NSA Director: Defense Network Not ‘Defensible’

For fiscal year 2012, the U.S. government allotted more than $318 million to be used in support of cybersecurity integration, development and workforce needs.

Army Gen. Keith Alexander, head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, recently shed some light on growing concerns regarding the U.S.’s defense capabilities against cyber…

App Mall, Geospatial Collaboration in Works as Army Moves Intelligence to Cloud

In October, the director of the National Security Agency wanted to make clear to a Baltimore audience his views on the intelligence community using cloud computing.

“We need to go from our legacy databases to the cloud,” Army Gen. Keith Alexander said.

Alexander explained that cloud computing offers a better end-to-end view of…

Industry Expert: No to Obligatory Info Sharing within Private Sector

Changing law that would demand industry to share more cybersecurity information among companies will not lead to more secure networks, according to AT&T Chief Security Officer Ed Amoroso.

When there is talk about information sharing, it sounds great, “like saying you should love your mom and eat apple pie,” Amoroso said…

Gen. Alexander: Cybersecurity Needs More than Just Defense

With at least 5,000 new pieces of malware show up online a day, simply deploying a firewall and fixing things when they break isn’t good enough, according to U.S. Cyber Command and National Security Agency head Gen. Keith B. Alexander.

“We can no longer depend on a static defense,” said Alexander,…

Cyber Commander Sees DoD Cloud Shift

While U.S. Cyber Command’s Keith Alexander testified before Congress and advocated the Defense Department’s move to cloud computing, three companies announced a strategic alliance to address the security concerns that have impeded the progress of the commander’s proposal, C4ISR Journal reported.

Alexander, who also heads the National Security Agency, told a House…

Gary Gagnon of MITRE: Defending against Cyber Attacks Continues to be a Challenge

Gary Gagnon joined The MITRE Corporation 24 years ago and has been working mostly in information security. Today, he is the corporate director for cybersecurity, responsible for defining the corporate strategy for cyber as well as managing its execution. Additionally, Gagnon leads security efforts related to MITRE’s IT infrastructure. Here, he…

Online Security Pros Mull Eye-for-an-Eye Cyber Retaliation

Is an eye for an eye in cyberspace a smart policy for responding to online attacks?

At the Black Hat DC conference last week, cybersecurity professionals debated the finer points of whether and how organizations should respond to online sabotage with counterattacks of their own, according to a PCWorld.com report.

But…

Cyber Command Chief to Keynote AFCEA Homeland Security Conference

Gen. Keith B. Alexander, chief of U.S. Cyber Command and director of National Security Agency, is kicking off AFCEA‘s 10th annual Homeland Security Conference held in Washington, D.C., next month.

This year’s conference, titled “Working Together Today for a More Secure Tomorrow,” takes place at the Ronald Reagan…

Cyber Command Now Fully Operational

Department of Defense announced yesterday U.S. Cyber Command has achieved full operational capability.

To achieve the new FOC status, the command had to complete a number of critical tasks to ensure it could handle its mission, which includes directing activities to operate and defend DoD networks.

“I am…

Gen. Alexander: Cybersecurity is an Important Current, Future Challenge

The Internet provides great opportunities and “tremendous vulnerabilities,” according to Gen. Keith Alexander, who spoke last week at an event in Washington, D.C.

“Our data must be protected,” Alexander, who was recently confirmed as the head of U.S. Cyber Command, said at an event hosted by the Center for Security and International…