Outsourcing poses new cybersecurity problems

Rise of outsourcing poses new cybersecurity problems
Chicago Tribune
By Steve Alexander, McClatchy-Tribune news Big banks, hospitals and insurance companies worry about computer security because they handle so much personal information. Now, in the age of outsourcing, they also have to worry about whether their partner ...
London Conference Highlights Cyber Security
Bernama
By Normalazwa Jamaludin PUTRAJAYA, Nov 14 (Bernama) -- Internet security took the centre stage at the recent London Conference on Cyberspace amid the Internet's growing influence on people's lives and its immense economic and social benefits. ...
Researcher Wins Cyber Security Defense Grant
University of Texas at Dallas (press release)
Dr. Bhavani Thuraisingham, director of the Cyber Security Research Center at UT Dallas, said that the grant is the latest addition to more than $15 million generated in research funding since the center's inception in October 2004. ...
Sloan-C Awards NYU-Poly's Cyber Security Virtual Master's Program ...
Insurance News Net (press release)
The Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) recognized the cyber security virtual master's degree of Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) as the nation's "Outstanding Online Program." Sloan-C is an association of academic institutions championing ...
Richard Clarke Joins Veracode's Chris Wysopal to Discuss Cyber Security Risk
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veracode, Inc., provider of the world's only independent cloud-based application risk management platform, today announced details of its upcoming webinar, “Cyber Security—A Conversation with Cyber Czar Richard Clarke. ...
Richard Clarke Joins Veracode's Chris Wysopal to Discuss Cyber Security Risk
SYS-CON Media (press release)
With the rising volume of high profile security breaches in 2011, the need for Capitol Hill and enterprises to work together to strengthen the cyber security posture of the software that runs the country's banks, hospitals, retail businesses and ...
Professionalism in information security key for success in challenging ...
Industry Today (press release)
November 14th 2011 - Jonathan Hoyle, Director General for Government and Industry Cyber Securityat GCHQ, has used the IISP's 5th Annual General Meeting (AGM) to highlight the role that professionalism in information security will play in enhancing the ...
Swedbank Plan to Move Data Center Raises Worry, Paeevaleht Says
Bloomberg
The move, part of Swedbank's drive to cut costs, would make it difficult for Estonia to protect the financial data and the depositors, according to Toomas Vaks, a senior cyber security official at the Estonian Information System's Authority,the ...
Statement on US DHS Secretary Napolitano's Upcoming Visit to Norway and Sweden
defpro
14-15, to meet with international partners and discuss the Department's ongoing collaboration with the two countries on cybersecurity and combating violent extremism and transnational crime. While in Oslo, Secretary Napolitano will meet with the ...
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Education Times
Reply: There are many private companies that conduct short courses in Cyber security and hacking but there is no objective way to verify the excellence or authenticity of private programs. The institute of Information security, is a private autonomous ...
Too much social networking could lead to Big Brother fears, agency says
Computerworld New Zealand
By Jennifer Baker | Brussels | Monday, 14 November, 2011 Europe's biggest cybersecurity agency, ENISA, has warned that social networking could lead to a feeling of being continuously under surveillance and paranoid behavior. ...
TIBCO's Vivek Ranadive Says, "Replace The Fed With Software."
Forbes
TIBCO already provides software to help the Obama Administration in areas of cyber security. But there are quite a few companies competing with TIBCO in the data analytics space that could now easily step in and try to steal its thunder, such as Oracle ...
Canada puts up $477 million to foil cyber attacks
Vancouver Sun
Cyber security had not yet caught the attention of many Canadians "because it does not figure prominently in people's lives," MacKay said. "It is very futuristic to speak of the cyber threat." Another reason Canadians were generally unaware of the high ...
Duqu, son of Stuxnet, a pre-cursor to another cyber-weapon
Firstpost
Cybersecurity have long been worried about SCADA attacks because the systems control all manner of industrial systems. However, they are not usually connected to the internet due to the critical nature of their operations. Stuxnet found a way to infect...
Cyberwar Most Likely to Take Place Among Smaller Powers, Experts Say
SecurityNewsDaily
Jeffrey Hunker, a Pittsburgh-based cybersecurity consultant who worked for the National Security Council under President Bill Clinton as senior director for critical infrastructure, said the problem is compounded by the fact that the appropriate ...
Cloud Security: Better Than We Think?
InformationWeek
At a recent cybersecurity event in Baltimore, some attendees scoffed at Alexander's take on cloud security. Their counterargument: Consolidation and virtualization might make an IT environment more manageable, but they also create a bigger target for ...
Splunk Adds PayPal President Scott Thompson to Its Board of Directors
MarketWatch (press release)
... universities, government agencies, and service providers in 70+ countries use Splunk Enterprise to gain operational intelligence that deepens business understanding, improves service and uptime, reduces cost, and mitigates cyber-security risk. ...
5 Ways Enterprises Can Stay Safer On Facebook
InformationWeek
I spoke with Andre Eddy, director of cybersecurity portfolio services at Unisys, who said that companies need to realize that Facebook was built originally for personal use and acknowledge that the kinds of service level agreements (SLAs) and security ...
AGT International Introduces Transformational Urban Management Solutions to ...
Sacramento Bee
Led by a unique vision, AGT International offers innovative solutions in the areas of critical infrastructure and border protection, urban management, cyber security, transportation, law enforcement, and natural disaster preparedness, helping unlock ...
Did Mossad kill Iran's missile research?
RT
The virus's code is based on the same source as Stuxnet, cyber security experts say. Meanwhile, the international community is contemplating a new round of sanctions against Iran following the release of a UN nuclear watchdog report. ...
A Look at Rod Beckstrom's Term as ICANN CEO
Web Host Industry Review
Largely increased ICANN's participation in cyber-security talks related to the organization's role in ensuring the stability and security of the DNS. - Reformed the Policy Development Department's relationship with the Internet community. ...
-Northrop Grumman Highlights Range of International Security Capabilities at ...
Military & Aerospace Electronics
'Our core competencies are strongly aligned with the current and evolving global security priorities of our customers, including cyber security and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance,' said John Brooks, vice president of international ...
More Internet Assaults Necessitate Boost in Cyber-warfare Budget
SPAMfighter News
Earlier, various Department of Defense (DoD) agencies of cyber-security, including DARPA primarily concentrated on defense tactics, safeguarding the global computer-network of the Pentagon against intrusive malware and hackers' attacks. ...
Harris Corp. has big news for Brevard today
Florida Today
Harris bought that company in 1967 and merged it with Harris-Intertype as its evolution into a provider of satellite communications, cybersecurity, tactical radios and broadcast video progressed.
Benign and dark 'informal' supply chains
ZDNet (blog)
Today hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent on cyber security technology, but “there is virtually no investment in trying to ascertain who is hacking and why…” Kick off your day with ZDNet's daily e-mail newsletter. ...
Game On: 12 Tips for Safer Online Gaming
Credit.com News (blog)
So before your child becomes lost in their newest MW3 missions, consider the following tips—adapted from the National Cyber Security Alliance—for helping him or her safely navigate the online gaming world. 1. Before your kids start playing, ...
Europol wants to host EU cyber crime centre
EUobserver.com
The EU already has a cyber security expertise centre - Enisa - drafting reports and organising simulations of cyber attacks. "I guess the cyber crime centre will have a broader scope. We will see that at the beginning of next year when the feasibility ...
Industrial automation systems are at a crossroads
Works Management
However, for him, both software vendors and system users need to be aware that issues likely to matter most in the factory of the future include: cyber security, mobile and wireless technology, enterprise ecosystems, cloud computing and sustainability. ...
Lockheed Martin Celebrates Opening of NextGen Technology Test Bed
Space Daily
IS and GS-Civil is responsible for a wide array of information technology systems and services in areas such as energy, health care, transportation, information and cyber security, citizen protection and space exploration.
THE NEED FOR 'KNOWN SOURCE' IN IT
FutureGov Magazine
In the case of cyber-security, this process is not easy, as the attackers often have the advantage of secrecy and surprise. The country of Georgia knows all about this. Back in 2008, the prelude to 'war' included a DDoS attack, which was devised to ...
US military to increase spending on cybersecurity research | Simply ...
By Simply Security
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) revealed this week that it will drastically increase its budget for cybersecurity research, highlighting the important role that data protection is now playing in today's military ...
Simply Security
Richard Clarke Joins Veracode's Chris Wysopal to Discuss Cyber ...
Veracode, Inc., provider of the world's only independent cloud-based application risk management platform, today announced details of its upcoming webinar, “Cyber Security—A Conversation with Cyber Czar Richard Clarke.” Clarke, author ...
ITbriefing.net
Singapore to establish Asia's first Cyberwatch Competency Center ...
By a38c77c84a68365538a62009357af1e9
The center is envisioned give students and educators from Singapore Polytechnic and e-Cop the opportunity to work together on real-world cyber security projects. The market-relevant experience they will gain from the collaboration is ...
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ITAC Blog » Blog Archive » Monday Morning News Kick Off: U.S. Not ...
By ITACadmin
As always, we have a very diverse mix of cyber security, data breach and identity theft news to share at the start of the work week. Upon compiling these news stories, the ITAC blog staff has come to one conclusion: we ... America's critical computer networks are so vulnerable to attack that it should deter U.S. leaders from going to war with other nations, a former top U.S. cybersecurity official said Monday. Richard Clarke, a top adviser to three presidents, joined a number of U.S. military ...
ITAC Blog
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA11-312A -- Microsoft ...
There are multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows. Microsoft has released updates to address these vulnerabilities.
www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA11-312A.html

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