Deloitte Wants Cyber Champions for Collegiate Contest

Deloitte is seeking the best and the brightest technology students from universities and colleges across the United States to compete in the sixth annual National Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition, the firm announced in a release.

The contest, founded in 2005 by The University of Texas at San Antonio Center for…

Deloitte’s Cyber Expert Raduege to Lead National Security Mission

Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation’s Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege will be leading a new Homeland Security Executive Mission, which seeks to bolster a deeper defense and strategic partnership between the United States and India. 

Raduege, co-chairman of the Commission on…

Deloitte’s Gen. Raduege: There is an Opportunity for International Cybersecurity Cooperation

The current cybersecurity climate, in addition to the vast array of threats, provides a real opportunity for enhancing international cybersecurity, according to Lt. Gen. Harry Raduege of the Deloitte Center for Cyber Innovation. During a panel discussion at The Open Group’s Security Practitioners Conference in Boston, cyber experts discussed the threats in…

Deloitte Provides Profiles to Help Clients Find Specialists

Deloitte, a consultancy firm with a growing footprint in cybersecurity, has added a new feature to the company website to help clients determine the best consultant to help with a particular problem. The website, found here, provides a list of the company’s cyber specialists and their particular areas of expertise.

These include:

Rich Baich Principal, Enterprise Risk Services,…

Fixing the Human Capital Issue in Cyber

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has released a new report on the human capital issues currently facing the cybersecurity effort in the United States. The report, titled “A Human Capital Crisis in Cybersecurity,” claims the United States is currently facing a crisis in that not enough skilled cyber…

Chinese Call for Cooperation – with Limits

While many people consider China to be one of the central perpetrators of cyber malfeasance, it is also equally concerned about cyber attacks. As such, the Chinese are now looking to promote greater cooperation on the international stage for cyberspace.

Approximately 40,000 websites in China were hacked in 2009 alone, according to official statistics. Back in January, Baidu, a Chinese…

International Cybersecurity Event Kicks Off

The First International Cybersecurity Summit kicks off today in Dallas, Texas, hosted by the EastWest Institute. The goal of the summit is to advance an international dialogue on cybersecurity issues, particularly in the realm of cyber crime.

The summit features speakers such as Howard Schmidt, the current White House…

CSIS’ Jim Lewis on the Greatest Threat in Cyberspace

Late last month, Dr. Jim Lewis of the Center for Strategic and International Studies spoke at a local event hosted by the Potomac Officers Club. During his talk, Dr. Lewis discussed the greatest threats facing the U.S., namely cyber espionage. Below is a video from the event. You can also read an article about…

Gen. Harry Raduege on Legal Hurdles in Cyberspace

In the fight against cyber crime, while exciting technological advances and major data heists often steal the spotlight, most of the effective actions taken against cyber criminals have taken place in court.

Writing about the Waledac botnet take-down on Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center blog, program manager Jeff Williams opined, “we’ve also learned from this experience that our legal action has been successful in helping to sever…

Cyber: A General Perspective

Over the weekend, Adm. Mike McConnell, former DNI and presently heading the cyber effort at Booz Allen, published an article in The Washington Post calling for a new strategy and thought process for cybersecurity in the United States. The article highlighted a number of key strategies McConnell believes the nation should look…