Juniper’s Bob Dix: The Cyber Epidemic Needs to be Addressed

When it comes to good cyber hygiene, the U.S. government should take the same approach in educating the public as it did with the H1N1 flu pandemic in 2009, involving both private and public sectors to raise awareness of the hazard, according to a cybersecurity expert.

“Now, it’s a cyber epidemic,” said

Census Bureau Brings in New Security Policy

A new Census Bureau policy will allow managers to revoke the Internet privileges of employees who fail to follow established security protocols, according to Federal News Radio.

“I don’t foresee it being something that’s abused,” said Tim Ruland, Chief Information Technology Security Officer at the Census Bureau. “I think it’s going to be used very cautiously because, let’s…

Mischel Kwon: Cybersecurity is a Group Effort

Cybersecurity is becoming a more central portion of the US national lexicon, particularly in Washington. Recently, the House passed the Cybersecurity Enhancement Act, which has gone to the Senate for approval, and a variety of recent attacks on private organizations has brought cyber attacks into the daily news. Mischel…

Anti-Virus Scanners May Not Be Enough

A central tenet of  good cyber hygiene is to ensure that you are running up-to-date anti-virus software on your computer. It appears that even that may not be enough: A recent study conducted by SurfRight has found  around a third of users with up-to-date anti-virus software are infected with malware.

To conduct the study, SurfRight used its HitmanPro 3 behavioral scan to scan more than 100,000 computers for malware. Approximately…