INSA’s Ellen McCarthy: Private Sector Ready for Cyber Coordinator

The President of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance Ellen McCarthy spoke briefly with The New New Internet about the readiness of the private sector to forward U.S. cybersecurity. Ellen McCarthy also agrees with Greg Garcia in that an evaluation of current cyber spending is needed as well as Rep. Jim Langevin, in that FISMA must be updated.

TheNewNewInternet: As someone who works with people in the Intelligence…

Cyber Certification: Really?

Since the 60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review wasconducted under the Obama administration, there has been emphasis of the lack of cybersecurity in America. With the Technolytics Institute, a cyber think tank based in Pennsylvania, findings that nonmilitary government organizations had been hacked 128 times a minute in March by alleged Chinese hackers, no wonder cybersecurity has increasingly become a big part of defending national security.

Sens….

Smart-Grid Security: Under Construction

Itron, inc., is testing its smart-grid technology with the Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory to make sure revolutionary IT applications to critical infrastructure don’t create new vulnerabilities. Fear not, says Itron, the nation’s leading producer of smart meters, these tests are part of an across-the-board effort undertaken by government and private industry to make the smart grid’s seals against infiltration airtight.

Twitter in Iran

Read about the ‘Twitter Revolution’ here,

Twitter’s role in Iran’s grass-root movement here,  

why Twitter delayed its upgrade here and here,

is Twitter really making an impact in Iran? here.

the State Department defending its Twitter Company intervention here,

how the Iranians are defeating government censorship here. 

DHS Weakened By White House Cyber Czar Position?

Some lawmakers, including Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), are worried the new White House cyber coordinator will diminish the Department of Homeland Security power and ability to forward U.S. military cybersecurity.

Read the Computerworld article here.

The Day the Media Died

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A not so long time ago/I can still remember how/the big three used to give you reach

And if you splurged on a TV spot/your brand could really gain a lot/at least that’s what they told you in the speech.

But the digital revolution felt like thunder/with every paper that went under/bad news on the blogs

The Industry’s gone to the…

UK Plans to Centralize Cybersecurity

Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the UK announced the creation of a new national cybersecurity center  by the end of this month.

Cybersecurity currently falls under multiple agencies, including the Serious Organized Crime Agency and the Metropolitan Police e-crime unit.

The initiative is part of a u-turn in the UK government’s national strategy and an attempt to centralize cybersecurity, as described by the Guardian.

The initiative is very similar to…

The Future of Computers: Less is More

Tom Watson, the founder of IBM, famously remarked, “I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” It looks like he might have guessed too many.

Cloud computing is one of the hottest trend in IT.  Basically, cloud computing is shifting software and memory resources away from personal computers toward a common network hub shared by many computers.  Think YouTube: Years ago, the only way to view video…

SAIC Releases Global Cybersecurity Model

The Science Applications International Corporation and the Supply Chain Management Center at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business published the Building A Cyber Supply Chain Assurance Reference Model today.

The white paper approves President Barack Obama’s newfound emphasis on cybersecurity, and is the first to analyze how to secure end-to-end supply-chain encounters on the Internet.

SAIC White Paper: Cybersecurity Model Based on Global Supply Chain Management

SAIC released a white paper today that tackles cybersecurity, now a presidential imperative, by applying an  innovative model drawing on the best practices from end-to-end supply chain management.

The paper, written with the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business, is the culmination of a six-year effort and found that digital supply chains are as fragmented as physical supply chains were 15 years ago.

Short version:

A digital supply chain requires…