Navy Looks to Facilitate Dialogue

Robert Carey, CIO of the Navy, is looking to harness the power of Web 2.0 applications. Carey is looking to facilitate dialogue and collaboration through creating a secure extension of the DON CIO website.

Common Access holders will be able to access the secured website and interact more directly with the office of the CIO. Presently, individuals seeking to comment on Carey’s blog, which has been active for…

Calls Increase for Cyber Coordinator

TechAmerica has joined in calling on the Obama administration to quickly appoint someone to the position of cyber coordinator.

The calls for someone to be appointed to the position have increased in the past month, with members of Congress joining the fray.

Phil Bond, the president of TechAmerica wrote an open letter to President Obama requesting his “attention to the appointment of a cybersecurity coordinator in the White House at the…

Most Data Centers Not Ready for Cyber Attack

AFCOM, a national association for data centers recently released a survey in which the majority of respondents do not appear to be adequately prepared for targeted cyber attack. The survey was sent to over 400 university, government and civilian data centers throughout the world.

The report found that “most of its member clients aren’t prepared nearly well enough for a sophisticated cyber attacker- or even if…

Sweden Hit by DDoS Attacks

Approximately 40 web pages in Sweden were subjected to distributed denial of service attacks late last week.

A number of media websites were attacked along with a police website.

The attacks brought down the majority of the websites for a few hours. Each of the media companies that were affected rent server space from the same Swedish provider.

Investigators have not been able to attribute the attack to any specific…

Members of Congrss Call for Cyber Security Review

Members of the House of Representatives called for a comprehensive review of cyber security policies for Congress on Friday. The push for a review follows the recent revelations that a confidential report of the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct was leaked on the internet via peer-to-peer file sharing software.

The report, from July, listed several democrat representatives who were under investigation for ties to a lobbying firm….