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Senate Staffer: Hill Sees Cyber as Priority
Written on 4 Jun, 2010 at 8:37 in Cyber Policy | viewed 112 views times | 1 Comment
Momentum to pass major cyber legislation that could update FISMA and develop a plan to protect the United States’ critical infrastructure is growing on Capitol Hill, a Senate staffer told attendees at the Digital Government Institute Cybersecurity Conference in ... (Continue reading)
Featured Job- Director Business Development, Intelligence and Space Sector with SRA
Written on 4 Jun, 2010 at 8:12 in Featured Jobs | viewed 9 views times | 0 Comments
Job Description SRA’s newly created Intelligence and Space Sector (ISS) is focused on ensuring customer mission success with an emphasis on Honesty and Service. ISS will be a preferred provider of mission critical solutions at mission speed,... (Continue reading)
Gen Alexander: Cybersecurity is an Important Current and Future Challenge
Written on 3 Jun, 2010 at 12:14 in Featured Stories | viewed 208 views times | 1 Comment
The Internet provides great opportunities and “tremendous vulnerabilities,” according to Gen. Keith Alexander, who spoke last week at an event in Washington, DC. “Our data must be protected,” Alexander, who was recently confirmed as the head of U.S. Cyber Command, said... (Continue reading)
NIST Releases Continuous Monitoring FAQs
Written on 3 Jun, 2010 at 10:03 in Cyber Policy | viewed 161 views times | 1 Comment
Continuous monitoring is at the center of proposed reform to FISMA, which is currently maligned as being an exercise in paperwork rather than an effective guide for cybersecurity. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released a list of... (Continue reading)
FTC Gets CyberSpy to Clean Up Its Act
Written on 3 Jun, 2010 at 9:38 in Cyber Incidents | viewed 25 views times | 0 Comments
CyberSpy Software, which markets a key logger programmer that claims to be a “100 per cent undetectable” application allowing users to “Spy on Anyone. From Anywhere,” has agreed to rewrite its software following a case brought by the Federal Trade... (Continue reading)
GSA and DHS Approve AT&T as Cyber Provider for Government
Written on 3 Jun, 2010 at 9:23 in Cyber Policy | viewed 137 views times | 1 Comment
The Department of Homeland Security and the General Services Administration have approved AT&T as the first government-wide cyber provider under the Networx contract. Yesterday, AT&T announced that the company was the first holder of the Networx contract to receive authority to... (Continue reading)
DHS Official: DHS May Merge Cyber and Infrastructure Protection
Written on 3 Jun, 2010 at 8:18 in Cyber Policy | viewed 118 views times | 0 Comments
In order to better meet its mission, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may merge its cybersecurity unit with its infrastructure protection unit, according to Todd Keil, assistant secretary of homeland security for infrastructure protection. Keil recently told Security Management... (Continue reading)
Senate Bill Looks to Fund DoD Cyber Programs
Written on 3 Jun, 2010 at 8:07 in Cyber Policy | viewed 84 views times | 1 Comment
A Senate version of the fiscal 2011 Defense authorization bill that is slated for release later this week is likely to include funding for programs that will allow DoD and contractors greater access to services and tools related to cybersecurity,... (Continue reading)
Featured Job- Cyber Products Portfolio Manager with BAE
Written on 3 Jun, 2010 at 7:07 in Featured Jobs | viewed 21 views times | 0 Comments
Job Description The Cyber Programs Portfolio Manager is responsible for development and life cycle management of assigned products as well as generating and presenting ideas for new products and services. Candidates should be strong technology generalist with deep... (Continue reading)
Bill Varner: Cybersecurity is the No. 1 Threat Facing Our Nation
Written on 2 Jun, 2010 at 13:12 in Cyber Policy | viewed 109 views times | 1 Comment
As interest in cybersecurity continues to grow, a number of firms have looked to build a cyber capability through acquisitions or by building the capability within the company. Companies like ManTech are considered to be leaders in the still nascent... (Continue reading)
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