U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Cadets engaged during the annual Cyber Defense Exercise at West Point. Established in 2001 by West Point in collaboration and support from the NationalSecurity Agency the exercise challenges each team to design, build and configure a real-world ...
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Analysis: Schmidt tenure as cyber czar a mixed bag
FederalNewsRadio.com
But despite increasing public attention toward cybersecurity and the government's response, Schmidt kept a low-profile, preferring to "operationalize" behind the scenes. Already, analysts and cyber experts are debating Schmidt's legacy and what the ...
Will voluntary cyber threat sharing plan cast doubt over CISPA?
Network World
The program, known as the Defense Industrial Base Cyber Security/Information Assurance, or DIB CS/IA, has been in a pilot phase for the past four years with only 37 contractors. The expansion, recently approved by the Obama administration, ...
US predicts major cyber attack
Fudzilla
Even the only terrorists they can find are being incited by security forces to make daft attacks, socyber attack is the best thing they can go for. House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers predicted the United States soon will be hit by a ...
U.S. at risk of 'catastrophic cyber-attack' says intelligence panel chairman
The Hill (blog)
By Julian Pecquet - 05/17/12 03:32 PM ET The United States is woefully unprepared to counter a “catastrophic cyber-attack” that's expected within 12 to 24 months, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) said Thursday.
Cyber Spies Exploit Java and Flash Flaws
PCWorld
In its 2011 annual security report, network equipment maker Cisco found that cyber criminals were moving from large-scale attacks using spam to working for organizations that pay handsomely for electronic documents stolen from particular international ...
Young Gun to Replace Retiring U.S. Cyber Czar
Government Technology
Daniel has worked at the Office of Management and Budget for 17 years and has spent the past 10 years handling cybersecurity. Before Schmidt's appointment ascybersecurity coordinator, he worked as a security officer for Microsoft and then eBay, ...
Government Technology
White House cyber security coordinator stepping down
VentureBeat
The White House is losing its cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt to retirement this year after a tumultuous 2011, often referred to a the year of the hack. Schmidt served the White House in this role for two and a half years, and has acted as a ...
VentureBeat
White House Cyber Security Coordinator Resigns
eSecurity Planet
By Jeff Goldman | May 17, 2012 US cyber security coordinator Howard A. Schmidt has announced plans to retire from public service in order to teach and to spend time with his family. "Schmidt, who will leave at the end of the month, took on the role of ...
eSecurity Planet
Keith Alexander, Jim Lewis Comment On New WH Cyber Head Michael Daniel
ExecutiveGov
Keith Alexander, head of the US Cyber Command and National Security Agency, said Daniel has had an influential voice in cybersecurity within the executive branch and that he looks forward to continuing to work with Daniel, FierceGovernment IT reports.
Schmidt, White House cyber security coordinator, to retire
SC Magazine
"We have made real progress in our efforts to better deal with the risks in cyber space so, around the world, we can all realize the full benefits that cyber space brings us." Schmidt, who previously held chief security roles at eBay and Microsoft and ...
NATO Clowns, Couch & Cyber Attack
Salon (blog)
As NATO related scenes fan out from the downtown area into Chicago neighborhoods, the arrest count is 12 people and one couch. Then there are the clowns. In the checkout line of The Crafty Beaver Home Improvement Store on West Lawrence.
A Step Forward in US Cybersecurity
defpro
Cyber attacks threaten utilities, financial networks and security systems around the world. Acyber-attack is defined as any deliberate action aimed at exploiting, degrading, disrupting or destroying information resources and infrastructure.
Remember Stuxnet? Why the US is Still Vulnerable
Mother Jones
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security revealed a rash of cyber attacks on natural gas pipeline companies. Just as with previous cyber attacks on infrastructure, there was no known physical damage. But security experts worry it may only be a ...
Mother Jones
White House Cyber Head Howard Schmidt Retiring
ExecutiveGov
Schmidt told the Post he plans to retire in order to spend more time with his family and to pursue opportunities to teach in the cyber field. Nakashima reports Michael Daniel, chief of the Office of Management and Budget's intelligence branch, ...
As India debates cyber censorship, 'hacktivists' hack govt websites
Bikya Masr
The Sonia Gandhi-led Congress party which rules India, too has denied any cyber attack.Anonymous, a well known hacker group is suspected to be involved in the attack on these websites and their action follows the Indian government's action of blacking ...
Cyber Security Company Lunarline Wins VOLT Award
Sacramento Bee
Lunarline won as an emerging/small business in the Cyber Warfare category representing organizations that protect their customers' information and digital infrastructure. The VOLT Awards recognize the achievements of Technology Innovators, ...
AusCERT 2012: Kaspersky says cyber-attacks could “take us back to the pre ...
CSO Magazine
Eugene Kaspersky has reiterated his long-standing support for Internet IDs, and called for all SCADA systems to be redesigned around a secure operating system, to protect critical infrastructure from cyber-attack. SCADA is so vulnerable, Kaspersky told ...
Keeping India safe in cyberspace
The Hindu
There is increasing concern in the strategic community and the general public about cyber security and we are in the final stages of preparing a whole-of-government cyber security architecture. Our increasing dependence on cyberspace and the internet ...
The Hindu
US cybersecurity chief Howard Schmidt retiring
CNET
"The president and I are extremely grateful for Howard's tireless work in addressing one of the most serious national security challenges we face as a nation." Schmidt's departure comes as lawmakers debate the controversial Cyber Intelligence Sharing ...
Howard Schmidt to retire from position as White House cyber security coordinator
SC Magazine UK
White House cyber security advisor Howard Schmidt has announced that he is to leave his position at the end of this month. Schmidt joined the Obama administration in December 2009 and said he is stepping down to spend time with his family and pursue ...
Budget official picked for top cybersecurity post
U-T San Diego
By RICHARD LARDNER, AP AP sources: White House set to unveil cyber plan WASHINGTON — The White House has selected the head of the intelligence branch in its budget office to be President Barack Obama's top adviser on cybersecurity issues, ...
Stakes rising on business cyber security
Denver Business Journal
Federal legislation may give the US Department of Homeland Security a role in ensuring that privately owned infrastructure and businesses considered vital to the US economy aren't left vulnerable to cyber warfare and foreign Internet spies.
The week in security: AusCERT debates the threat of cyber war holocaust
CSO Magazine
Others were warned of booby-trapped RTF files and a cyber-espionage attack based in China, which has apparently compromised the systems of 22 government and private-sector organisations in the US, Europe, and Asia. The continuing emergence of new ...
Obama Cybersecurity Czar Schmidt Steps Down
Dark Reading
"The president has directed me to focus on several priority areas: developing a new comprehensive strategy to secure American networks, ensuring an organized, unified response to future cyber-incidents; strengthening public-private partnerships here at ...
Cybersecurity Czar Steps Down
Portfolio.com (blog)
by Michael del Castillo The White House's first cybersecurity coordinator today announced he is stepping down to spend more time with his family and to pursue teaching in the cyber field. Howard Schmidt, who oversaw the creation of the White House's ...
Congressman pitches cybersecurity amendments to defense bill
FederalNewsRadio.com
I.) has proposed attaching two cybersecurity amendments to the defense bill in the House. The first would set up a White House office to coordinate agencies' responses to cyber threats. A similar measure passed the House two years ago but died in the ...
Remember Stuxnet?
GalesburgPlanet.com
By Megha Rajagopalan — ProPublica Last week, the Department of Homeland Securityrevealed a rash of cyber attacks on natural gas pipeline companies. Just as with previous cyberattacks on infrastructure, there was no known physical damage.
Howard Schmidt steps down as cyber czar
FierceGovernmentIT
Obama administration cyber czar Howard Schmidt will leave government service this month, the White House confirmed May 17. Appointed as a compromise candidate to the position in December 2009, Schmidt oversaw development of an administration ...
National High School Cyber Defense Competition Passes 300 Team Registrants
Sacramento Bee
By Air Force Association ARLINGTON, Va., May 17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Registration is now underway for the nation's largest and fastest growing high school cyberdefense competition, CyberPatriot V! With more than 320 teams in 43 states ...
Managed Security: How Companies Can Protect Themselves from ...
By admin
In a recent House Homeland Security Committee hearing, lawmakers indicated the cyber threat from Iran is escalating at a pretty rapid pace. The committee believes Iran would not hesitate to conduct a cyber attack against the United States.
CoreLink Blog
Limiting Terminological Escalation | Center for a New American ...
By aelkus
While happy to label so-called outbreaks of “cyber-war” as “B.S.”, Clark stated that “governments are in the business of offensive cyber-operations now.” Clark also said that cyber “attack” is over-used in the media, as he feels the planet is yet to ...
Abu Muqawama
AusCERT 2012: Kaspersky says cyber-attacks could “take us back ...
By jim
Eugene Kaspersky has reiterated his long-standing support for Internet IDs, and called for all SCADA systems to be redesigned around a secure operating system, to protect critical infrastructure from cyber-attack. SCADA is so vulnerable, ...
FISMA Focus
Eugene Kaspersky's cyber warfare nightmare : Australian Security ...
By ASM
Every aspect of our lives are under threat of cyber attack, claims Eugene Kaspersky. Gold Coast, Australia – Eugene Kaspersky, CEO and co-founder of Kaspersky Lab, today delivered his keynote address on the Threats of the Age of Cyber Warfare at the international AusCERT ITsecurity conference on the Gold Coast. Within his speech, the company's founder shared the worst case scenarios that are keeping him awake at night and giving him nightmares. “We are aware of cyber ...
Australian Security Magazine...
Digital Divas: EMU To Host Cybersecurity Workshop For Middle ...
By Matt Roush
With that in mind, EMU will play host as about 300 girls from area middle and high schools visit Eastern Michigan on Wednesday, May 23 for a one-day workshop, lunch included, to explore significant topics of cyber security and encourage ...
CBS Detroit
America's Cybersecurity Czar, Howard Schmidt, Steps Down | IT ...
By ITPDbot
wiredmikey writes "In December of 2009, after months of waiting, the Obama Administration named Howard Schmidt as the White House Cybersecurity Coordinator. After more than forty years in the IT community, the nation's first cyber czar will ...
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White House Cybersecurity Coordinator is Retiring | WebProNews
By Chris Richardson
3 hours ago via web · powered by @socialditto · Reply · Retweet · Favorite. Follow @andrew_p_howell andrew howell @andrew_p_howell Howard Schmidt's retirement a real loss for fed govt, #cyber #security: http://t.co/znUVHvWH ...
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RSA Conference | RSA Conference Blog | RSA Conference Friday ...
By rsa365@hosted.jivesoftware.com
This week's Friday Five reviews threats from past and present, discusses how the cyber securityindex has changed over the last 12 months (it moved nearly 30 percentage points), identifies four ways you can evaluate organizational threats ...
RSA Conference Blog
Hacking Outside Of The Computer - Security FAQs
By Lee Munson
The more that we start to see everyday objects connected to the internet, the more we are going to have to take cyber security even more serious. Now it is getting to the point where lives are on the line. ... Yes, they are vulnerable to a cyber attack just like a computer is but there is already enough attention being paid to them. No we are going to talk about other electronic items that are not being paid attention to. For example, in the past few years we have seen examples ofcyber ...
Security FAQs
Discover Card Website Offline
By G3
May a terroist cyber attack and all our history has been compromised? Discover.com is experiencing some network issues that have resulted in all of Discover.com being down temporarily. This outage occurred at around 1:30 EST today May ...
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Indian government websites hit by Anonymous attack - Internet ...
By editor@thinkdigit.com (Digit NewsDesk)
Anonymous has claimed responsibility for cyber-attacks on a host of Indian government websites, in retaliation to the country's web censorship plans, which most recently blocked websites like Daily Motion, Pastebin, Vimeo and the The Pirate ...
Digit - Tech News
Security expert advocates regulation to check access to national ...
He called for collaboration with international bodies like ECOWAS and the AU on cyber securitywhere mechanisms would be put in place to monitor networks to help protect the nation onsecurity issues. Dr Aning suggested the need for the monitoring of social media sites to check the tendency of people posting publications that would incite ethnic conflicts and open the country to attack. He advocated public education on the threat that the social networks posed to information security ...
ModernGhana News
Mueller: 'Substantial' Risk of Cyber Attack in Next 10 Years ...
(CNSNews.com) – FBI Director Robert Mueller told a Senate committee on Wednesday that there is a “substantial” risk that the nation will face a cyber attack in ...
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The Exposed Backbone: The Risk of Cyber Attack by LockedGate ...
A cyber attack should rank up there with many other potential Black Swan risks ( solar flares, economic collapse, etc). Today, most everything the average ...
survivalblog.com/.../the-exposed-backbone-the-risk-of-cyber-...
White House Cybersecurity Czar Howard Schmidt Retiring « To ...
Howard Schmidt, the current White House Cybersecurity Czar (technically the Cyber-SecurityCoordinator) announced his retirement today. Howard took this job ...
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