| House Cybersecurity Task Force suggests incentives, info-sharing Fierce Homeland Security Congress should pass cybersecurity legislation that includes incentives for the private sector and creates an entity that promotes information-sharing, according to House Republican CybersecurityTask Force recommendations (.pdf) unveiled Oct. 5. Rep. ... | ||
| Cyber Security Month: If You See a Bad Link, Say Something SDTimes.com (blog) by Victoria Reitano 10/13/2011 11:07 AM EST The Department of Homeland Security has named October Cyber Security Awareness Month and I'm writing this because I think you should know that we here at SDTimes are aware of this, but beyond that? ... | ||
| Whitehall 'proactively' addressing lack of IT security skills The Guardian The government is proactively addressing its failure to retain internet specialists to deal with cyber security threats, according to a document presented to parliament by prime minister David Cameron. Prime minister David Cameron presented the ... | ||
| Q&A: FBI expert offers cybersecurity advice Houston Chronicle He recently spoke to the enterprise security fraud and identity theft teams at San Antonio-based USAA as part of the insurance and financial institution's monthlong observation of NationalCybersecurity Awareness Month. Snow, a former Marine who has ... | ||
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| Cyber Security Incidents in Gov't Agencies Jumped Over Past Five Years IT Business Edge (blog) By date: Cyber security and the federal government seem to be dominating security news lately. Part of that may be because it's National Cybersecurity Awareness Month, but it also may be because the federal government has some serious cyber security ... | ||
| County college's cybersecurity center nets national grant Gazette.Net: Maryland Community News Online The grant, from the National Science Foundation, also will fund the development of cybersecurityelementary and secondary curricula, said Robert Spear, the director and principal investigator for CyberWatch at the college. About 80 institutions of ... | ||
| Network with international experts at SMi's inaugural Cyber Security Asia ... Einnews Portugal SMi Group's inaugural Cyber Security Asia conference and exhibition is well timed to offer delegates the opportunity to discuss the key issues surrounding security in cyberspace. Don't miss the chance to network with a diverse mixture of professionals ... | ||
| Virus in Attack Drones a Symptom of Military's Bigger Cyber Security Problems CIO (blog) It was only last year that the Army, Navy, Marines established commands to coordinate the variouscyber security units within each service. Constantine von Hoffman writes CIO.com's IT Security Hack blog. Follow Constantine on Twitter @CurseYouKhan. ... | ||
| The Cybersecurity Field Is Growing, But Its Diversity Isn't Security Management But what the recession took away, cybersecurity awareness revived. Almost two years to the day of the above, Chabro writes again about employment among IT professionals -- but this time with mixed news. “According to the government statistics, ... | ||
| Many Security Pros In The Dark About Their Own Environments, Study Says Dark Reading Many IT pros don't, according to a new RedSeal survey By Tim Wilson In an ironic twist onCybersecurity Awareness Month, many IT security professionals now admit they don't know some key facts about their own networks, according to a study published ... | ||
| RI Attorney General urges residents to guard against cyber crime | The Republic The Republic Attorney General Peter Kilmartin says his office is offering computer security tips on its website throughout October, which is national Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Kilmartin says computer users need to protect themselves from the growing risk of ... | ||
| RI official: Groups to train unemployed in cybersecurity Providence Journal (blog) By JOHN E. MULLIGAN WASHINGTON -- A Rhode Island official told a panel at the National Defense University Wednesday about the state's efforts to train prospective workers in the field of cybersecurity. Theresa Murray, of the RI Emergency Management ... | ||
| BluePrint Data's Scary Challenge to Internet Security Companies for Cyber ... Newswire Today (press release) BluePrint Data, the leader in high quality OEM internet content filtering solutions announced its “Scary Challenge” today in time for Halloween and Cyber Security Awareness Month 2011. The Zero False Positive Internet Content Filtering “Scary ... | ||
| Older Americans, a Growing Presence Online, Need to Learn How to Guard Against ... MarketWatch (press release) Like Internet users of all ages and levels of Web savvy, seniors can benefit from the national cyber security awareness campaign being conducted during October. The public-private initiative - Stop! Think! Connect! -- spearheaded by the National Cyber ... | ||
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| Mulvenon talks IT security The Daily Princetonian By Sarah Chen James Mulvenon, the vice president of Defense Group, Inc.'s Intelligence Division and a Chinese military expert, discussed cybersecurity and US-China relations on Wednesday in Robertson Hall as part of the Princeton-Harvard China and the ... | ||
| KUALA LUMPUR: 130 per cent increase in Internet crimes istockAnalyst.com (press release) (Source: Malay Mail)IN the first nine months of this year, 11930 cases of cyber crimes have been reported to CyberSecurity Malaysia, marking a whopping 130 per cent increase from the same period last year. "The sharp rise in the number of reports on ... | ||
| Leading speakers comment on the latest issues in Smartgrid Cyber Security openPR (press release) There is just over a month until SMi's SmartGrid Privacy conference, and with smart meters being rolled out throughout Europe daily it represents a great opportunity to bring about a paradigm shift in the way in which consumers use electricity and ... | ||
| Business Roundtable: Lock up corporate hackers FierceGovernmentIT An association of politically conservative chief executive officers issued Oct. 11 a position paper critical on some aspects of the White House cybersecurity legislative proposal. Specifically, the Business Roundtable says a proposed cybersecurity ... | ||
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| Six M'sians arrested for spoofing Malaysia Star Federal head of CyberSecurity and Multimedia Investigation Division Asst Comm Mohd Kamaruddin Md Din said the Bukit Aman Commercial Crimes and Investigations Department collaborated with their counterparts to conduct a raid at an apartment unit at ... | ||
| SANS Institute to provide cyber security training in Qatar Zawya (subscription) "We are identifying the threats as we go along and we are working with service providers very closely," said Sadiq, who heads the Cyber Security Division of Q-CERT, the Cyber Security arm of the ictQatar. Q-CERT has partnered with the SANS Institute, ... | ||
| Breakthrough unlikely at London conference Financial Times “We have reached a tipping point on cybersecurity”, says Neil Fisher, vice-president of Global Security Solutions at Unisys in London. “It is now a significant threat to a lot of economies. So getting an international agreement on what constitutes ... | ||
| Stay Safe Online.org pushes malware SC Magazine Australia By SC Australia Staff on Oct 13, 2011 4:46 PM The National Cyber Security Alliance industry group noticed that the security awareness website had hosted a malicious iFrame which pushed malware to users who visted the site between October 5 abd 11. ... | ||
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| Media Alert: Narus to Present at the Security Innovation Network (SINET ... MarketWatch (press release) ... the SINET Showcase will bridge the gaps between innovative early stage and emerging IT security solution providers and representatives from the system integration, industry and Federal Government communities to defeat global cyber security threats. ... | ||
| BeSeen app helps keep kids cyber-safe on social networks ConsumerReports.org (blog) Just in time for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, Carnegie Mellon's Information Networking Institute in collaboration with non-profit organization Web Wise Kids has released a free app for Apple iOS devices that's designed to teach kids safe ... | ||
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| Cyber vendors have room to grow in federal market FederalNewsRadio.com Even with budget cuts at agencies, at least one budget line will continue to grow - cybersecurity. Vendors selling cyber solutions to government will have room to grow for the forseeable future, according to surveys by Meritalk and Cisco, ... | ||
| Raytheon UK targeted in cloud-based attack ZDNet UK By Tom Espiner, ZDNet UK, 12 October, 2011 17:21 Employees at defence contractor Raytheon UK were taken in by a cloud-based attempt to steal information, according to the company's head of cybersecurity. The attack, which was ultimately unsuccessful, ... | ||
| More demand, fewer grads mean tech careers continue to boom Milwaukee Journal Sentinel E-commerce and cybersecurity are also expected to influence tomorrow's computer technology careers. "As more companies and individuals are doing business on the Internet, companies are finding they need to build and maintain databases to store ... | ||
| OVERNIGHT TECH: LightSquared says GPS makers waging negative campaign The Hill (blog) I.) delivered a keynote at DC's National Defense University on Wednesday, where he emphasized that one of the biggest risks facing America's computer networks is the shortage of qualified cybersecurity personnel. Langevin insisted that more needs to be ... | ||
| Mobile Privacy – What Lurks Behind The Booming Mobile Industry And The Dangers ... Citybizlist (press release) While there have been waves of cybercrimes as of late due to the lax of cyber security, this does not mean that your mobile privacy is violated. Just as it is, the federal lawmakers in the United States of America were debating to draft new ... | ||
| Experts: Cybercrime threats 'persistent' UPI.com Poste Italiane has been one of the most active players in Europe's anti cybercrime efforts, backing not only the European Electronic Crime Task Force but also the Global Cyber Security Center in Rome, a public-private partnership that performs research ... | ||
| New center for cybersecurity research opens in Massachusetts ... By Simply Security The MITRE Corporation, a nonprofit technology researcher for the public and private sectors headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts, is the new home of the Advanced Cyber Security Center. Simply Security | ||
| cybersecurity - U.S. Department of Homeland Security The DHS National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) is hiring cybersecurity and information technology professionals, nearly tripling its cybersecurity workforce in ... www.dhs.gov/.../preventing-and-defending-against-cyber-atta... |
US House Republican Cybersecurity Task Force suggests incentives, info-sharing
