Senate to Consider Cybersecurity Overhaul

Senate to Consider Cybersecurity Overhaul CIO.com
Majority leader Harry Reid is poised to bring long-debated cybersecurity legislation to floor in hopes of broad bipartisan support, according to comments from his ...
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Never Mind About Playstations or Zappos; Are You Ready for Your Car to Be Hacked?
Forbes
The recent hacking of Zappos, on top of a seemingly endless series of high-profilecyber security breaches and hackavist attacks, demonstrate that cyberspace is an insecure frontier, where consumers, corporations and even governments are vulnerable to ...

Forbes

Speaking the same language on cyber threats
Defense Systems
By Kevin Coleman There is no doubt that cybersecurity, cyber warfare and cyber intelligence are all highly technical subject matter areas. And, given the huge negative effects that cyber events have on an organization, most decision makers in this area ...

Foreign policy discussion series announced
Alexandria Echo Press
The topics are Middle East Realignment, Promoting Democracy, Mexico, Cyber Security, Exit from Afghanistan and Iraq, State of the Oceans, Indonesia and Energy Geopolitics. Through the years, Minnesota citizens have been some of the most active ...

Data Privacy Day 2012 to feature new Facebook Chief Privacy Officer for Policy
The Next Web
The Facebook security team has just announced its participation in Data Privacy Day, an event sponsored by the National Cyber Security Alliance. The event will feature participation from the FTC, whom Facebook had quite the run-in with last year. ...

The Next Web

Chopra Discusses Internet-Piracy Bill, Smart Grid (Video)
Bloomberg
Enlarge image Smart Grid an afterthought in cybersecurity policy Smart Grid an afterthought in cybersecurity policy Siemens North American utilities last year spent about $4 billion on smart-grid technologies, and utilities in Europe bought about $1.3 ...

Bloomberg

Megaupload takedown spurs retaliation from Anonymous
SC Magazine UK
Former FBI special agent and cyber security commentator EJ Hilbert said on his Twitter feed that the attacks occurred "not even an hour later". He later said that distributed denial-of-service tactics had been used. Speaking to RT.com, ...

The SEC and cybersecurity
The Daily Deal
When you heard the Securities and Exchange Commission had issued guidance about corporate disclosure obligations concerning "cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents," did you sigh and say to yourself, "Just what I need, another SEC release about ...

Cyber Security Challenge appoints CEO
SC Magazine UK
The Cyber Security Challenge has hired a former Post Office CIO as its first CEO. Duncan Hine, previously the head of security, resilience and information assurance for NATS, the organisation responsible for UK air traffic services, will be responsible ...

United States: Cybersecurity And The Law: What To Expect In 2012
Utility Products
As President Obama stated near the outset of his Administration, "America's economic prosperity in the 21st century will depend on cybersecurity."1 In the past decade, an increasingly sophisticated cybersecurity industry has grown up to help companies, ...

Chertoff Urges Swift Action by Senate on Cybersecurity Measures
BusinessWeek
“Congress must act to ensure that appropriate tools, authorities and resources are available to the executive branch agencies, as well as private sector entities, that are responsible for our nation's cybersecurity,” according to today's letter. ...

Cyber Security Challenge 'Keeps The Country Safe'
TechWeekEurope UK
The UK Cyber Security Challenge helps keep the country safe by finding untapped talent for the British cyber security industry, the new chief executive has told TechWeekEurope. In the Challenge, now in its second year, contestants complete a series of ...

TechWeekEurope UK

Chertoff Urges Swift Action by Senate on Cybersecurity Measures
Bloomberg
“Congress must act to ensure that appropriate tools, authorities and resources are available to the executive branch agencies, as well as private sector entities, that are responsible for our nation's cybersecurity,” according to today's letter. ...

Data Privacy Day 2012 to be Widely Celebrated Across the U.S. and Abroad
Sacramento Bee
20, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a non-profit public-private partnership focused on cybersecurity awareness and education for all digital citizens, continues to grow momentum for Data Privacy Day 2012 ...

Senate set to take up major cyber legislation
Washington Post (blog)
By Ellen Nakashima Congress is moving closer to taking up comprehensivecybersecurity legislation, and a Senate aide confirmed this week that Majority Leader Harry Reid will bring a package to the floor before President's Day. ...

The Security Stack: A Model for Understanding the Cybersecurity We Need
Insurance & Technology
In the new era of cybersecurity threats, highly sophisticated adversaries seek not only to do harm but also to reside in the background undetected, so they can access your intellectual property, operational resources and mission-critical data. ...

Beyond the Firewall: Israel vs. the Hackers
Huffington Post (blog)
There is no country better positioned than Israel to continue pioneering the field ofcyber-security. It has to do with our long history of defending ourselves against cyber-attacks, but also, apparently, of our use of cyber technology in battles ...

SCADA and Smart Grid Cyber Security Summit 2012 - Geo ...
On the 26th and 27th of April 2012 representatives from EuropeƂ's leading energy and utility companies will convene in London at the SCADA and Smart Grid Cyber SecuritySummit 2012. This gathering of industry leaders represents the first ...
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Cyber Security Startup AlienVault Nabs Seven Senior HP Security ...
In other words, the company develops advanced cyber security products that unifies management of critical security systems and processes across the network, ...
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Economic, cyber security risks top global report | Business Insurance
Economic, cyber security risks top global report. January 15, 2012 - 6:00am. Advertisement. Read more in the Risk Management Channel. What's This?
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DHS cyber security operations see leadership changes ...
The Department of Homeland Security's cyber security organization saw the retirement of ... In a following post, Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity Mark ...
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