Covering the Latest News in Cyber Security
Home » Archives
Revised Cybersecurity Emergency Bill
Written on 31 Aug, 2009 at 14:26 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 136 views times | 0 Comments
Sen. John Rockefeller (D-W. VA), has written a revised draft of the proposed cybersecurity bill. The bill had initially caused alarm among interested parties due to language allowing the President to shut down the Internet in the case of a... (Continue reading)
Greg Schaffer Assistant Secretary of DHS’ Office of Cybersecurity on Cyber “In-Fighting,” US-CERT and the Cyber Battleground
Written on 28 Aug, 2009 at 14:19 in Featured Stories | viewed 289 views times | 1 Comment
Greg Schaffer, assistant secretary of DHS’ Office of Cybersecurity and Communications, recently spoke to InformationWeek about US-CERT and the shifting terrain of cyber warfare. Schaffer suggests that much of the perceived “in-fighting” and cyber “turf wars,” often portrayed in media... (Continue reading)
Director of National Cyber Security Center, Phil Reitinger, Outlines His Cyber Priorities:
Written on 28 Aug, 2009 at 14:07 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 192 views times | 2 Comments
Phil Reitinger, Director of the National Cyber Security Center outlined his priorities for securing America’s cyber assets in a recent interview with InformationWeek. Here are the highlights: Building Capability: “That’s primarily about people. I have some awesome people here at DHS;... (Continue reading)
Bipartisan Cyber Legislation To Include Increased Emphasis on Training and Certification, Ditch Presidential Emergency Powers
Written on 27 Aug, 2009 at 11:26 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 205 views times | 0 Comments
Forthcoming bipartisan cybersecurity legislation from Senators J. Rockefeller (D-WV) and Olympia Snowe (R-ME) will undergo some significant modifications. The revised legislation will remove a controversial provision that enables the President to effectively turn off the internet in the event of a... (Continue reading)
Interview With CyberSecurity Expert And GhostNet Investigator, Professor Ron Deibert
Written on 26 Aug, 2009 at 22:58 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 993 views times | 6 Comments
University of Toronto Professor and director of the GhostNet project, Ron Deibert, spoke with The New New Internet regarding U.S. cybersecurity and the increase militarization of cyberspace. Professor Deibert believes that the future of cyberspace rests in building a global and open... (Continue reading)
IBM Releases Report on Phishing Attacks
Written on 26 Aug, 2009 at 14:12 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 81 views times | 0 Comments
IBM has conducted a study evidencing the number of overall phishing attacks has gone down so far this year to 0.1 % of all spam email as compared to a range of 0.2-0.8% at the same time in 2008, however... (Continue reading)
White House Announces New Tool to Aid in Cybersecurity Reporting
Written on 26 Aug, 2009 at 13:07 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 146 views times | 0 Comments
The White House has announced an initiative that will make it mandatory for federal agencies to report compliance with cybersecurity regulations. This will be accomplished through a new software tool which will be released this month in a test version.... (Continue reading)
IBM: New Microprocessors Built by…DNA?
Written on 25 Aug, 2009 at 15:32 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 145 views times | 1 Comment
IBM researchers, working with Paul W. K . Rothemund of Cal Tech are working on a new way of building chips: arranging DNA origami structures on microprocessors that are compatible with semiconductor manufacturing equipment. Their research looks to preserve Moore’s Law,... (Continue reading)
Cyber “Czar” Position of Concern to Langevin
Written on 25 Aug, 2009 at 13:36 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 106 views times | 0 Comments
Jim Langevin (D) Congressman from Rhode Island has expressed concern over the delay in selecting a cybersecurity “czar”. Speculation on who will be appointed to the position has resumed since Melissa Hathaway, acting senior director of Cybersecurity under the... (Continue reading)
Webinar on Future of Broadband in Public Safety and Security
Written on 24 Aug, 2009 at 14:36 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 85 views times | 0 Comments
The FCC is scheduled to host a webinar, on Tuesday, in order to educate and examine how broadband technology can be utilized by public safety entities and for homeland security purposes. In the first of two panels members of the public... (Continue reading)
