checks & Confidentiality ...
Cyber Security is now recognized as a high risk priority by governments ... Korea · Strategies for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection ...
www.cyberwarzone.com/.../cybersecurity-question-border-lapt...
US cybersecurity efforts trigger privacy concerns - Yahoo! News
From Yahoo! News: The federal government's plan to expand computer security protections into critical parts of private industry is raising concerns that the move ...
news.yahoo.com/us-cybersecurity-efforts-trigger-privacy-conc...
Lungren Cybersecurity Bill Takes Careful, Balanced Approach ...
Legislation to promote information sharing for cybersecurity purposes was marked up and reported out favorably – and unanimously – on February 1 by the ...
https://www.cdt.org/.../22lungren-cybersecurity-bill-takes-care...
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