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 DoD Networks In 2009, the DoD banned social networking technologies on its networks, [...]
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During a recent interview with GovInfoSecurity.com, Rep. David Wu said “If we’re going to have someone, we don’t need a cybersecurity eunuch; we need someone who has a little bit more oomph to get the job done.” Wu wants the concept to go in one of two directions: either drop the concept all together or [...]
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The current acting Cyber Security Coordinator at the White House, Chris Painter, recently responded to the growing criticism targeting the White House’s inability to fill the position permanently. At the Federal Chief Information Officers Council’s 2009 Federal Identity Management and Cybersecurity Conference on Tuesday, he said “It’s a mistake to think that without a coordinator [...]
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It has now been close to 6 months since President Barack Obama announced the creation of the position of cyber coordinator. Obama took the dramatic step of declaring cybersecurity as a national priority and yet, still no coordinator. The two front runners (presently) are Howard Schmidt and Frank Kramer. Sources familiar with the discussions and [...]
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But the fact of the matter is that the government cannot do this cyber mission without private sector expertise and involvement. They don’t have enough people on there own and frankly the private sector is developing a lot of the technologies that are going to be central to doing cyber security.
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On Thursday, Janet Napolitano announced DHS has been authorized to hire up to 1,000 cybersecurity professionals. The remarks came at the kick off meeting for National Cyber Security Awareness Month.The new hires will be distributed throughout DHS as Napolitano looks to make the department a premier center for cybersecurity knowledge. Napolitano told the audience she [...]
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National Cyber Security Awareness Month kicked off on Thursday at the Ronald Reagan Building in Washington, DC. The event, sponsored by The National Cyber Security Alliance and endorsed by close to 100 organizations (including The New New Internet), brought in notable speakers, particularly the secretary of DHS, Janet Napolitano and Chris Painter of the White [...]
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The chairs of the House Cybersecurity Caucus urged President Barack Obama to appoint a “cyber czar” quickly. In the letter dated last week, Rep. Michael McCaul (R.-TX) and Rep. James Langevin (D.-RI) highlighted Obama’s failure to successfully appoint a candidate to head cybersecurity issues. The letter pointed to two major issues stressed by the December [...]
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Jim Langevin (D) Congressman from Rhode Island has expressed concern over the delay in selecting a cybersecurity “czar.” Speculation on who will be appointed to the position has resumed since Melissa Hathaway, acting senior director of Cybersecurity under the White House National Security Council, has announced her resignation. She was being considered for the permanent [...]
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