CYBERCOM Chief: America Must Secure the Internet, Safeguard Citizens’ Privacy Online

As the federal government ups the ante against cyber adversaries, the civilian and military officials leading those efforts are committed to adopting meaningful measures to protect citizens’ privacy, National Security Agency Director Gen. Keith B. Alexander said on Tuesday.

Speaking at the O’Reilly Media Gov 2.0 Summit in Washington, D.C., Alexander addressed the issue that…

Cyber Task Force Passes Mission to CYBERCOM

After spending most of the past decade defending the Department of Defense’s computer networks, the Joint Task Force Global Network Operations command cased its colors.

Air Force Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, presided over the ceremony. He said that although the ceremony marked the end of the task force’s tenure, its…

Red Hat Names Mark Bohannon VP of Corp. Affairs & Public Policy

Mark Bohannon is joining Red Hat, the open source solutions provider, as vice president of corporate affairs and global public policy, effective Oct. 1, 2010.

In his new role, Bohannon will lead Red Hat’s worldwide team representing the company’s interests before policymakers in government, industry consortia, and other venues on issues related to technology and innovation policy, open source and…

Cyber Crime on the Rise in Azerbaijan

Cyber crime growing in Azerbaijan as information and communication technologies develop, a representative of the Ministry of National Security, Kerim Kerimov, said at an OSCE organized workshop on cybersecurity this week.

“‘Cyber crime’ includes offenses such as money-laundering, theft of money from credit cards and the joint criminal activities of organized criminal groups from different countries, as well as illegal communication channels in the network,” Kerimov said, according to Trend…

Phishers Exploit UK Taxpayers

Cyber criminals have launched phishing attacks in an attempt to make a buck from the news that up to six million people in the United Kingdom have overpaid or underpaid their taxes for the past two years.

It was recently uncovered that taxation blunders have lead to 1.4 million UK taxpayers paying less money in taxes and 4.3 million paying in excess.

In consequence, UK’s taxation authority will begin sending letters…

How to Become a Cyber Warrior: Thoughts from MITRE, Raytheon Officials

With the rising need for cybersecurity comes the increasing need for cyber professionals to protect the nation’s smart grid from adversaries.

But how to become one? There are several options, from traditional four-year degrees to shorter programs.

“We are all increasingly vulnerable,” said Gary Cluff, manager of corporate recruiting for MITRE Corporation. He added that the government…

Lockheed Martin Eyes Cybersecurity Acquisitions

Lockheed Martin Corp anticipates more defense assets to come up for sale in the light of budget pressures and the evolving security environment, Chief Executive Officer Robert Stevens said today.

Speaking at the Reuters Aerospace and Defense Summit in Washington, D.C, Stevens said Lockheed Martin has the funds needed to make acquisitions in areas such…

Survey: Security is a Primary Business Objective

A new survey has found that a majority of businesses have security intensive environments with more than 90 percent of workloads requiring protection.

The survey–conducted jointly by Altor Networks and Juniper Networks–gathered responses from the representatives of m0re than 200 firms at San Francisco’s Moscone-hosted VMworld 2010. Despite moving forward with …

Harris Names Mike Deloney to Lead DoD Programs

Harris Corporation has named Mike Deloney vice president and general manager of Department of Defense Programs for its IT services business.

Since joining Harris in 2009, Deloney has served as vice president of Harris IT Services’ Air Force Programs. He succeeds John Heller, who was named president of Harris IT Services earlier this month.

In his…

Cyber Contractors Partner with Smaller Firms for Specialized Monitoring Services

Large defense contractors are increasingly readying to bid for cybersecurity work by buying or partnering with smaller firms that specialize in closely monitoring the data that courses over communications networks, The Washington Post reports.

One current in-demand capability is known as “deep packet inspection”; the ability to analyze the packets of data…