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Should Faking a Name on Facebook Be a Felony? Wall Street Journal Congress is now poised to grant the Obama administration's wishes in the name of "cybersecurity." The little-known law at issue is called the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. It was enacted in 1986 to punish computer hacking. But Congress has broadened ...

Cyber crime responses sought for Cyber White Paper Computerworld Australia The paper also builds on the 2009 Cyber Security Strategy that led to the establishment of theCyber Security Operations Centre at the Department of Defence, and the establishment of the Attorney-General's computer emergency response team, ...

State internet security at risk 14 times since 2009: report DutchNews.nl Dutch government internet security has been at risk 14 times since 2009, according to information on internet security incidents gathered from government cyber security experts. The list of incidents was obtained by IT journalist Brenno de Winter using ...

Using physical security to meet NERC cyber security standards | As such, NERC develops, releases and maintains standards, one of which is the Critical Infrastructure Protection Cyber Security Standards which are designed ... www.securityinfowatch.com/.../using-physical-security-meet-n... Private Sector is Endangering National Cyber Security Says UK Report Sacramento Bee Broad consensus was made on the fact that CNIs are the most likely target in the scenario of a national cyber security crisis emanating from either state or individual actors, as well as on the fact that the lexicon related to the cyber domain must ... Cyber security added to US-Australia treaty msnbc.com By Lolita Baldor SAN FRANCISCO — US and Australian officials have decided to include cooperation on cyber security as part of their defense treaty, marking the first time the Obama administration has formally carved out that kind of partnership with a ... Schaffer: DHS expanding private sector cybersecurity pilots FierceGovernmentIT Success with a financial sector cybersecurity pilot has led the Homeland Security Department to expand information sharing and response coordination efforts to additional industrial sectors, a top DHS cybersecurity official told a Sept. 14 House panel. ... FBI - CYBER SECURITY: THREATS TO THE FINANCIAL SECTOR The Cypress Times The FBI plays a substantial role in the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), the interagency strategy to protect our digital infrastructure as a national security priority. Through the CNCI, we and our partners collaborate to collect ... Defence contractor warns of false cyber security beliefs SC Magazine Australia By John Hilvert on Sep 15, 2011 9:24 AM BAE Systems Australia's cyber security head has warned against four mindsets preventing security specialists from effectively dealing with cyber threats. According to the defence contractor's Tim Scully, ... Executives May Be Too Confident on Cybersecurity, Survey Finds New York Times (blog) It surveyed more than 9000 executives in over 130 countries and found them confident in their ability to secure their information systems and bullish about cybersecurity spending. In the survey, released Thursday, 43 percent of respondents said they ... Former Government Officials Stand To Profit From Cybersecurity Boom Huffington Post Such intersecting interests are not uncommon in the opaque world of cybersecurity, where a small circle of influential experts often play dual roles. To the public, they are depicted as former government officials whose careers in public service enable ... Cyber Security and ISO27001 Compliance Toolkit helps organizations combat ... EIN News (press release) /EINPresswire.com/ www.27001.com, the global market leader for distribution of the ISO27001 family of standards as well as ISO27001-related books and toolkits, is running a special September offer of its recently launched ISO27001 Cyber Security ... US Agencies Making Progress on Cybercrime, Officials Say PCWorld By Grant Gross, IDG News US government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cyberattacks with private companies, but cybercrime shows no signs of slowing down,cybersecurity experts told lawmakers Wednesday. The US Secret Service, ... Cyber security policy to facilitate e-commerce The Swazi Observer THE Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) has put more focus on the importance of the cyber security. This will facilitate among other issues; the e-commerce as well as giving confidence and trust in using information and communication ... CYBATI Introduces a New Portable Hands-On Control System Cybersecurity ... PR Web (press release) CYBATI today announced the availability of the new Hands-On, Portable Control SystemCybersecurity Training Kit and 3-day commercial class. The course material and hands-on training kit is currently being utilized at Tiger Trap, an annual FBI Infragard ... New Study Shows Why the US Must Act on Cyber Security IT Business Edge (blog) By date: I've been watching the recent GOP presidential debates, and while Social Security is a very important topic, I do hope there will be some focus on another type of security: cyber security. I thought it should have been a conversation in the ... Cybersecurity – Stop Attacking Pearl Harbor Security Debrief Again the other day, another of our government cyber leaders delivered the usual canned speech about how we must increase our defenses – read expand budgets/personnel – to defend ourselves against an “electronic Pearl Harbor.” And so, once again, ... Univ., Cardin work to better cybersecurity Diamondback Online Amid a summer that saw multiple cybersecurity breaches — such as Citigroup bank and Bank of America — state Senator Benjamin Cardin (D — Md.) is advocating for better Internet user protection to Congress. And the university is also working to ... China and Information vs. Cyber Security Council on Foreign Relations (blog) This entry was posted on Thursday, September 15th, 2011 at 10:43 am and is filed under China,Cybersecurity, US-China Relations. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own ... US needs to be on-guard for a big cyber-attack Network World Alexander called cybersecurity a team sport that the government and public sector need to work together on to strengthen. He cited the US International Strategy for Cyberspace, issued in May, and the Defense Department cyber strategy, released in July, ... Oil and Gas cyber security are you at risk? Your-Story.org (press release) SMi Group's inaugural Oil and Gas Cyber Security Forum event will bring together information security professionals from across the world to investigate the unique security challenges that the global oil and gas industry faces and methods of ... Arotech to Present at B. Riley's Optical Defense & Cybersecurity Conference in ... MarketWatch (press release) ANN ARBOR, MI, Sep 15, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Arotech Corporation /quotes/zigman/101196/quotes/nls/artx ARTX 0.00% , a provider of quality defense and security products for the military, law enforcement and security markets, today announced ... KCG Executive to Address (ISC)2(R) Security Congress 2011 MarketWatch (press release) RESTON, VA, Sep 14, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- Knowledge Consulting Group (KCG), the leading provider of cybersecurity services to the federal government and a provider of business advisory services to the government market, today announced that ... Anon's foil Aaron Barr is back—and he wants more cybersecurity offensives Ars Technica But he resurfaced a few months later as the director of cyber security for government contractor Sayres and Associates. This week, he dusted off an old presentation on "Social Media and Evolving Cyber Threats" and made one of his first public ... US agencies making progress on cybercrime, officials say ComputerworldUK By Grant Gross | IDG News Service | Published 16:35, 15 September 11 US government agencies are getting better at sharing information about cyberattacks with private companies, but cybercrime shows no signs of slowing down, cybersecurity experts told ... EPIC Warns Congress of Cybersecurity Risks to Consumers JD Supra (press release) EPIC previously testified before the Senate Banking Committee on cybersecurity in the financial sector and the growing threat to consumer data. Please see full testimony below for more information. Cenzic Wins Golden Bridge Awards for Best Marketing Campaign Around Web Security MarketWatch (press release) In the fall of 2010, Cenzic's marketing and public relations teams created a noteworthy campaign to promote October's Cyber Security Awareness Month. This campaign consisted of three main components -- free product trials, educational content and an ... ISSA International Conference 2011 Speakers Announced with Opening Keynote by ... EON: Enhanced Online News (press release) At the same time, many nations are experiencing an unprecedented increase in cyber security threats to government and commercial entities - and security professionals play a vital role in protecting this critical infrastructure,” said Kevin L. Richards ... 5 game-changing ideas for federal cyber R&D GCN.com By (ISC)2 Government Advisory Board Executive Writers Bureau Included among the 12 initiatives of Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23/National Security Presidential Directive 54, popularly known as the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity ... App stores need better malware defences Mobile Today European cybersecurity agency Enisa has called on mobile app store owners to use a five-line defence against malware following reports that software attacks on mobile phones almost trebled in a year. Enisa, which published a list of threats to mobile ... Cyberspace not like the Serengeti, says paper FierceGovernmentIT Metaphors about cyberspace and cybersecurity have obscured as much as clarified, says a paper by Adriane Lapointe, a National Security Agency official currently a visiting fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. ... The Smart Utility Enterprise 2011-2015: IT Systems Architecture, Cyber ... Greentech Media The ongoing deployment of smart grid infrastructure (ie, smart meters and distribution automation) in the US is prompting utility strategists to re-evaluate their organizations' back-end enterprise architectures in order to enable next-gen utility ... Proposed cybersecurity legislation would protect employers from information ... Lexology (registration) Congress appears receptive to passing toughened cybersecurity legislation this session. (Politico) One early proposal would help employers protect themselves from departing employees who access their work computer system and download confidential, ... Top police officers to discuss terror attacks, Naxalism today Times of India NEW DELHI: Issues concerning continuing terror attacks (including the recent blasts in Mumbai and Delhi), Naxalism, cyber security and circulation/printing of fake Indian currency notes will top the agenda of the conference of top police brass, ... Hacker Halted USA Announces Top Information Security Speakers and ... San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Hacker Halted USA 2011 provides four days of information security training, October 21-24, followed by a three-day conference, October 25-27, of keynotes, panel discussions, presentations and demos from the world's foremost experts in cybersecurity. ... Cybersecurity is a board-level issue, says Chatham House report CIO UK ... board-level executives need to be more aware of cybersecurity issues if their organisations are to effectively manage cyber risks. It comes ahead of a major government announcement on cyber security, which is expected to be made later this week. ...