The Circuit: Cybersecurity, Facebook, digital tools in schools
Washington Post (blog)
By Hayley Tsukayama LEADING THE DAY: The House subcommittee on cybersecurity will mark up the Promoting and Enhancing Cybersercurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness (PrECISE) Act, which has provisions to secure infrastructure, such as utility ...
THE LATEST ON CYBERSECURITY REFORM:
Politico
With help from Brooks Boliek, Kim Hart, Jen Martinez, Eliza Krigman and David Saleh Rauf THE LATEST ON CYBERSECURITY REFORM: --CLASSIFIED BRIEFING WITH OBAMA OFFICIALS IN SENATE TODAY: An all-star lineup of administration officials will brief senators ...
Buckle up with Cybersecurity ... It's the Law
Forbes
But newly enacted laws that tighten compliance requirements for data security as well as recent guidance from the SEC regarding disclosing cybersecurity risks and incidents is turning up the heat on companies to improve their security or face ...
Poolesville students on cutting edge of cybersecurity
Washington Post
Four Poolesville High School students are making a name for themselves in the field ofcybersecurity — not by hacking or stealing, but by finding solutions to national security issues. The four, calling themselves Team AlphaPHS, won the high school ...
Can Homeland Security prevent a cybersecurity critical infrastructure disaster?
Network World
A new study said companies would need to spend nine times as much on cybersecurity to prevent a cybersecurity disaster which would hurdle America back to the Dark Ages. With over 10000 industrial control systems vulnerable and a predicted 440 million ...
Richard Falkenrath on Cybersecurity, Liability
Washington Post
31 (Bloomberg) -- Richard Falkenrath, a principal at the Chertoff Group and a Bloomberg Television contributing editor, talks about the findings of a Bloomberg Government study on cybersecurity. Companies including utilities, banks and phone carriers ...
Rising Cyber-War Threat Forcing Nations to Bolster Defenses: McAfee
CIO Insight
Cyber-security experts are concerned about the prospect of cyber-war and the growing number of cyber-threats, according to a recent report released by McAfee. Over half, or 57 percent, of cyber-security specialists surveyed in the "Cyber-security: The ...
Rockefeller presses Congress to pass cybersecurity legislation
The Hill (blog)
pressed his colleagues on Tuesday to pass comprehensive cybersecurity legislation immediately. Rockefeller has worked with Senate Homeland Security Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) and ranking member Susan Collins (R-Maine) to craft a bipartisan ...
Kroes Wants Private-Public European Cyber Security Partnership
TechWeekEurope UK
European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Neelie Kroes has called for a public-private partnership to help improve cyber security and protect the internet, which is “essential to a stable and growing economy.” The importance of pan-European ...
TechWeekEurope UK
Congress moves toward vote on cyber-security bill
Gant Daily
Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – A congressional committee plans to recommend on Wednesday that Congress vote on a bill to improve cyber-security and information sharing at a time the government's ability to protect its data and computers is hotly ...
Senators push administration on cybersecurity
Politico (blog)
Mikulski, who's been crusading for years for the government to take a more assertive response tocybersecurity, suggested chaos would ensue inside the government. “My question is: is Napolitano in charge? We know the president's in charge….but what is ...
Conversations On Cybersecurity: The Trouble With China, Part 1
Forbes
Alan Paller is director of research for the SANS Institute, a provider of security training and certification. A few Sundays ago, two visitors from a large law firm in New York came to my home for conversation. The managing partner and IT partner flew ...
Cybersecurity Legislation — Big Issues at the 10000 Foot Level
Lawfare (blog)
by Paul Rosenzweig Soon, Senator Harry Reid promises to bring a comprehensive cybersecurity bill before the Senate for consideration. The base draft bill to be considered remains shrouded in secrecy, the subject of urgent, on-going, behind the scenes ...
Debate: M&A activity in the cyber security arena will significantly increase ...
SC Magazine
PwC's latest M&A report into global cyber security, “Decoding Deals,” shows that activity was strong in 2011, with deal value and volume showing significant growth from 2010. Deal activity in 2012 and beyond will likely be underpinned by three key ...
VCU studying Mideast cyber-security program
Richmond Times Dispatch
VCU is working with the Higher Colleges of Technology, a countrywide network of colleges in the UAE, to examine the potential of an online/distance instructional collaboration for graduate business students in cyber security. Under consideration is a ...
2012 U.S. Cyber Challenge Cyber Quests Launched
PR Web (press release)
Participants will compete for a trip to the upcoming Power and Energy Cybersecurity Summit presented by EnergySec, where they will receive recognition for their victory and be given the opportunity meet and interact with cyber security leaders from ...
An apocalyptic fantasy or an actual threat? How crippling would a cyberattack ...
Asbury Park Press
PSEG declined to go into any depth about its cybersecurity defenses, citing the need to keep those details from hackers. A bill recently introduced in the Assembly, A4369, proposes a Cyber SecurityBureau for the state Office of Homeland Security and ...
Congressional Cyber Initiative Shows Promise
Heritage.org
By Paul Rosenzweig The Senate will move early next month to consider a comprehensivecybersecurity bill. The House, likewise, is pledged to consider legislation this year. The Administration has proposed a bill itself, and the political forces seem to ...
ESET Wins "Best Usability" Award From AV-TEST
MarketWatch (press release)
ESET's industry-leading products, including the popular ESET NOD32 Antivirus, ESET Smart Security, ESET Cybersecurity for Mac and ESET Mobile Security, deliver significant improvements over traditional solutions in the marketplace today.
Data Privacy Day: Reminder of a Risk
The Rotunda
You also probably didn't know that Saturday was Data Privacy Day, according to the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA). Now, before you stop reading because you think this is a nerd topic, you should be aware of something.
Cyber weapons a bigger threat than missiles?
iTWire
A number of "world-leading" policy-makers and cybersecurity experts have responded to a survey saying that an arms race is taking place in cyber space and that cybersecurity is more important than missile defence. The survey was undertaken by ...
FBI Director Says Cyberthreat Will Surpass Threat From Terrorists
ABC News (blog)
Mueller and National Intelligence Director James Clapper, addressing the annual Worldwide Threat hearing before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, cited their concerns about cyber-security and noted that China and Russia run robust intrusion ...
Israel Hit By 1000 Cyber Attacks Per Minute
Arutz Sheva
Israel gets hit by 1000 cyber attacks per minute, according to an Internet security expert quoted in a new report on cyber security. By Chana Ya'ar Israel is the focus of tens of thousands of cyber attacks per week, according to an Internet security ...
Arutz Sheva
Russia must be prepared for space, cyber wars
The Voice of Russia
The findings indicated that smaller states like Finland, Israel and Sweden have surged ahead of bigger countries in readiness for cybersecurity and fighting cyber threats. The report coincided with other security intelligence posts on the Web that ...
The Voice of Russia
Deloitte's 3rd Annual Tech Trends Report: Top 10 Trends to Help Elevate ...
MarketWatch (press release)
1, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The unique convergence of five emerging technology forces - analytics, mobility, social, cloud and cyber security - provide the opportunity for businesses to accelerate performance in 2012, according to Deloitte's 3rd ...
Public-Private Cooperation Policy for Cyber Security Suggested by Commissioner ...
CircleID
... Reporter Wout de Natris writes: At a speech during the Security and Defense Agenda meeting on 30 January Vice-President of the European Commission, Neelie Kroes, showed how the Commission envisions public-private cooperation on cyber security.
McAfee: UK, US ahead of China in cyber defences
ZDNet UK
The UK is among the countries seen as already having cybersecurity policies in place. However, the UK Cyber Security Strategy, announced in November 2011, has been criticised by security expert Peter Sommer as half of the £650m funding for the strategy ...
Finland, Israel and Sweden most 'cyber-ready'
BCS
In the Security and Defence Agenda's 'Cyber-security: The vexed question of global rules' report, leading countries were ranked according to the president of Cyber Security Strategies Robert Lentz's 'Cyber Security Maturity Model'.
OVERNIGHT TECH: Facebook reportedly will file for IPO Wednesday
The Hill (blog)
House Cybersecurity subpanel to markup legislation: The House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Cybersecurity will mark up the Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and Information Sharing Effectiveness Act of 2011 (The PrECISE Act), HR 3674, ...
Intel Report Cites Strides, Threats
KRDO
By Joe Sterling and Pam BensonCNN WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The al-Qaida terror network is weakening and the embattled Afghan government is making modest strides, but cyber securitythreats are on the rise and Iranian nuclear aspirations remain a major peril ...
'Make cyber laws enforcing websites to respond faster to govt'
Daily News & Analysis
Setting up a regulatory mechanism and making a law to force websites to respond faster would be a better solution than completely blocking websites if they carry objectionable content, a cyber security expert said here today. "I support not completely ...
Aussie taxpayers targeted in refund scam
Infosecurity Magazine (US)
Australia and New Zealand signed an agreement on Sunday that expands their cooperation oncybersecurity. The Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) is warning traders about recent hacks of online stockbrokers.
World Economic Forum launches 'Risk and Responsibility in a Hyperconnected ...
Continuity Central (press release)
During last week's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos the organization launched 'Risk and Responsibility in a Hyperconnected World: Principles and Guidelines,' which provides a common set of shared principles for cyber security and resilience.
Mombasa-Nairobi fibrenet
Coastweek
The expansion comes as the government has announced plans to launch a National Cyber securitymaster plan in the next two months to safe guard public information over the internet. Information and Communication PS, Bitange Ndemo said last month that as ...
'Create regulatory body to monitor websites content'
NDTV
PTI, February 1, 2012, Setting up a regulatory mechanism and making laws to force websites to respond to the government faster would be a better solution than completely blocking them to keep in check objectionable content, a cyber securityexpert said ...
NDTV
Brazil is not ready to handle cyber attacks
IT Decisions
The SDA interviewed and surveyed some 80 policy-makers and cybersecurity experts in the government, business and academic worlds in 27 countries and anonymously surveyed 250 world leaders in 21 countries. The report examines the current state of ...
OPEN Act Next: Dodged SOPA & PIPA, but did we leave ourselves wide OPEN?
Z6Mag
The content of this article was provided by Cyber Security Degree Programs where issues like PIPA, SOPA and the OPEN act are daily issues for people in cyber security jobs. With the popularity of regulation like SOPA, jobs in the security arena are ...
New MS in IT auditing and cyber-security launched in January 2012 ...
By Munir Mandviwalla
MS ITACS The new MS in ITACS started in January 2012 with the first batch of students and prepares students for careers in controlling the risks of IT including auditing and cyber-security. The program is based on ISACA, a global association ...
Temple Fox MIS
Super Rad Pittsburgh Tech News Roundup | TECHBurgher
By Jonathan Kersting
Wombat Security Technologies, a leading provider of cyber security training solutions, announced today that Del Monte Foods has selected Wombat Security Technologies' (Wombat), Security Training Platform to improve internal security ...
TECHBurgher
The Security Network – The Security Summit – East
By admin
The Security Summit – East in Washington, D.C. will focus on cyber security and anti-terrorism with a parallel track in geospatial awareness. Organizations including NavSea, TSWG, DHS, and DoD will be participating. The geospatial awareness track, “Data to ... 8:45 – 9:30 am Keynote Address Topic: The essential nature of GIS and vital contribution of cybersecurity. 9:30 – 10:00 am Break among exhibitors. 10:00–11:00 am Panel Topic: Collaborating with the U.S. on Technology ...
The Security Network
DoD Buzz | US, China earn low cyber defense ranking
By Michael Hoffman
A panel of experts hosted by McAfee, a cyber security company that partnered with Security & Defence Agenda to publish the report, agreed the U.S. military and other federal agencies have a lot of ground to make up to protect against evolving cyber threats. The Pentagon's ... The Senate is working on a cybersecurity bill that will reach the floor within the next month, said Jeff Greene, a counsel for the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. While the bill will ...
DoD Buzz
Cybersecurity market, reflections on the future | Security Affairs
While the recent economic situation forced serious cutbacks in IT spending, it has however intensified the focus of business enterprises on cyber security ...
securityaffairs.co/.../cybersecurity-market-reflections-on-the-f...
Cybersecurity - Foreign Policy Association
Great Decisions 2012 Winter Update: Cybersecurity. Jan 20, 2012. Secretary of State Clinton spoke out in December against government censorship and ...
www.fpa.org/features/index.cfm?act=feature...id=125
Verizon | Verizon and National Cyber Security Alliance, in ...
Verizon and National Cyber Security Alliance, in Recognition of Data Privacy Day , Urge Consumers, Businesses to Protect Their Data. Goal Is to Raise Privacy ...
newscenter.verizon.com/.../verizon-and-national-cyber.html
Infosecurity - Global cybersecurity market to reach $61 billion this year
The global cybersecurity market is predicted to reach $61.1 billion in 2012, according to a report by UK-based consultancy Visiongain.
www.infosecurity-us.com/view/23548/
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