With Cybersecurity on the Rise, Accenture Helps San Antonio Get in on the Action

Cybersecurity is steadily becoming an area of focus throughout the nation, with states and cities seeing it as an opportunity to grow business opportunities by making themselves ‘hubs’ for cyber. Accenture opened a threat analysis center in San Antonio this week which help monitor client networks against attacks.

San Antonio is known to be the destination of the…

We Would Lose Cyberwar says former DNI Mike McConnell

Cyberwar is increasingly entering into the mindset of policy makers. Earlier this month, DNI Dennis Blair outlined the cyber threat in his Annual Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community, saying that “The United States confronts a dangerous combination of known and unknown vulnerabilities, strong and rapidly expanding adversary capabilities, and…

Brits Not Prepared for Cyber Attack Either

Earlier this month, the Bipartisan Policy Center held a mock cyber war game in which the US came under cyber attack. By the end of the exercise, the power grid was down in much of the East Coast, telecommunications were severely disrupted and the Internet was virtually useless. The war game demonstrated some of the severe…

“We lack the requisite political and corporate will,” for cybersecurity says former Congressman McMillan

The Cyber Secure Institute has published a whitepaper by former Congressman C. Thomas McMillen on the political and corporate challenges of creating better national cybersecurity. The paper, titled “Cybersecurity: The Challenge of Political and Corporate Will,” examines why US networks are still vulnerable.

Congressman McMillen is a former three term Congressman representing Maryland. He presently serves as Chairman and…

Former DHS Cyber Official Joins Information Security Forum

The Information Security Forum, a leading authority on information security, has announced that Greg Garcia has joined ISF as Strategic Advisor for North America. Garcia is the former DHS Assistant Secretary for Cyber Security and Communications, serving from 2006-2008.

In his new role, Garcia will help to support the effort to bring more companies…

World Leaders Meet to Develop Cybersecurity Plan

Yesterday, the Bipartisan Policy Center hosted a cybersecurity war game, called Cyber ShockWave, which showcased some of the challenges that policy makers would face in the event of a cyber attack. The event highlighted the need for greater international cooperation and understanding in the cyber realm.

Today in Brussels, 500 delegates from 25 countries are meeting at a conference…

Cost of Data Breaches Continues to Rise

The cost of data breaches has continued to rise, according a report recently released by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored by PGP Corporation.

The fifth annual U.S. Cost of Data Breach Study found that while total number of incidents reported decreased in 2009, the total cost associated with data breaches has increased in the past year.

For 2009, data breaches cost $204 per compromised customer record, an increase from $202…