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Monday chat: How to safely shop on the Internet TCPalm By Keona Gardner TALLAHASSEE — Shopping online this holiday season can lead to deals for merchandise for buyers and identity steals for crooks, said Mary McLaughlin, a cyber securityanalyst for the Computer Crime Center at the Florida Department of ...

CyberPatriot Completes Pre-Competition Survey Sacramento Bee CyberPatriot, established by the Air Force Association (AFA), is the nation's largest high schoolcyber security challenge. This unique competition was designed to give students a hands-on learning experience in cybersecurity and inspire students to ...

150 Constituents of the TRA to Attend Black Hat Abu Dhabi 2011 Sacramento Bee He continued, "This illustrates the commitment from both aeCERT and our partners towards building a secure and safe cyber culture in the UAE and wider region through the highly specialised training and understanding of the latest cyber-security trends ...

Editorial: Lessons for Congress from a disgraced lobbyist USA Today To improve cybersecurity, corporations have been known to hire computer hackers. And to open doors, locksmiths have been known to employ reformed burglars. By Steve Ruark,, AP Abramoff: Kept books for a pizzeria after getting out of prison. ...

GAO: DHS Improving Oversight of R&D Efforts HSToday ... Justice Issues at the Government Accountability Office ( GAO) said in testimony before the Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives, last Thursday. ...

T. Khaltar: “Every day, Mongolian websites are hacked by the dozen” UB Post An interview of the Chief of Cyber Security Center T. Khaltar published in “Undesnii Shuudan” newspaper reveals more on this issue. -We are living in the century of digital revolution. With information technology advancing every day, cyber crime is ...

Malware targeting Android phones on the rise, says McAfee Daily Caller By Leena Rao - TechCrunch Published: 1:36 AM 11/21/2011 A cyber security analyst works in the "watch and warning center" during the first tour of the government's secretive cyber defense lab Thursday, Sept. 29, 2011, in Idaho Falls, Idaho. ...

Cyber terrorism and Nigeria's economy Vanguard The United States President, Barack Obama, took to tackle cyber terrorism by approaching the Congress to get a comprehensive cyber security legislation that would increase US Government's ability to respond to the growing threat. ...

Hackers gained access to computer systems that control pumps, pipes, reservoirs WND.com Water utilities across the country are being urged to step up their cybersecurity in the wake of two incidents in which hackers gained access to computer systems that control pumps, pipes and reservoirs. "We have alerted our members to these two ...

Choppy Waters Ahead for the Federal IT Market, Part 1 E-Commerce Times Following is a sampling of these factors: Budget cuts, weeding out poorly performing IT operations, and consolidation will inhibit investment, while modernization, improving citizen services andcybersecurity will boost spending (TechAmerica). ...

Malaysian critical infrastructure firms feel unengaged ZDNet Asia In Malaysia, for instance, CIP programs are under the purview of CyberSecurity Malaysia, while the Singapore Information Technology Security Agency (SITSA) manages its country's CIP efforts. The findings were part of an annual global survey conducted ...

A cooperative plan to fight cyber crime The National Cyber-security firms have a vested interest in warning of this threat (and selling solutions), but there is growing cause for concern. For a nation relying on everything from information technology to aerospace solutions, vulnerabilities like these can ...

Internet availability center great achievement for blind people in Armenia Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am The Minister also touched upon the issues of supporting cyber security and installing proper equipment for videoconferences by ITU. Deputy Secretary-General of ITU stated that Armenia registered the most dynamic developments and results among CIS ...

With help from Michelle Quinn, Jen Martinez and David Saleh Rauf Politico Jason Chaffetz, SOPA is a "cybersecurity nightmare" that lacks due process protections. "It's time for the geeks to come in. We've heard from the lobbyists, but now we need to get the geeks in front of the members of Congress," the Utah Republican told ...

Deals, Recognition and Direction Derived from 8 th Annual Waterloo Region ... Exchange Morning Post (press release) 8; - I Think Security recently won the Cyber Security Challenge 2011 held in London, UK and which recognizes the #1 product to protect digital content. Putting investors and startups together to enable commercialization of ideas is one of the key ...

The one ring to rule them all Sydney Morning Herald A silver-haired computer security expert with more than 20 years of experience, he set up Hacking Team in 2003 and started out providing the sort of defensive cyber security that almost qualifies as traditional - testing companies' systems to see how ...

UK.gov ends 'speed dating' romps with tech suppliers Register "This rolling list will change over time but anecdotal evidence suggests that we may want to focus on developing skills and supplier capability in areas such as nuclear, offshore wind engineering, cyber security, onshore call centres, and life sciences ...

US legislators are urged to drop SOPA Inquirer Targeting "rogue web sites" as the letter has it, could harm local cyber security, damage America's ability to innovate, and cost jobs, they warned. In addition it is likely to affect the provisions of the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act that offer ...

Dangers Follow From Congress's Coming Cuts to Defense Spending Newsweek And China is already a credible threat to our cybersecurity. I worry that our national-security strategy is currently being improvised in response to fiscal and domestic political pressures rather than to rational risk assessment. ...

SingTel, Symantec launch cloud security services Telecompaper (subscription) Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) and Symantec have launched the SingTel PowerON Security suite of cloud-based cyber-security services for businesses. PowerON Security offers enterprises on-demand protection from viruses, malware, spam and other ...

National Award and Its Many Controversies [opinion] Middle East North Africa Financial Network They also identified Nigeria as the greatest threat to cyber security in Africa. And these crimes are perpetuated under the watchful eyes of the inspector-general of police," Tosan lamented. Reuben Abati, media assistant to President Jonathan once ...

Tech, media and telecoms attacks on the rise SC Magazine UK James Alexander, cyber security partner at Deloitte, said: “In today's increasingly hyperconnected world, there is no such thing as an isolated threat, and breaches in one system or organisation can quickly spread to others. ...

Cohen Lecture dissects Arab Spring The Maine Campus He described changes in how national security is approached, saying domestic issues,cyber security, energy and commerce must now be considered as well as traditional issues. He turned quickly to the Arab Spring, speaking on that subject for the ...

Symantec Survey Finds Half of SMBs Believe They Are Immune to Targeted ... PRWire Simple initiatives such as education and adopting best practice processes and technologies can significantly strengthen their cybersecurity measures.” The survey shows that more than half of SMBs are familiar with many different security threats to the ...

FERC issues plan to review and streamline rules; provides opportunity for ... Lexology (registration) These three rules or policies include its open access transmission policy, its order on reliability andcybersecurity standards, and its smart grid policy statement. The open access transmission policy is detailed in three commission orders. ...

Thornberry: The Best Defense Starts With a Good Offense Roll Call (subscription) ... is vice chairman of the Armed Services Committee and chairman of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities. He also serves as a senior member of the Intelligence Committee and recently chaired the House GOP Cybersecurity Task Force.

Is Your Portfolio Ready for Mobile Marketing Stocks? MFON, MDCA, MOTR, VELT, AUGT SmallCap Network (blog) In fact, CommerceTel Corporation has recently obtained a patent for an invention that exploits the capabilities of smart phones to authenticate the identity of a user and this will give the company a foothold in the global cyber security market which ...

A structured approach to NERC Reliability compliance and cyber ... By SmartGridSherpa The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) completed its first cyber securityreadiness exercise the week of November 14, 2011. Seventy-five industry and government partners took part—looking to assess their crisis response ... Smart Grid Sherpa

Internet Security Alliance Endorses Cyber Security Legislation Internet Security Alliance Endorses Cyber Security Legislation "The House Cyber Security ...Letter to the President on Cybersecurity legislation.11-16-11.pdf ... https://www.infosecisland.com/.../18242-Internet-Security-Alli...

Senate Punts Cybersecurity to 2012 - Cybersecurity Report The Senate plans to hold a vote on comprehensive cybersecurity reforms during the first work period of 2012, according to senators on the committee with... cybersecurityreport.nextgov.com/.../full_senate_to_vote_on_c... Cyber Security Is Not A New Concern For Federal Government Examiner.com (Commentary: Now is the Time for Congress and the Obama Administration to tackle cyber security, 2/18/11) In March, 2011 the GAO issued a report on the intense threat of cyber security. The study, Cybersecurity: Continued Attention needed to Protect ... Mt. SAC Led Cyber Security Group Gets $3 Million Grant Patch.com The funds will be used to set up the only cyber security center on the West Coast. By Melanie C. Johnson In this photo illustration the Facebook logo is reflected in the eye of a girl on February 3, 2008 in London, England. Chris Jackson, Getty Images ... 2012 Cyber Security Predictions From Websense Security Labs EFYTimes (press release) Last year's Websense Security Labs predictions were very accurate, so these predictions should provide very useful guidance for security professionals. Here are the highlights; the full report can be downloaded here. 1. Your social media identity may ... CHOGM nations unite for battle on cybercrime The Australian The decision follows a cyber security session at last month's Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, where representatives of 54 countries gathered. It will see the Australian Federal Police and other agencies playing a pivotal role in ... FERC: $3.8M not enough for FISMA compliance FierceGovernmentIT The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has not fully implemented cybersecurity policies and procedures due to budget and resource constraints, FERC officials told auditors performing a fiscal 2011 cybersecurity audit (.pdf). ... Drinking Water Utility Attack – A Cyber Security Game Changer Security Debrief It looks like Chicken Little may have gotten it right after all. This time, the proverbial sky may actually be falling. According to multiple reports last week, a Russian-based hacker launched a cyber attack on a drinking water utility in Illinois that ... Follow @sobeqorg