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Malware: Is Twitter Safe?
Written on 25 Jun, 2009 at 13:24 in Featured Stories | viewed 219 views times | 1 Comment
Earlier this year it was widely reported that the Twitter accounts of prominent American figures ranging from Britney Spears to President Barack Obama were hacked, causing fake ‘tweets’ to be displayed under the victims accounts. With the recent hacking of twitter account... (Continue reading)
ISA: 80% of Cyberattacks Preventable
Written on 23 Jun, 2009 at 16:56 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 68 views times | 1 Comment
The President of the Internet Security Alliance (ISA) Larry Clinton brought insight to The New New Internet for improving cyber security. Mr. Clinton supports private sector market incentives and believes most cyber security problems can be solved with current technology. TheNewNewInternet: What are... (Continue reading)
INSA’s Ellen McCarthy: Private Sector Ready for Cyber Coordinator
Written on 23 Jun, 2009 at 16:16 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 66 views times | 1 Comment
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 US cybersecurity. Ellen McCarthy also agrees with Greg Garcia in that an evaluation... (Continue reading)
Cyber Certification: Really?
Written on 23 Jun, 2009 at 13:49 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 92 views times | 0 Comments
Since 60-Day Cyberspace Policy Review conducted under the Obama administration there has been emphasis of the lack of cyber security in America. With the Technolytics Institute, a cyber think tank based in Pennsylvania, findings that nonmilitary government organizations had been hacked 128 times... (Continue reading)
Two (ISC)2 members for US Cyber Security Advisory Board
Written on 22 Jun, 2009 at 13:11 in Featured Stories | viewed 250 views times | 0 Comments
(ISC)2 announced late last week the addition of two board members to the current 19-person US Advisory Board for Cyber Security (GAB). Gil Vega is the Chief Information Security Officer at the US Immigration and Law Enforcement Office (ICE) in the... (Continue reading)
NIST Releases Two New Reports
Written on 19 Jun, 2009 at 16:13 in Featured Stories | viewed 80 views times | 0 Comments
The National Institute of Standards and Technology issued two reports on Tuesday. One report, “Guide to Enterprise Telework and Remote Access” focuses on the importance of cybersecurity when working with sensitive information and provides recommendations for keeping information safe. The second report is a... (Continue reading)
Smart Grid Security: Under Construction
Written on 18 Jun, 2009 at 14:22 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 489 views times | 0 Comments
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... (Continue reading)
Twitter in Iran
Written on 18 Jun, 2009 at 13:51 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 62 views times | 1 Comment
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. ... (Continue reading)
NSA E-Mail Surveillance Yields Congressional Misgivings
Written on 17 Jun, 2009 at 11:49 in Featured Stories | viewed 30 views times | 0 Comments
The NSA’s domestic surveillance program is under scrutiny, and Congressional critics say monitoring of private telephone calls and e-mail messages of Americans is broader than previously disclosed, according to current and former officials quoted by the NY Times. In particular, the agency’s intercepts... (Continue reading)
The Future of Computers: Less is More
Written on 16 Jun, 2009 at 15:35 in Cyber Incidents, Featured Stories | viewed 1,684 views times | 5 Comments
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... (Continue reading)
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