Reuters
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Rogers of Michigan reintroduced his cyber-securitybill on Wednesday with a pledge there would be no schism with the White House over the issue. Obama threatened to veto the bill in 2012, citing lax safeguards ...
Cyber-security To the barricades
The Economist
Alongside his state-of-the-union message on February 11th, Barack Obama released an executive order intended to plug the gap left by the failure of Congress to passcyber-security legislation that matches the growing threat. “We cannot look ... It ...
The Economist
OC cyber security firm raises $15 million
OCRegister
Cylance Inc., an Irvine cyber security firm, has received $15 million in funding from Khosla Ventures in Menlo Park and Fairhaven Capital in Cambridge, Mass., the company announced Wednesday. Cylance said it will use the money to accelerate the ...
Cyber-security shares fall; Citi skeptical of lift
MarketWatch
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of several firms in the cyber-security space slipped on Wednesday morning after a Citigroup analyst expressed skepticism that an executive order from President Obama will have much impact on the sector. In a note ...
Obama Cyber-Security Executive Order Lacks Legislative Backbone
eWeek
12, President Barack Obama announced that he had signed an executive order that would allow federal agencies to share information with private industry about cyberthreats, attacks and the activities of known criminals and cyber-terrorists. The order ...
eWeek
Mum's the Word on Cyber Security
Blogcritics.org (blog)
On Wednesday, the president delivered a straight-talking, impassioned address detailing ambitious plans to improve and reform just about everything. In 378 words he explained how America's energy infrastructure needed to move towards more efficient and ...
UK cyber strategy held back by skills shortage
PublicServiceEurope.com
This week in the United Kingdom, the National Audit Office released its independent review of the UK's cyber security strategy, and found that while positive steps had been made since its inception, the government faces six main challenges in realising ...
PublicServiceEurope.com
Cyber-security measure getting new attention
Newsday
Declaring that America is losing an aggressive cyber-espionage campaign waged from China, administration officials and lawmakers Wednesday agreed to push legislation that would make it easier for the government and industry to share information about ...
Newsday
Cloud dependence worries EU cyber security agency
ITWorld Canada
European businesses and critical infrastructures are far too dependent on cloud services and that's not a very good thing, according to the European Union's top cyber security body. The cloud is a major security concern given the pervasiveness of its ...
ITWorld Canada
Cyber-security battle looms after Barack Obama directive
NDTV
Because most of the networks in question are in private hands, officials say they must rely on voluntary reporting by industry of any cyber threats or attacks. Legislation would be needed to shield businesses from liability when they do report ...
NDTV
Cyber security battle looms after Obama issues directive | The Raw ...
By Agence France-Presse
President Barack Obama's order aimed at ramping up protection from cyberattacks will address only a small portion of threats and sets up a fresh battle in Congress over legislation. Obama acted this week after two failed attempts in Congress ...
The Raw Story
Executive Order -- Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity ...
The cyber threat to critical infrastructure continues to grow and represents one of the most serious national security challenges we must confront. The national ...
www.whitehouse.gov/.../executive-order-improving-critical-in...
Highly anticipated executive order on cybersecurity signed ... - The Hill
Senior administration officials frame the executive order as a way to continue the conversation oncyber-security policy and have stressed that, unlike legislation, ...
thehill.com/.../282699-obama-signs-cybersecurity-executive-o...
