Cyber Command Announcement Expected Monday

DoD is expected to announce the long-expected plan to establish a Cyber Command on Monday, according to federalnewsradio.com.

Deputy Secretary of Defense William Lynn will speak at the Center for Strategic and International Studies on June 15, and, according to Jim Lewis, the director of the center’s Technology and Public Policy Program, he will announce the plan to create a Cyber Command.

DoD has been considering a supra-departmental Cyber Command…

12 Md. Firms to Share $600,000 Tech Transfer Program Contract

Twelve Maryland tech firms have won $50,000 each in new funding through the Ft. Detrick Technology Transfer Initiative, aimed at bringing medical technologies to the market.

The four-year-old program is run by the Maryland Technology Development Corporation, with the U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command and the Frederick County Office of Economic Development. New recipients include Aid Networks, Bacilligen, HeMemics Biotechnologies, APE-Bridgepath Scientific, CynerGene IDMP, Imagilin Technology, BioAssay Works,…

Virtualization Start-up Hyper9 Does Brisk Business in Chilly Economic Climate

Harrowing economic times would usually be even scarier for a start-up firm like Hyper9 Inc., and Chief Technology Officer Dave McCrory. Yet McCrory says he isn’t worried. Why?

Because business is better than expected for the two-year-old Austin, Texas-based firm and its Hyper9 platform virtualization management software, and phones are ringing off the hook as companies scramble to jump on the resource abstraction bandwagon.

McCrory gives an strong interest in…

E-Verify Program Extended, Cybersecurity Budget Boosted in DHS Spending Bill

The E-Verify program will be extended for two years and cybersecurity budget will be increased if the 2010 Homeland Security Department spending bill approved by a House subcommittee makes it through the rest of the process.

The House Appropriations Committee’s Homeland Security Subcommittee allocated $42.6 billion in discretionary funds for the department on June 8, according to subcommittee chair Rep. David Price (D-N.C.). He added that the departmental…

Cybersecurity Experts: Government’s Role in Cybersecurity Needs Expansion

Experts from across industry and academia told a house subcommittee today that the government’s role in cybersecurity research, development, and education needs to be expanded and improved.

Cybersecurity experts told the House Science and Technology Committee’s Research and Science Education Subcommittee that government-funded cybersecurity R&D programs and interface with the private sector with respect to those projects should be enhanced. They added that formal, public cybersecurity education programs should be bolstered.

Obama said May…

Gates: DoD is Beefing Up Cybersecurity Efforts

The Defense Department is beefing up cybersecurity capabilities, according to Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Defense Subcommittee.

Gates said cybersecurity must be a priority for the DoD, and his budget request reflects that.

The request increases funding for a range of information assurance capabilities to improve the security of information as it is collected, stored, processed, and transmitted across IT systems, Gates said.

Gates’ request would also increase “the number…

Well-Known Hacker Appointed to DHS Advisory Team

Hacker and Information Security consultant Jeff Moss has joined the cybersecurity advisory team at the Department of Homeland Security.

Moss, founder of the hacker groups Black Hat and DefCon, along with other members of the Homeland Security Advisory Council, was sworn in Friday by DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano.

The panel is composed of 15 other prominent law-enforcement figures, including former FBI Director Louis Freeh, co-chair of the 9/11 Commission, former Rep….

NH Man Made $112,000 in Bank-Account Hacking Scheme

Alexey Mineev, a  Hampton, N.H., resident, has pleaded guilty to fraud charges for his role in a scheme to empty brokerage accounts by installing Trojan keystroke-monitoring software on victims’ computers.

The hacker would infect PCs with malicious Trojan software via spam, software that monitored keystrokes after an infected computer logged on to a brokerage website.  The hackers would then sift through the information, deducing account numbers and passwords and wiring funds…

Apple Unveils New iPhone

The iPhone 3G S was revealed yesterday at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference in San Franciscom and Apple claims it is “the fastest, most powerful iPhone yet,” boasting improved speed and performance.

According to Apple, the new iPhone has twice the processing power of the iPhone 3G, longer battery life, a 3-megapixel autofocus camera, video recording and hands-free voice control, along…

DC3 Needs 10,000 Cybersecurity Experts

The Defense Cyber Crime Center  is taking the search for security experts seriously holding a national competition and talent search to find the 10,000 security experts it needs.

These experts are needed throughout the government, from energy and aviation, to defense and homeland security.

James Christy, director of future exploration at DC3 and a former security officer in the Air Force said,  “We are conducting a national competition and talent search to…