Cybersecurity bill blocked by top GOP senators

Cybersecurity bill blocked by top GOP senators
Politico
That lack of harmony, which erupted into public view earlier this week, promises to hamstring an effort to quickly pass a sweeping cybersecurity bill through the Senate. Senate Homeland Security Committee Chairman...

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Cybersecurity Act Could Impact Law Firms, General Counsel
Corporate Counsel
Congress this week will be introduced to the Cybersecurity Act of 2012, which aims to protect crucial American computer infrastructure by giving oversight to the Department of Homeland Security. Experts say it's possible that large law firms and ...

Cybersecurity boost can wait no longer
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
In a recent briefing to Congress about worldwide threats, FBI Director Robert Mueller said that the danger of cyberattacks will equal or surpass the danger of terrorism “in the foreseeable future.” What makes that assessment particularly alarming is ...

Top Military Expert to Hold a Cyber Security Workshop at SCADA & Smart Grid ...
Einnews Portugal
The SCADA & Smart Grid Cyber Security Summit 2012 will see industry experts and many of the top utility companies from across Europe discuss the latest technologies and solutions forcybersecurity. February 15, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- The SCADA ...

Commentary: Cybersecurity requires buy-in from the top
Nextgov
A recent seminar sponsored by immixGroup, Bit9, Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Security, and Sourcefire featured cybersecurity experts from government and industry who explored the factors that contribute to a federal agency's ability to assess and ...

US Senate Cybersecurity Bill Marks an Important Step Forward, Says BSA
ag-IP-news Agency
WASHINGTON, DC - The Business Software Alliance (BSA) welcomed in a press release the introduction of a comprehensive package of cybersecurity measures in the US Senate. “After years of starts and stops, the cybersecurity bill introduced in the Senate ...

Should a Congress that Doesn't Understand Math Regulate Cybersecurity?
Cato @ Liberty
There's a delicious irony in some of the testimony on cybersecurity that the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hear today (starting at 2:30 Eastern — it's unclear from the hearing's page whether it will be live-streamed).

Kigali Hosts Banking, Cyber Security Workshop in March
AllAfrica.com
"The banking and cyber security workshop will bring together key stakeholders from governments, law enforcement agencies, finance institutions, and leading ICT security experts to help find a lasting solution to cyber crime," said Sammy Kioko, ...

Jordan- Employees' smartphones carry risks for companies' cyber security
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
This issue needs to be taken seriously," cyber security expert Ahmad Ghalayini told The Jordan Times on Wednesday. "When someone connects his smartphone to a computer at his workplace and downloads apps, there is a possibility that the company's ...

DOD's 2013 budget and the evolution of the defense industry
Defense Systems
By Amber Corrin It's been billed as a budget full of austerity measures, but there are a few parts of the Defense Department's fiscal 2013 spending plan that are actually seeing a boost, including technology and cybersecurity.

The Cybersecurity Act of 2012
Wired (blog)
By Bruce Sterling *These Senatorial cyberspace acts never get anywhere because government ceded control of its “information superhighway” to private interests long ago. “The networks that run our most critical infrastructure, for example, ...

Genetics Inspired Research Prevents Cyber Attacks
MarketWatch (press release)
16, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Cyber security is an ever changing and growing concern. Nearly twice as much cyber security funding proposed in the 2013 budget underscores the need for improved computer network defenses.

Congressman Langevin renews warnings about cybersecurity
The Providence Journal
James R. Langevin renewed his longstanding warning about the threat to the nation's computer systems Wednesday, telling the American Bar Association that "corporations are not being held responsible for their own failings" in cybersecurity.

Partisan Lines Form in Cyber Battle
National Journal
By Josh Smith Cybersecurity may not be a partisan issue, but some battles are now forming along party lines. Senate Democrats on Wednesday pushed back against complaints by Republicans that a plan to bring broad cybersecurity legislation to the floor ...

Reporting Cybersecurity Risks - New Obligations for Publicly Traded Companies
JD Supra (press release)
The Security and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) last year offered first-of-its-kind guidance on when companies should report cybersecurity incidents in their disclosure statements. The guidance, CF Disclosure: Topic No. 2 “Cybersecurity,” provides a ...

Genetics Inspired Research Prevents Cyber Attacks
NEWS.GNOM.ES (press release)
ES/ — Cyber security is an ever changing and growing concern. Nearly twice as much cyber security funding proposed in the 2013 budget underscores the need for improved computer network defenses. Inadequate security configurations are blamed for 80 ...

Obama announces $US769 million cybersecurity warchest after attacks on CIA website
SmartCompany.com.au
President Barack Obama is proposing a budget of $US769 million to help fund the Department of Homeland Security's cybersecurity operations. According to Threatpost, the funds will be used to protect government networks from attack through the DHS's ...

Effective Report Writing Applied to Cyber Security
SYS-CON Media (press release) (blog)
In our profession, Cyber Security, we have the unique challenge of communicating highly technical information in a non-technical format, so that the impact of our efforts can be understood. Early in my career I hated writing reports.

Baltimore's Lookingglass to Double Staff to 30
FINS
By Joseph Walker Baltimore-based cybersecurity company Lookingglass Cyber Solutions plans to hire 15 new employees this year, now that it has raised $5 million in new financing from Alsop Louie Partners and Vital Financial. The firm currently has 15 ...

Agencies Struggle to Hire Cyber Professionals
Nextgov
By Brittany Ballenstedt 02/15/12 12:06 pm ET The federal government is doing a great job retaining  cybersecurity professionals once they're in federal jobs. The challenge for most agencies is finding and hiring qualified candidates, ...

Did hackers kill Nortel?
The Province
By Derek Abma, Postmedia News February 16, 2012 2:19 AM Telecommunications giant Nortel Networks' downfall may be due to hackers from China who breached the company's network for more than a decade, says a cyber-security expert.

'I oppose banning of websites'
Deccan Herald
Cyber security expert Ankit Fadia penned a book on hacking at 14 when most children of his age did not even have access to a computer. Since then there has been no looking back for this independent computer security consultant. Reminiscing the journey ...

Deccan Herald

Andhra government websites hacked
Zee News
Hyderabad: As many as 27 websites of various departments of Andhra Pradesh were Thursday hacked, exposing the chinks in the state's cyber security. The cyber criminals broke into one of the government servers and hacked the websites.

Zee News

Metaforic to Exhibit at RSA Conference 2012, San Francisco
MarketWatch (press release)
Recent high profile attacks illustrate the damage caused by cyber security breaches such as data theft, corporate espionage, system downtime, corporate liability, and loss of revenue and reputation. During RSA Conference 2012, Metaforic will illustrate ...

2012: Year of war against cyber crime
Economic Times
Education and training of our cyber workforce will become front and centre: As cyber threats escalate, investments need to be made in building cyber security workforce with requisite skills to defend enterprises, government and critical infrastructure ...

Can Peace Prevail in Cyberspace?
National Defense Magazine
“We're not going to win this fight by building better defenses, we're going to win this fight by making it expensive to attack us,” he said during a discussion at the release of a report, “Cyber-Security: The Vexed Question of Global Rules.

National Defense Magazine

Intelligent Decisions, Inc., Launches New Cutting-Edge Corporate Website ...
PR Web (press release)
They include cyber security, cloud, mobility, network convergence, and simulation and training. These areas are outlined with a goal of providing in-depth solutions and services information to ID's main audiences in the Federal marketplace, ...

Reid To Push Cybersecurity Bill Straight To Senate Floor | Right ...
By William Teach
So, more burdensome regulation and interference in private sector business, who probably takecybersecurity a whole heck of a lot more serious than the Central Government does. Make no mistake, this bill is not SOPA or PIPA. The Senators ...
Right Wing News

Cybersecurity Act of 2012 Introduced Without Emergency ...
By Brian Donohue
A bipartisan group of Senators introduced the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 yesterday. The bill aims to secure federal and private sector networks that provide essential services or that are deemed "critical" to the nation in some other way.
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The Volokh Conspiracy » Testifying on Cybersecurity Legislation
By Stewart Baker
The Senate's big cybersecurity bill has finally surfaced officially, and the hearing will be tomorrow at 2:30 DC time in front of the Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. After Sen. Rockefeller and Sec. Napolitano, I'll be part of a ...
The Volokh Conspiracy

Instapundit » Blog Archive » THE HILL: Cybersecurity bill headed ...
By Glenn Reynolds
February 16, 2012. THE HILL: Cybersecurity bill headed straight to Senate floor. Posted by Glenn Reynolds at 7:23 am. Tweet · RSS Feed · Podcast RSS Feed · Email Instapundit. Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc! Making even the ...
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Internet 'Kill Switch' Dropped From Cybersecurity Bill
By admin
The much feared Obama Internet 'kill switch' has been dropped from the latest incarnation of thecybersecurity bill which was introduced yesterday, but the White House still claims that it can intervene in the world wide web under the 1934 law ...
Prison Planet.com

Cybersecurity Act of 2012 and ICS Security
By PJCoyle
Tuesday Sen. Lieberman (I,CT) {along with co-sponsors Collins (R,ME), Rockefeller (D,WV) and Feinstein (D,CA)} introduced S 2105, the Cybersecurity Act of 2012; the long awaited and much anticipated comprehensive cybersecurity bill.
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The Drone Lobby Admits It Has a Cybersecurity Problem | emptywheel
By emptywheel
The Drone Lobby Admits It Has a Cybersecurity Problem. Posted on February 15, 2012 by emptywheel. Or should I say “challenge”? Lee Fang hits on the most important parts of this presentation the drone lobby made last year, most notably ...
emptywheel

Why The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 Needs To Be More Robust ...
By Adam Rice
The Cybersecurity Act of 2012 is too general in its language and relies on the old security paradigm of stopping an attack at the front door of the target, rather than on the Internet backbone, which does not work.
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Top military expert to hold a cyber security workshop at SCADA ...
By Blackmere
/EINPresswire.com/ The SCADA & Smart Grid Cyber Security Summit 2012 will see industry experts and many of the top utility companies from across Europe discuss the latest technologies and solutions for cybersecurity. Speakers include ...
Blackmere Consulting

Proposed Cybersecurity Legislation Would Enhance Protections for ...
By jim
By Mark Weatherford, Deputy Under Secretary for Cybersecurity. Last week, Deputy Secretary Lute discussed the risks we face as a result of our interconnected world and some of the ways legislation recently introduced in the Senate would ...
FISMA Focus

Internet 'Kill Switch' Dropped From Cybersecurity Bill » The Final Stage
By Prison Planet.com
New post: Internet 'Kill Switch' Dropped From Cybersecurity Bill http://t.co/etp44qfk 8 minutes ago; Kurt Nimmo | Iranian national pride will result in the country being reduced to a parking lot.http://t.co/89fIHBru 29 minutes ago; New post: Let ...
The Final Stage

Protect your business and kick start your cyber security project | IT ...
By James Warren
Accredited certification to ISO 27001 gives an organisation internationally recognised and accepted proof that its system for managing information security – its ISMS or cyber security readiness – is of an acceptable, independently audited and ...
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Alan Calder, CEO of IT Governance, addresses CREST members ...
Alan Calder, CEO of IT Governance, addresses CREST members and calls for a holistic cyber security strategy. Ely, England, 16 February 2012 – Alan Calder, cybersecurity guru and Chief Executive of IT Governance, the single-source ...
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Internet 'Kill Switch' Dropped From Cybersecurity Bill Alex Jones ...
The much feared Obama Internet 'kill switch' has been dropped from the latest incarnation of thecybersecurity bill which was introduced yesterday, but the White ...
www.infowars.com/internet-kill-switch-dropped-from-cyberse...

Senate Bill Would Give DHS a Cybersecurity Whip
A bipartisan group of senators has proposed legislation that would give the United States Department of Homeland Security increased power over critical IT ...
www.technewsworld.com/rsstory/74434.html

LIEBERMAN, COLLINS, ROCKEFELLER, FEINSTEIN OFFER
The Cybersecurity Act of 2012, S. 2105, and the product of three years worth of hearings, consultations, and negotiations, envisions a public-private partnership ...
www.hsgac.senate.gov/.../lieberman-collins-rockefeller-feinstei...

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