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‘Evil’ Hacker Faces 49 Charges
Published on 27 Jul, 2011 at 9:19 in Cyber | Viewed 38 times | No Comments
A 29-year-old Australian citizen will appear in court today on charges of illegal hacking following his arrest in a six-month police investigation of his online activities.
The man, who used the online nickname “Evil,” faces 49 charges of cyber attacks that police alleged could have caused considerable damage to Australia’s national infrastructure.
One of his alleged online crimes includes breaching the systems of Platform Networks, one of the 13 service providers…
Q&A with IBM’s Chuck Prow: ‘Focus on Performance Improvement Activities to Improve Outcomes’
Published on 26 Jul, 2011 at 16:17 in Cyber, GovCon Industry, Interviews | Viewed 68 times | No Comments
With 30 years of experience in the professional services business, Chuck Prow knows what it takes to stay on top of a constantly changing market. As the general manager of IBM’s Global Business Services for the Public Sector, Prow is constantly realigning his team’s goals and missions to stay one step ahead of…
US-CERT Director Resigns
Published on 26 Jul, 2011 at 15:02 in Cyber | Viewed 76 times | No Comments
Randy Vickers, director of the United States Computer Emergency Response Team, unexpectedly resigned from his position Friday following a recent spike in the number of cyber attacks against government agencies and private contractors.
According to an email sent to employees by Roberta Stempfley, acting assistant secretary for cyber security and communications at the Department of Homeland Security, Vickers resigned…
CGI’s Gregg Mossburg Offers Cloud-Migration Tips to Federal Agencies
Published on 26 Jul, 2011 at 14:34 in Cyber | Viewed 68 times | No Comments
The recent federally mandated IT reform has many government agencies questioning which services to migrate to the cloud.
The Cloud First policy released in February requires all government agencies to “modify their IT portfolios to fully take advantage of the benefits of cloud computing in order to maximize capacity utilization, improve IT flexibility…
DoD Launches Cyber Strategy Website
Published on 26 Jul, 2011 at 13:46 in Cyber | Viewed 80 times | No Comments
Following the recent release of its first cybersecurity strategy, the Defense Department launched yesterday a new website dedicated to its cyber initiatives.
According to DoD, the new site is designed to help users explore the five pillars of DoD’s cyber strategy: treating cyberspace as an operational domain; employing new defense operating concepts; partnering with the public and…
CACI to Acquire Paradigm
Published on 26 Jul, 2011 at 12:53 in Industry News | Viewed 54 times | No Comments
CACI International announced yesterday it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Paradigm Holdings, Inc., a federal IT solutions provider and parent company of Paradigm Solutions. The acquisition will expand CACI’s cybersecurity portfolio and is anticipated to close within the next several months.
According to CACI, Paradigm’s specific offerings range from cybersecurity…
Report: IRS Slow to Notify Taxpayers of Data Breaches
Published on 26 Jul, 2011 at 12:32 in Cyber | Viewed 31 times | No Comments
The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration recently published a report which highlighted the Internal Revenue Service’s failure to notify taxpayers whose personally identifiable information was inadvertently disclosed.
According to the report, more than 142 million taxpayers entrust the IRS with sensitive financial and personal data. The IRS has many processes and regulations that protect this information, but there are times where taxpayer information is inadvertently disclosed. The…
IT Experts Prepare for 2011 Hacktivity Conference
Published on 25 Jul, 2011 at 16:27 in Cyber | Viewed 38 times | No Comments
Experts in the information technology industry are gearing up for this year’s Hacktivity conference, a two-day event in Hungary that highlights innovations and developments in IT security. The event features prominent representatives of the IT security industry, as well as presentations, workshops and the Central and Eastern European finals of the “Global…
Hacker Gets 10 Years for Credit Card Fraud
Published on 25 Jul, 2011 at 15:40 in Cyber | Viewed 36 times | No Comments
A Georgia man was sentenced last week to 10 years in prison after federal agents found more than 675,000 stolen credit card numbers and related information in his home computers. The hacked information was used in about $36 million of fraudulent transactions over the last nine years.
Rogelio Hackett Jr., 25, was sentenced in Alexandria, Va., and ordered to pay a $100,000 fine. Hackett admitted to trafficking credit card information since…
Experts: IT Outsourcing Hurts Innovation
Published on 25 Jul, 2011 at 15:01 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 62 times | No Comments
Although the cost benefits of outsourcing work in the information technology industry are obvious, experts are now warning too much offshoring may hinder IT companies’ abilities to innovate.
According to a recent CIO.com interview with Harvard Business School professors Gary Pisano and Willy Shih, offshoring can irreversibly damage a company’s industrial ecosystem and…
