The U.S. Air Force will be teaching the basics in cyberwarfare to new recruits and add more advanced cybersecurity schooling to its curriculum, The Associated Press reports. According to Four-Star Gen. Robert Kehler, the cyberwarfare part of basic training would be short and would cover only the fundamentals such as passwords and firewalls. The more [...]
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Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y) yesterday announced plans to introduce a bill that would create the position of ambassador-at-large to handle international cyberspace issues, according to GCN. The ambassador would have the responsibility of serving as principal adviser to the secretary of state and provide strategic direction for U.S. international policy. The [...]
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No federal agencies have yet fully actualized a cybersecurity program or implemented federal desktop core configuration requirements as recommended by the Government Accountability Office, according to Homeland Security Today. In a statement on Monday, Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said security of federal IT systems is “an [...]
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Nearly half of IT professionals are concerned that the risks of cloud computing will outweigh the advantages that come with this growing IT service, according to a recent study by Information Systems Audit and Control Association. Surveying 1,809 U.S. IT professionals who are all members of ISACA, the first annual ISACA IT Risk/Reward Barometer reported that [...]
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The Sultanate of Oman last week unveiled its first cyber center, which was launched in hopes of addressing emerging security and vulnerability issues on the Internet. Based in the capital city of Muscat, the Oman National Computer Emergency Readiness Team will also work on detecting security incidents affecting the country’s information assets and initiating emergency [...]
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Upcoming Debate on Whether “The Cyber War Threat Has Been Grossly Exaggerated”
April 12, 2010 2 CommentsIntelligence Squared U.S. will be coming to Washington, DC on June 8, 2010 to host a live debate that will discuss the proposition that “The Cyber War Threat Has Been Grossly Exaggerated.” The event will be hosted at the Newseum and will feature Mike McConnell, former DNI and presently SVP at Booz Allen, Marc Rotenberg, [...]
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Next to China, Russia is considered to be one of the worst offenders in allowing cyber criminals to flourish. Most experts believe that the Russian method is that as long as the criminals aren’t attacking Russian assets, they are free to do as they please. However, the Russian Association of Electronic Communications is looking to [...]
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The past year has seen many companies having to tighten their belts, laying off workers and re-forecasting their earnings due to the current economic climate. However, this trend does not appear to have hit companies involved in cybersecurity in the same way. According to the Cedar Rapids paper The Gazette, SecurityCoverage, a company that provides [...]
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Late last month, Dr. Jim Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies spoke at a local event hosted by the Potomac Officers Club. During his talk, Dr. Lewis discussed the greatest threats facing the U.S., namely cyber espionage. Below is a video from the event. You can also read an article about the [...]
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ManTech International Corporation and Lunarline, Inc. have joined together to develop a C&A transition course for Special Access Programs (SAP). Together, the two firms will develop cybersecurity modules that are SAP specific and will utilized ManTech’s current DCID 6/3 and JAFAN 6/3 courses and Lunarline’s Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) National Institute of Standards [...]
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