In December, President Obama announced the appointment of Howard Schmidt to the position of cyber security coordinator, which has sat vacant since its creation in May 2009. Schmidt, a veteran of industry and previous administrations, will be responsible for coordinating... (Continue reading)
Despite the issues of in-sourcing and Secretary of Defense Gate’s cuts to military hardware programs, government contractors are seeking to diversify their offerings by moving into the cyber security realm. The US government is presently ill-equipped to handle the range... (Continue reading)
Despite a seeming contradiction, Taliban insurgents are able to get aid from an unlikely source, the porn industry. Late last year, news reports suggested that insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan are able to intercept live video feeds from unmanned aerial... (Continue reading)
In part I (available here) of our interview with Mark Orndorff, head of Information Assurance at DISA, we learned about some of the key areas DISA is focusing on along with how he seeks to balance the need for warfighters... (Continue reading)
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) serves as the Combat Support Agency for the Department of Defense. DISA develops and delivers enterprise infrastructure and C & C capabilities to support the modern warfighter and leaders. Central to that effort is... (Continue reading)
The past year has seen a variety of issues arise throughout the cyber security community. As we look into the New Year, here are our predictions surrounding what will be “in” and what will be “out” in 2010. In Social Networking on... (Continue reading)
Last week, President Obama announced that Howard Schmidt, recent president and CEO of the Information Security Forum, would be taking the position of cyber coordinator at the White House. It has now been a week and various cyber security experts... (Continue reading)
After nearly seven months of waiting, the White House has finally named Howard Schmidt as cybersecurity coordinator. According to a press release put out by the White House, Schmidt will serve as a member of the president’s National Security staff... (Continue reading)
Google is moving towards providing a challenge to the Wikipedia model, with user generated and edited content. Called Knol, the collaborative effort provides some added attractions not featured in the standard ‘Wikipedia’ model. Knol (nōl) is a ‘unit of knowledge’ according... (Continue reading)
A group calling itself the ‘Iranian Cyber Army’ have carried out cyber attacks against Twitter and the website of a group who claims that the recent elections in Iran were fraudulent. The group hacked the two websites and replaced them... (Continue reading)