DARPA-SAIC Program Aims to Combat Insiders by Tracking Online Activity
A research project led by SAIC Inc. is working on a program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that can detect suspicious online behavior before an insider creates chaos, according to a report from Defense Systems. The Anomaly Detection at Multiple Scales program seeks to create, adapt and apply software that can track a [...]
A Republican senator is calling for the creation of a panel to draft legislation on cybersecurity and electronic intelligence leaks without having to work through numerous — and sometimes competing — committees of jurisdiction, AFP reports. In a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz) [...]
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The Defense Department’s DoD 5000 acquisition model does not acknowledge the fast-evolving nature of cyber threat, so the Navy is now developing new strategies to better counter Internet attacks, according to an official. “DoD 5000 doesn’t work for cyber defense,” said Kevin McNally, program manager for information assurance and cybersecurity, Navy PEO-C4I, according to Defense [...]
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On the heels of the WikiLeaks debacle and growing concerns about the insider threat, the Defense Department has taken steps in preventing another massive leak of its classified information, a senior official told a Senate committee last week. After thousands of classified military documents were leaked and distributed online last summer, DoD launched an investigation and [...]
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking comments from the public on its biennial update of the catalog of security controls for the federal government, which provides a series of management, operational and protective measures that can be used by federal agencies to help protect their information systems. The publication in question is [...]
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Cyber Experts: Espionage, APTs, Malware among Most Dangerous Cyber Threats
September 13, 2010 4 CommentsAlthough cybersecurity experts have their separate ideas on what the most pressing Internet security concern is, they generally agree on one thing: The threat landscape is evolving into more attacks of increasing sophistication. Here, 10 industry insiders offer their insight into what they believe are the most dangerous cyber threats, ranging from social engineering to [...]
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