Northrop Reports to Congress on China Cyber Threat to US Military, Infrastructure
March 8, 2012 No CommentNorthrop Grumman Corp. warned Congress in a report Thursday that China poses a genuine cyberwarfare risk to the U.S. military in conflict, Reuters reports. Northrop issued a 136-page report to the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, suggesting China is adamant in creating diverse and technically advanced cyberspace abilities. Northrop said Chinese cyber capabilities have [...]
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A water pump at a Springfield, Ill. utility failed Nov. 8. Usually this would be considered a technical difficulty, but this failure has raised eyebrows of the federal government. Joe Weiss, a cybersecurity expert, disclosed the incident on his blog Thursday and pointed the finger at foreign cyber attackers. Now the U.S. Department of Homeland [...]
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In order to better meet its mission, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may merge its cybersecurity unit with its infrastructure protection unit, according to Todd Keil, assistant secretary of homeland security for infrastructure protection. Keil recently told Security Management that the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) and the Office of Infrastructure Protection (OIP) [...]
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Yesterday, in testimony on the Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, DNI Dennis Blair discussed the issue of threats from cyberspace in the beginning of his testimony. Blair said neither the public or private sector can protect U.S. critical infrastructure alone. “I am here today to [...]
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The Government Accountability Office has questioned the Department of Homeland Security’s commitment to adequately protecting private IT critical infrastructure in a new report released Wednesday. DHS officials strongly deny the accusation and maintain they are committed to working with the private sector to enhance national cybersecurity. The GAO report claims certain DHS agencies have not [...]
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