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John Jolly Comments on General Dynamics and Virginia Tech’s Joint Cybersecurity Research Effort
Published on 7 Sep, 2011 at 16:05 in Industry News | Viewed 47 times | No Comments
General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems has joined Virginia Tech as an affiliate of the newest Security and Software Engineering Research Center, Industry and University Cooperative Research Center founded with the support of the National Science Foundation.
The S2ERC program is dedicated to software engineering with a recent focus in security. NSF awarded Virginia Tech a five year grant…
DHS: Stuxnet Clones May Target US Infrastructures
Published on 27 Jul, 2011 at 12:28 in Cyber | Viewed 92 times | No Comments
Officials from the Department of Homeland Security warned Congress yesterday that potential variants of the Stuxnet worm could threaten important U.S. infrastructures.
Roberta Stempfley and Sean P. McGurk from the DHS’ Office of Cyber Security and Communications appeared before House members and stressed the importance of strengthened cybersecurity efforts across the federal government….
DoD Launches Cyber Strategy Website
Published on 26 Jul, 2011 at 13:46 in Cyber | Viewed 80 times | No Comments
Following the recent release of its first cybersecurity strategy, the Defense Department launched yesterday a new website dedicated to its cyber initiatives.
According to DoD, the new site is designed to help users explore the five pillars of DoD’s cyber strategy: treating cyberspace as an operational domain; employing new defense operating concepts; partnering with the public and…
Sens. McCain, Levin: DoD Leaves Cyber Questions Unanswered
Published on 22 Jul, 2011 at 9:37 in Cyber | Viewed 71 times | No Comments
Sens. Carl Levin and John McCain of the Senate Armed Services Committee urged the Defense Department to clarify the military’s cyber role in a letter sent yesterday to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
The letter states the DoD has failed to fully define DoD’s plan-of-action should a threat to national security arise,…
Survey: Companies Sacrifice System Security for Better Performance
Published on 20 Jul, 2011 at 13:52 in Cyber | Viewed 64 times | No Comments
A recent survey has revealed that IT security personnel at many large corporations are sacrificing critical security measures to meet network performance demands for business applications.
Crossbeam Systems polled nearly 500 IT executives at large, global corporations and found that 90 percent of respondents admit to making…
