Security experts push back at 'Cyber Pearl Harbor' warning

Security experts push back at 'Cyber Pearl Harbor' warning
PCWorld
Besides the attribution problem, McGraw wrote that cyber-offense capabilities of an adversary are unlikely to be knocked out by an attack. Quoting estimates from Ralph Langner, the securityconsultant credited with cracking the Stuxnet malware, he said ...

Eight important cyber security steps for holiday shopping online
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
(BPT) - Remember the days when keeping track of your wallet and hiding packages in the trunk were all you had to do to ensure your holidays were safe and secure? Fast forward to 2012 - when the National Retail Federation says nearly 52 percent of ...

OTHER VIEWS: Haley and the cyber-attacks
Aiken Standard
A legislative hearing already has been held, and more can be expected to affix the blame and to determine what alterations need to be made to state cyber security systems. At this point, Haley has absolved the Department of Revenue of blame. The ...

Obama 2.0 may boost WH stance on cyber
Politico
That's why the administration has spent months laying the groundwork for a potential executive order, said former White House cyber adviser Howard Schmidt. “There's been a really good push, appropriately so, to get a better sense from private sector of ...

GCHQ lines up BAE and pals for 'Cyber Incident Response'
Register
The "Cyber Incident Response" scheme - launched today by CESG, the data security arm of GCHQ, and the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) - is targeted at the public sector and firms supporting the UK's key systems and businesses.

Government also faces cyber security challenges
Fierce Smart Grid
New research from Deloitte and NASCIO finds that less than a quarter of chief information securityofficers (CISO) have confidence in their state's ability to guard data against external threats. The Deloitte-NASCIO cyber security assessed the security ...

Could a cyber ecosystem automatically defend government networks?
GCN.com
Much of the impetus for a secure cyber ecosystem is to correct the shortcomings of a networked environment that was not developed with security in mind, said Michael A. Brown, a former fed and now manager of federal business for RSA, the security ...

As hacker forums breed recruits, government stages cyber education counterattack
GCN.com
While government adds cybersecurity training facilities to beef up its cyber workforce, hackers are learning their trade through hacker forums, which have become a training ground for cyber criminals. Roughly one-third (28 percent) of all hacker forum ...

Cyber help squad set up by GCHQ
Telegraph.co.uk
Chloe Smith, Minister for Cyber Security said: “The growing cyber threat makes it inevitable that some attacks will get through either where basic security is not implemented, or when an organisation is targeted by a highly capable attacker.” The four ...

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Obama Expected to Pursue Cyber-Security Agenda In Second Term ...
By Ed Fischer
By Ian Bush. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — President Obama's re-election could spell some big changes for the country's Internet defenses. Congress hasn't been able to agree on much, including updating cybersecurity standards for the 21st ...
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Lockheed Martin · White Paper: Cyber Security and Mobility Highest ...
5, 2012 – Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) and its Cyber Security Alliance partners today announced the results of a collaborative cyber security survey in a new ...
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