Buy, Buy, Buy: Analyst Recommends Top Cyber Stocks

With a booming market for developing capabilities that protect the U.S. networks and systems, government contractors are ramping up their efforts to get in on the action and make some cool cash from the emerging cyber threats.

Guest blogging on CNBC.com, EarlyBird Capital analyst Alex Hamilton identified 17 companies that stand to gain the most from the growing…

Senator: White House Cybersecurity Recommendations Could Expose Info to Hackers, Terrorists

A ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee has voiced concern over a cybersecurity recommendation submitted by the White House, saying she fears the plan would give hackers and terrorists vital information on which U.S. infrastructure entities are easy to breach, Politico reports.

The Obama administration’s proposal…

Study: Majority of Federal Agencies Lack Cloud Exit Plan

Ninety percent of public-sector agencies lack a cloud-computing exit strategy, and a majority of federal IT professionals say there is some level of confusion at their organization about the distinction between cloud computing and virtualization, according to a…

Baby Names Go High Tech

In a world peppered with Jennifers and Johns, Barbaras and Brians, it’s refreshing to see a few Apples and Wolfgangs occasionally thrown into the mix. In the rush to proclaim their child unique, parents can go too far. Celebrities routinely do. Remember Pilot Inspektor? But IT geeks? Surely, they’re more grounded, likely to populate kindergarten classrooms…

Cliff Unger: Stuxnet Worm ‘Not a Surprise to Anybody’

Experts may be divided on the exact dangers of Stuxnet, which some dubbed the most sophisticated malware to date, but most agree it took the cyber threat to the next…

New Cybersecurity Strategy Stresses Global Collaboration, Striking against Cyber Hostiles

White House officials yesterday unveiled a framework that aims to unify U.S. engagement with international partners on a range of cyber issues and respond to adversaries who use the Internet to launch attacks on the nation.

Presented in Washington, the International Strategy for Cyberspace not only outlines a vision for the future, but an…

Tom Conway: The Steps to Take after Hackers, Insiders Strike

Epsilon and Sony made headlines recently when news emerged of hackers intruding and infiltrating the systems and leaking personal information of hundreds of millions of customers. As reports revealed the possible sky-high costs of breaches, corporations became even more tuned in to the necessity of effective safeguards to protect their data…

Cyberwarfare: Disappointment or Opportunity?

Forbes pulled the rug out from under cyber contractors this week with an op-ed speculating cyberwarfare will prove to be a financial disappointment. The article makes some convincing points, but many contractors are banking on author Loren Thompson of Lexington Institute on being wrong.

The crux of the problem seems to be …

Experts Doubt Iran’s Claims of being Cyber Attacked

More than a week after Iran said it had been the victim of another cyber attack by foreign adversaries, computer security experts around the globe are voicing their skepticism about the country’s claims.

After the Stuxnet incident last year, Iran claims it was recently hit with another cyber attack. The Iranian government…

Proposed Bill Gives Energy Dept. Power in Cyber Emergency

Sens.  Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.) have crafted and released a 12-page bipartisan draft of legislation aimed at protecting U.S. energy infrastructure from cyber attacks, Nextgov reports.

The lawmakers presented the legislation at a recent hearing for protecting energy from cyber threats. The senators have the backing of their…